Grants Officer NGO Job Careers – VSO
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Job Title: Grants Officer
Organization: VSO
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Salary Range: UGX 36,000,000 p.a
Reports to: Finance Manager
About VSO:
VSO is the world’s leading independent international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty in developing countries. Our high-impact approach brings people together to share skills, build capabilities, promote international understanding and action to change lives and make the world a fairer place.
Job Summary: The Grants Officer will assist the Finance Manager in managing the budgets and grants reporting for VSO Uganda’s projects
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Grant Management:
- Support the education programme manager in all aspects of grant management for education programme portfolio.
- Assist the finance manager in ensuring that donor requirements for all of VSO Uganda’s grants are adhered to.
Budget Management:
- Support the finance manager in effectively managing budgets with respect to VSO Uganda
- Prepare monthly programme and financial reports for the Education signature programme with variance analysis for review and discussion with the finance manager
- Support the finance manager in the preparation of annual budget and Quarterly budget reforecasts.
- Produce monthly budget-expenditure variance reports for the Education programme staff and provide support to the finance manager on proactively managing these variances.
- Keenly monitor VSO Uganda VfD and ICS budget
Financial Management:
- Ensure the relevant internal controls per the donor requirements are adhered to.
- Actively participate in the delivery of relevant finance management trainings to programme staff and donor regulations.
- Provide support during all audits.
- Contribute and support the Finance Manager in the submission of future funding proposals.
- Perform any other duties as assigned by the Finance Manager
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate should hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or related degree.
- A minimum of three years’ experience of financial planning, reporting and working in a multi-funded international development organisation with multiple foreign currencies Good technical accounting skills.
- Financial and Information Technology Systems – Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office, Excel particularly. Use of accounting software, SUN Accounts system preferred.
- Communication and Influencing Skills–Good written and verbal communication skills – able to listen, present, discuss, report, put views forward, negotiate with confidence.
- Sensitivity to cultural and language differences, able to interact with people at all levels of the organisation. Able to work with others in a consultative way. Ability to withstand and resolve conflict.
- Effective negotiating professional solutions.
- Commitment to VSO’s work and values
- Decision Making and Planning – professional judgement and discernment. Capacity for inquiry, research, logical and analytical thinking, powers of reasoning and critical analysis. Experience of decision modelling.
- Risk Management – Experience of identifying, analysing and mitigating financial risks.
- Planning and Organisation – Able to prioritise within restricted resources to tight deadlines. Able to anticipate and adapt to change. Strong attention to detail. Ability to work independently with minimal supervision. Self motivated to set initiatives and self learn.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to apply onlineby clicking on the web link below.
Deadline: 25th May, 2017