PEPFAR/USAID Project Jobs - Grants Manager at WEI/Bantwana ~ Ugandan Jobline Jobs

Organisation: WEI/Bantwana

Project

Name: USAID’s Better

Outcomes for Children and Youth Project

Funding

Source: PEPFAR/USAID

Duty

Station:  Jinja, Uganda

WEI/Bantwana Initiative is a

Non-Governmental Organization that helps families and children orphaned and

made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS to access the comprehensive support and care they

need to grow into healthy adults.

The Bantwana Initiative of World

Education is implementing the USAID’s Better Outcomes for Children and Youth in

Eastern and Northern Uganda program—a $24.5 million program with a large sub

grant component. The Program is being implemented across 13 districts in

Eastern and Northern Uganda. Better Outcomes works with families, communities,

Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), Local Government and the private sector to

address the long-term, comprehensive needs of vulnerable children and families

through improved OVC service delivery.

Job Summary: The Grants

Manager will provide overall leadership and support in the management of all

the partner grants to ensure appropriate spending in accordance with

partnership agreements and grant regulations and guidelines.

Key Duties and

Responsibilities: 

• Assist the Finance Director in all grants
  
  management, contract management, and compliance aspects of the program;


• Regularly review grants invoices and
  
  accountability and provide capacity building activities related to
  
  financial tasks of grantees.


• Make sure that all consortia grants are
  
  well administered (including maintenance of comprehensive grant files) and
  
  implemented in compliance with the relevant donor regulations and
  
  WEI/Bantwana procedures.


• In charge of monitoring of all grantees to
  
  ensure the proper implementation of sub-grant activities.


• Organize grant monitoring meetings with
  
  partners to ensure that grants are implemented in compliance with the
  
  WEI/Bantwana and relevant donor regulations, to ensure strong financial
  
  management, to ensure the proper operational openings and closings of grants,
  
  and to ensure monitoring and evaluation of programmatic progress.


• Manage the grant close out and
  
  modifications procedures


• Perform any other duties as assigned by
  
  the Finance Director / management.

Qualifications, Skills and

Experience: 

• The ideal candidate for the USAID OVC
  
  Project Grants Manager placement should hold a first degree in Finance or
  
  related field;


• Possession of professional accounting
  
  qualification will be an added advantage


• A minimum of six or more years’ experience
  
  working on large project and experience with USAID funded
  
  programs/projects necessary, particularly experience with USAID grants


• Experience with accounting software,
  
  preferably Quickbooks


• Possess a high standard of personal and
  
  professional integrity


• Willingness to work as a team member,
  
  taking on additional tasks as needed to ensure the overall success of the
  
  project


• High level of attention to detail, ability
  
  to multi-task and work well under pressure


• Excellent analytical and interpersonal
  
  skills


• Possess the ability to work under pressure
  
  and in a culturally sensitive environment

All suitably qualified and interested

candidates who wish to join the USAID Project are encouraged to Apply via

E-mail only be sending an updated CV and cover letter to: Hiring Manager at weijobs2015@gmail.com

NB: Please clearly include

name and title of the position you are applying for in the subject line of the

email.