Grants Specialist 3 (Grade K – Contract Management)

at RTI International
Location Kampala, Uganda
Date Posted August 5, 2020
Category Administration
Management
NGO
Job Type Full-time
Currency UGX

Description

Essential Duties:

  • Oversee and manage the full award cycle for SIF subawards, procurement, and USAID/Uganda B4R’s required cost share, including conducting market research, ensuring technical requirements are accurately captured in the solicitations, responding to questions, organizing and leading technical evaluation committee and cost reasonableness reviews, preparing approval documents, assisting technical leads with implementation management, ensuring monitoring and evaluation and learning agenda requirements are captured in subawards, providing capacity building support to non-traditional partners in subaward administration, and ensuring proper subaward closeout
  • Development of the SIF with the input and oversight of the COP, DCOP, Finance and Compliance Manager, and RTI’s Contracts Office
  • Oversees SIF subaward management process & subcontracts for local organizations, including SIF proposal tracking, review, and approval process
  • Maintains robust financial management filing system for SIF, procurement, and cost share, and ensures audit trail for all necessary SIF, procurement, and cost share documentation
  • Ensures timely financial disbursements and compliance with SIF financial management policies, monitors all SIF expenses, and provides regular updates on SIF subaward status
  • Keeps the relevant staff informed about upcoming deadlines and deliverables, thereby ensuring smooth completion of work responsibilities
  • Oversees the job of invoicing, accounting, reporting, and other administrative functions to ensure successful execution of SIF, procurement, and cost share processes
  • Regularly and consistently tracks cost share for the Activity, including cost share from subawardees and prepares inputs on cost share for reporting

Performs other SIF, procurement, or cost share related tasks from time to time as assigned by Supervisor

Minimum Required Education & Experience

  • Master’s degree and 3 years of experience or
  • Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of experience or
  • Equivalent combination of education and experience

 

Skills & Abilities

  • At least 6 years of relevant work experience in finance, grants, and/or procurement management
  • Experience with USAID or other international donor agency regulations required
  • Experience with international non-profit organizations preferred
  • S/he must be proficient in English communication
  • Strong candidates will exhibit excellent organizational and interpersonal skills, ability to work under difficult circumstances with limited resources, and ability to form productive relationships with host country counterparts and training institutions
  • Strong strategic thinking and planning ability
  • Flexibility to occasionally travel within the Activity areas of operation and work well with local officers
  • Flexibility to occasionally work outside of normal hours

Dependability, reliability, and high integrity

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