Fresher Accounts Officer Grants Job Opportunities – Ministry of Health (MOH)

Job Title: Accounts Officer Grants

Organisation: Ministry of Health (MOH)

Funding Source: Center for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC)

Duty Station: Uganda

Reports to: Head of Accounts

About US:

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has received a grant from the Center for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) Cooperative Agreement (CoAg), a strategic mechanism of the United States Government (USG) to implement activities in line with its mandate in support of the Public health response to HIV/AIDS and other health systems. CDC will be supporting a pool of Human Resources that are expected to lead the implementation of the grant. The staff to be recruited under this grant will be contracted by the MOH.

Job Summary: The Accounts Officer Grants is the focal person at the Yumbe Regional Referral Hospital, prepares monthly fund accountability reports, monitor the MoH-CDC RRH budget, prepares MoH-CDC RRH CoAg budget and work plans for new and continuous applications

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Finance and Accounting

Preparing payment vouchers for grants all CDC CoAg RRH payments
Preparing Monthly Bank reconciliation for RRH CDC CoAg designed bank account
Reviewing activity requests received from the community Head of department and submitting them to the RRH senior accountant and Director for approval
Following up accountabilities for fund advanced to implementers of activities
Maintaining ledgers and cashbook for the CDC CoAg RRH.
Preparing and submit tax deductions like WHT to URA through the RRH main TIN/URA account.
Ensuring that VAT suppliers are registered in IFRIS before their payments are processed.
Preparing quarterly VAT schedules and submit them to Senior Grants and Contracts Officer for consolidation and onward submission to CDC
Supporting the RRH procurement officers in procurement of supplies and logistics for the CDC CoAg RRH mechanism
Preparing and submit monthly budget analysis (Income and Expenditure analysis) to the Senior Grants and Contracts Officer
Acting as a bank agent for the MoH-CDC CoAg at RRH delivering and picking banking documents and withdrawing cash where necessary as well as being in charge of petty cash for MoH-CDC CoAg/ RRH office
Maintaining an updated asset register and ensuring it is incorporated in the main register of the RRH.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Commerce or related courses with a bias in Accounting.
Third level of ICPAU course or an equivalent of the same level offered by any other recognized professional accountancy body.
Two years of hands-on and verifiable prior experience working in Finance, Accounting or grants position in a busy grants funded organization or research projects.
Good computer skills with good knowledge of excel and spread sheets.
Excellent in communication, organizational and interpersonal skills.
Excellent in report writing skills.
Have an analytical mind.
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and observe deadlines.
Prior experience working in a busy research/ grant’s office will be an added advantage.

How to Apply:

All candidates should send their handwritten applications should be Delivered to the Reception Desk, Ground Floor, Wing A- AIDS Control Program Offices, Lourdel Towers, Plot 1, Lourdel Road Kampala, MOH Headquarters-Kampala between 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday to Friday addressed to:

The Permanent Secretary

Ministry of Health Plot 6, Lourdel Road, Wandegeya

Tel. +256414-697366/0414-697367/0414-664469

Please include your telephone number and email contacts on the application. Applicants should attach the following:

Recent passport-size photograph.
Copy of the National Identity Card.
Detailed curriculum Vitae.
Certified copies of the academic certificates and transcripts.
Two recommendation letters from two of the most recent supervisors/employers.
A photocopy of your appointment letter for your most recent position.

Deadline: Friday, 7^th October 2022 by 5:00Pm

NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. The list of shortlisted candidates will be displayed on the MOH Noticeboard

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