Vacancies at FHI360 NGO

Job Summary:

Coordinates financial/accounting operations, including overall financial monitoring and support/guidance to projects in finance and operations staff, to ensure the fiscal well-being of the organization. Provides financial management and guidance, conducts analyses of financial data, provides budget analyses for project funds, and reviews and prepares required reports to funding agencies to ensure compliance with the donor's requirements. Proactively guides and supports respective financial success by providing high level analytical expertise, implementing business strategies and developing strong customer relationships. Provides analysis and business modeling support on strategic initiatives for senior management and field operations. Analyzes performance trends, modeling complex business decisions, tracking performance and presenting results.

Accountabilities:  

• Analyzes, budget forecasts, regulatory filings and compiles moderately complex data.
• Interprets, analyzes and/or evaluates data, ensures compliance with applicable state and federal statutes, and uses Generally Accepted Accounting Procedures (GAAP).
• Develops and maintains effective working relationships with regulated industries, consultants, management and staff.
• Interprets and provides explanation for discrepancies and variations in financial data.
• Applies updated information technology to facilitate program goals and program procedures.
• Delivers formal presentations suited to the characteristics and needs of the audience; educates relevant parties regarding programs, procedures and/or eligibility criteria.
• Interacts with industry representatives, co-workers and officials to analyze or resolve issues.
• Maintains a variety of professional working relationships.
• Documents complex issues and effectively articulates written conclusions; Interacts with staff officials and executives.
• Reviews and edits work of others.
• Presents oral and written testimony on moderately complex issues.
• Uses financial systems to produce reports, financial models and databases.
• Serves as a subject matter expert and may lead teams on complex financial issues.
• Analyzes complex business and/or financial issues and consults with management or business entities as needed; works independently; active participant in meeting organizational goals.
• Implements and evaluates financial/statistical models, systems and serves as a trusted advisor to management.
• Evaluates and determines fiscal and operational policy. Determines service impacts and analyzes the regulatory environment to makes recommendations on best practices.
• Communicates industry information regarding more complex or unique issues, and presents specific findings in such situations.
• Establishes and maintains professional working relationships. Interprets compliance and makes recommendations to management.
• Documents more complex or unique issues and effectively articulates written conclusions; Interacts with management to plan, negotiate and coordinate complex written findings.
• Presents oral and written testimony on complex financial issues.
• Develops or adapts new financial processes and procedures based upon changes in corporate policies, laws and regulations or industry practices.
• Recommends and develops regulations, policies, and procedures.

Applied Knowledge & Skills:

•  Applies expert knowledge of current federal, state and local government programs. Applies expert level technical and administrative knowledge of the rules and regulations in the subject area and defends analyses and recommendations relating to a variety of issues.
• Has a thorough knowledge of external regulations as well as internal corporate policies and procedures.
• Proficient knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and Internal Control Fundamentals. * Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent quantitative and analytical skills.
• Strong critical thinking and problem solving skills.
• Demonstrated project and organizational skills.
• Ability to analyze and interpret data, identify/resolve errors and prepare reports.
• Ability to motivate and work well with others.

Problem Solving & Impact:  

• Analyzes complex technical matters involving existing and emerging issues pertaining to finances and makes recommendations from the analysis.
• Recommends and/or takes corrective action when necessary based on acquired knowledge and observation of best practices.
• Has influence on the overall objectives and long-range goals of the organization.
• Erroneous decisions or failure to achieve objectives would normally have a serious effect upon the administration of the organization.

Supervision Given/Received:   

• Work is performed with minimal direction. Participates in determining objectives of assignment.
• Plans schedules and arranges own activities in accomplishing objectives.
• Work is reviewed upon completion for adequacy in meeting objectives.
• Implements departmental work plans and provides input for performance reviews.

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree or its International Equivalent.

Experience:  

• Typically requires a minimum of 8+ years of progressively responsible accounting, finance and operational management experience in a government contracting environment coupled with internal control reviews.
• Experience applying U.S. Government grants, contracting and auditing standards as they apply to effective management of multi-year funds
• Proven experience in transferring knowledge into operational plan with clients collaboration and sustainable buy- in.
• Substantial experience using computerized financial information systems.
• Articulate, professional and able to communicate in a clear, positive manner with clients and staff.
• Must be able to read, write, and speak fluent English; fluent in host country language as appropriate.
• Demonstrated team leader experience in finance, auditing or accounting department preferred.

Typical Physical Demands:

• Typical office environment.
• Ability to spend long hours looking at computer screen and doing repetitive work on a keyboard.
• Ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time.
• Ability to lift/move up to 5 lbs.

Technology to be Used:

• Personal Computer/Laptop, Microsoft applications (i.e., Office 365, SharePoint, Skype/Zoom/Teams), cell phone/mobile technology, and standard office equipment.

