Provincial Finance Advisors (7 Positions)
Position Circumstances
- Career Category: Banking / Finance, Accounting, Advisor / Individual Consultant
- Schedule:Full-time, Short-term
- Salary: Negotiable
Schedule: Intermittent
Job Purpose: To provide guidance on the financing and fund flows at provincial level to support the implementation of all project activities in the province with project team leader.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Financial Management & Compliance: Advise project leadership, provincial facilitators, and working groups on aligning financial operations and fund flows with ADB loan/grant agreements and government regulations.
- Procurement & Contract Oversight: Guide execution and implementation teams on procurement procedures, contract management, and regulatory compliance to maintain operational standards.
- Audit & Technical Support: Assist ministry Project Directors and Managers in addressing audit findings, resolving financial or procurement issues, and delivering technical backstopping.
- Capacity Building & Coaching: Provide hands-on training and coaching to government staff and commune council staff on financial management, procurement execution, and disbursement documentation.
- Reporting & Administration: Prepare regular financial progress reports detailing operational status and recommendations, while executing additional tasks as directed by project team leader.
Expected Profile of Candidates
Languages:
- English - Fluent
Qualifications:
- Master's Degree in finance and accounting with a Certified Public Accountant or Chartered Accountant
Work History:
- Managing decentralized financial systems, procurement, and project administration for rural development programs for 15 years as a minimum
Skills & Knowledge:
General & Technical Skills
- Regulatory & Compliance Mastery: In-depth knowledge of government SOPs, sub-national governance reforms, and ADB financial rules, policies, and procedures (with TSSD project experience preferred).
- Technical & Software Proficiency: High level of computer literacy, including advanced use of MS Office, financial databases, spreadsheets, and project management software.
- Communication & Mobility: Excellent written and spoken English, paired with a willingness to relocate and conduct regular field visits to remote rural communes and villages.
Provincial Green Investment Advisors (7 Positions)
Position Circumstances
- Career Category: Advisor / Individual Consultant, Social Work, Rural development, Community Development
- Schedule:Full-time, Short-term
- Salary: Negotiable
Schedule: Intermittent
Job Purpose: To provide guidance on livelihood support activities and coordinate closely with the Livelihood Improvement Support Team to support for the livelihood to smallholder farmers, facilitate access to the small grants to support investment in climate resilient technologies within the seven selected value chain commodities.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Examine the existing marketing channels and value chains for the selected priority commodities to confirm the potential opportunities for the adoption of climate resilient technologies and the funding requirements
- Establish the mechanisms for the delivery of the small grants for green investment in climate resilient technologies
- Develop a Small Grants Manual to document the procedures
- Support the delivery of the training and awareness raising activities on green investment to government in each province
- Collaborate with government staffs in the design of the on-farm demonstrations to identify opportunities for the integration of climate resilient design features.
- Facilitate the establishment of provincial working groups to assist the groups of smallholder farmers and formulation of small grant proposals and ensure that women and vulnerable groups will benefit from the delivery of the small grants.
- Provide on-going monitoring and support to ensure effective delivery of the funding for the small grants through the commune
- Attend the provincial/communal monthly coordination meetings
- Prepare reporting quarterly and annual progress reports.
- Maintain and make available an appropriate database to track the progress and activities
Expected Profile of Candidates
Languages:
- English - Fluent
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in rural sociology and combination as a minimum
- Master's Degree is preferred
- Postgraduate Degree in agriculture and rural development
Work History:
- Green investment in agriculture and rural development, climate resilience technologies and green investments within the selected commodity value chains, and develop a Small Grants Manual to document the procedures for 12 years as a minimum
Skills & Knowledge:
General & Technical Skills
- Extensive experience to implement projects supported by ADB and previous experience of working with the TSSD project will be preferred
- High level of computer literacy and in the use of MS Excel and Office applications.
- Excellent English communication skills, written and spoken.
- Happy to work in rural areas and remote communes/villages and to relocate and work within the assigned province.
