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ABOUT THE ROLE

The Programme Accountant will provide timely, accurate and efficient accounting, budgeting and financial management support to the Learning for Life (L4L): Building a Resilient and Responsive Health Workforce in line with Amref’s financial and relevant policies and guidelines, and with the donor grant agreement and compliance guidelines. This is a 4-year programme in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation that will be implemented in Kenya, Senegal and Zambia during this first phase. The estimated ratio of health workers per population in Africa is 11.2 workers per 10,000 people, far below the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended ratio of 44.5. It is estimated that the global shortage of health workers will increase from 12 to 18 million by 2030 – which translates to a shortage of six million health workers. Africa also has the world’s fastest growing population, which presents governments and policy makers with both opportunities and challenges to ensure sufficient livelihood opportunities for its young population. To address these challenges and accelerate the current Universal Health Coverage (UHC) gains, Amref is implementing this innovative, multi-country, multi-million dollar programme with the ultimate aim of contributing to increased and sustainable job creation within primary health care (PHC) sectors across Africa.

Reporting to ICD’s Senior Programme Accountant, s/he will ensure effective utilization of programme funds through budget performance monitoring and ensure preparation of financial reports for internal and external (donor) consumption in accordance with donor regulation and organizational policies.

ABOUT YOU

You are a box checker who likes to get things in the right way at the right time. You are highly organised and have great attention to detail. You are able to work with people from across cultures and have a high level of EQ. You are a problem solver, thrive under pressure, can prioritise, and are resilient. You can communicate financial matters to non-finance people, allowing them to better understand the data for decision making. You’re a team player!

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Budget Preparation, Monitoring, Operations and Growth

•  Prepare annual operational budgets by determining funds available, determining activities scheduled for the year and their cost and translating these to an operational budget in the Amref format
•  Periodically monitor the programme’s budget performance through budget vs actuals (BVA) analysis and ensure that performance is within the expected ranges.
•  Ensure that approval of expenditure for the various projects is timely and in line with the donor approved budgets and organizational policies.
•  Maintain programme asset register and liaise with key stakeholders on asset management and disposal
•  Support the proposal development process and ensure that budgets for any new phase of the programme are prepared in line with Amref’s and donor budgeting guidelines.

Programme Financial Performance Review

•  Review programme progress on a month by month basis and provided reports view to improving performance and resolving challenges
•  Collect and collate financial reports from all programme cost centre accountants and prepare a monthly summary report to guide the programme team on decision making
•  Review of the monthly income and expenditure statements with cost centre accountants and with the Regional Programme Managers to ensure expenditure is in line with expected performance.
•  Review staff debtors’ reports and taking the necessary decisions on recoveries to be made for long outstanding debts.
•  Process, approve and code expenditure (claims, imprest, surrenders, field office returns and Procurement Requests) and internal recoveries in accordance with approved work plans and budgets
•  Carry out regular review meetings with the programme team to resolve and discuss various financial and accounting issues and queries
•  Prepare periodic budgetary control statements to determine financial performance of the programme
•  Provide financial technical support to programme teams as needed

Cash Balance Monitoring

•  Monitor cash balances
•  Make or trigger cash call downs as appropriate Audits
•  Take lead in supporting internal and external audits conducted for the programme
•  Prepare Financial Statements and support schedules for audit
•  Take lead in resolution of audit findings by implementing audit recommendations.

EDUCATION, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Education and Experience

•  Bachelor degree in relevant areas such as finance and accounting, business administration, or related field.
•  Full professional accounting qualification e.g. Certified Public Accountant.
•  Membership of professional accounting body will be an added advantage
•  At least 3 years accounting experience in financial and project accounting, budgeting and financial reporting, preferably in the NGO environment
•  Experience in handing multi-currency transactions
•  Experience in grants management
•  Experience in data entries and using accounting software, Microsoft Navision ERP is an added advantage;

Skills and Competencies:

•  Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
•  Good command of English;
•  Good knowledge of using Excel, Word and Power Point;
•  Integrity;
•  Team work;
•  Problem-solving;
•  Ability to work under pressure;
•  Ability to prioritize own workload and work with minimal supervision.

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ABOUT THE ROLE

The Programme Director will lead the shaping and execution of Amref’s Learning for Life (L4L): Building a Resilient and Responsive Health Workforce in Africa programme which sits within the Institute of Capacity Development (ICD). This is a 4-year programme in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation that will be implemented in Kenya, Senegal and Zambia during this first phase. The estimated ratio of health workers per population in Africa is 11.2 workers per 10,000 people, far below the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended ratio of 44.5. It is estimated that the global shortage of health workers will increase from 12 to 18 million by 2030 – which translates to a shortage of six million health workers. Africa also has the world’s fastest growing population, which presents governments and policy makers with both opportunities and challenges to ensure sufficient livelihood opportunities for its young population. To address these challenges and accelerate the current Universal Health Coverage (UHC) gains, Amref is implementing this innovative, multi-country, multimillion dollar programme with the ultimate aim of contributing to increased and sustainable job creation within primary health care (PHC) sectors across Africa.

