CILSS is seeking to recruit an Accountant for the PAGR/SANAD Project Regional Coordination Unit

Type of recruitment : Local

Classification : Category GS7 of CILSS salary grid

 

Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply

The Permanent Inter-state Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) is seeking to recruit an Accountant for the PAGR/SANAD Project Regional Coordination Unit.

 The « Improving Governance of Resilience and Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture in West Africa Project (PAGR-SANAD) » is a project financed by the European Union for the benefit of the ECOWAS Commission, the UEMOA Commission and CILSS.

Developed to last for a total 54 months, the Project aims to improve the regional and national governance of agricultural and Food and Nutrition Security policies and programmes in West Africa and the Sahel in the context of resilience. Its specific objective is to develop the required capacities within regional and national institutions to strengthen the regional governance of food and nutrition security and agricultural policies in the context of Resilience in West Africa with a view to achieving the « Zero Hunger by 2025 » objective. The main expected outputs are a joint biennial report on SANAD-Resilience results and progress for the West Africa region, with a focus on gender equality; good management of agricultural investment and nutrition policies and programmes, food security information and early warning systems at the regional and national levels and resilience.

 

 

Hierarchical subordination :

The Accountant is under the authority of the PAGR-SANAD Regional Coordinator and under the supervision of the Project Financial Management Expert. He/she is responsible for the accounting and administrative activities of the project. The Accountant will be posted within the Administration and Finance Unit of CILSS to ensure synergy and complementarity with other European Union’s Sahel Initiative projects and ongoing projects within CILSS..

 

Responsibility/tasks :

Under the authority of the Programme Regional Coordinator, the Accountant will be responsible for :

  • Maintain Project Accounting on a day-to-day basis in accordance with the Project Accounting Plan and SYSCOHADA ;
  • Organise a system for archiving and filing the accounting records and financial documents of the project ;
  • Prepare bank reconciliation statements each month ;
  • Produce periodic reports on the status of implementation of grant agreements ;
  • Prepare the external audit ;
  • Effectively execute routine accounting transactions ;
  • Perform any other tasks assigned by the supervisor ;
  • Apply and strictly follow procedures in all accounting transactions.

 

General qualifications and competencies (minimum requirements) :

The incumbent must :

Hold at least a BAC + 3 or equivalent degree in finance, accounting.

 

General professional experience (minimum requirements) :

 Have at least 5 years experience in a position of financial, accounting and administrative management or financial monitoring of a development project.

 

Specific professional experience (minimum requirements) :

  • Have good experience of projects funded by multilateral donors or by the European Union ;
  • Have at least three years’ experience of European Union rules and procedures (financial management, disbursements, procurement) ;
  • Have practical computer experience (including Word, Excel, Access, management and accounting software, etc.) ;
  • Ability to ensure the implementation and rigorous maintenance of accounting and management tools ;
  • Be open-minded, willing to work in a team, have ability to listen and dialogue ;
  • Have excellent oral and written communication skills regarding technical issues in one of the official languages ​​of CILSS countries.

 

How to apply :

 Applications should include the following documents :

  • An application letter addressed to the Executive Secretary of CILSS;
  • A cover letter;
  • A Curriculum Vitae updated and certified true by the applicant;
  • An extract of a  birth certificate or a substitute birth certificate: the candidate must not be more than 50 years of age at his/her first recruitment with CILSS;
  • A certified copy of degrees, diplomas and certificates of qualifications;
  • Copies of work or service certificates;
  • A copy of the nationality certificate or any other document justifying the nationality of the applicant: the candidate must be a national of a Member State of CILSS;
  • The addresses of three (3) reference persons.

 

Contract length :

Initial term of two (2) years renewable based on performance, with a two-month probation period

 

Deadline and application submission address :

Applications must be submitted in a sealed envelope to the mail department (Service Courrier) of the Executive Secretariat of CILSS or mailed to 03 BP. 7049 OUAGADOUGOU 03 – BURKINA FASO Tel. : (+226) 25 37 41 25/26 or 25 49 96 00 – Fax: (+226) 25 37 41 32 by specifying the title of the position, followed by: « Not to be opened until the meeting of the group examining the applications » or e-mailed to the following address : recrutements@cilss.int no later than January 31, 2019

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