Chemonics International Inc. seeks four technical and administrative specialists for the recently awarded five-year, USAID-funded Ghana Feed the Future Agriculture Policy Support (Ghana FtF-APS) Project. The Ghana FtF-APS project aims to increase the capacity of the government of Ghana, the private sector, and civil society organisations in evidence-based policy formation, implementation, research and advocacy and in rigorous monitoring and evaluation of  agricultural programmes under the Medium Term Agriculture Sector Investment Plan. The Personnel will support the effective and effcient long-term management and implementation of the Ghana FtF-APS project by filling the following position:- Director of Finance and Operations

Job Summary

The director of finance and operations will oversee overall project operations and finances in accordance with USAID, Chemonics and APS project's chief of party and will have management responsibility for all finance and operations functions, including the grants and subcontract manager, the project accountant, and the project office manager.

Specific responsibilities will include

•   Overseeing overall project operations and finances, including drafting financial guidelines and policies.
•   Ensuring continuous liquidity and supervise daily financial operations, including cash-flow management, time sheet recording, preparing cash requests, reviewing and approving, expenditures
•   Reviewing and managing signed approvals, bid analysis and cost competition, grant and subcontract agreements
•   Providing trainings to local national finance and procurement staff on best practices for field office finance management
•   Ensuring contractual compliance of project activities with USAID regulations and Chemonics policies
•   Assisting the COP and project leadership in the delivery of technical assistance, including scopes of work and progress reports
•   Providing technical assistance to project grantees, subcontractors and other partners to stengthen their financial and operational management capacity

Qualification Required & Experience

•   Bachelor's degree or higher (Master's preferred) in a relevant field (Accounting, finance, business administration, etc.)
•   7+ years of professional experience, preferably for USAID-funded programmes in Ghana. Significant experience with grants, subcontracts, accounting and operations management

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

Send electronic submissions, including a cover letter / expression of interest and an updated curriculum vitae to:-

careers@agripolicyghana.org

Chemonics is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its selection and employment practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organisation, or other non-merit factors.

Closing Date: 21 February, 2014