About US:
The Refugee Law Project (RLP) is an outreach project of the School of Law, Makerere University. Our Mission is to empower asylum seekers, refugees, deportees, IDPs and host communities to enjoy their human rights and lead dignified lives.

Job Summary: The Grants Officer will be providing administrative support for all grants sourcing teams and processes which include: preparing grant proposals and reports for submission; working across RLP programmes to coordinate, update all funding status; maintaining the grants calendar to ensure compliance and all deadlines are met; draft progress reports; and prospect research.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Funder Mapping:
· Identify possible funders in line with the mandate and strategic plan of Refugee Law Project.
· Guide on appropriate funding mix and alternatives on a continual basis.
· Carry out targeted research and advise on shifts of funding priorities as necessary.
2. Donor Relations:
· Develop and maintain a well detailed database of donors with a specific donor requirement and track compliance accordingly.
· Ensure RLP enjoys positive reputation with donors through clear, timely, proactive and reactive communication as necessary.
3. Sub-granting:
· Ensure that all sub-grantees have good reputation and can deliver as per donor demands.
· Ensure that sub-grantee payments are prepared on time to facilitate timely activity implementation.
· Take part in conducting sub-grantee pre-awards assessments.
· Organize meetings to formulate MoUs between the RLP and sub-grantee organizations.
· Work closely with sub-grantees on timely reporting to ensure early disbursement of funds.
· Ensure that end of project audits are conducted and final audit reports are received by the donors.
4. Proposal Development:
· Arrange the schedules of the fundraising team
· Actively participate in high-quality interdisciplinary proposals for funding in conjunction with relevant team and staff.
· Prepare application call summaries for the fundraising team.
· Recommend funding sources and specific calls to fundraising team for preliminary consideration.
· Ensure that proposals are completed, reviewed and submitted before the donor deadlines
5. Reporting:
· Provide specific guidance, training and clarification on reporting policies to Unit and Programme Managers
· Double check reports to donors for compliance with the requirements before sending.
6. Others:
· Actively participate in sharing and planning meetings to discuss and address issues related to grants implementation.
· Work on all administrative aspects of the role to a timely and accurate standard.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
· The applicant should preferably hold a degree in any of the following; International Development, Development Studies, Economics, Social Sciences, Business Administration
· Possession of a relevant certificate will be an added advantage
· Three years’ experience in providing specific grants management support.
· Prior experience in resourcing and fundraising work preferably in a civil Society context.
· Broad knowledge and understanding of monitoring and evaluation technologies, ideally Results Based Management (RBM)
· Ability to give timely reports on activities undertaken
· Ability to work under pressure with minimum supervision
· Highly creative and innovative skills
· Ability to think and write conceptually, convincingly and strategically
· Excellent interpersonal skills and high level of self-motivation
· Excellent communication skills both written and verbal, experience in writing and documentation of meetings and workshops, guides and technical material
· Advanced computer skills, particularly MS Office (MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint)
· Good touch typing skills of at least 30 Words Per Minute

How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates must send a motivation letter and curriculum vitae electronically to: recruitment@refugeelawproject.org. The position applied for MUST be indicated in the subject line of the email. Copies of certificates SHOULD NOT be attached, but will be requested for from short-listed candidates only.

Attention: The Human Resources Manager
Refugee Law Project, School of Law, MUK
Plot No. 7 & 9 Perryman Gardens,
P. O. Box 33903, Kampala. Uganda

Deadline: 13th November 2015 by 5.00pm