Program Officer – Africa
Opportunity Type: Job Opportunities, Public Health OpportunitiesLocation: Arlington, VA
Salary: Not provided
Opening Date: March 23, 2017
Closing Date: October 01, 2019
Website: https://rew12.ultipro.com/COU1004/JobBoard/JobDetails.aspx?__ID=*CC02EBDA4B167FFB
Job Description
Counterpart International is currently seeking a Program Officer to assist the Africa Team with financial and administrative management of their programs in this region, and especially, to contribute to meeting programmatic reporting requirements. The Program Officer will liaise with all departments in HQ to provide backstop support to field operations focused on ensuring all transactions meet financial, administrative and compliance requirements. This is a full-time position based in Arlington, VA. This position will report to the Program Manager.
Primary Responsibilities
- Under the guidance of the Program Manager, provide financial, and administrative backstopping support while complying with Counterpart and donor requirements, policies, and regulations observed in all phases of program implementation.
- Monitor program finances and monthly pipelines, and provide guidance to field teams concerning program expenditures and budget projections, working closely with HQ accountants and field finance managers.
- Maintain regular communications with field to stay current on program activities; facilitate and coordinate communications between HQ and field; and proactively identify and recommend solutions or options for resolution of problems.
- Plan and execute procurement processes in close collaboration with the field team and other relevant HQ business units.
- Draft consultant and vendor agreement scopes of work with clear lists of deliverables and in coordination with the other departments, provide support in monitoring executed agreements and processing payment processing.
- Review commodity ledgers and related documentation to ensure accuracy.
- Draft program reports on current programs for internal and external use.
- Review and evaluate program work plans, program performance and evaluation plans; ensure their timely implementation.
- Review and evaluate biweekly, quarterly and final program reports.
- As requested, collaborate with field teams and other business units to support the development and implementation of program work plans, performance monitoring & evaluation plans and budgets.
- Assist in collecting and documenting program best practices, lessons learned, success stories and impacts.
- Assist in the preparations of budget realignments and/or modifications to existing awards, as necessary.
- Liaise with Communications team for the development of program outreach materials.
- Maintain all relevant program data ensuring that accurate and up-to-date records and information are kept in physical files and electronic drives and systems.
- Organize international travel and logistics for the team.
- Represent Counterpart at events and other external meetings as necessary.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in public administration, international development, health, nutrition, agricultural sciences, or other related field with a minimum of 5 years of previous work experience in international development programs or relevant experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Previous work experience in civil society, capacity building, and DG programming.
- Familiarity with USDA/USAID programs, rules and regulations preferred.
- Strong internet and computer software skills, including MS Office Suite programs, and web-based research tools.
- Strong written and verbal communication and inter-personal skills and ability to work in multi-cultural and lingual settings.
- Ability to multi-task and work under pressure with attention to detail.
- Willingness to travel to program countries.
Preferred:
- French proficiency preferred.