Finance and Administration
Mandate
Provide support services and coordination of all activities of the institute to ensure a conducive environment for health research.
Activities under Finance and Administration:
- Administration and operations
- Finance and Grants management
- Human Resource Management
- Planning
- Capacity building
- Procurement and disposal of Public Assets
- Management of Information Technology and Library Services and Equipment
- Public relations and Communications Unit
Functions
- Financial Management
- Human Resource Management Planning, Development and Advisory
- Procurement and disposal of Public Assets
- Management of Information Technology and Library Services and Equipment
- Coordinate and Monitor the Implementation of strategic Plan, budget and policies of the Institution
- Coordinating the different departments and partners at the institute
- Capacity building
- Institute Operations and Support services
Strategic Objectives under Finance and Administration
- Creation of a critical mass for middle level scientific and technical staff
- To widen the research skills mix for middle level scientific and technical staff
- Contribution to the financial sustainability of UVRI
- Contribution to the financial sustainability of UVRI
- Improve efficiency and effectiveness in the use of available resources
- Centralized, accessible and reliable sample repository system
- Improvement in the coordination of programs & core functions
- To optimize and streamline information and resource sharing among the different programs & projects
- Increase production of health research workforce:
- To expand the knowledge and skills base for public health research.
- Enhanced operational efficiency and effectiveness of the institute
- To improve the operational efficiency and effectiveness of the institute.
- Expansion of infrastructure and equipment capacities.
- Increase the institutional infrastructure and equipment capacity of the institute.
Administration Achievements
- Removal of asbestos sheets from 14 Soweto houses
- Renovation of the rock feller building; the roof top, painting and renovation of the Directors office.
- Payment of electricity Arears worthy UGX 4,250,000,000 billions
- Renovation and painting of the HIV Reference Laboratory.
- Developed an Assets Register that is comprehensive including even assets from projects
- Developed a vehicle utilization register
- Maintained Institute Premises
- Renovation of the incinerator and the institute Laundry.
- HR Office: Procured services to construct the Insectary and are managing the contract works steadily.
- Have secured a tittle for the 72 acres of the Institute.
- Streamlined the storage of all UVRI procured goods and equipment in the UVRI stores
- We are yet to expand the UVRI stores to be able to accommodate the big procurements done by UVRI
- Developed the departmental procurement work plans for 2018/2019
- Started on procuring service providers for the canteen & cleaning services
- In the process of developing a Master Plan for UVRI
- Carried out a training needs assessment and we are yet to produce the training plan
- Reconstruction of the UVRI Website. Got a new host, and we are yet to migrate the website to the new host
- Redesigning the website
- So far we have written a memo to heads of departments for content to be put on the website but we have not got their responses
- We have up graded the internet band width from 10 mbps to 27 We doubled it because we required a quality quantity of link to improve the speed if the internet to enable researchers carryout their work.
- Development and Production of the first UVRI news Letter
- Retooling of ICT equipment for UVRI staff
- Acquisition of 3 Buildings from RHSP
- Funding for trainings for UVRI staff