Vacancy title:
Compliance Officers

Jobs at:
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF)

Deadline of this Job:
1st September, 2017

Duty Station:
Mbarara, Uganda

Job details:
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) seeks to end pediatric HIV/AIDS through research, advocacy, and prevention and treatment programs. We are a global leader in the fight against pediatric HIV and AIDS, working in 15 countries and at 7,000 sites around the world to prevent the transmission of HIV to children, and to help those already HIV infected. Today, because of the highly successful work of the Foundation and its partners over the last 25 years, pediatric AIDS has been virtually eliminated in the United States and new infections in children have declined by 58% worldwide.

EGPAF Uganda Country program scope involves: (1) the USAID Regional Health Integration to Enhance Services in the South West Uganda project that aims to increase the availability, accessibility, and quality of integrated health services including HIV and TB prevention, care and treatment; maternal, neonatal, and child health services; family planning; nutrition assessment and counseling and support; malaria prevention and treatment; and other primary care services. (2) The Optimizing HIV Treatment Access among pregnant women (0HTAi in 8 districts of South West Uganda; and (3) ELMA-funded Unfinished business project that focuses on closing the Adult—Pediatric ART gap; and (4) Saving Lives at Birth that focuses on Development of a Model for National Scale-up of the Pratt Pouch to Expand infant Nevirapine Prophylaxis in Uganda, Prevent Mother-to-child Transmission of HIV, and Save Infant Lives.

EGPAF therefore seeks to hire a suitable persons to perform the following roles:

JOB TITLE: Compliance Officer
JOB VACANCIES: 2
LOCATION: Mbarara
REPORTING RELATIONS: Senior Compliance Officer

Job Summary
Under the supervision of the Associate Director of Finance and Operation, the Compliance Officer will provide support to the Uganda Country Office to ensure implementation of an effective compliance program by proactively reviewing processes, practices, and documents and make appropriate recommendations in reviewed areas. He/she will support field office to comply with the donor and Foundation policies and procedures, develops and implement an effective risk , control and compliance program, perform the critical function of third party verification of activity and financial verification on wide range of field activities including but not limited to VMMC, workshops, on the job training (mentorship), FSG/Ariel meetings, distribution of supplies, and hotel room occupancy among other program and operational activities, keep abreast of internal standards and business goals, carries out spot check on inventory in the Stores for completeness of records and existence, review vehicle logs and policies and performs annual verification of NEXP inventory list for completeness and existence following the Foundation's inventory management policy.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
A Degree in Business Administration or Commerce with at least 2 years‘ experience in accounting, auditing. Professional qualification is an added advantage. in depth knowledge of USG rules and regulations, systems and procedures and local governmenttinancial processes. Experience with managing other major international donor funds and working with an international non-profit/non-governmental organization (NGO) preferred. Very good writing and communication skills. Knowledge of state legal taxation requirements and controls (VAT, WT, PAYE,NSSF etc).Familiarity with industry practices and professional standards. Excellent report writing skills.

Job application procedure
Please send cover letter and CV to:
The Senior Human Resources Manager
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF)
Plot 15, Kitante Close
P.D. Box 21127, Kampala - Uganda
Application should be sent to: UgandaRecruitment@pedaids.org.
Deadline for submission of applications is 1st September, 2017.
NO HAND DELIVERED APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED