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The AAS is a pan African organisation headquartered in Kenya, which aims to drive sustainable development in Africa through science technology and innovation.
it has a tripartite mandate of pursuing excellence by recognising scholars and achievers; providing advisory and think tank functions for shaping the continent’s strategies and policies; and imp...
Reporting To:
Director of Programmes
Duration:
3 Years With a Possibility of Extension
Position Overview
The Programme Manager is responsible for the management and implementation of the AAS programmatic workplan to support research and research communication, including strategic management and implementation of capacity development to support researcher fellows and partner institutions. The position will manage and oversee the implementation of a portfolio of programmes namely the Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa), Database of African Clinical Trials Sites and Population Studies programmes.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities;
- Programmes Management
- Manage the day-to-day operations of the programme portfolio assigned by overseeing the planning and implementation of impactful programmes, working closely across teams to ensure set requirements are met
- Develop and manage programmatic activities for the H3Africa, the Database of African Clinical Trials, and Population Studies programmes in consultation with the Director and Deputy Director of Programmes and in line with budgetary guidelines to achieve the set mandate.
- Propose long- and short-term objectives for the initiatives aligned to building human capacity, infrastructure and lasting research networks on the continent;
- Manage the Programme portfolio budget in liaison with the Finance team to ensure efficient utilization of funds, smooth operational flow, and, maximizing the scope and magnitude of the short and long term Programme portfolio goals;
- Leading in effective technical and financial management to ensure Value For Money (VFM) throughout the programme portfolio cycle.
- Enhance program learning and development, seeking out and implementing solutions
- Provide financial and risk management oversight for grants.
- Contribute to the overall development of the AAS programme strategy, including actively identifying opportunities for collaboration with other programme areas.
- Work as part of the Management team to share ideas and improve operation, recommending, supporting and implementing continuous improvement activities and process and procedure improvements to optimise results and improve quality of programmes delivery
- Mentor and coach staff to build their capacity to perform the roles assigned to them. Set performance expectations and conduct performance management evaluations in a timely manner to ensure superior levels of performance are maintained
- Provide career guidance and avail learning opportunities and assignments to enhance engagement and career progression for programme staff
- Grants Management
- Manage programme portfolio grants and activities as the point person for the Programmes; engaging with applicants, grantees and partners including providing guidance and feedback on inquiries;
- Manage operations surrounding the entire process of grant management for the programme portfolioin collaboration with the Grants Officer and other team members. Ensure adherence to the call standards during the application, review, shortlisting and grant awarding process;
- Oversee the programme portfolio grant scheme development by highlighting key funder requirements at proposal development stage, and aim to improve knowledge and access to this information for grant applicants. This is through webinars, information sessions, workshops etc
- Manage the pre-award processes to ensure appropriate conditions including systems, processes, policies, and capacity are available to support the implementation of the grant by applicants.
- Conduct due diligence of potential applicants and applicant institutions. This involves desktop reviews and physical site visits to potential applicant institutions and preparation of reports or recommendations which inform specific grant terms and conditions for successful grant applicants
- Manage the grant award processes by providing and monitoring systems, processes and procedures to ensure fairness and openness in awarding grants to applicants
- Manage the post-award processes to ensure proper implementation, monitoring and performance. This will also include ensuring proper grant close out
- Monitoring and Reporting
- Manage performance of the programme portfolio teams in partnership with the Monitoring and Evaluation Manager by setting measurable performance indicators to ensure projects are executed in line with the contract and within agreed timelines;
- Develop monitoring reports for funders developed by the fundraising and programmes teams.
- Develop and disseminate monthly programme portfolio highlight reports for the management, staff and Committees as necessary.
