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Comprehensive Rehabilitation Services for People with disability in Uganda (CoRSU) was established in 2006 as a private non-profit, non-governmental organization. CoRSU provides Orthopaedic Surgery, Plastic Surgery, and Rehabilitation, mainly for children as well as adults with disability.

CoRSU Hospital seeks to fill the following vacancy:

Overall job objective:

The role is responsible for identifying funding opportunities, developing high-quality proposals, maintaining partnership databases, supporting reporting processes, and strengthening engagement between CoRSU and its partners, donors, corporate entities, and community-based organizations.

Functional Outputs/Activities per key performance area:

Grants Acquisition, Proposal Development, and donor compliance:

• Identify new donor, corporate, and institutional funding opportunities aligned to CoRSU’s strategic plan.
• Facilitate design sessions in coordination with CoRSU Head of Programs and Partnerships and ensure proposal design is in line with CoRSU standards and practices.
• Liaise with Head of Programs and Partnerships to ensure proposals are of high quality, meet internal and donor standards, and are submitted on time to the donor.
• Maintain a database of upcoming calls for proposals, deadlines, eligibility, and priority themes.
• Support the development of budgets in collaboration with Finance and relevant departments
• Track grant deliverables, reporting timelines, and milestones to ensure compliance.
• Coordinate donor reporting by collecting program data, financial information, and results from relevant departments, especially for CSR and other donations received by CoRSU.
• Maintain an internal grant tracker and share periodic updates with the head of programs.
• Support internal and external audits related to grants.
• Update project management tools, including funding trackers, grant trackers, and dashboards.

Fundraising & Resource Mobilization

• Support the implementation of the CoRSU Resource Mobilization & Fundraising Strategy.
• Develop fundraising materials, impact stories, case studies, and communication products in collaboration with the PR/Communications team.
• Engage with corporate partners to mobilize CSR support, sponsorships, and in-kind contributions.
• Support events such as CoRSU Walk, fundraising campaigns, and partner engagement forums.
• Support the Head of Programs and Partnerships to track funding opportunities, including calls for funding, progress of proposals, submission deadlines, and financing available.
• Develop tools and systems for business analytics, visualizing funding trends (thematic, geographically, donors, etc.) and identifying risks, gaps, and challenges, to inform management decision-making.
• Support the identification and maintain a database of existing and potential implementing partners
• Strengthen CoRSU’s relationships with relevant line Government Ministries, donors, and partners, through regular meetings, consultations, and updates on CoRSU’s programs.

Partnership Development and coordination

• Work closely with the PR/Communications Officer to ensure timely and accurate communication with donors and all partners, referencing the donor communication and engagement strategy.
• Collect and synthesize program data, patient stories, impact evidence, and photos for communication, reporting, and fundraising purposes.
• Support the preparation of program briefs, donor updates, and documentation of achievements and lessons learned.
• Support in organizing donor visits, field missions, and partner events.
• Maintain updated Partner and Donor Profiles and the Partnership/MoU Tracker.
• Coordinate partnership meetings, prepare agendas, take minutes, and follow up on action points.
• Support renewal and compliance of partnership MoUs in collaboration with the PMO and legal/administration teams.
• Ensure consistent communication with partners and respond to partner needs promptly.

Capacity Building

• Provide support and training to the field teams to ensure that they effectively contribute to Business Development
• Provide support to program teams at key moments, including program start-up, kick-off meetings, inception meeting check-ins, quality audits and spot checks, and end of program transition meetings.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to the Team to grow competencies in business development.

Representation

• Identify, build, and manage collaborative partnerships with donors, peer agencies, and other stakeholders to ensure consistent communications to donors at all levels.
• As delegated, act as a focal point for all queries and information requests from CoRSU and donors in collaboration with the head of programs.
• Represent CoRSU to donors, peer agencies, and other key stakeholders, as requested.

Financial Management

• Develop the budget for the department as per the set guidelines.
• Monitor and control the allocated budget and put measures in place to address variances.
• Continuously identify areas for improved efficiency.

Risk Management

Perform risk assessments for strategies before implementation, and develop a mitigation plan to manage the risks.

