About Self Help Africa:

Established in 1984, Self Help Africa is an international development organisation that works through agriculture and agri-enterprise development to address hunger, poverty, social inequality and the impacts of climate change.

We believe that equitable economic development is key to lifting communities out of long-term poverty, empowering them to take control of their futures and improving their quality of life.

Our current five-year organisation strategy, defines our mission as the alleviation of hunger, poverty, social inequality and the impact of climate change through community led, market-based and enterprise-focused approaches, so that people can have access to nutritious food, clean water, decent employment and incomes, while sustaining natural resources.

Our three core values are:

• Community: We are inclusive, honest and have integrity in our relationships.
• Impact: We are accountable, ambitious and committed to systemic change.
• Innovation: We are agile, creative and enterprising in an ever-changing World.

Job Purpose:

Reporting to the Legal and Compliance Manager and working closely with Project Managers and Program Managers, The Compliance and Partnership Officer ensure organizational and donor compliance while building and managing strategic partnerships that strengthen program delivery, accountability, resource mobilization, and overall organizational impact.

Key Responsibilities:

a) Core Project duties

• Support project accountant on financial reviews
• Provide guidance on contractual issues
• Reviews requests from partners on budget variations etc
• Advises MT on common issues arising from reviews
• Participates in planning and review meetings
• Keep abreast of changes in donor guidelines and requirements and communicates these to MT and project team

b) Risk Assessment

• Identifies and compiles inherent and operational risks faced by the projects
• Inspects records compiled by the projects to evaluate how risks have been managed.
• Checks compliance to donor rules and regulations.
• Compiles risk status reports for review by the Lega and Compliance Manager using the information gathered during partner expenditure verification.

c) Monitoring and Evaluation of Internal Controls

• Evaluates the adequacy of processes, design and the effectiveness of internal control systems in meeting business and control objectives.
• Identifies and documents control and process weaknesses and provide evidence to support findings.
• Proposes practical and value adding recommendations to address control weaknesses and/or process inefficiencies.
• Prepares and presents clear and concise reports that reflects expenditure verification results/ outcomes
• Participates in follow ups of expenditure verification findings for both partner and internal.
• Prepares consolidated monthly report where all critical findings are summarized for review by the Legal and Compliance Manager and further action by programme team.
• Communicates any interim findings as and when the expenditure verification progresses.

Qualification:

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Finance, Accounting or any other relevant field. At least 3 years’ experience in a similar role.

Knowledge, Experience and Other Requirements:

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Demonstrated capacity and willingness to learn – open to learning new ways of doing things
• Professional attitude towards work
• Friendly, customer service orientation
• Pro-active self-starter with ability to lead across teams.

• Support project accountant on financial reviews
• Provide guidance on contractual issues
• Reviews requests from partners on budget variations etc
• Advises MT on common issues arising from reviews
• Participates in planning and review meetings
• Keep abreast of changes in donor guidelines and requirements and communicates these to MT and project team
• Identifies and compiles inherent and operational risks faced by the projects
• Inspects records compiled by the projects to evaluate how risks have been managed.
• Checks compliance to donor rules and regulations.
• Compiles risk status reports for review by the Lega and Compliance Manager using the information gathered during partner expenditure verification.
• Evaluates the adequacy of processes, design and the effectiveness of internal control systems in meeting business and control objectives.
• Identifies and documents control and process weaknesses and provide evidence to support findings.
• Proposes practical and value adding recommendations to address control weaknesses and/or process inefficiencies.
• Prepares and presents clear and concise reports that reflects expenditure verification results/ outcomes
• Participates in follow ups of expenditure verification findings for both partner and internal.
• Prepares consolidated monthly report where all critical findings are summarized for review by the Legal and Compliance Manager and further action by programme team.
• Communicates any interim findings as and when the expenditure verification progresses.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Demonstrated capacity and willingness to learn – open to learning new ways of doing things
• Professional attitude towards work
• Friendly, customer service orientation
• Pro-active self-starter with ability to lead across teams.

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Finance, Accounting or any other relevant field.