Vacancy title:
Associate, Grants & Contracts

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Healthcare, Category: Accounting & Finance]

Jobs at:
Aga Khan University Hospital

Deadline of this Job:
Friday, August 1 2025

Duty Station:
Kenya | Nairobi | Kenya

Summary
Date Posted: Monday, July 21 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

• The incumbent will support compliance, ethics, and biosafety processes for extramural research activities in East Africa. This role ensures adherence to institutional, national, and international research compliance requirements, including safeguarding & financial conflicts of interest (FCOI), research ethics, biosafety, and regulatory reporting.

Responsibilities

• Assist in developing a compliance oversight structure within the Research Office.
• Conduct spot checks on grant activities to ensure compliance with the agency’s requirements and provide compliance review and approval on Pure AMM Grants Management System.
• Undertake spot reviews of protocols approved by AKU-ISERC and their ethical compliance.
• Provide support to establish a monitoring and evaluation system and visit to field offices to ensure adherence to compliance procedures.
• Support in providing assurance reports with results on grant compliance and risk management activity.
• Follow up on the implementation of recommendations and maintain updated tracking records.
• Prepare and submit monthly reports on the status to the Research Office.
• Conduct partner due diligence process for sub-awardees and facilitate Finance and Legal review of new funder due diligence.
• Conduct risk-based inspection of labs, assessing onsite regulatory /policy compliance.

 Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in finance/Audit or other relevant field.
• Minimum of 2 years or more of relevant experience.
• Experience with or ability to learn grant management and review system software and online training portals.
• Related experience in coordinating and working in an academic setting would be an advantage.
• Comprehensive knowledge of applicable local, state, and federal regulations as well as NIH, USDA, NIAID, and CDC guidelines. 
• Strong knowledge of research compliance, ethics, and biosafety regulations.
• Familiarity with donor compliance requirements (e.g., NIH, USAID, Wellcome Trust).
• Experience in working with IRBs, ethics committees, and biosafety review boards.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: bachelor degree

Job application procedure

Interested and qualified? Go to Aga Khan University Hospital on aku.taleo.net to apply

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