Travel Requirements:

• Less than 10%

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Position Description

• FHI 360 seeks to hire a Gender, Equity, Safeguarding, and Social Inclusion (GESSI) Manager for a USAID-funded project entitled Young African Leaders Initiative Legacy and Localization (YALI L&L). YALI is a USAID project supporting the next-generation expression of the Regional Leadership Centers (RLC) component of the Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI), the United States’ premier investment in young African leaders. As the on-continent component of the YALI program, in 2015 USAID launched four YALI RLCs at higher education institutions in Ghana, Kenya, Senegal, and South Africa. The RLCs have provided access to leadership and functional training to 22,000 young leaders aged 18–35 from 49 sub-Saharan countries in three tracks: business and entrepreneurship, public management, and civic leadership. YALI 2030 will build on the RLC foundation to create an expanded pan-African youth development model that will harmonize training curriculum, serve underrepresented/underserved youth, build alumni network capacity and professional development opportunities, and develop new program-related partnerships with the private sector and other stakeholders and donors.

Accountabilities

Technical Requirements

• Provide technical leadership to activities related to GESSI.
• Liaise and coordinate with key collaborators, including YALI Africa, RLCs, alumni chapters, and other key counterparts including host institutions, government officials, private sector, and civil society organizations.
• Mentor junior technical staff in tracking, analysis, and synthesis of GESSI results to advance learning both within the program and externally.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Project Design and Implementation

• Coordinate closely with the technical staff at the project office in Kenya and with YALI RLC staff in Kenya, Ghana, Senegal, and South Africa to ensure effective integration of GESSI approaches in workplan deliverables, activities, and needs identified by key YALI collaborators and counterparts.
• Lead the Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Analysis
• Create a GESSI Action Plan
• Ensure the timely implementation of the GESSI Action Plan
• Serve as the project’s Safeguarding Focal Point
• Revise and apply existing tools to conduct a GESI Organizational Capacity Assessment (OCA)
• Support YALI Africa and the RLCs to conduct participatory GESSI organizational capacity assessments that roadmap steps toward becoming GESSI transformative organizations.
• Work with the RLCs to improve their GESSI Capacity
• Support recruitment for YALI scholars to ensure there is an equitable balance of women, men, and LGBTQI+ individuals, as well as people with disabilities, urban, rural and ethnic minorities.
• Support alumni to work at the grass-roots level to engage and support marginalized youth facing barriers in application, participation, and alumni phases.
• Work with YALI alumni to develop recruitment materials and approaches on social media.
• Assist YALI to develop approaches to providing reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities who are recruited as YALI scholars.
• Assist in the development of a suite of policies for YALI addressing harassment and violence in the work environment, safeguarding program participants, diversity equity and inclusion.
• Work with HR team to train staff on awareness, implementation, and enforcement of GESI-related policies.
• Address physical and cultural accessibility: Audit residences, classrooms, and other gathering places and prioritize upgrades to eliminate to the extent possible physical and cultural barriers to inclusion.
• Establish formal and informal partnerships with organizations led by women, LGBTQI+ individuals, people with disabilities and other marginalized groups.
• Co-develop a GESSI Transformation Course for alumni and other participants.
• Work closely with the YALI Africa team to integrate and mainstream Gender and inclusion principles in all aspects of the project.
• Conduct annual GESSI audits.
• Serve as an internal technical resource on relevant issues or facilitates connections between staff members and divisions as and where needed.

Operations Management

• Raise challenges or issues to project leadership, as needed.

Project/Program Reporting

• Support the tracking of technical assistance and refinement of GESSI activities.
• Support documentation and collation of GESSI-related lessons learned, standard processes, and success stories.
• Review and strengthen regular programmatic reporting on GESSI approaches and activities.
• Help in the development and review of workplans related to GESSI activities.
• Work closely with the Activity Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Plan (AMELP) team to support the tracking of one or more GESI-related indicators

Quality Assurance

• Ensure technical deliverables related to capacity strengthening from assigned countries are of high quality and meet client / funder contractual obligations.

Applied Knowledge & Skills

• Ensure appropriate and timely technical support for activities.
• Strong GESSI knowledge and skills
• Strong knowledge and skills on youth leadership development through training, networking, and related activities.
• Strong knowledge and skills on gender equity and social inclusion.
• Strong ability to organize work, meet deadlines, maintain composure, prioritize work under pressure, coordinate multiple tasks and maintain attention to detail.
• Comfort attending and facilitating meetings and representing GESSI issues.
• Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills, creativity and flexibility.
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability.
• Has the ability to lead activities, set realistic priorities, and plan for the successful implementation of activities.
• Proficient writing and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to lead their own work to job to meet performance standards.
• Must be able to read, write and speak fluent English.

Supervision Given/Received

• The GESSI Manager reports to the DCOP and is a senior member of the technical team.
• May supervise other staff members.
• Self-motivated, proactive orientation to setting and achieving priorities and meeting
• Works under general guidelines for completion and accuracy as determined by the supervisor

Education

• Master’s Degree or its International Equivalent in a relevant field such as Public
• Policy, Organizational Development, or Education, or a BA with commensurate work experience.

Experience

• At least 6 years experience working in international development settings with local or international organizations.
• At least 5 years experience working on gender and or inclusion issues.
• Experience developing GESSI training curricula and training a variety of stakeholders.
• Experience conducting a gender and social inclusion analysis or experience developing a GESSI Action Plan
• Experience working in countries in Africa.
• Advanced skills in French, Portuguese, or other widely spoken African languages other than English are preferred.
• Positive and professional attitude, including ability to lead and work well in a team setting.