- Communicate with senior management on programme portfolio status, risks and issues in an appropriate and timely manner. Ensure regular and timely communication between project team members
- Review, implement and update programme portfolio records e.g. training matrices, performance reviews, risk assessments
- Advocacy and Relationship Management
- Forge collaborations with Science-based communities which share the same vision as the Programme portfolio and the Academy at large within the African continent and globally to build a sustainable Programme;
- Engage in discussions with institutions of a similar element which can help promote the vision of the Programme portfolio through activities that foster added value and future potential initiatives;
- Identify gaps that can be filled by the Academy’s portfolio of activities that will promote the growth and sustainability of AESA and the H3Africa programme, the Clinical Trials programme and the Population Studies programme and ensure the Academy’s services are made relevant to the continent.
- Provide technical support and expertise to the review panels in other AESA Programmes by participating in the review of grant application process; and
- Participate in occasional cross-functional meetings to support other departments in achieving their mandate including representing AESA in consortium meetings. Ensure the values of participation, partnership, sustainability, social responsibility, cost effectiveness, transparency and accountability are reflected in your work.
- Secretary to the H3Africa Data and Bio-specimen Access Committee (DBAC) and its Chair, supporting regular meetings requirements, preparing briefs, and liaising with internal and external contacts.
- Attend external meetings as a representative of AAS as assigned.
Person Specifications
Academic Qualifications
- Postgraduate degree in human or medical genetics or genetic epidemiology from a recognized institution; A PhD is preferred
Professional Qualifications
- Member of a reputable Institute of Scientific Research or relevant professional body.
Knowledge and Experience
- At least 8 years’ relevant experience in project management, 3 years of which should have been at the supervisory level;
- Significant knowledge and understanding of the scientific landscape and grants funding environment in/for Africa;
- Proven experience in leading a team and of direct line management;
- Experience of working with ethical and/or legal issues arising from genetic research
- Knowledge of Science Technology and Innovation landscape on the African continent
- Proven research leadership qualities and experience of carrying out key research work for priority health agendas.
- A proven record of research capabilities in human or medical genetics or genetic epidemiology research as demonstrated by peer-reviewed publications and other quality outputs.
- At least 3 years’ experience working in research/research leadership capacity development programme design and implementation on the African continent
- A professional qualification and relevant experience in large scale programme/project management or training in research administration, ethics, leadership or related will be an added advantage.
Skills and Attributes
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to foster and develop close working relationships;
- Excellent management and leadership skills; demonstrated ability to build cohesive teams, develop talent, and, achieve organizational goals through teamwork;
- Have enthusiasm, commitment to results with good planning and organizational skills.
- Strong communication skills, presentational skills and ability to address public audiences;
- Good financial and budgeting capability
- Able to work in an international and multi-cultural setting
- High moral standing with impeccable integrity
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Job Purpose
The Developing Excellence in Leadership, Training and Science (DELTAS Africa) is a 10-year (2015-2025) programme of The AAS being implemented under AESA. This is with the support of Wellcome and other funding partners to train and develop world-class researchers and research leaders in Africa. The vision of DELTAS Africa is to support the Africa-led development of a critical mass of world-class researchers and research leaders in Africa. This new generation of scientists and research leaders will play a major part in shaping and driving a locally relevant research agenda in Africa, contributing to improved sustainable development on the continent. To achieve its vision, DELTAS Africa funds programmes that address four broad strategic areas: scientific quality, research training, scientific citizenship, and research management and environment. These strategic areas are recognised as necessary for strengthening, sustaining, attracting and retaining excellence in research. The first five years of DELTAS Africa from 2015 to 2020 have focused largely on biomedical and health research on the continent. While significant progress has been made in this area, the AAS has taken a strategic decision to include the social sciences and humanities as a new component of the DELTAS Africa programme during its second phase from 2020 to 2025 and beyond, with the intention of improving social science and humanities research leadership capacity on the continent to be more responsive to Africa’s persistent and emerging sustainable development challenges. It is expected that DELTAS Africa II will continue to support a large portfolio of networks that will be implementing various projects in health research, biomedical, biosciences and related transdisciplinary sciences. The incumbent will also be expected to work closely with the Senior Programme Officer (Social Sciences and Humanities) to ensure the overall aims of the DELTAS Africa Initiative are effectively and efficiently met.
