Grants & Compliance Officer at TPO Uganda

TPO Uganda is a local Ugandan NGO that has been operating in the country for 25 years. Our programs comprise interventions organised around the following themes: Care and protection of OVC; child protection, livelihoods support, mental health and psychosocial support, response, and prevention of all forms of violence against women and children as well as emergency response and humanitarian action. TFO Uganda is active in 33 districts in the region and is a member of several partnerships and coordination mechanisms in the country.
TPG Uganda is now seeking person
Position: Grants & Compliance Officer
USAID/PEPFAR-funded Keeping Children Healthy and Safe (KCHS)
Reporting to: Grants & Compliance Specialist
Location: Mbarara .

Responsibilities Related to project implementation
• Assist with the drafting of standard grant agreements for partners and maintain partner files.
• Assist the partners in budget preparation and budget modifications
• Maintain the sub recipients’ files and updating any relevant information on regular basis
• Monitor partner budgets and expenses monthly and compare actual expenditure against cash forecast to ensure adequate cash holding partner level.
• Develop budget monitoring templates that simplify reporting, monitoring and control
• Participate in the development and implementation of grant management capacity building activities such as trainings for relevant partner staff.
• Regularly monitor partners’ capacity in meeting grant compliance regulations.
• Review the liquidation reports and ensure partner advances are within the budgets.
• Arrange with Grants Management Specialist for the financial monitoring of sub recipients and raise Monitoring Visit Reports.
• Provide direct technical support in all aspects finance for Partners.
• To conduct post-training supervision and mentoring of the Field Agents to ensure proper mentorship of the SILC groups by the Field Agents.
• The incumbent will identify ways to improve performance and management of groups by the Field Agents. He/she will work directly with Social Workers especially in areas of planning and coordination of field activities and reporting. He/she will ensure that the Field Agents {FAs] meet their targets, attend group meetings as and when they are required, collect data from the field and submit the same without delay.
• The job requires the incumbent to plan, supervise and coordinate activities for the project aimed at reducing vulnerability for the youth and children by using multi-sectoral approach to improve social economic status of children and youth and their caregivers..

Person Specifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree in economics, international development, gender in development, Development Studies.
• Three years’ professional experience implementing USAIDIPEPFAR funded OVC Economic Strengthening Program interventions.
• Additional training in income generation entrepreneurship, life skills, monitoring and evaluation, and HIWAIDS is an added advantage.
• Experience in building and maintaining partnership relations with implementing partners and other community agencies

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