Finance and Grants Manager job at Save the Children: career opportunity in Uganda

 Job Title: Finance and Grants Manager
Organisation: Save the Children
Project: Uganda Advocacy for Better Health
Location: Kampala 

About Save the Children:
Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organization for children and has program presence in over 120 countries in the world. Save the Children envisions a Uganda in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. We strive to create impact for children by delivering our Programmes through partnerships, by being innovative, by acting as the voice for and of children, and by achieving results at scale. In Uganda, we implement programmes in six thematic programme areas of Child Protection, Child Rights Governance, Education, Livelihoods & Food Security, Health, Nutrition and HIV/AIDS in development and emergency contexts.  Save the Children delivers programs in over 36 districts in the North, Rwenzori, North-Eastern and Central regions of Uganda, Currently, Save the Children has a staff complement of over 170 persons. We save children’s lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfill their potential. In 2012, we reached more than 100 million children around the world.

About Project:
Save the Children seeks applications from suitably qualified and experienced individuals for an upcoming project that will strengthen and improve the quality and availability of services in public health facilities in select provinces within Uganda. The proposed positions are contingent on Save the Children being awarded the Cooperative agreement for this five year USAID-funded project Uganda Advocacy for Better Health.

Brief summary of the job
 The Finance and Grants Manager will provide technical support in Finance and Grants management. S/he will be responsible for all financial matters in overseeing all the procurement and donor (USAID) compliance including the pre-award surveys for various partners under the project. S/he will support the Chief of Party in the review of grant awards for responsibility, determination, cost realism, regulatory compliance and risk analysis and mitigation.

Qualifications and Skills:

    The applicant should possess a Master's Degree or higher in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting or other relevant field. The applicant should be a certified chartered accountant:
    S/he must possess at least eight (8) years' experience in administrative and financial management of large donor projects;
    Experience in auditing and accounting, grants and fund management;
    Demonstrated experience and skills in developing and managing large budgets:
    Proficient in relevant computer applications and databases; and strong analytical, oral and written communication skits; and capacity building support,
    S/he should have skills and experience in the appraisal and evaluation of proposals and monitoring of grants
    Demonstrated record of successfully managing grants for donor funded programs is essential;
    S/he shall have experience in capacity building of sub grantee organizations and in financial and forensic audits of donor-funded projects and programs; She shall possess management and communication skills.

Application procedure
All suitable candidates should send their application letters with a detailed CV indicating three referees, two of whom should have been direct supervisors should be submitted to:
The Director of Human Resources & Administration
Save the Children
Plot 68/70, Kiira Road
P.O. Box 12018, Kampala, Uganda
Or on email: uganda.recruitment@savethechildren.org

NB:  Testimonials/certificates should not be attached to applications that are submitted online. Candidates are therefore encouraged to apply at the earliest opportunity. Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer, persons with disabilities and female candidates are encouraged to apply.
Closing date:Not provided