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Position: Compliance
and Reporting Specialist
Organisation: Vision
Uganda
Reports to:
Programme Development Director
Duty station: Kampala
Purpose of the
position: To provide leadership to the compliance and reporting team in
ensuring that all field activities and grants reports are compliant to World
Vision standards and donor requirements.
Vision Uganda is a Christian Relief, Development and
Advocacy Non-Governmental Organization dedicated to working with children,
families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. We currently work
in over 40 districts in Uganda. World Vision is committed to the protection of
children and we will not employ people whose background is not suitable for
working with children. All employment is conditioned upon the successful
completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record
checks where possible. "Our Vision for every child, Life in all its
fullness. Our prayer for every Heart, the will to make it so." We are now
seeking for qualified persons willing to share in our vision to join the team
in the following roles.
Key responsibilities
Compliance Role:
·
Lead regular follow ups and responses with
Program Managers and Project Managers on issues of compliance highlighted in
the detailed implementation plans, budgets, and donor regulations.
·
Facilitate the smooth start-up of new grants by
working with Resource Acquisition team in clarifying goals, objective and
activities outlines in the approved project
·
Support the end-of-project processes and ensure
that they are complaint to specific donor requirements.
·
Participate in the review of proposals and
provide technical advice on issues of compliance, monitoring and grant
management.
Reporting Role
Lead compilation and fine tuning of professional reports and
ensuring they are presented in a timely manner and meet donor / Support Office
requirements.
Lead the review of grants reports and ensure that the
reporting is aligned with the Child Wellbeing Targets. Oversee the
documentation and sharing of best practices and success stories to support
offices, donors and National Office
Work with resource acquisition team, particularly providing
the team feedback on innovation, best practices and challenges of different
grants to inform future proposal writing.
Integration Champion
Role
Facilitate programme integration of grants in the World
Vision Uganda Regional and Programme
Structures and provide guidance and support matrix reporting
relationship of grants staff to compliance and reporting team.
Regular field visits to various project sites for the
purpose of project compliance monitoring and ensuring that integration issues
on compliance and reporting are being addressed.
Lead processes related to rollout of grants management and
donor regulations training for Regional Operation Managers, Program Managers,
sector and technical specialists.
Donor Relations Role
Maintain good communication with and represent WVU to
Support Offices, Donors, key NGOs partners and Governmental Departments.
Lead and develop strategy for cultivating and strengthening
existing donors, support offices and other stake holder relationships.
Participate in joint agency assessments, task-force teams
and technical work groups together with respective specialist
Program Management
Role
Provide day to day project management supervision for
Kampala based grants staff (AIM, Innovation Fund-Malaria etc).
Manage, supervise and build capacity of staff of the
compliance and reporting unit.
Knowledge, Skills and
Abilities
·
University degree in management, development, or
related field;
·
Requires at least 4 years work experience in
grant compliance and reporting
·
Requires cross-cultural experience,
understanding and sensitivity.
·
Must have a clear understanding of major donors'
perspectives, requirements and standards.
·
Good understanding and experience in project
management
·
Must have proven analytical/problem-solving
abilities.
·
Requires excellent interpersonal and written and
oral communication skills.
Must be a committed Christian, able to stand above
denominational diversities.
How to apply: Qualified candidates may submit their
application and complete Curriculum Vitae, via email to wvujobs@wvi.org.
Please address the application to the People and Culture
Specialist (Recruitment) and do indicate the post title in the email subject
line.
Note: The above jobs can also be accessed from our website:
- http://wvi.org/ugandaljobs
Deadline for receiving applications is:
Friday 12th June, 2013
(Qualified female candidates are particularly encouraged to
apply)
We do appreciate your interest in working with us. However,
only short listed candidates will be contacted.
