Program Officer Job

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• Conduct due diligence site visits of potential USADF grantee off grid energy challenge and YALI finalists, including providing recommendations and reference checks, • Conduct detailed cost verification exercises of potential grantees for the challenge program, including determining cost reasonability according to market prices • Report to the Program Director on project implementation and performance of each project and also liaise with USADF Washington staff, • Assist grantees during the implementation of YALI and Power • Africa projects by providing them with business management and technical support skills. • Ensure the successful projects are on schedule by conducting quarterly reviews on their performance. • Assist grantees with importation of any project equipment] machinery they may require to procure, • During project implementation of each project, verify the completion of each project’s milestones by reviewing reports and conducting site visits to verify completion of each milestone. • Submit reports of each milestone completed to UDET and USADF Washington. • Assist grantees to ensure accurate and timely submission of their disbursement requests per completed milestone, review performance reports to verify accuracy of information include in these reports. • Conduct monitoring visits on a regular basis to assess project implementation progress, identification of any implementation constraints and come up with corrective actions to address any constraints • Assist grantees to accurately report on their project performance indicators on a monthly/quarterly basis, Help prepare grantees for audits by both internal and external auditors Desired qualifications and experience • Must be a Ugandan National • Have a university degree in Business Administration, economics, engineering, finance, community development or other relevant area of development preferably at a Masters level. An MBA or a high-level academic training in analysis and planning rural project SMEs will be an added asset. • Five (5) or more years of professional experience in Program Management, Monitoring, Evaluation and Financial analysis particularly related to small business development ideally in youth program management and renewable /off — grid energy sector