Overview

Management and Development for Health (MDH) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization whose primary aim is to contribute to addressing the public health priorities of the people of Tanzania and the world at large. These priorities include communicable diseases such as HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; Reproductive, Maternal, New-born and Child health (RMNCH); Nutrition; Non-Communicable Diseases of public health significance; as well as Health System Strengthening. MDH strongly believes in and works in partnership with various local and global institutions, Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children (MDHCDGEC); President’s Office Regional Authorities and Local Government (PORALG); donor agencies; academic and non-academic institutions; implementing partners; civil society, community-based and faith-based organizations and others.MDH seeks to recruit qualified individuals to fill vacancies in 2 regions of Kagera and Dar es Salaam, as described below:

Position Title: Compliance Manager: 1Post Dar es Salaam

Report to: Director of Grants

Job Summary:

This position will ensure the organization and subgrantees complies with laws, regulations, donors terms and conditions as well as third parties’ contractual terms and conditions.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure that the organization complies with all applicable laws, rules, regulation, and USG federal regulation
• Review and evaluate accounting and related control systems policies and procedures for compliance, adequacy, and effectiveness in line with the code of federal regulation and accounting best practices
• Conduct periodic compliance tests on financial and administrative controls to ensure their effectiveness, reliability, and integrity.
• Identify and develop risk management strategy for the organization, projects, and sub-recipients and report progress on quarterly.
• Develop, mentor and develop sub-recipients on compliance and
• Prepare reports to MDH management on observations and findings, making improvement and follow up of implementation of past recommendations by the management, compliance department, auditors and evaluators
• Verify assets and liabilities and make appropriate recommendations.
• Diagnose and develop enhanced procedures to ensure compliance with all regulatory, financial, program, projects, strategic information, and core operating system requirements.
• Conducting pre-award assessment and continuous assessment to all subgrantees on their capabilities to deliver expected results and donor terms and
• Review organization grants manual to ensure it aligns with donor expectations in financial and programmatic project management
• Follow up of implementation of internal, external, evaluator and OIG recommendations

Required education and experience

• Professional accounting qualifications required e.CPA (T),ACCA,CIMA
• Master’s degree in Business administration or related field
• 4 years’ experience in the same or equivalent position with auditing firm or NGOs or funding agencies
• 4 years’ work experience in donor-funded programs and projects
• Experienced in USG grants management policies, Code of federal regulations (CFR) and relevantly applicable circulars
• Knowledge of grants management
• 4 years work experience in compliance audit or internal audit or external auditing
• Analytical and report writing skills on finance, accounting, program, and strategic information and present to the management
• Conversant with Tanzania laws and regulations, and donors laws and regulations
• Experienced in risk management strategy from identification, assessment, evaluation, mitigation strategies and follow up of implementation
• Ability to transfer compliance skills and knowledge through training and mentoring

TO APPLY:

Interested candidates for any of the above positions should submit an application letter indicating clearly the position applied for, a detailed copy of their CV, and names and contact information (email addresses and telephone numbers) of three work-related referees.

Applications should be submitted by Monday 18th November, 2018, to the Director of Human Resources and Administration through e-mail hr@mdh-tz.org or dropped by hand at the MDH Head Office in Mikocheni, along Mwai Kibaki Road, Plot No. 802.

Kindly note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.