Senior Research Grants Officer at National Research Fund

Basic Salary: 65,377 X 2,615- 67,992 X 3,060 – 71,052 X 3,197 – 74,249 X 3,341 – 77,590 X 3,492 – 81,082 X 3,649 – 84,731 X 3,983 – 88,714

House Allowance: 16,500

Commuter Allowance: 5,000

Terms of Service: Permanent and Pensionable

Qualifications and Requirements:

For appointment to this grade a candidate must have: –

• A Bachelor’s degree in any of the Scheduled sciences;
• Supervisory course not lasting less than two (2) weeks;
• Four (4) years’ work experience in related duties in the Public Service or Private Sector;
• Demonstrated results in work performance;
• Proficiency in computer applications;
• Meets the requirements of chapter six of the Constitution;

 Responsibilities:

Duties and responsibilities entail;

• Preparing indents for and making grant calls;
• Sorting out the grant proposal for screening;
• Reviewing grant applications;
• Participate in review of policies, regulations and guidelines relating to award of research grants, bursaries, scholarships ;
• Reviewing compliance with the requirements of the grant award contracts;
• Updating the database on all research funded by the Fund;
• Developing tools for research grants Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting framework;
• Monitoring and evaluating research impact assessment and developing the reports;
• Developing work plans for the section.