Reporting to ICD’s Director of Programmes, the Programme Director will provide overall strategic and leadership support for effective programme delivery and sustainable impact, ensuring that the commitments made in the grant are attained and surpassed in line with the organisation’s strategy and goals. The job holder will be a member of ICD’s Senior Management Team (SMT).

ABOUT YOU

You are a people person that understands the importance and power of building strong relationships to drive a common and ambitious goal. You inspire cross cultural teams that are either direct or indirect reports, or partners, towards a common mission and goal, driving them to deliver impactful results.

You are strategic and innovative and you are able to connect dots and communicate clearly with a diverse range of audiences. You are a problem solver, looking at each challenge as an opportunity to find innovation in the way of doing things. You are highly organised and have great attention to detail. You are committed to achieving stellar results and success, and can delegate responsibility to an empowered team. However, you not afraid to get your hands dirty and get involved when needed.

Stakeholder and partner engagement and management are skill sets that you pride yourself in. You thrive under pressure, can prioritise, are resilient and have a high level of EQ. You are a great communicator and a leader that can inspire your team. You are confident, and can communicate directions and solutions clearly to both technical and non-technical staff. You’re a team player, who’s pragmatic and driven, and ultimately has a passion to deliver impact!

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Leadership

•  Provide strategic leadership to the programme, acrticulating a clear vision, and fostering
• confidence and team spirit among programme staff and partners.
•  Actively participate in and/or lead the programme’s governance structures, including the
• Steering Committee and the Programme Implementation Team (PIT), ensuring effective
• decision-making and implementation.
•  Actively participate in ICD’s Senior Management Team (SMT), and adhere to the duties enshrined therein.
•  Steward strategic partnerships and relationships.

Programme Management

•  Oversee and manage the design, development, and timely programme execution, including setting annual budgets, goals and targets
•  Provide quality assurance and technical oversight to the implementing teams to foster continuous improvement in quality, programmatic and financial performance.
•  Ensure programme operational tools such as programme charter, M&E frameworks, budgets, and work plans are in place for effective implementation.
•  Embed data-driven, adaptive implementation approaches to sustain relevance and facilitate continuous improvement and timely course correction.
•  Ensure programme alignment with the funder and Amref’s corporate strategies, policies, operational guidelines, and protocols, as applicable.

Talent Management

•  Foster the development of the programme team, line manage direct reports, and build a culture of high performance and resilience in line with Amref’s values of ubuntu, integrity and quality.
•  Identify staff development needs and provide coaching and mentorship, as well as link to training and development opportunities, to spur performance.
•  Support the building of cross-country and cross-entity effectiveness and efficiencies, making strong operational and strategic linkages for the programme in the organisation.

Evidence and Learning

•  Drive the programme's learning agenda, including documentation of promising practices.
•  Provide oversight for all donor reports, evaluation reports, and other reports emanating from the programme to ensure timeliness and quality.
•  Effectively manage the generation and dissemination of strategic information to staff, partners and stakeholders.
•  Establish a conducive environment for learning across the programme's implementing countries and entities.
•  Provide thought leadership to advance the health and livelihoods agenda in the region and beyond.

Partnership Management, Advocacy and Networking

•  Provide leadership in identifying relevant policy issues and support policy advocacy actions and processes.
•  Contribute to and facilitate team participation in relevant external technical working groups and committees to inform the health and livelihoods agenda in the region
•  Manage internal and external relations with public and private sector players, including funding partners, implementing partners, and collaborators that are stakeholders in the programme.

Business Development:

•  Cultivate, maintain and deepen relationships with the funding partner, and partner entities to facilitate programme growth
•  Work closely with the corporate and ICD’s business development team to identify, pursue and secure funding opportunities for leverage and extension of the programme.

EDUCATION, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Education and Experience

•  Masters and professional qualification in relevant areas such as business administration, public health, international development.
•  Bachelor’s degree required

Skills and Competencies:

•  8+ years’ experience implementing complex multi-country programmes, preferably in the health and/or international development sector, with 3+ years in a senior leadership role.
•  Demonstrable strategic thinking skills with the ability to rally people and teams behind ambitious goals
•  Strong proven partnership building and networking skills
•  Ability to inspire, motivate and guide a diverse and geographically dispersed team of technical and non-technical people who are direct or indirect reports.
•  Experience using data and evidence to drive programme performance and sustainable impact.
•  Demonstrable success in creating clear and compelling programme strategies that internal nd external stakeholders
•  Solid track record and achievement in overseeing large scale multi-year, multi-country grants.
•  Excellent communication and public speaking skills
•  Candidates with both English and French language capabilities will have an added advantage

