Deputy Chief of Party - Global Fund Finance

Finance & Economy

Overview

Manage all areas of grant finance, budget oversight, and compliance.

You have:

• Coordinate the day-to-day accounting and finance operations of Plan’s Global Fund program.
• Prepare all internal and external financial reports, coordinate accounting business processes and ensures compliance to approved policies.
• Conduct monthly progress monitoring and on-site data verification of Plan’s partners for the validation of expenses.
• Organize monthly coordination and learning meetings with the finance teams of Plan’s partners.
• Mentor all Global Fund Program Finance and Admin staff, coordinating its day-to-day financial and administrative operations.
• Prepare and facilitate audits/LFA reviews according to Plan and donor requirements.

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child but know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood and we enable children to prepare for and respond to crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries.

We won’t stop until we are all equal.

The Opportunity

Plan International Liberia has been awarded the GC7 TB/HIV/RSSH grant and the C19RM grant from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria GFATM. As Principal Recipient, Plan International Liberia is leading one of the largest health grants in Liberia, focused on tackling HIV, TB, and strengthening health systems nationwide. The grant spans from January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2026, implemented in collaboration with key partners including the Ministry of Health’s NACP and NLTCP, donor agencies such as PEPFAR, USAID, and CDC, as well as civil society organizations, UN agencies, and other stakeholders.

Under this grant, Plan International Liberia coordinates a complex portfolio involving 5 Sub-Recipients, 10 Sub-Sub Recipients, and 2 Service Providers across a national scope of interventions.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced individual to join our team as the Deputy Chief of Party – Finance (DCOP-F) for national TB, HIV, and RSSH program under the Global Fund GC7 and C19RM grants. The DCOP-F will be responsible for providing overall financial leadership and strategic guidance to ensure effective, efficient, and compliant implementation of the project. This includes oversight of budgeting, financial planning, accounting, internal controls, subrecipient financial management, and timely donor reporting.

The ideal candidate will possess deep knowledge of financial management in large-scale, donor-funded health programs, with a strong understanding of Global Fund financial and compliance requirements. The DCOP-F will work closely with the Chief of Party and Country Finance Manager, technical program leads, procurement and supply chain teams, and implementing partners to ensure optimal use of grant resources while maintaining strict adherence to financial policies and procedures.

The DCOP-F will also play a critical role at the national level in strengthening financial systems, building the capacity of subrecipients, and supporting risk mitigation efforts in alignment with national and donor standards. This includes facilitating timely audits, ensuring high-quality financial reporting, and supporting performance-based decision-making.

Do you have what it takes?

Knowledge

• University degree in Accounting/Finance- preferable
• Good knowledge of program management
• Good experience and knowledge of accounting and grant funds management regulations and procedures
• Good experience and knowledge on internal financial controls and procedures.
• Good experience in grant reporting requirements and knowledge of Plan’s grant financial systems and procedures.
• Experience in sub-contracts and sub-grants management, high-risk, complex programs and remote programming is preferred
• Familiarity with Global Fund rules and regulations is required.

Skills

• Strong management skills;
• Analytical thinking;
• Communication skills, appropriate to the audience;
• Problem solving;
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary and multicultural environment;
• Strong team-building and motivational skills;
• Strong negotiating, facilitating and influencing skills;
• Proficient in computer skills and use of relevant software and other applications, e.g. word processing, spreadsheet, database, web-based system;
• Working knowledge of written and spoken English;
• Motivated and has mentoring and coaching skills;
• Teamwork and working under pressure;
• Effective communication skills.

For more information regarding the job and person specification, please click on the below link; Deputy Chief of Party_Finance Job Profile_Global Fund_vF.docx

Location: Monrovia, Liberia – 25% travel required. This is a global search and the role must be located in Liberia and therefore an International relocation package would be available if required.

Type of Role: Contract until December 2026.

Reports to: Chief of Party for the Globl Fund/ TB/HIV/RSSH with dotted lines to the Country Finance Manager (CFM)

Closing Date: 20th July 2025

Anticipated 1st round interview: 28th and 29th July

Anticipated 2nd round interview: Week commencing 4th August

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International's Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.

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