Job Title: Resource Mobilisation Officer
About this Job:
THE AIDS SUPPORT ORGANIZATION (TASO UGANDA)
The AIDS Support Organization (TASO Uganda), an organisation contributing to a process of preventing HIV infection, restoring hope and improving the quality of Life of persons, families and communities affected by HIV infection and disease, requires the services of dedicated, competent, innovative and results oriented personnel to fill in the following positions.
7. Job Title : Resource Mobilisation Officer
Department/Location : Executive Director’s Office
Directly Reports to : Executive Director
Main Purpose of the Job
To identify possible partners who can provide technical, financial or other support to TASO, prepare proposals for mobilizing such support, and follow up the proposals to their logical conclusions.
Also to maintain liaison with donors
The successful candidate will be responsible for the following tasks;
• Identify opportunities for funding and other support from development partners and other sources
• Prepare draft project proposals, get them discussed and endorsed by TASO management, and produce the final versions for submission to prospective development partners and other parties
• Develop and implement resource mobilization strategies according to terms agreed upon in consultation with TASO management
• Draft reports to donors in conformity with reporting requirements
• Collect and record all data related to donor funds, the activities they finance, produce accountability statements to donors, and submit them through the appropriate authorities
• Keep donors promptly informed of all developments in TASO that are relevant to them
• Attend Donor/TASO meetings.
Requirement:
PERSON SPECIFICATIONS – Resource Mobilisation Officer
Academic Qualifications
Degree, preferably B.Com (Accounting or Finance) or BBA, plus Post-graduate qualifications in Project Planning and Management or Development Studies or Investment Analysis
Minimum Experience and Exposure
4 years in a senior position, with substantial technical responsibilities in project/grant proposal writing
Special Knowledge
Project planning and management, Project proposal writing with
attendant financial flow projections, Report writing, Negotiation
skills, Communication Skills, and Public Relations skills
How to apply:
Only qualified candidates that meet all the above requirements are invited to submit their resume, copies of certified academic certificates, testimonials and three referees. Please firmly staple your papers together and specify the position applied for on the top right corner of the envelope. TASO offers a competitive package for all the positions.
Note: only short listed candidates will be contacted. CLOSING DATE: 12th June 2012.
Please forward your applications to:
The Human Resource & Administration Director
P.O. BOX 10443, KAMPALA
“OR hand deliver your application to TASO HQ level II, located at Old Mulago Hospital”.