Position Overview
The overall aim of the Senior Programme Officer (Social Sciences and Humanities) is to support the delivery of a vibrant social sciences and humanities research leadership capacity development programme on the continent. In the short term, this will be delivered as a component of the DELTAS Africa programme, promoting excellence in social science and humanities research leadership capacity on the continent based on the DELTAS Africa model or a variant thereof, and in the long term contributing to its development as an independent flagship programme of The AAS.
The Senior Programme Officer has as his/her primary responsibility the management of the DELTAS Africa programme’s social sciences and humanities remit, including overseeing national, multinational and trans-national DELTAS Africa social science consortia, liaising with comparative research networks, as well as thematic and issue-specific research programmes, special initiatives and projects. In this connection, the Senior Programme Officer will be responsible for managing all aspects of the portfolio of the DELTAS Africa social science programmes, and overseeing the work of programme officers managing aspects of the social science programmes within DELTAS Africa, each of which may include several of the following aspects:
- Leverage sector specific knowledge and skills in the effective implementation of programmes and the development of new initiatives
- Overseeing the development and implementation of pre-award, award and post-award processes,
- Gender equity diversity and inclusion strategies with the programme,
- monitoring, evaluation and learning,
- Design and implement risks assessment and management strategies for the programme,
- Work with GFGP team to ensure integration and update of good finance grant practice by programme beneficiaries,
- budget control and reviews,
- management and scientific meetings,
- open access publishing,
- capacity development interventions,
- community and public engagement,
- research management,
- impact measurement and reporting,
- financial and programmatic reporting,
- and other due diligence interventions.
- initiate, develop and, where appropriate, manage new projects and programmes;
- lend support for the realisation of other scientific activities of The AAS;
- organise academic and policy meetings;
- promote contacts with researchers, professional associations and regional organisations;
- prepare research and funding proposals on themes connected to his/her areas of expertise as may be requested by the Deputy Programmes Director,
- and where appropriate, liaise with funding organisations under the direction of both the Deputy Programmes Director, Director of Programmes and Executive Director.
The postholder will also be expected to work in close collaboration with other AESA managed programmes through provision of operational and research support in order to achieve the overall strategic goals of The AAS.
Key Responsibilities
1. Define and deliver the benefits of the Social Sciences and Humanities component of the DELTAS Africa programme in time, within budget and at the required quality, including:
- Planning and budgeting;
- Leading in effective technical and financial management to ensure VFM throughout the programme cycle, including: using evidence to enhance program learning and development, seeking out and implementing solutions which achieve a good mix of quality and effectiveness for the least outlay, financial tracking of spend against budget, accurate forecasting, asset management, timely payment of invoices/claims, and timely submission of financial reports and Annual Audited Statements where required, in line with grant and donor requirements.
- Ensuring that technical outputs throughout the program cycle including reports are of high quality and respond to donor guidelines and requirements
- Promoting and marketing, this may include social media, website page management and/or article writing, working in collaboration with The AAS Communications team;
- Support in identifying, tracking and mitigating programme management risks and issues;
- Identification of experts for peer review and selection panels;
- Planning and delivery of large-scale events, potentially including events in other countries on the continent
- Monitoring and evaluation of scheme outcomes and impacts, and communicating outcomes and learnings to key stakeholders
- Preparing consolidated technical and financial reports from grantees. This involves reviewing reporting templates, liaising with grantees M&E teams during reporting periods to support their reporting needs, consolidating the reports for internal use and for sharing with relevant funders; and data mining from reports to prepare outcomes and impact reports
- Liaising and managing relationships with key stakeholders (other AAS funding and delivery partners, relevant steering groups, partners throughout the continent, Fellows of the Academy and grant beneficiaries);
- Financial tracking of spend against budget;
- Management of scheme activities and awards;
2. Assist in the provision of secretariat support to relevant steering groups.
3. Assist in utilising the outputs, networks and relationships created through the DELTAS Africa programme to further the Academy’s strategic objectives.
