Grants Pre-awards Specialist

**GRANTS PRE-AWARDS SPECIALIST**

**PERMANENT**

**HEAD QUARTERS; WOODSTOCK**

The Desmond Tutu Health Foundation (DTHF) is a registered non-profit organisation focused on the pursuit of excellence in research, treatment, training and prevention of HIV and related infections in Southern Africa.

We have fantastic job opportunities across our businesses for talented people wanting to realize their full potential. Could that be you? If so, we invite you to explore the possibility of joining us to play your part in Desmond Tutu Health Foundations’ exciting future.
- Degree or National Diploma qualification in finance
- 3-5 years’ experience in developing research grant budgets from zero in health research grants environment
- 3-5 years of experience in costing studies from protocols
- Experience working on SAP Business 1
- Microsoft office suite with advanced excel skills
- Experience in working with Study Leads and Principle investigators
- Familiar with research grant agreements
- Excellent communication and relationship building skills
- Ability to track multiple tasks and deliver budgets simultaneously

**Responsibilities**:
**Grant budget Development**:

- Review synopsis of the protocol and compile a detailed budget (including justification) in line with funder’s requirements and restrictions that includes all costs
- Capture award costings in SAP to enable the project to be set up

**Grants Pipeline management**:

- Participate in Grants team meeting to discuss pipeline projects and their progress
- Load new proposals into SAP Grants module and indicate status of award and update as proposal process progresses
- Communicate responsibilities with respect to record-keeping, timesheet submission, milestone recording, reporting and project sign-off
- Source possible grant opportunities on request from PI’s within established grants resourcing networks
- Maintain the Grants Library information on TEAMS
- Ensure that other support templates for PI’s are kept up to date

**Grants Contracting**:

- Complete template to capture contracts received from funders/sponsors
- Route contracts to organization review individuals for checking and track progress
- Track signature timelines and liaise with funder to meet deadlines or request extensions
- Ensure that signed contract is forwarded to funder
- Capture signed contract in project documentation repository
- Develop a database of submitted grants (final packs) to ensure latest information is available to grants team for resubmissions/ revisions
- Develop and maintain an up-to-date database for standard grants supporting documentation (e.g. biosketches, facilities & resources, etc.)

**Grants Close out**:

- Ensure that all documents are retained as per funder’s audit /statutory requirements
- Ensure that all project costs have been claimed from before final project report is submitted
- Ensure that NIH RPPR and FFR process are managed effectively and submitted timeously by maintaining a schedule of due dates for these submissions
- Attend to any funder requests for information or clarity and respond within required timelines
- Maintain good relationships with sponsors, clinic partners and service providers

**Values fit: Passion Innovation Progress Integrity Respect Excellence**
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- I further understand that the personal information I disclose to DTHF will be processed in accordance with the requirements set out in the Protection of Personal Information Act and may include the transferring thereof to third parties for the purposes of verification._
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- This job may be removed before it expires._
- Desmond Tutu Health Foundation is a child-friendly organisation committed to the protection of children._

**For more information about the organization please visit our website.