AVERT Society Jobs: Additional Project Director

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Additional Project Director & Grant, Procurement and Audit Officer

Avert Society

Location: Mumbai, India

Last Date: March 21, 2004

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Career Opportunities that could save the world

Avert Society, the USAID funded project to fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS

in Maharashtra state, requires the following personnel.

Avert Society has been set up for managing the USAID supported $41.5 million

HIV/AIDS prevention project in Maharashtra, Avert Society, in close

collaboration with the Maharashtra State AIDS Control Society (MSACS), Mumbai

District AIDS Control Society (MDACS), National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO)

and Hindustan Latex Family Planning Promotion Trust (HLFPPT) works to reduce the

impact of HIV/AIDS in the State. The Society proposes to recruit the following

personnel to implement the project.

ADDITIONAL PROJECT DIRECTOR

Additional Project Director of the Society will be the team leader of the unit

with over all responsibility for the procurement operations. Additional Project

Director will be accountable to the Project Director.

Key Responsibilities: To provide direction to the technical team of the project

to achieve results in the specific areas. The important role for the position

includes providing leadership to the technical team members; strategic planning

and management of programme areas; partner selection and capacity building; team

building and coordination with stakeholders.

The ideal candidate should be a post-graduate in Social Sciences, public health,

management and related fields from an institute of repute. The person should

have at least 10 years’ experience in the social sector of which 3 to 5 years at

managerial level experience working in Health Sector preferably in the field of

HIV/AIDS. The person should be able to visualize, identify, plan, develop and

implement HIV/AIDS related programmes at district and sub-district levels and

liaison with senior government officials as well as at the grass root level NGOs

are essential

GRANT, PROCUREMENT AND AUDIT OFFICER

The Grant, Procurement and Audit Officer will assist the Finance Manager in all

the matters relating to the selection of sub-grantees, procurement of goods and

services and conducting pre-audit off all transactions of all accounting records

before financial review. The person will ensure that the day to day operations

as specified in the Management Systems for Avert Society are fully complied with

in consultation with his/her superiors.

Key Responsibilities: One point contact for all matters relating to sub-grantees

(as regards to selection of sub-grantees, financial transactions etc.), Reports

from sub-grantees, analysis, etc; Pre-audit of all transactions of Avert

Society, Procurement of goods and services and Selection of Consultants.

The ideal candidate should be M.Com (Accounts) or Inter-CA with at least 5 years

working experience, preferably with a funding agency involving financial

reporting and grant management with bilateral and multilateral agencies.

Additionally the candidate should be a team player with proven multi-tasking

skills and a proactive attitude.

The positions are senior level and would involve fair amount of travel within

the State. The positions are on contract basis for 2 years, extendable, based on

performance evaluation. Compensation will match the best in the development

sector.

Please apply in confidence stating the position applied for within TWENTY days

to:

Project Director, Avert Society,

AcWorth Complex, R. A. Kidwai Marg,

Wadala, Mumbai 400 031,

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