4. Contribute, as required, to the development of evidence-based positions on research and innovation policy issues linked to the scheme.
5. Contribute to the establishment of systems to enable the Academy to maintain and derive value from contact with past beneficiaries or alumni, and to manage these relationships where appropriate.
6. Contribute to the effective use of administrative resources across the AESA platform, including by providing colleagues with clear and timely information about requirements for administrative support.
7. Contribute to the effective use of the AAS Ishango electronic Grants Management System, and other Academy information systems.
8. Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement at the AAS and to support line manager in achieving other team, departmental and Academy objectives, as required.
Research
- Perform programme relevant research to inform the development, implementation and delivery of the social sciences and humanities component of the DELTAS Africa programme
- Work in close collaboration with the AAS M&E team to identify, collate, track, assess quality, analyse and validate, and report on programme-related data from DELTAS Africa Social Sciences and Humanities programmes.
- Identify and build relationships with relevant stakeholders involved in social sciences and humanities research and research leadership capacity development on the continent and globally but not limited to universities and other research institutions, relevant African government departments and policymakers, Africa based and international Think Tanks, and intergovernmental organisations etc
- Prepare reports, articles and presentations during programme inception meetings, annual grantee meetings and site visits.
- Track and perform relevant analyses on various aspects of programme implementation to identify and address important challenges to ensure effective and efficient programme delivery
Programme Support
- Represent the AAS and/or programmes at internal and external meetings when required;
- Work in close collaboration with The AAS Communications Manager to develop a media and campaign Strategy for social sciences and humanities research programme to ensure maximum exposure and coverage on the continent and beyond and to generate keen interest from potential stakeholders
- Work in close collaboration with The AAS Communications Manager to ensure all content (reports, images, videos, social media posts) is relevant and updated on a timely basis.
- Supervise relevant administrative team duties in support of the DELTAS Africa social science and humanities programme
- Work with The AAS Procurement team to monitor deliverables (including supplies), and being the contact person for clients on the DELTAS social science and humanities programme;
- Plan and organise relevant workshops and other activities in furtherance of the objectives of the DELTAS Africa social science and humanities programme;
- Work with The AAS M&E team to develop and implement an M&E framework for the DELTAS Africa social science and humanities programme;
- Develop a risk management framework for the DELTAS social science and humanities programme, including developing and maintaining a risk register for the programme and a system to document, track and ensure programme issues and challenges are resolved in a timely manner;
- Support other AAS programmes and departments in the delivery of their mandate especially for cross-cutting programmatic activities when requested
Key Results and Outcomes Area
- Benefits of all assigned activities delivered within budget, to time and consistent with commitments to funders and agreed targets;
- Schemes delivered following best practice in scheme management, steering group secretarial support, and effective use of the AAS Ishango electronic Grants Management System.
- Strong working relationships with all key stakeholders including staff, Fellows of the AAS, other delivery partners, and beneficiaries;
- Maintaining an attractive and accurate outward profile of activities through the website and other materials;
- Strong knowledge of AAS policies and procedures, and their application in grants management
- Strong knowledge of AAS policies and procedures, and their application in grants management
Competencies
- Excellent presentation and public speaking skills
- Ability to interact with and to manage multiple stakeholders with diverse interests
- Proficiency in standard
- Possess well-developed interpersonal skills and ability to network and communicate across different levels of the organisation and with external partners;
- Able to perform work independently with minimal supervision, but also participate as a team member;
- Possess strong attention to detail and maintaining a timely and efficient workflow;
- Have strong planning, organisational skills and ability to work under pressure;
- Ability to multi-task and to prioritise work amidst competing demands;
- Have unquestionable integrity, confidentiality and respect.
- Project/Programme management skills (essential)
- Risk management
- Financial management and financial governance
- People management/team working
Qualifications and Requirements
- A PhD degree in a relevant Social Science/Humanities research field obtained over the past 10 years with proven research leadership qualities and experience of carrying out key research work for priority social science and humanities agendas.
