USAID IDI NGO Jobs – Senior Grants Manager at Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)

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Job
Title:  Senior Grants Manager
Organisation: Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)
Duty
Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Reports
to: IDI-SDS Team Leader
About
IDI:
IDI is an independently
governed institute within the College of Health Sciences at Makerere University
and has the mission “To strengthen health systems in Africa, with a strong
emphasis on infectious diseases, through research and capacity development.”
IDI has operations across Uganda as well as in a number of other African
countries and has a staffing of over 1,000 managing multiple projects in
research, clinical services, public health and training. IDI has five
operational areas through which it works its mission: Prevention, Care and
Treatment, Training, Research and Laboratory Services (provided through a
partnership with Makerere University John Hopkins University Core Lab) and an
Outreach Programme.

Job Summary: The Senior Grants Manager
will offer support to the IDI Grants management unit specifically to the SDS
program whilst giving support and technical assistance to 35 districts in the
areas of grants management, monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and management
information systems (MIS). The consultant will spend some time at IDI as well
as in districts but will be readily available to support through phone and/or
e-mail.


Key Duties and Responsibilities:
1.
Planning, Implementation and Coordination of Training Programs:
  • Plan, coordinates and implements training
    programs at IDI as part of multi-disciplinary team.
  • Participates in participant selection,
    training, clinical mentoring, assessments and evaluations.
  • Budget preparation and development for grant
    proposals for the districts
  • Contributes to curriculum development,
    monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of programs, mobile trainings, team
    and cluster training.
  • Technically support the districts in grants and
    financial management
  • Prepare financial reports in time as required
    ensuring excellence and compliance to quality and format guidelines.
  • Develop and implement grants management
    training courses under the SD Program
Qualifications, Skills
and Experience:
  • The
    applicant should degree in a relevant field including finance, business or
    commerce
  • Additionally,
    he/ she should hold a masters’ degree in a relevant field.
  • At
    least three years’ experience in grants management relating to funding
    agencies and reporting.
  • Prior
    experience working with USAID and its implementing partners
  • Prior
    experience working with local governments and offering them technical
    support
  • Budget
    preparation experience
  • Project
    planning and management experience
  • Excellent
    organizational skills including the ability to manage multiple projects
    simultaneously
  • Exceptional
    communication skills particularly in written and oral English
  • Advanced
    analytical, evaluative and critical thinking skills
  • Budget
    preparation and fiscal management skills
  • Proficiency
    in computer systems i.e. Microsoft applications particularly MS Excel,
    desktop publishing 
Compensation
Package: The
compensation package will be commensurate with training and experience of the
job holder.
How
to Apply:
All suitably qualified and
interested persons who wish to apply should email as well as post or deliver an
application letter (clearly labeled – Application for Grants Officer) with a
detailed CV, naming at least two professional referees, to:

The Manager, Human Resources
Infectious Diseases Institute
P. O. Box 22418, Kampala. Uganda .
E-mail: hr@idi.co.ug

Deadline: Friday 6th December
2013.

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