Job Openings at ACDI/VOCA

About The Job

Summary:

• ACDI/VOCA is seeking a Director of Finance and Operations for an upcoming youth activity in Ghana funded by USAID. 
• The program will improve the socioeconomic status of youth in northern Ghana through youth-led and youth-serving organizations, among others, to generate cross-sectoral, positive youth development outcomes, allowing them to make better life decisions and influence policy. 
• The program will give special attention to the needs of girls, the disabled, and other disadvantaged groups.

Position Summary:

• The Director of Finance and Operations will provide leadership and direction to the finance and operations team with close oversight of the project’s finances, including financial analysis and accounting management. 
• The program is anticipated to start in 2024 and this position is based in Tamale, Ghana.

Responsilities:

• Develop and oversee all financial and accounting systems, policies, procedures, and internal controls, adapting them as necessary to meet changing regulations and best practices
• Establish efficient financial and operational systems including internal audits, compliance, and risk management
• Lead the annual budgeting process and review all financial plans and budgets, monitoring progress and changes
• Oversee annual financial audits of the program and ensure that subgrantees comply with all audit and financial review requirements
• Prepare and execute action plans to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of finance and administrative operations and to mitigate operational and compliance risks
• Periodically assess the efficiency and effectiveness of finance and administration procedures in relation to the delivery of technical activities on time and at optimum cost
• Ensure that program funds are utilized appropriately by the close of the fiscal year
• Comply with all USAID rules and regulations and ACDI/VOCA policies and procedures relating to finance and administration
• Manage cash disbursement and petty cash account
• Track USAID approvals for travel, hiring, and equipment procurement

Experience And Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, business administration, or related field is required; master’s degree is preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive work experience in financial control and audit related field including 5 years of experience in a senior management position, providing administrative oversight and management systems development.
• Knowledge of and experience with USAID and/or other international donor programs’ rules and regulations related to procurement and finance is required.
• Experience working with local organizations in northern Ghana a plus.
• Fluency in English required.
• Ghanaian nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.

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About The Job

Summary:

• ACDI/VOCA is seeking a Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA)/Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Director for an upcoming youth activity in Ghana funded by USAID. 
• The program will improve the socioeconomic status of youth in northern Ghana through youth-led and youth-serving organizations, among others, to generate cross-sectoral, positive youth development outcomes, allowing them to make better life decisions and influence policy. 
• The program will give special attention to the needs of girls, the disabled, and other disadvantaged groups.

Position Summary:

• The CLA/MEL Director will develop and facilitate learning workshops with technical leads and partners, including engaging local teams in developing learning priorities and questions and identifying evidence-based ways to adapt and scale interventions. 
• They will design and manage the CLA and MEL plan and Activity learning agenda to systematically generate, synthesize, share, and apply learning and employ adaptive management processes. 
• The program is anticipated to start in 2024 and this position is based in Tamale, Ghana.

Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic leadership and oversight for learning and knowledge exchange
• Ensure that programmatic learning and results are fully documented, shared, and used to drive adaptive management processes
• Lead the collection, analysis, documentation, dissemination, and use of best practices and lessons learned
• Design and implement internal and external knowledge exchange and learning events to improve peer-to-peer learning, knowledge sharing and application
• Develop and/or maintain strategic relationships with relevant stakeholders to promote effective coordination, collaboration, and dissemination of program learning
• Support the design of and manage the MEL framework and plan that incorporates CLA principles and components
• Lead/oversee the baseline data collection process and ensure effective reporting and monitoring systems are in place
• Provide capacity building and technical assistance to ACDI/VOCA and partner organization staff in the utilization and management of monitoring and impact assessment tools
• Conduct/oversee qualitative and quantitative program impact surveys to ensure that project goals are met and that all information required for submission to donor is collected in a valid, reliable, and timely manner
• Complete/oversee impact assessment, midline, and end line surveys to assess positive and negative, intended and unintended impacts of Activity interventions
• Design learning approaches that enable analysis of data, context, and emerging experience, as well as iterative adaptive management for the Activity's technical approaches
• Employ best practices in gender, youth, and social inclusion (GYSI) in research, including youth engagement in research design, data collection, and analysis
• Ensure the project sets informed GYSI targets, establishes appropriate GYSI-focused indicators, and adequately monitors for, measures, and reports on GYSI results

Experience And Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in monitoring and evaluation, development studies, research methods, quantitative or qualitative analysis, economics, statistics, or relevant field is required; master’s degree is desired.
• Minimum 8 years of experience managing the MEL and/or CLA component of a donor-funded project, USAID preferred.
• Proven experience in quantitative and qualitative research methods, survey design and implementation, and statistical data analysis is required.
• Familiarity with applying the CLA approach to management is desired.
• Experience with best practices in gender-responsive youth-led research methods preferred.
• Demonstrated experience building the capacities of staff and partners in research methods and design preferred.
• Experience working in northern Ghana preferred.
• Fluency in English required.
• Ghanaian nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.