- A proven record of research capabilities in social science/humanities research as demonstrated by peer-reviewed publications and other quality outputs.
- At least 3 years’ experience working in research/research leadership capacity development programme design and implementation on the African continent
- Knowledge of funding/how research is funded/grants or research management
- A professional qualification and relevant experience in large scale programme/project management or training in research administration, ethics, leadership or related will be an added advantage
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Job Purpose
The Assistant Grants Accountant will work as part of the Grants-Finance team at the AAS. They will be responsible for routine pre and post-award grant administration and related accounting duties, working closely with the Academy finance team in carrying out the financial management, assist in budgeting, programme financial reporting and assist in monitoring grantee compliance and reporting.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities;
- Financial Planning, Budgeting and Grant Analysis
- Assist in initiating the process of planning and developing budgets for new grant proposals and ensuring grantees’ budgets are aligned to AAS policies as well as donor requirements.
- Work with the supervision of the Grant Accountants in reviewing budgets submitted by grantees and ensure financial analysis and forecasting is done to aid in decision making;
- Grantee Assessment
- Be incorporated as team members in the assessment of the financial capacity of new grantees in-order to mitigate against financial risks and losses to the Academy.
- Grant Monitoring and Financial Reporting
- Verify reported programme and grantee expenses to ensure they are allowable, allocable, and reasonable.
- Review of grantees reported expenses through cross examination of expenses and providing feedbacks;
- Analyse financial transactions to ensure that they are correctly charged, and financial positions provided to funders are a true & fair representation of financial position.
- Prepare reports on current financial status by ensuring accuracy and correct coding of financial transactions and reconciliations of grants financial reports in the financial system;
- Facilitation of Grant Audits
- Assist in the audit process by ensuring auditors are well facilitated in their audit requirements and exercises.
- Ensure best practice in the grants cycle and ensure proper standards are upheld in the grant management roles undertaken by this position.
- Fund Disbursement and Financial Accounting
- Process funds to grantees by working with the Finance team to ensure quick and efficient disbursements.
- Promote accountability through accurate posting of financial data and correct coding of expenses in the financial system.
Academic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting or related field.
Professional Qualifications
- Complete professional qualification in CPA-K/ACCA.
Knowledge and Experience
- At least 3 years’ relevant experience in grants accounting working with multi-national funders, experience in finance operations is an added advantage.
- Working knowledge of grants accounting and financial management systems. Working experience with Navision is an added advantage.
- Intermediate excel and analytical skills
- Knowledge of sub-grantee management
Skills and Attributes
- Ability to outline and communicate effective objectives and action plans
- Good analytical ability and numerical skills
- Demonstrate a high degree of sensitivity, confidentiality when dealing with internal and external customers;
- Innovative and able to take initiative
- Have a high sense of accuracy and attention for detail;
- Have good problem analysis and reporting skills; and
- High moral standing with impeccable integrity
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Job Purpose
The Developing Excellence in Leadership, Training and Science (DELTAS Africa) is a 10-year (2015-2025) programme of The AAS being implemented under AESA. This is with the support of Wellcome and other funding partners to train and develop world-class researchers and research leaders in Africa. The vision of DELTAS Africa is to support the Africa-led development of a critical mass of world-class researchers and research leaders in Africa. This new generation of scientists and research leaders will play a major part in shaping and driving a locally relevant research agenda in Africa, contributing to improved sustainable development on the continent. To achieve its vision, DELTAS Africa funds programmes that address four broad strategic areas: scientific quality, research training, scientific citizenship, and research management and environment. These strategic areas are recognised as necessary for strengthening, sustaining, attracting and retaining excellence in research. The first five years of DELTAS Africa from 2015 to 2020 have focused largely on biomedical and health research on the continent. While significant progress has been made in this area, the AAS has taken a strategic decision to include the social sciences and humanities as a new component of the DELTAS Africa programme during its second phase from 2020 to 2025 and beyond, with the intention of improving social science and humanities research leadership capacity on the continent to be more responsive to Africa’s persistent and emerging sustainable development challenges. It is expected that DELTAS Africa II will continue to support a large portfolio of networks that will be implementing various projects in health research, biomedical, biosciences and related transdisciplinary sciences. The incumbent will also be expected to work closely with the Senior Programme Officer (Social Sciences and Humanities) to ensure the overall aims of the DELTAS Africa Initiative are effectively and efficiently met.
