Financial Manager Job in Tanzania

Duration:2 years (24 working months; may be working in phases)

Key qualifications:

-          MSc relevant to development of financial management and funding mechanisms

-          Working experience in management positions

-          Experience in developing financing mechanisms relevant to the proposed TGIS

-          Experience in financial management of international projects

-          Minimum 10 years of working experience, including at least 2 years of working experience in developing

-          Professional command of written and spoken English

Main Functions:

-          Manage the TGIS team (sub-team under the overall TA team)

-          Plan and execute the establishment of the TGIS

-          Manage the TGIS

-          Manage the contracts for any outsourced services

-          Support the Programme Director in the Program’s financial management issues

-          Capacity building (training, development of manuals) on financial management and funding

-          Develop Program’s procurement mechanisms and procedures

Specific Functions:

-          Support the Programme Director with the Program’s financial management activities

-          Prepare TORs for studies and research on economic and financial issues and supervise their execution

-          Provide expertise to capacity building and training related to financial management

-          Overview, supervise and manage the TGIS component together with the Plantation Forestry Advisor

-          Plan and lobby for additional financing for TGIS from other donors, particularly for the subsequent project phases

-          Plan and prepare for the subsequent project phases of the TGIS, and for the eventual phasing out / termination

Application instructions

Please submit your CVs through:  https://cv.niras.com/jobs/421

Apply by 16 July 2013