Project Manager
Full time @UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE posted 2 hours ago in HealthCare Shortlist Email JobJob Detail
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Job ID 63998
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Career Level Officer
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Experience 3 Years
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Gender Both
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Industry Administration
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Qualifications Degree Bachelor
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Job Type Full time
Job Description
About the Project
The project aims to identify correlates of immune protection against Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) by integrating insights from both vaccine-induced and natural infection-derived immune responses. Through robust biomarker discovery and immunological profiling, the project will contribute to the global arsenal of tools needed for epidemic containment and rapid vaccine deployment against high-consequence pathogens.
This is a unique opportunity to contribute to global health equity by shaping research that could inform next-generation filovirus vaccines.
Key Responsibilities
- Project Coordination and Oversight
- Lead the development and implementation of project work plans, timelines, and milestones across all participating institutions.
- Act as the central point of contact between national and international partners.
- Organize consortium meetings, workshops, and stakeholder engagements.
- Financial Management
- Work closely with grants and finance teams to track budgets, expenditures, and ensure timely reporting to Wellcome Trust.
- Monitor financial compliance across sub-awards, ensuring adherence to funder and institutional regulations.
- Grant and Compliance Administration
- Maintain oversight of contractual deliverables, ethical approvals, and regulatory submissions.
- Support preparation of donor reports, scientific updates, and risk mitigation plans.
- Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning
- Develop and oversee tools for performance monitoring, impact tracking, and knowledge management.
- Lead quarterly review sessions to assess progress against KPIs and donor deliverables.
- Team and Capacity Building
- Provide supervision to junior project staff and liaise with HR to recruit administrative personnel if needed.
- Foster a collaborative team culture across disciplines and institutions.
Minimum Qualifications and Experience
- Master’s degree in Public Health, Life Sciences, Health Research, Project Management, Business Administration, or related discipline.
- At least 5 years of experience in managing multi-partner research projects, preferably donor-funded (Wellcome Trust, CEPI, NIH, EDCTP, etc.).
- Proven experience in financial planning, reporting, and compliance.
- Demonstrated experience of managing budgets over 500,000 GBP
- Demonstrated experience coordinating cross-institutional and cross-border scientific programmes.
- Excellent interpersonal, leadership, and communication skills.
- Familiarity with research governance, GCP, and ethical review processes is a strong advantage.
Desirable
- Experience working in global health, vaccines, or immunology-related research.
- Proficiency in project management tools (MS Project, Asana, Monday.com, and other grant management platforms ).
- Ability to write clearly for both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Strong diplomacy, discretion, and problem solving skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication (including technical reporting)
Application Procedure
Interested candidates should submit
- A cover letter addressing key qualifications and interest in the role
- A detailed CV (maximum 3 pages) with contact information for three professional referees
- A copy of your last role appraisal
- Any other supporting documents (certificates, reports authored, etc)
Application Procedure
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- Scroll below the job Description
- Apply with the Application instructions provided.
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