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ABOUT THE ROLE

The Regional Programme Manager will provide programme management and technical oversight of Amref’s Learning for Life (L4L): Building a Resilient and Responsive Health Workforce in Africa programme which sits within the Institute of Capacity Development (ICD). This 4-year programme in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation will be implemented in Kenya, Senegal and Zambia during this first phase. The estimated ratio of health workers per population in Africa is 11.2 workers per 10,000 people, far below the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended ratio of 44.5. It is estimated that the global shortage of health workers will increase from 12 to 18 million by 2030 – which translates to a shortage of six million health workers. Africa also has the world’s fastest growing population, which presents governments and policy makers with both opportunities and challenges to ensure sufficient livelihood opportunities for its young population. To address these challenges and accelerate the current Universal Health Coverage (UHC) gains, Amref is implementing this innovative, multi-country, multi-million dollar programme with the ultimate aim of contributing to increased and sustainable job creation within primary health care (PHC) sectors across Africa.

Reporting to the Programme Director, the Regional Programme Manager will provide overall programme management support for effective programme delivery and sustainable impact, ensuring that the commitments made in the grant are attained and surpassed in line with the organisation’s strategy and goals. S/he will sit on the programme’s implementation team (PIT).

ABOUT YOU

You are a people person who understands the importance and power of building strong relationships to drive a common and ambitious goal. You inspire cross cultural teams that are either direct or indirect reports towards a common mission, driving them to deliver impactful results.

You have a high level of EQ, can connect dots and communicate clearly with a diverse range of audiences. You are a problem solver, looking at each challenge as an opportunity to find innovation in the way of doing things. You are highly organised and have great attention to detail. You are committed to achieving stellar results and success, and are not afraid to get your hands dirty and get involved when needed. You’re a team player, who’s pragmatic and driven, and ultimately has a passion to deliver impact!

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Programme Management and Delivery

•  Provide technical guidance and managerial oversight in the design, development, and timely programme execution, including working closely with the programme partners to set annual budgets, workplans, goals and targets.
•  Ensure programme operational tools such as the programme charter, M&E frameworks, budgets, and work plans are used for harmonised and effective implementation.
•  Work closely with the Evidence and Learning Manager to drive utilisation of data-driven learning to sustain relevance, timely course correction, programme adaptation and continuous improvement.
•  As applicable, monitor and track programme alignment with the funder and Amref's corporate strategies, policies, operational guidelines, and protocols.
•  Support the development and design of cutting-edge programming strategies and investments in consultation with internal and external programme partners and stakeholders.
•  Ensure timely submission, collation, review and finalisation of the programme’s narrative and financial reporting from all implementing partners in compliance with Amref and funder-specific requirements, policies and regulations.
•  Work closely with the country implementation team leads and provide technical assistance and support as needed to enhance delivery.

Talent Management

•  Support the development of the programme team and espouse a culture of high performance and resilience in line with Amref’s values of ubuntu, integrity and quality.
•  Identify staff development needs in programme management and provide coaching and mentorship, as well as link to training and development opportunities, to spur performance.
•  Support the building of cross-country and cross-entity team effectiveness and efficiencies, making strong operational and strategic linkages for the programme in the organisation.

Evidence and Learning

•  Working closely with the Evidence and Learning Manager to support the realisation of the programme's learning agenda, including documentation of promising practices.
•  Provide technical and management input and oversight in the development of strategic knowledge products and facilitate continuous learning to improve efforts across the implementing countries.
•  Review donor reports, evaluation reports, and other reports emanating from the programme to ensure timeliness and quality.
•  Support the Evidence and Learning Manager to manage the generation and dissemination of strategic information to staff, partners and stakeholders.
•  Support the implementation of learning forums within the programme for all the implementing countries and entities.
•  Support the thought leadership agenda by identifying strategic fora to showcase programme outputs to advance the health and livelihoods agenda in the region and beyond.

Partnership Management and Networking

•  Establish and maintain relations with internal partners and stakeholders, including implementing country teams and entities for seamless and effective implementation.
•  Contribute to participation in relevant external technical working groups and committees to inform the health and livelihoods agenda in the region
•  Support relationship management with critical stakeholders in public and private sectors, including funding partners, implementing partners, and collaborators critical to the success and expansion of the programme.

Business Development:

•  Support the identification, pursuit and securing of funding opportunities for leverage and extension of the programme.

EDUCATION, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Required qualifications and experience

•  Advanced degree in business administration, management sciences or related field. Programme management certification will be an added advantage.
•  Solid experience leading diverse teams and preferably managing complex, regional programmes.
•  Five (5)+ years relevant work experience in management of multi-country programmes in the health and/or development sector.
•  Demonstrated experience in designing and executing projects, including steering work planning, managing and mentoring colleagues, and overseeing compliant and cost-effective use of resources to deliver on objectives.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

•  Knowledge of current issues in the health and development sector.
•  Superior programme management and process facilitation skills.
•  Strong interpersonal skills and experience working with cross cultural teams.
•  Fluency in English including excellent written and verbal communication skills, report writing and presentation skills. Knowledge of French will be an added advantage.