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Job Title: Senior Manager Grants and Contracts (SMGC)
Reports to: Principal, MakCHS
Classification; Open ended but initially fixed term, full time contract
General Summary:
The SMGC will have overall responsibility for the grants management function; including budget development and financial reporting. The SMGC will be responsible for developing the MakCHS grant management unit into a business unit which will contribute to the sustainability of MakCHS. The SMGC is evaluated by the MakCHS management.
Educational Requirements: The candidate should have:
• Bachelors degree in a relevant field such as Finance, Business or Commerce;
• Masters degree in a similar relevant field.
Experience and Skills: The candidate should have:
• Substantial experience (minimum five years) in grants management, relating to funding agencies, and reporting
• Sound experience of budget preparation processes
• Experience in project planning and management.
• Excellent organizational skills including ability to track and monitor multiple projects simultaneously
• Good communication skills - both oral and written
• High proficiency in the use of office computers and spreadsheets,
• Strong interpersonal skills, and ability to motivate and manage a team
Summary of Responsibilities:
The SMGC will be part of the Grants Management team at MakCHS with responsibility for all aspects of grants management for the College's programmes, Responsibilities will include, but will not be necessarily limited to, the following:
• Identify funding opportunities nationally and internationally
• Oversee the budget development process for grant proposals; and the submission of grant applications.
• Manage the negotiation, finalization and extension of contracts (and sub-contracts) with MakCHS as either main or sub-contractor once an award has been made.
• Respond to adhoc issues in post-contract management, and support MakCHS project managers in addressing any financial issues relating to their projects.
• Manage the tracking of financial performance of grants.
• Oversee the preparation of timely financial reports, as required ensuring excellence in reporting content and format; and check for regulatory compliance.
• Present financial information relating to grants at meetings.
• Produce the Grants and Contracts Register each quarter.
• Prepare financial projections relating to grants.
• Oversee the grants management filing structures and systems.
• Manage the annual updates of the Grants Management Manual,
• Develop grants management as a business unit.
• Development and implementation of MakCHS grants management training courses.
• Provide technical assistance in grants management to MakCHS partners and others
• Any other duties specified by the Principal, MakCHS
Reports to: Principal, MakCHS
Classification; Open ended but initially fixed term, full time contract
General Summary:
The SMGC will have overall responsibility for the grants management function; including budget development and financial reporting. The SMGC will be responsible for developing the MakCHS grant management unit into a business unit which will contribute to the sustainability of MakCHS. The SMGC is evaluated by the MakCHS management.
Educational Requirements: The candidate should have:
• Bachelors degree in a relevant field such as Finance, Business or Commerce;
• Masters degree in a similar relevant field.
Experience and Skills: The candidate should have:
• Substantial experience (minimum five years) in grants management, relating to funding agencies, and reporting
• Sound experience of budget preparation processes
• Experience in project planning and management.
• Excellent organizational skills including ability to track and monitor multiple projects simultaneously
• Good communication skills - both oral and written
• High proficiency in the use of office computers and spreadsheets,
• Strong interpersonal skills, and ability to motivate and manage a team
Summary of Responsibilities:
The SMGC will be part of the Grants Management team at MakCHS with responsibility for all aspects of grants management for the College's programmes, Responsibilities will include, but will not be necessarily limited to, the following:
• Identify funding opportunities nationally and internationally
• Oversee the budget development process for grant proposals; and the submission of grant applications.
• Manage the negotiation, finalization and extension of contracts (and sub-contracts) with MakCHS as either main or sub-contractor once an award has been made.
• Respond to adhoc issues in post-contract management, and support MakCHS project managers in addressing any financial issues relating to their projects.
• Manage the tracking of financial performance of grants.
• Oversee the preparation of timely financial reports, as required ensuring excellence in reporting content and format; and check for regulatory compliance.
• Present financial information relating to grants at meetings.
• Produce the Grants and Contracts Register each quarter.
• Prepare financial projections relating to grants.
• Oversee the grants management filing structures and systems.
• Manage the annual updates of the Grants Management Manual,
• Develop grants management as a business unit.
• Development and implementation of MakCHS grants management training courses.
• Provide technical assistance in grants management to MakCHS partners and others
• Any other duties specified by the Principal, MakCHS
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Application Procedure:Please submit your applications accompanied with detailed curriculum vitae, two letters of recommendation and photocopies of academic certificates and transcripts to;
The Principal Makerere University College of Health Sciences 1st Floor, Clinical Research Building Publication and Information Center
P.0. Box 7072, Kampala, Uganda
Tel: +256 414 530021
E-mail: principal@chs.mak.ac.Mg,
Application deadline: January 07, 2011 (5:00pm)
Only short listed applicants will be contacted by February 01-2011
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