Position Overview
The overall aim of the Senior Programme Officer (Biomedical and Health Sciences) role is to support the delivery of the DELTAS Africa programme on the continent, focusing on the management of the biomedical and health sciences research networks/consortia. The Senior Programme Officer has as his/her primary responsibility the management of the DELTAS Africa programme’s biomedical and health research networks and consortia, including overseeing national, multinational and trans-national DELTAS Africa biomedical and health research programmes, liaising with comparative research networks, as well as thematic and issue-specific research programmes, special initiatives and projects. In this connection, the Senior Programme Officer will be responsible for managing all aspects of the portfolio of the DELTAS Africa biomedical and heath research programmes, and overseeing the work of programme officers managing aspects of the biomedical and health research programmes within DELTAS Africa, which may include but not limited to the following aspects:
- Leverage sector-specific knowledge and skills in the effective implementation of programmes and the development of new initiatives
- supporting the development and implementation of pre-award, award and post-award processes,
- gender equity diversity and inclusion strategies,
- monitoring, evaluation and learning,
- risks assessment and management,
- good finance grant practice,
- budget control and reviews,
- management and scientific meetings,
- open-access publishing,
- capacity development interventions,
- community and public engagement,
- research management,
- impact measurement and reporting,
- financial and programmatic reporting,
- due diligence reviews on budget holding institutions.
- initiate, develop and, where appropriate, manage new projects and programmes;
- lend support for the realisation of the other scientific activities of The AAS;
- organise academic and policy meetings;
- promote contacts with researchers, professional associations and regional organisations;
- prepare research and funding proposals on themes connected to his/her areas of expertise as may be requested by the Deputy Programmes Director,
- and where appropriate, liaise with funding organisations under the direction of both the Deputy Programmes Director, Director of Programmes and Executive Director.
The postholder will also be expected to work in close collaboration with other AESA managed programmes through the provision of operational and research support in order to achieve the overall strategic goals of the AAS.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
1. Define and deliver the benefits of the biomedical and health research networks/consortia of the DELTAS Africa programme in time, within budget and at the required quality, including:
- Planning and budgeting;
- Leading in effective technical and financial management to ensure Value For Money (VFM) throughout the programme cycle, including: using evidence to enhance program learning and development, seeking out and implementing solutions which achieve a good mix of quality and effectiveness for the least outlay, financial tracking of spend against budget, accurate forecasting, asset management, timely payment of invoices/claims, and timely submission of financial reports and Annual Audited Statements where required, in line with grant and donor requirements.
- Ensuring that technical outputs throughout the program cycle including reports are of high quality and respond to donor guidelines and requirements
- Promoting and marketing, this may include social media, website page management and/or article writing, working in collaboration with the AAS Communications team;
- Support in identifying, tracking and mitigating programme management risks and issues;
- Identification of experts for peer review and selection panels;
- 2. Assist in the provision of secretariat support to relevant steering groups.
- 3. Assist in utilising the outputs, networks and relationships created through the DELTAS Africa programme to further the Academy’s strategic objectives.
- 4. Contribute, as required, to the development of evidence-based positions on research and innovation policy issues linked to the scheme.
- 5. Contribute to the establishment of systems to enable the Academy to maintain and derive value from contact with past beneficiaries or alumni, and to manage these relationships where appropriate.
- 6. Contribute to the effective use of administrative resources across the AESA platform, including by providing colleagues with clear and timely information about requirements for administrative support.
- 7. Contribute to the effective use of the AAS Ishango electronic Grants Management System, and other Academy information systems.
