Senior Officer - Partnership Management
Job Description
Title: Senior Officer - Partnership Management
Company Name: Action Contre la Faim (ACF)
Vacancy: 01
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Bachelor of Commerce (BCom)
∎ MBA in Public Administration or Development Studies or Commerce/M.Com will be an added advantage.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 3 year(s)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Objective 1: Monitoring of Partnership activities and fulfilling reporting (Programmatic and Financial) requirements by ACF and its Donors.
∎ Conduct monitoring visits to ensure routine reports (Programmatic and Financial) by the Partners are on time and according to the Agreement and Work Plan following ACF and its Donors’ requirements
∎ Coordinate with Partners and ACF Finance department to ensure timely disbursement of funds and final financial settlements
∎ Tracking reporting requirements by the Partners.
∎ Objective 2: Ensure Compliances of Donors and GoB by achieving audit recommendations.
∎ Ensure that the Partners are adhering their Organisational policies, Partnership Operational Guideline of ACF, GOB’s rules, regulations, and Donors’ compliances
∎ During visit review relevant documents (financial or programmatic) on sample basis to ensure compliance to the Partnership Operational guidelines and the Agreement
∎ Ensure that the expenditures are in line with the approved budget and related to project activities. Provide feedback to the concerned Partner and Focal Person from ACF if there are significant deviations from the budget
∎ Conduct physical verification of inventory items purchased under the Donor Fund and relevant expenditure on test basis as applicable
∎ Review the Partners’ procurement process on sample basis during Partner visit
∎ Visit the beneficiaries, stakeholders and project sites as deem appropriate to ensure that the Partner complying the.
∎ Objective 3: Assisting Partners in identifying risks and addressing control weakness.
∎ Analyse and monitor effectiveness and efficiency of control environment of Partners and provide necessary feedback to the Partner colleagues
∎ Assist Partners to overcome the control weakness to fulfil the audit recommendations
∎ Document any significant anomalies, non-compliances and internal control weakness on practices, procedures, documentations and bookkeeping as may come to notice during Partner visits
∎ Conduct sharing meeting with concern Partner colleagues to aware about donors’ compliance, GoB’s requirements and ACF’s operational guideline.
∎ Objective 4: Assist management in preparing agreement, updating Grants and Sub-grants database.
∎ In consultation with Program management drafting and finalizing agreement including budget, project description, work plan etc and share with line manager to finalize and print the agreement
∎ Assist partners in understanding the Donors’ compliance, GoB’s rules and ACF’s requirements
∎ Support/train partners on financial aspects (invoices, accounting, budget, etc)
∎ Reception and archiving of contracts, agreements, and final reports
∎ Ensure that appropriate reporting systems are in place to provide relevant and timely information to Management
∎ Prepare and update Monthly Partner Monitoring Summary Statement-PMSS (Partners Monitoring Statement) for fulfilling reporting requirements, follow-up on fulfilling audit recommendations etc.
∎ Ensure receivables and payables balances pertinent to Partner while closing the periodical (Monthly, Quarterly and Yearly) closure and during partnership and project closing phase
Additional Requirements:
∎ Good understanding of finance, audit, risk and compliance
∎ Experience on to work in different donor grants like ECHO, UKAID/DFID, USAID, SDC, SIDA etc and UN agencies would be an added advantage
∎ Experience in budget and financial report review
∎ Basic computer literacy using of Microsoft Office- Microsoft Word, Excel.
∎ Problem solving ability in technical aspects
∎ Ability to work in a team and intercultural environment
∎ Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills
∎ Ability to work independently with limited direct supervision.
∎ Self-driven, committed and high work ethics
∎ Skills in documentation and reporting.
Salary:
∎ Tk. 71000 (Monthly)
∎ Festival Bonus: 1 month Gross salary every year;Provident Fund: 7.5% of Basic Salary;Performance Bonus: from 30 % to 80% of monthly Gross salary per year depending on performance;End of Contract Benefits: up to 2 months` Gross salary;Medical coverage: 80% hospitalization coverage medical expenses (max limit BDT 120,000 per year);18 days of paid annual leaves per year.10 days of paid casual leaves per year.14 days of paid sick leaves per year.Free and unlimited access to the certifying e-learning platform Cross knowledgeParticipation to
Application Deadline: August 12, 2019
Company Information:
∎ Action Contre la Faim (ACF)
∎ Address : Orin Tower, House # 23, Road # 113/A, Gulshan - 2, Dhaka 1212
∎ Web : www.actioncontrelafaim.org
∎ Business : Action Contre la Faim | Action Against Hunger is a humanitarian non-Governmental, non-political, neutral and non-profit international organization (INGO) that was established in France in 1979 to deliver aid in countries throughout the world. The aim of Action Against Hunger is to save lives by combating Hunger and Disasters that threaten the Lives of vulnerable Children, Women & Men. Since 2007, Action Against Hunger has been providing assistance to vulnerable populations in Bangladesh in the arena of Nutrition & Health, Mental Health & Care Practices (MHCP), Food Security & Livelihoods (FSL & DRR), and Water Sanitation & Hygiene (WaSH).
Category: NGO/Development
