Senior Compliance Officer USAID RHITES Project Jobs – Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF)

Job Title:       Senior Compliance Officer
Organization: Elizabeth
Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF)
Project Name: USAID Regional
Health Integration to Enhance Health Services in the South West Uganda Project
(RHITES)
Reports to: Deputy Country
Director
Duty Station: Mbarara,
Uganda
About US:
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) seeks to end
pediatric HIV/AIDS through research, advocacy, and prevention and treatment
programs. We are a global leader in the fight against pediatric HIV and AIDS,
working in 15 countries and at 7,000 sites around the world to prevent the
transmission of HIV to children, and to help those already infected. Today,
because of the highly successful work of the Foundation and its partners over
the last 25 years, pediatric AIDS has been virtually eliminated in the United
States and new infections in children have declined by 58% worldwide. EGPAF
Uganda Country program is currently implementing a number of projects in
partnership with various donors.
About USAID RHITES Project:
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) implements the
USAID Regional Health Integration to Enhance Health Services in the South West
Uganda Project (RHITES) whose aim is to increase the availability,
accessibility and quality of integrated health services including HIV and TB
prevention, care and treatment; maternal, neonatal and child health services;
family planning; nutrition assessment, counseling support; malaria prevention
and treatment and other primary care services.
Job Summary: The Senior
Compliance Officer will be responsible for the provision of compliance support
to the Uganda Country office to ensure implementation of an effective
compliance program, proactively reviewing processes, practices and documents,
make necessary reasonable recommendations in reviewed areas.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:  
  • Ensure that prior approval requests for
    restricted commodities are obtained and filed accordingly.
  • Ensures compliance with the Donor and
    Foundation laid down policies and procedures.
  • Develop and implement an effective risk,
    control and compliance program.
  • Ensure that laid down internal controls
    are effective, adhered to and monitored.
  • Ensures performance of the critical function
    of third party verification of activity and financial verification on wide
    range of field activities including but not limited to VMMC, workshops, on
    the job training (mentorship), FSG/Ariel meetings, distribution of
    supplies, and hotel room occupancy among other program activities.
  • Work closely with the Risk Manager on
    compliance issues and on external audits and HR where applicable.
  • Stay abreast of internal standards and
    business goals.
  • Ensure internal developed SOPs, policies
    and procedures are adhered to.



  • The jobholder ensures a spot check on
    stocks in the stores for accuracy and existence, supports the fleet office
    to review vehicle logs and policies and verification of None expendable
    inventory following the Foundation inventory management policy.
  • Actively contribute to training of staff
    and other stakeholders on compliance related issues and risk management
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
  • The applicant for the USAID EGPAF RHITES
    Project Senior Compliance Officer job opportunity should hold a Bachelor’s
    Degree in Business Administration or Commerce
  • Professional qualification and a related
    Master’s degree is an added advantage.
  • A minimum of five years’ experience in
    accounting, auditing.
  • Comprehensive knowledge of USG rules and
    regulations, systems and procedures and local government financial
    processes.
  • Previous exposure and experience with
    managing other major international donor funds and working with an
    international non-profit/non-governmental organization (NGO) preferred.
    Very good writing and communication skills.
  • Extensive knowledge of state legal
    taxation requirements and controls (VAT, WT, PAYE, NSSF etc)
  • Familiarity with industry practices and
    professional standards Excellent report writing skills.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to send
their applications to this address;
The Country Director, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
(EGPAF), Plot 18A Kyadondo Road, Nakasero, P.O. Box 21127, Kampala, Uganda
E-mail to: UgandaRecruitment@pedaids.org
Deadline: 1st
September 2017
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