Jobs at International Potato Center

The Consultant will lead the OFSP Compact and his/her duties will include provision of effective technical and managerial leadership in all aspect of the OFSP compact, overseeing the work of implementing partners and ensuring timely and high-quality delivery of the OFSP project activities. Specifically, the consultant will be required to carry out the following services: lead the Orange Fleshed Sweet-Potato Compact and the development of all the necessary submissions for approval by the TAAT Clearing house, TAAT PMU and the AfDB; oversee day-to-day management and implementation of value chain compact activities in close collaboration with country value chain implementation teams; facilitate the implementation of value chain activities in all target countries and participate in the monitoring of progress made towards achieving value chain and TAAT set goals and provide support to all value chain public and private sector partners in each participating country.

The selected Consultant will report to the Senior Program Coordinator – Sweet-potato and the assignment shall be for an initial period of One (1) year and subject to renewal with satisfactory performance.

Requirements

• The selected consultant should possess an advanced postgraduate degree in Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Marketing, Business Administration, Food Technology, Agricultural Extension or a closely related field to the Potato value chain;
• minimum of 10 years of professional work experience with at least three (3) years of experience with the Sweet-potato value chain (vine multiplication, production, storage and processing etc.);
• relevant work experience in project management, especially with projects that link farmers to the market will be added advantage;
• experience in leading projects that are involved in public-private partnership.

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The Consultant will be a member of the OFSP Compact Team and he/she will establish a functional accounting and financial system; prepare, examine, and analyse accounting records, financial statements, and other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness and conformance to reporting and procedural standards; produce regular reports on commitments and available funds per categories of expenditure; prepare expenditures justification and disbursement and direct payment requests for Bank approvals; keep regular communication with the project task manager and the disbursement officer in the Bank’s Treasury Department to expedite the processing of special account replenishment and direct payments requests and provide any additional information; report in a timely manner to the project manager and upon Bank’s request on the financial status of the project; establish tables of accounts, and assign entries to proper accounts; develop, maintain, and analyse budgets, preparing periodic reports that compare budgeted costs to actual costs; develop, implement, update, and document recordkeeping and accounting systems, making use of current computer technology; advise management about issues such as resource utilization, and the assumptions underlying budget forecasts; provide internal auditing services for project in conformity with OFSP/CIP internal audit procedures and the appraisal report, the grant protocol and the disbursement letter of the project; assist and provide needed information by Bank supervision missions and external financial audit missions and work in collaboration with the project manager on the implementation of the audit recommendations; contribute to the preparation of the annual work plan and budget particularly for the financial parts; contribute to the preparation of the annual and quarterly reports particularly on the financial parts; assist the project manager in ensuring compliance with Bank financial management rules and procedures and the guidelines rules contained in the administrative and financial management manual; assist the project manager in the administrative management of the project team personnel.

The selected consultant will report to the OFSP Compact Coordinator and his/her assignment shall be for an initial period of One (1) year and subject to renewal with satisfactory performance.

 Requirements

• The selected candidate should possess a University degree in accounting with 5-10 years’ experience in handling the accounting and financial matters of Research & Development projects or similar projects;
• Chartered Professional Accountant Certification (CPA); Excellent communication skills - ability to communicate with peers and management at all levels of the organization;
• Strong computer skills, with expertise in Microsoft Excel, a very good knowledge and experience on OCS as well as other business operating systems; Strong organizational abilities and interpersonal skills;
• Strong client-service orientation and good experience with projects funded by international donors is desirable.