Job Description

• Program Description:

TechnoServe seeks a Program Analyst to assist the Chief of Party (COP) in leading the implementation of a five-year Enhancing Market Efficiency and Resilience for Growing Ethiopia’s New Coffee Economy (EMERGENCE) project funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), JDE, and Peet’s Coffee which will benefit tens of thousands of smallholder coffee farmers in Yirgacheffe, one of the world’s most celebrated coffee origins.

The Analyst will oversee (i) operational support to field teams, (ii) budget management, and (iii) organizational, procedural, host government regulatory, and donor regulatory compliance.

• Position Description:

The Program Analyst’s primary responsibility is to support the implementation of EMERGENCE to achieve programmatic excellence, sound financial management and contractual compliance with USG and internal regulations. He/she oversees budget functions to monitor expenditures, pipeline planning and coordinate with COP to prepare donor reports as well as provide administrative and programmatic support. He/she liaises with the firm tasked with monitoring and disbursing incentive payments to farmers. Responsibilities listed but not limited to the below:

 Programmatic support

• Develop and prepare periodic operational management dashboards for COP, donor, and country senior management

• Ensure communication and updates are regularly shared internally with all the program staff
• Provide support in the preparation of annual program operational planning (work plans) by agronomy, wet mill, and research teams
• Develop and maintain an information management and communication system and processes to ensure plans and progress are captured, shared and stored effectively.
• Lead the composition of quarterly project status reports for corporate review to ensure transparency and progress sharing cross-functionally within the organization

• Oversee the business service provider implementation of the project’s innovative cash for stumping pilot which facilitates cash incentive payments to farmers and washing stations to ensure cost-efficient and fraud-free delivery of these services, creating the maximum productivity impact for each dollar invested
• Competitively identify and procure service providers, such as an independent survey firm, to verify stumped trees

Budget and compliance management

• Responsible for all financial planning, forecasting, budget management and reporting for EMERGENCE
• Prepare periodic budgetary control statements to determine project financial performance and suggest corrective action, if required
• Work with the COP to prepare project, annual and multi-year budgets and accurately forecast cash flow needs
• Support the COP and Controller to develop corporate annual budget plans and mid-year budget reviews
• Work with Agronomy and Wet Mill Team Managers to prepare bottom-up budgets
• Analyze variances and explore potential problems with project budget, working closely with staff to forecast and address any variances
• Ensure effective project funds use, oversee cost control in order to maximize the project’s impact with the project’s available resources and maximize the project’s Social Return on Investment
• Ensure corporate HR, procurement, and financial procedures are followed, alert the COP of any incidents of noncompliance, suggest corrective action if required, train staff in organizational standards, and promote ethical behavior

Administrative support

• Act as liaison between Finance, HR, Logistics/Procurement, and the technical teams

• Provide pipeline analysis and forecasting of HR, Finance, and Procurement needs as well as the preparation of the project’s annual procurement plan

• Support team to track advance requests and timely reconciliations
• Review payroll and expense reimbursements for local staff

• Ensure effective asset management and proactively signal maintenance needs to Addis office

• Assist with general program operations and field-based activity and logistics such as around events

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business and Administration, Finance, Economics or related field with a minimum of 7 years of experience in financial and operational management. With an advanced degree/MBA, a minimum of 5 years’ experience is required
• Deep knowledge of best practices in financial, administrative, and operational management required
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint required
• Good leadership skills and strategic orientation
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• Financial management and reporting skills
• Excellent verbal, analytical, organizational, and written skills
• High attention to detail
• Excellent management skills and ability to work in a team environment
• Excellent verbal and written command of English
• Experience of working in the private sector preferable
• Knowledge of grants management preferable
• Knowledge of USDA or USAID donor reporting requirements preferable

How to Apply

Qualified and interested applicants should click here to apply for this position and submit a cover letter and resume as a single document (either Word or PDF)  by February 10, 2020. Applications will be reviewed and considered as received/on a rolling basis.

FEMALE CANDIDATES ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE TO APPLY

Only applicants meeting minimum qualifications will be contacted. Please note that we are not accepting CVs that are not sent through the indicated link.