Financial Management procedures.
1. SPECIFIC TASKS TO BE ACCOUMPLISHED
• Daily technical assistance in RAB financial management transaction ;
• Review of existing financial management system in RAB and its Zones
• Identification and assessment of issues in the Financial management system ; public procurement and human resources management of RAB and its Zones
• Designing appropriate RAB financial management procedures merging all previous Government institutions, these procedures will include :
1. Budget preparation, execution and control
2. Resources mobilization from MINECOFIN and other donors
3. Payment procedures
4. Accounting policies and procedures
5. Financial reporting
6. Logistic management
7. Human resources management
8. Internal Revenues Management system(pricing, selling, collecting, banking, recording and reconciliation)
9. Stock Management system (seeds from CIP & Stations production, pesticides, Fertilizers, Office furniture, lab reagents, fuel, etc)
10. Fixed asset Management system(buildings, vehicles, Moto Cycles, ICT equipments, cattle, etc
• Assist the staff in financial management to prepare monthly and quarterly financial statement to be submitted to MINAGRI and MINECOFIN
• Prepare a comprehensive training needs assessment for the Financial management staff
• Identify gaps in the financial management, recommend recruitment of additional staff where necessary and assist RAB in the recruitment process,
• Technical assistance to the staff of RAB financial management on the use of elaborated procedures
2. SUPERVISION AND REPORTING ARRANGEMENTS
The consultant will work under the direct supervision of the Head of Corporate Services Division and will work very closely with RAB staff
3. DURATION OF ASSIGNMENT
The assignment is expected to be completed after nine (9) months but can be extended for a period mutually agreed. The implementation will be done as follows :
• The financial management technical assistance will be done on daily basis
• The report on need assessment will be delivered after two(2
• The financial management on the manual will be delivered after a period of four (4) months
• The technical assistance on the use of the manual will be done during a period of three (3) months
Application letter, Curriculum Vitae, Academic certificates(Diploma) should be submitted to the Director General of Rwanda Agriculture Board head office in Kigali not later than 25th January 2012
