Intern, Grant and Contracts at eHealth Systems Africa

Purpose of the Position

• The Intern, Grants & Contract will work with and be supervised by the Manager, Grants & Contract. The role is to support the Supervisor in all aspects of assigned grant portfolio throughout all stages of project development, implementation, and closure.

What you’ll Do

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other duties may be assigned.
• Assist the supervisor in the management of timelines and donor reporting requirements for individual grant activities by maintaining internal trackers, such as the grant status and closing trackers.
• Assist in ensuring compliance with donor and organizational policies, procedures and regulations, throughout activity implementation.
• Assist with monitoring project, progress against the approved project implementation timeline; identify delays and work closely with relevant units to ensure projects stay on track.
• Assist with coordinating with staff in all departments to complete assigned tasks; engage in regular coordination with relevant units to quickly resolve implementation issues.
• Assist with coordinating with other units to ensure effective and efficient workflow throughout all stages of activity development, implementation and closure.
• Assist by helping to track performance indicators and milestones deliverables for successful program implementation.
• Perform other tasks as assigned.

Requirements

• Minimum of B.Sc or HND in Accounting, Finance, Business administration, Statistics or numerate discipline.
• Minimum 1 years Cognate Experience in development (Desirable but not compulsory).
• Outstanding interpersonal communication skills, including a proven ability to maintain constructive relationships with colleagues and partners, both in-person and virtually.
• Advanced computer skills, including Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office Suite Proficiency working within specialized software utilized in program.
• English is the spoken and written language.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.