CARE ACD Program Support Job Vacancy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

CARE is
seeking a seasoned Assistant Country Director for Program Support (ACDPS) to
provide leadership, direction and management of all Program Support
(administrative and financial) activities in the Tanzania Country Office (CO).
A significant part of the ACDPS responsibility is the oversight of financial
and administrative activities to reduce risk and ensure compliance with donor,
CARE and accepted practices in these areas. In general:

Administration:

Manage, supervise and monitor all aspects of
the CO’s administrative activities based on CARE policies and procedures.
Ensure that functions are implemented
efficiently and cost-effectively and the services provided to projects are
adequate.
Provide coaching, mentoring and training to
administrative staff to develop their skills and knowledge.
Provide leadership to the CO as part of the
senior management team in the areas of administration strategic planning
and policy development.
In addition, this position has the
responsibility to account for CO administrative resources, ensuring the
proper authorization for and use of the resources, and managing any risk
of misuse or loss of the resources.

Finance:

Manage, supervise and monitor all aspects of
the CO financial, accounting and budgetary systems based on CARE policies
and procedures and generally accepted accounting practices.
To include: the management and monitoring of
journal and ledger entries, bank accounts and reconciliations, cash
projection and control, intra-company accounts, staff pension, payroll,
taxation and donor receipt of funds.
In addition, this position has the
responsibility to account for CO financial resources, ensuring the proper
authorization for and use of the resources, and managing any risk of
misuse or loss of the resources.

The ACDPS
ensures that all CARE program support and financial functions are implemented
efficiently and cost-effectively, providing high quality services and
information to ‘clients’ at the CO, regional and headquarters level as
appropriate, as well as donors and other stakeholders. The position requires the
development of CO annual plans related to administration and finance and the
management of annual objectives to completion. Additionally, the position
requires the application of skills that promote staff development through
team-building, coaching, mentoring and performance management.

Responsibilities
:

Senior Leadership
Administrative Management
Financial Management
Safety and Security

Required
qualifications:

Master’s Degree in relevant field with
emphasis in financial management and/or analysis
A minimum 7 years in a senior management
position in administrative and financial areas.
Fluent in English (written and verbal)
Information Technology skills and knowledge of
management of financial software systems
Budgeting and financial management skills
Coaching, mentoring, training facilitation,
and team building skills