Compliance

• Ensure CoRSU Program policies, Donor guidelines, and regulatory compliance in execution of activities.
• Adherence to all CoRSU Policies and Procedures

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in international relations, public health, Public Administration and Management, Business Administration, Social Work and Administration, or related field

A Master’s Degree in Community-Based Rehabilitation, Social Work and Social Administration, or Public Health is an added advantage

Advanced training in Project Management/Programs Management is an added advantage

Recognized training and success in proposal writing, Advocacy, leadership, and community work is an added advantages.

• Identify new donor, corporate, and institutional funding opportunities aligned to CoRSU’s strategic plan.
• Facilitate design sessions in coordination with CoRSU Head of Programs and Partnerships and ensure proposal design is in line with CoRSU standards and practices.
• Liaise with Head of Programs and Partnerships to ensure proposals are of high quality, meet internal and donor standards, and are submitted on time to the donor.
• Maintain a database of upcoming calls for proposals, deadlines, eligibility, and priority themes.
• Support the development of budgets in collaboration with Finance and relevant departments
• Track grant deliverables, reporting timelines, and milestones to ensure compliance.
• Coordinate donor reporting by collecting program data, financial information, and results from relevant departments, especially for CSR and other donations received by CoRSU.
• Maintain an internal grant tracker and share periodic updates with the head of programs.
• Support internal and external audits related to grants.
• Update project management tools, including funding trackers, grant trackers, and dashboards.
• Support the implementation of the CoRSU Resource Mobilization & Fundraising Strategy.
• Develop fundraising materials, impact stories, case studies, and communication products in collaboration with the PR/Communications team.
• Engage with corporate partners to mobilize CSR support, sponsorships, and in-kind contributions.
• Support events such as CoRSU Walk, fundraising campaigns, and partner engagement forums.
• Support the Head of Programs and Partnerships to track funding opportunities, including calls for funding, progress of proposals, submission deadlines, and financing available.
• Develop tools and systems for business analytics, visualizing funding trends (thematic, geographically, donors, etc.) and identifying risks, gaps, and challenges, to inform management decision-making.
• Support the identification and maintain a database of existing and potential implementing partners
• Strengthen CoRSU’s relationships with relevant line Government Ministries, donors, and partners, through regular meetings, consultations, and updates on CoRSU’s programs.
• Work closely with the PR/Communications Officer to ensure timely and accurate communication with donors and all partners, referencing the donor communication and engagement strategy.
• Collect and synthesize program data, patient stories, impact evidence, and photos for communication, reporting, and fundraising purposes.
• Support the preparation of program briefs, donor updates, and documentation of achievements and lessons learned.
• Support in organizing donor visits, field missions, and partner events.
• Maintain updated Partner and Donor Profiles and the Partnership/MoU Tracker.
• Coordinate partnership meetings, prepare agendas, take minutes, and follow up on action points.
• Support renewal and compliance of partnership MoUs in collaboration with the PMO and legal/administration teams.
• Ensure consistent communication with partners and respond to partner needs promptly.
• Provide support and training to the field teams to ensure that they effectively contribute to Business Development
• Provide support to program teams at key moments, including program start-up, kick-off meetings, inception meeting check-ins, quality audits and spot checks, and end of program transition meetings.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to the Team to grow competencies in business development.
• Identify, build, and manage collaborative partnerships with donors, peer agencies, and other stakeholders to ensure consistent communications to donors at all levels.
• As delegated, act as a focal point for all queries and information requests from CoRSU and donors in collaboration with the head of programs.
• Represent CoRSU to donors, peer agencies, and other key stakeholders, as requested.
• Develop the budget for the department as per the set guidelines.
• Monitor and control the allocated budget and put measures in place to address variances.
• Continuously identify areas for improved efficiency.
• Perform risk assessments for strategies before implementation, and develop a mitigation plan to manage the risks.
• Ensure CoRSU Program policies, Donor guidelines, and regulatory compliance in execution of activities.
• Adherence to all CoRSU Policies and Procedures

• Bachelor’s degree in international relations, public health, Public Administration and Management, Business Administration, Social Work and Administration, or related field
• A Master’s Degree in Community-Based Rehabilitation, Social Work and Social Administration, or Public Health is an added advantage
• Advanced training in Project Management/Programs Management is an added advantage
• Recognized training and success in proposal writing, Advocacy, leadership, and community work is an added advantages.