New Position in Washington, DC: Director of Finance for international organization

I am representing Global Rights that seeks a Director of Finance (D of F) to oversee and manage the organization’s financial operations globally, based at its headquarters in Washington, D.C.

 

 Position Title: Director of Finance

Location:  Washington, DC

Start Date:  immediate

 

Founded in 1978, Global Rights is an international human rights capacity-building organization that works side by side with local activists in Africa, Asia, and Latin America to promote and protect the rights of marginalized populations. Through broad-based technical assistance and training, Global Rights strengthens partners to document and expose human rights abuses, conduct community outreach and mobilization, advocate for legal and policy reform, and provide legal and paralegal services. Global Rights headquarters in Washington, D.C. oversees our network of six field offices, located in Afghanistan, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Morocco, Nepal, and Nigeria. Through them, we also run regional programs in the Maghreb, focusing on Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia, and Latin America, with a focus on Brazil and Colombia

 

 

Job Description:

Reporting directly to the Executive Director, the Director of Finance, a senior manager within Global Rights, is the principal official responsible for all of Global Rights’ financial planning, budgeting, procurement and reporting.  The D of F is responsible for leading the organization’s finance staff, developing the finance department’s vision, and overseeing the financial management of Global Rights’ operations worldwide.

 

S/he serves as a member of the senior Management Team, which provides overall strategic leadership to the organization. By the nature of this position, the D of F works collaboratively with every department head in the Global Rights headquarters and with all Global Rights field office leadership and finance staff.  

 

Key Duties will Include

 

Coordinate and direct all financial planning, budgeting and procurement activities, manage financial operations to ensure financial compliance, stability and growth;

 

Develop and implement internal control policies and procedures for budget administration, cash and credit management and accounting;

 

Prepare and direct preparation of all financial statements, reports, annual budgets and reports for donors and regulatory agencies;

 

Prepare and facilitate the annual audit.

 

Qualifications Include

 

·        A seasoned professional with a minimum of 10 years experience in financial management including grants management in the not for profit sector;

·        Demonstrated knowledge of accounting principles and practices, and business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation and coordination of people and resources; 

·        Critical thinking and systems evaluation skills;

·        Strong interpersonal and communications skills (oral and written);

·        A strong service orientation toward colleagues;

·        Ability to identify complex problems and review related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions;

·        Experience with U.S. and/or European government donor agencies and their grants management, reporting and audit requirements;

·        Experience in working interactively with field offices and affiliates;

·        A CPA and a graduate degree in business, finance, accounting or other field related to the work of this position;

·        Fluency in English is required; French and Spanish language skills are highly desirable;

·        Strong skills in the use of Microsoft Excel, QuickBooks, and MIP.

·        US citizenship or authorization to work in the US is required.

 

Benefits and Salary

Global Rights offers a generous benefits package which includes health and retirement plans, and up to five weeks paid vacation per year. Salary is commensurate with experience.  

 

How to Apply:  Please send resume/CV that clearly shows you meet the required Skills/Experience of the position by email to Linda.aines@internationalink.net.   Please include “Director of Finance-DC” in subject line of your email. 

 

Closing Date of Application:  January 22, 2010

 

Thank you for reviewing this position and hope that if this does not match your area of expertise, you will forward to others who may be a good match. 

 

Many Thanks,

 

Linda Aines

International Link Recruitment Services

Sudbury, Vermont, USA

Phone:  +802-273-2330

http://www.internationalink.net

 

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New International position: Chief of Party for Malawi health commodities supply chain project

Position Title: Chief of Party

Location:  Malawi

Start Date:  July 2010, contract renewable yearly

 

I am accepting resumes for a Chief of Party for a health commodities supply chain project being proposed for Malawi.   I have been retained by  Crown Agents USA, Inc. (CA-USA),  a U.S. incorporated international development company providing direct supply chain services, technical assistance and training to improve governance and economic growth.  CA-USA is part of the Crown Agents international group, which works for the public and private sectors in more than 100 countries, as well as for international donors and development institutions. Crown Agents has a core staff of over 1000 employees in more than 35 countries. Crown Agents USA, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

 

 

Project Background

 

USAID has an on-going program to support the health sector in Malawi covering family planning, maternal child health, nutrition, malaria and HIV/AIDS. Supply chain management of public health commodities represents a key area for USAID in Malawi.

 

The objective of the new procurement is to build on gains made in the past as well as to solidify and grow technical capacity, collaboration, and implementation of the various actors involved in the procurement, distribution, storage, and dispensation of medical supplies.  Overall, a safe, secure and consistent supply of commodities represents an essential component of public health. Malawi’s supply chain for pharmaceuticals and other essential health commodities faces many challenges.  The overall goal of this project is to ensure that the people of Malawi have access to adequate quantities of affordable essential medicines and health supplies of high quality by strengthening the national supply chain for essential health commodities. 

 

 

Responsibilities

 

·        Oversee project management including Human Resources, finance, reporting & client relations.

·        Spearhead local capacity building of Ministry of Health, and Central Medical Stores (CMS) staff.

·        Build & maintain constructive and strong relations with CMS and MoH officials and other international stakeholders present on the ground.

·        Leverage improvements in supply chain management made by the donor and local government to identify lessons learned/best practices.

·        Bring a fresh perspective and innovative ideas and strategies to the long-standing challenges facing the national health commodity supply chain via implementation of innovative private sector approaches and/or new technologies.

 

 

Qualifications

 

·        10+ years experience in progressively upward management of international projects with experience in a Chief of Party or Team Leader role. 

·        Significant experience in management of either health systems or supply chain projects.

·        Significant experience in resource poor settings, Africa experience a plus.

·        Multiple country experience is required.

·        Proven experience building consensus with international stakeholders and clients to achieve common aims on national level.

·        Strong knowledge of health commodities very desirable.

·        Understanding of USAID regulations and compliance is a plus.

·        Bachelor degree in health, business, international relations or other relevant field.  Masters degree desirable.

·        Fluency in English with good report writing abilities is required.

 

 

How to Apply:  Please send resume/CV that clearly shows you meet the required Skills/Experience of the position by email to Linda.aines@internationalink.net.   Please include “Chief of Party - Malawi” in subject line of your email. 

 

 

 Closing Date for applications:    January 20, 2010

 

Thank you for reviewing this position and hope that if this does not match your area of expertise, you will forward to others who may be a good match. 

 

Many Thanks,

 

Linda Aines

International Link Recruitment Services

Sudbury, Vermont, USA

Phone:  +802-273-2330

http://www.internationalink.net

 

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