Team Leader/ Fiscal Oversight Expert

Job Description

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Position: Team Leader/ Fiscal Oversight Expert

Project Title: Fiscal and Procurement Oversight Agent for the Health Services Joint Fund Malawi

Project Period: 01.12.2021 – 30.11.2024

Duration of Assignment: 36 months

Project Discription:

Malawi’s development partners (DPs) support the Government in the implementation of HSPP II through an innovative funding mechanism, the Health Services Joint Fund (HSJF). The fund allows the Government and the DPs to pool resources while maintaining earmarks for specific activities. In addition, it helps to reduce bilateral engagements and to improve coordination of development efforts in the health sector, as well as to avoid lengthy and burdensome national financial procedures. The HSJF therefore affords the double benefit of using Government systems for planning, budgeting, procurement and reporting purposes, while maintaining a speedy flow of funds and strong fiduciary and procurement controls. The Governments of the UK, Germany and Norway have contributed funding to the HSJF since 2015. At the heart of the HSJF is a Fiscal Agent (FA) and a POA. The purpose of these external agents is to mitigate the fiduciary risks associated with funds channeled through the HSJF, and to support improvements in overall Government PFM in the health sector.

Job Description:

•  Prepare budgets and monitor budget execution based on inputs drawn from the accounting system and in cooperation with the Accounting Manager
• · Compile monthly, quarterly and annual reports of HSJF operations, write the accompanying text and explanations of deviations between budgets and cash flow projections against actual expenditure; sign the reports (where appropriate supported by the Accounting Manager)
• · Propose budget reallocations where appropriate for submission to the HSJF Management Group
• · Provide signature on cheques and transfer requests that are prepared by the Accounting Manager
• · Responsible for supervision of the FA team members and for internal work coordination
• · Liaise with other (non-operational) stakeholders which provide support to the Malawi Health System in coordination with the MOH members of the Management Group (Director PPD and Head of the Aid Coordination Unit in particular)
• · Participate in planning meetings on the subject of donor coordination and preparation of an annual implementation / activity plan
• · Receive requests and queries from members of the HSJF Management Group and provide responses
• · Prepare all reports on progress of the FA contract
• · Identify major training needs
• · Develop and review performance of Operations Manual for the FA
• · Provide inception and progress reports to HSJF Management Committee members
• · Quality assurance for reports provided by FA team members to Development Partners and MoHP
• · Secure, review and summarize relevant documents
• · Review work plan and ToR with KFW/HSJF
• · Representation of the Fiscal Agent Team vis-à-vis the HSJF Management Group and its members

Qualifications:

• • · Master’s (or equivalent) degree in accounting, financial management, or similar field;
  • · Professional accounting certification (CPA or similar);
  • · Fifteen years of experience practicing accounting or financial management in the Eastern, Southern or Central Africa;
  • · Three previous assignments as team leader in a fiscal oversight agent capacity, each with a min.duration of three years, or similar experience;
  • · Fluency in English.

    Interested? Please send us your updated CV by email to leber@gfa-group.de