- 8. Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement at the AAS and to support line manager in achieving other team, departmental and Academy objectives, as required.
Research
- Perform programme relevant research to inform the development, implementation and delivery of the biomedical and health research component of the DELTAS Africa programme
- Work in close collaboration with the AAS M&E team to identify, collate, track, assess quality, analyse and validate, and report on programme-related data from DELTAS Africa biomedical and health research programmes.
- Identify and build relationships with relevant stakeholders involved in biomedical and health research and research leadership capacity development on the continent and globally but not limited to universities and other research institutions, relevant African government departments and policymakers, Africa based and international Think Tanks, and intergovernmental organisations etc
- Prepare reports, articles and presentations during programme inception meetings, annual grantee meetings and site visits.
- Track and perform relevant analyses on various aspects of programme implementation to identify and address important challenges to ensure effective and efficient programme delivery
Programme Support
- Represent The AAS and/or programmes at internal and external meetings when required;
- Work in close collaboration with The AAS Communications Manager to develop a media and campaign Strategy for biomedical and health research programmes to ensure maximum exposure and coverage on the continent and beyond and to generate keen interest from potential stakeholders
- Work in close collaboration with The AAS Communications Manager to ensure all content (reports, images, videos, social media posts) is relevant and updated on a timely basis.
- Supervise relevant administrative team duties in support of the DELTAS Africa biomedical and health research programmes
- Work with The AAS Procurement team to monitor deliverables (including supplies), and being the contact person for clients on the DELTAS biomedical and health research programmes;
- Plan and organise relevant workshops and other activities in furtherance of the objectives of the DELTAS Africa biomedical and health research programmes;
- Work with The AAS M&E team to develop and implement an M&E framework for the DELTAS Africa biomedical and health research programme;
- Develop a risk management framework for the DELTAS Africa biomedical and health research programme, including developing and maintaining a risk register for the programme and a system to document, track and ensure programme issues and challenges are resolved in a timely manner;
- Support other AAS programmes and departments in the delivery of their mandate especially for cross-cutting programmatic activities when requested
Key Results and Outcomes Area
- Benefits of all assigned activities delivered within budget, to time and consistent with commitments to funders and agreed targets;
- Schemes delivered following best practice in scheme management, steering group secretarial support, and effective use of the AAS Ishango electronic Grants Management System.
- Strong working relationships with all key stakeholders including staff, Fellows of The AAS, other delivery partners, and beneficiaries;
- Maintaining an attractive and accurate outward profile of activities through the website and other materials;
- Strong knowledge of AAS policies and procedures, and their application in grants management
Competencies
- Excellent presentation and public speaking skills
- Ability to interact with and to manage multiple stakeholders with diverse interests
- Proficiency in standard office and collaboration tools such as Microsoft Office, SharePoint
- Possess well-developed interpersonal skills and ability to network and communicate across different levels of the organisation and with external partners;
- Able to perform work independently with minimal supervision, but also participate as a team member;
- Possess strong attention to detail and maintaining a timely and efficient work-flow;
- Have strong planning, organisational skills and ability to work under pressure;
- Ability to multi-task and to prioritise work amidst competing demands;
- Have unquestionable integrity, confidentiality and respect for self and other team members.
- Project/Programme management skills (essential)
- Risk management
- Financial management and financial governance
- People management/team working.
Qualifications and Requirements
- A PhD degree in a relevant Science/Biomedical/Biosciences/Health research field obtained over the past 10 years; or an MD with proven research leadership qualities and experience of carrying out key research work for priority health agendas.
- A proven record of research capabilities in health/biomedical/biosciences research as demonstrated by peer-reviewed publications and other quality outputs.
- At least 3 years’ experience working in research/research leadership capacity development programme design and implementation on the African continent
- A professional qualification and relevant experience in large scale programme/project management or training in research administration, ethics, leadership or related will be an added advantage
- Positive, energetic self-starter with a high level of personal drive and resilience
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