CHARITY JOBS IN AFRICA

Organization: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Country: Senegal
Closing date: 25 Nov 2014

The Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute is a public institution with the mandate to contribute to the improvement of the health of populations internationally and nationally through excellence in research, services, and teaching and training. The Swiss Centre for International Health (SCIH) of the Swiss TPH conducts consultancy, project management, training and applied research work in international and global health. The department is seeking applications for the following new position:

Team Leader with strong Finance / Audit background (To be based in Senegal)

Within on-going assignments from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis, the tasks will include:
• Contributions to the conduct of activities related to the appraisal and performance monitoring of health sector development projects
• Verification of the implementation of health programs with special consideration of aspects relating to financial accounting and financial administration and management.
To best fit into our active, interdisciplinary team we are looking for a professional disposing of the following qualifications:
• Training and formal qualification (at least Master degree level) in financial accounting and/or financial administration and management.
• Minimum of 10 years of management experience required, preferably in the health, social or financial sector, with (i) strong project management skills; (ii) an in-depth knowledge of issues relating to project management in developing countries; and (iii) good writing and analytical skills.
• Minimum of 8 years working experience in the field of finances, controlling and/or auditing required of health sector development projects.
• Previous Local Fund Agent (LFA) experience or experience with the Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is an asset.
• Ability to review and analyze accounting transactions; reviewing budgets; financial management systems, review and assess internal controls and financial processes and procedures; financial statements (including income and expenditure statements, balance sheets and cash reconciliation statements) and audit reports.
• A qualification in financial auditing and/or strong experience in auditing are required.
• Excellent command (speaking and writing) of English AND French is required, Portuguese is an asset
• Good communication skills, strong spirit of team work and initiative, and ability to work with professionals in multi-cultural context
An initial contract of two years will be offered. An extension is desirable, depending on a performance evaluation.

Expected start of services: mid-December 2014

In case of interest, please send your CV (maximum 3 pages) with salary expectations and earliest availability in English by 25 November 2014 using our online tool at http://www.swisstph.ch/

Please note that only short listed candidates will be contacted for a written test and interview.
For further information on the department please consults our website:
http://www.swisstph.ch/en/about-us/departments/swiss-centre-for-international-health/systems-performance-and-monitoring.html

Contact

Susanne Zulauf
Socinstrasse 57
4002 Basel

Did we catch your interest?

Then we are looking forward to receiving your complete Online application.

How to apply:

Please visit our website here http://www.swisstph.ch/

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