Position: Regional Finance Officer,
Tingathe and TSP Programs
Contract
Duration: 1 year (renewable)
Position Type:
Full-time
Start Date: April 1, 2017 (negotiable)
Application Due
Date: (applications reviewed on a rolling basis)
Background
Baylor College of
Medicine Children’s Foundation Malawi (Baylor-Malawi) is a not-for-profit
organization partnering with the Government of Malawi in the health sector. The
mission is to improve the health and lives of HIV-infected children and
families through high quality, high impact, ethical, state-of-the-art,
comprehensive care and treatment, training of health professionals, and
clinical research. Baylor-Malawi has an international reputation for
innovative, evidence-based HIV service delivery programming.
The Baylor-Tingathe
program was designed in 2008 to respond to suboptimal uptake of PMTCT and
pediatric HIV services In Malawi. The program seeks to support Malawi in
reaching the ambitious UNAIDS 90-90-90 goals, by improving the identification
of HIV-positive persons, timely treatment initiation, and long term engagement
in care. The program is funded by though a USAID sub grant from Right to Care
and is Operating in four districts.
USAID has signed a
cooperative agreement with Baylor-Malawi for the Technical Support to PEPFAR
Programs in the Southern Africa Region—or TSP—Program to reduce the impact of
HIV/AIDS in ten countries: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique,
Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Focal countries will be
supported to reach ambitious UNAIDS 90-90-90 goals: 90% of HIV-infected
individuals know their status; 90% of patients who know their status adhere to
anti-retroviral therapy (ART); and 90% of patients on ART are virally
suppressed by 2020. Through TSP, Baylor-Malawi and its partners will provide
technical assistance to regional HIV/AIDS programs and build the capacity of country
teams to eventually take full ownership of the programs. Assistance will
include technical expertise, human resource capacity, physical infrastructure,
program implementation experience, and regional coordination and communication
with a special focus on women, children, and adolescents with HIV.
Baylor-Malawi is
seeking applications from qualified candidates to fill the position of Regional Finance Coordinator
to support both the Baylor-Malawi Tingathe and TSP Programs. Time allocation
between the two programs will be split 50/50.
Position
Description
& Responsibilities
The Regional Finance
Coordinator will manage TSP/Tingathe finances, under the Senior Operations
Officer (Tingathe) and Senior Strategy Officer’s (TSP) supervision.
DUTIES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES
Ensure
compliance with financial policies and procedures and donor regulations;
Review
and analyze monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports;
Provide
timely and accurate financial reports to management team as required;
Oversee
financial reporting for annual budget planning, audit reviews, and assessments;
Direct
financial analysis, demonstrating strategic thinking, initiative, and ability
to deal with both routine and urgent finance matters;
Provide
supervision to finance and field based staff/partners to ensure strong project
financial accountability;
Build
capacity of finance direct reports;
Regularly
monitor expenditures and take corrective action when necessary;
Train
staff and partners on financial policies and procedures;
Negotiate
and manage financial aspects of sub-awards with implementing partners;
Ensure
that required and sufficient financial controls are in place, adhered to, and
enforced;
Oversee
transfer of funds to other TSP offices upon receipt of a spending projection
for given time periods.
is summary of the primary responsibilities of the position, not an employment
contract; it does not restrict the responsibilities that may be assigned.
Baylor-Malawi may revise this document at any time.
Profile
are sought from experienced, mission-driven candidates who meet the following
profile:
Master’s
degree in business administration, accounting or related field;
At
least 10 years of experience as a financial manager of large, complex programs;
Demonstrated
skill in financial and administrative oversight of USAID-funded projects;
Demonstrated
knowledge of concepts, practices, and procedures with accounting, financial
controls and financial information systems;
Proficient
in QuickBooks;
Ability
to manage multiple projects at once, prioritize, and work within deadlines,
often under pressure;
High
level of integrity, accountability, trustworthiness and ethically sound
behavior;
Experience
working on a regional program a plus;
Experience
communicating with different cultures; sensitive to the way different cultures
communicate;
Excellent
interpersonal skills, mature, disciplined, loyal, and shows initiative with an
ability to work independently and within a team
Experience
with teaching/capacity building; enjoys teaching others;
Familiarity
with USAID/PEPFAR programming;
Ability
to meet deadlines with strong attention to consistency, detail, and quality.
Applications must
include the following:
A
motivation letter providing explanation and detail on how the applicant
satisfies the required candidate profile;
A
current Curriculum Vitae;
Names
and contact information of two (2) traceable supervisory referees
Suitably qualified
and experienced candidates should address their applications to:
For physical
delivery:
Tingathe Program
Director
c/o Human Resource
Officer
Accord House, 2nd
Floor
Lilongwe 3, Malawi
+265-1-751-047
For email
delivery:
recruitment@tingathe.org
Please cc David Stobbelaar,
Senior Operations Officer dstobbelaar@tingathe.org