The Canadian International Development Agency
(CIDA) is seeking to contract an Assistant Fund Manager for its Democratic Governance Fund (DGF)
The responsibilities include:
The responsibilities include:
- Financial
Administration Support: Assist the DGF Fund Manager in the management of
the DGF budget and the overall financial management of DGF sub-projects in
accordance with CIDA’s policies, guidelines and tools;
- Assist
the Fund Manager in the preparation of agreements with partner
organizations and contracts with service providers;
- Follow-up
and liaise with partner organizations to obtain all required documentation
such as reports, invoices, etc;
- Maintain
accurate information on ongoing sub-projects and their implementation and
ensure all relevant correspondence and records are placed on file (paper
and electronic documents);
- Assist
the Fund Manager in monitoring ongoing activities and progress of
sub-projects (both in and outside Nairobi) as required and prepare brief
file reports and quarterly progress reports;
- In
liaison with the DGF Fund Manager, make the necessary logistical
arrangements and undertake field visits and complete relevant monitoring
and evaluation (M&E) documents;
- Help
identify organizational institutional capacity development needs of
recipients;
- Performing
other tasks as required.
This is a full-time contract for approximately
480-520 days over a twenty-four month period.
The approximate level of effort will be an average of 20-22 days per month.
Mandatory Criteria:
The approximate level of effort will be an average of 20-22 days per month.
Mandatory Criteria:
- Bachelor’s
degree in a social sciences field, including international development,
political sciences, human rights, or a field related to the mandate;
- A
minimum of 5 years’ of relevant work experience in project management or
financial planning and management with a national or an international
development oriented organization;
- Strong
Swahili and English language written and oral communication skills;
- Legally
and operationally able to work in Kenya;
- No
impediments to domestic travel or in obtaining security clearance.
their qualifications for this position, curriculum vitae (maximum five pages), daytime telephone
number and quoting the job competition number by 13:00, Friday 2lth October, 2011.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Please email applications to: NROBI-DA@international.gc.ca
Subject Line: Assistant Fund Manager for CIDA Democratic Governance Fund (DGF)
Competition number: A-033299-001-2011 DGF AFM
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