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Chemonics seeks a finance, compliance, and administration director for the five-year, $22- to $24-million USAID Integrated Community Agriculture and Nutrition activity in Uganda. The project will sustainably enhance the resilience of vulnerable households and communities by increasing economic opportunities for poor households, improving nutrition with a focus on women and children, and strengthening community and local governance. We are looking for individuals who have a passion for making a difference in the lives of people around the world.

Responsibilities Include:

  • Oversee human resources management, procurement, and grants administration activities
  • Provide guidance and management support to keep procurement and project activities on track, within budget, and in compliance with the contract; Chemonics’ policies and procedures; and federal, USAID, and local regulations
  • Review and update standards and procedures to ensure the project is effective and efficient in preventing, detecting, identifying, and correcting any noncompliance with applicable rules and regulations
  • Work closely with the chief of party, project team, and Chemonics’ home office on financial management, operations, and compliance issues

Qualifications:

  • Minimum five years of progressively responsible experience in financial analysis, accounting, or auditing
  • Experience with financial analysis, accounting, or auditing for an international organization or accounting firm
  • Familiarity with U.S. government accounting and experience in financial management of USAID-funded programs
  • Experience managing complex grants and subcontract funds
  • Demonstrated experience building capacity of local staff in procurement processes and fostering knowledge transfer of USAID systems
  • Experience supporting development projects in Africa preferred
  • Field office experience required
  • Excellent written and oral communications skills in English required

How to apply:

Please complete the application, located here, by December 15th. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. No telephone inquiries, please. Finalists will be contacted

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For more than 36 years, Chemonics has remained dedicated to helping people live healthier, more productive, and more independent lives.

We believe those who have the least deserve our best. So at Chemonics, development is more than a passion or a calling. It’s a profession. Doing it well takes experience, ingenuity and a stubborn insistence that tomorrow’s work must be better than today’s.

From our founding in 1975, we have worked in more than 150 countries to help our clients, partners and beneficiaries take on the world’s toughest challenges. Today, we reimagine global supply chains to deliver essential medicines to the right place at the right time. We take a promising new way of powering a village in Kenya and adapt it to a village in Colombia. We embrace project management as a discipline, not an afterthought, so our clients get maximum impact for minimum risk. And we think big, about applying lessons learned across all of our projects, about bridging the gap between segregated technical fields and about forging partnerships that unite the world’s best minds to solve its toughest problems.

Our global network of more than 4,000 specialists share an unwavering resolve to work better, driven by a conviction that the world must be better. We’re one of the world’s leading partners in international development, because where Chemonics works, development works.

Caring | Serve others

  • Be respectful and humble.
  • Listen, empathize, and be compassionate.
  • Embrace teamwork.
  • Give regular feedback (appreciative and constructive).

Excellence | Exceed expectations 

  • Provide dedicated customer service.
  • Master skills and focus on details.
  • Solve problems, admit mistakes, learn and move on.
  • Set high standards and deliver quality results.

Innovation | Be entrepreneurial

  • Be flexible and open-minded.
  • Take initiative and introduce new ideas.
  • Translate ideas to actions quickly.
  • Accelerate change and be part of the change.

Integrity | Trust one another 

  • Be transparent (open door, open book).
  • Do the right thing.
  • Honor commitments and be accountable.
  • Empower others to take action and make decisions.

Opportunity | Think big 

  • Be versatile.
  • Continue to learn and develop self.
  • Mentor and develop others.
  • Take chances on people and partners.
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0 USD Kampala CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week Chemonics International Inc

Chemonics seeks a finance, compliance, and administration director for the five-year, $22- to $24-million USAID Integrated Community Agriculture and Nutrition activity in Uganda. The project will sustainably enhance the resilience of vulnerable households and communities by increasing economic opportunities for poor households, improving nutrition with a focus on women and children, and strengthening community and local governance. We are looking for individuals who have a passion for making a difference in the lives of people around the world.

Responsibilities Include:

  • Oversee human resources management, procurement, and grants administration activities
  • Provide guidance and management support to keep procurement and project activities on track, within budget, and in compliance with the contract; Chemonics’ policies and procedures; and federal, USAID, and local regulations
  • Review and update standards and procedures to ensure the project is effective and efficient in preventing, detecting, identifying, and correcting any noncompliance with applicable rules and regulations
  • Work closely with the chief of party, project team, and Chemonics’ home office on financial management, operations, and compliance issues

Qualifications:

  • Minimum five years of progressively responsible experience in financial analysis, accounting, or auditing
  • Experience with financial analysis, accounting, or auditing for an international organization or accounting firm
  • Familiarity with U.S. government accounting and experience in financial management of USAID-funded programs
  • Experience managing complex grants and subcontract funds
  • Demonstrated experience building capacity of local staff in procurement processes and fostering knowledge transfer of USAID systems
  • Experience supporting development projects in Africa preferred
  • Field office experience required
  • Excellent written and oral communications skills in English required

How to apply:

Please complete the application, located here, by December 15th. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. No telephone inquiries, please. Finalists will be contacted

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