Individual Consultant – Deputy Programme Manager - Accounts

Consultant

Overview

Support financial operations and maintain accurate accounting records for Sanjeevini.

You have:

• Fulltime Post Graduate Degree in Accounts/Finance/Commerce/CA from a recognised university.
• Fluency in English and Kannada spoken, read and write for all official communication is essential.
• 2+ years in experience in the field of accounts, preferably in development/government organization.
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, Tally, PFMS etc.);
• Experience working on government funded projects is highly desirable.

Contract

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Background

UNDP strives to have a workforce, which reflects diversity and gender balance, and applies an equal opportunities approach. UNDP does not solicit or screen for information in respect of HIV or AIDS status. All selections are on merit.

Background:

The DAY-NRLM (Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission) is the flagship program of Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India relaunched in 2016 for promoting poverty reduction by building strong institutions of the poor, particularly women. The programme creates and enables community owned institutions of women to empower and make them economically self-reliant by improving their agency to access a range of livelihood and financial services and maximize their resources for creating sustainable livelihood opportunities.

The state governments are mandated to set up dedicated Mission Management Units at the state, district, taluk and village/community level for the effective implementation of the NRLM scheme. The mission provides regular hand-holding support to SHG/federations for a period of 5-7 years. At the end of a fully implementation cycle the SHGs/federations are well prepared to become resource institutions at the community level for providing evidence and support to other social initiatives.

SANJEEVINI- Karnataka State Rural Livelihood Promotion Society (KSRLPS)

The State Government is implementing DAY-NRLM scheme in phases through Karnataka State Rural Livelihood Promotion Society in the name of “Sanjeevini”. The mission statement of SANJEEVINI-KSRLPS is: “To reduce rural poverty by providing gainful wage and self-employment opportunities through community institutions resulting in sustainable improvement in their livelihoods”.

Sanjeevini is a community driven and process-oriented programme. The processes include different activities such as awareness building, social mobilization and development of Community Resource persons (CRPs). Formation of CBOs, strengthening SHGs/ CBOs/federations/Livelihood Collectives, establishment of linkages and promotion of livelihoods. The conventional methods of monitoring focuses on physical, financial and logistic aspects of projects, but do not capture the processes of community perception, satisfaction with project services, inclusion and institutional dynamics. As the community processes do not conform to pre-set rules, deadlines, targets or blue print approaches, a responsive and adaptive implementation is necessary.

It is in this context that the State government of Karnataka has partnered with UNDP to implement The National Rural Economic Transformation Project (NRETP) in Karnataka. NRETP proposes to implement higher order economic activities which are cross cutting in nature, for instance, the project design envisages that there will be an organic link between the model Cluster Level Federation (CLFs) and financial inclusion strategies, insurance and pension schemes, producer groups and organisations, product marketing and enterprise development. The financial inclusion strategy will also have a key role in financing of farm and non-farm enterprises. UNDP will be uniquely positioned to quickly transfer the technical know-how gained at the national and state level working across the country. The state SMMU will be fully synchronized with the National level team working at the centre, important for better alignment of state priorities with those of the national programme while formulating the State specific poverty reduction action plans.

Under the scheme, UNDP is looking for aDeputy Programme Manager_ Accounts to undertake the activities as provided below. The incumbent will be based at SANJEEVINI-KSRLPS and will perform duties under the direct supervision of Mission Director.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the CFO- SANJEEVINI-KSRLPSthe incumbent will focus on achievement of the following results:

• Provide accounting and administrative support to the accounts team at SANJEEVINI-KSRLPS
• Assist in the maintenance of supporting documents for payments and financial reports
• Reconcile invoices and identify discrepancies
• Maintenance of the proper filing system for finance records and documents

• Support timely and accurate preparation of bank reconciliations and initiation of bank transfers

• Collectionof Utilization Certificate and monitorExpenditure

• Provide assistance for Auditing
• Participation in the trainings for the operations/ projects staff on Finance
• Provides secretarial support by entering, formatting, printing information; organising work; answering the telephone; relaying messages; maintaining equipment and supplies as required
• Candidate should be willing to travel across the districts of the State of Karnataka
• Any other tasks/responsibilities as assigned by the CFO and accounts Team

Competencies

• Ability to assist the team in financial and physical reporting;
• Hands-on with Tally, SAP/PFMS/Public Books, spreadsheets, sales &purchase ledgers, taxation and journals
• Excellent working knowledge of MS Office-Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, Intra-Internet, e-mail applications etc
• Familiarity with finance regulations& working knowledge of Reconciliation of finance accounts
• Good math skills and the ability to spot numerical errors
• Ability to handle sensitive, confidential information
• Actively works towards continuing personal learning and development in the area of professional discipline and job knowledge, acts on learning plan and applies newly acquired skills
• Excellent communication, documentation (MS Word, Excel) and typing skills in English and Kannada

Required Skills and Experience

Qualifications:

Fulltime Post Graduate Degree in Accounts/Finance/Commerce/CAfrom a recognised university.

Languages Required: Fluency in English and Kannada spoken, read and write for all official communicationis essential. Knowledge of English and Kannada typing is mandatory

Experience:

• 2+ years in experience in the field of accounts, preferably in development/government organization

• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, Tally, PFMSetc.);

• Experience with ERP financials
• Experience of working on the government funded projects is highly desirable

Duration of the Work:

The contract will be awarded for one year initially. Working days will be as per the State Government / SANJEEVINI-KSRLPS policy.

Official Travel

In case of official journey within/outside the state, candidates will be entitled to reimbursement from SANJEEVINI-KSRLPS. All official travel must be authorised and certified in advance by SANJEEVINI-KSRLPS.

SCHEDULE OF PAYMENTS

Consolidated annual consultancy fees (Remuneration) of INR 5, 40,000/- payable in equal monthly instalments of INR 45,000/- upon submission of monthly progress report certified by the reporting officer.

INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT:

• Contract will be administered by UNDP on behalf of the SANJEEVINI-KSRLPS, Government of Karnataka
• The consultant should report to the CFO
• All the logistic support related official travel will be borne by the SANJEEVINI-KSRLPS, Government of Karnataka.
• Consultant will be entitled for 2 days leave per month (non encashable). The accumulated leaves will be forfeited on the termination/further extension of the contract period.

Documentation Required

Personal CV indicating all past experiences from similar projects, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the candidate and atleast 3 professional references.

Evaluation Method and criteria

Preliminary short listing would be done based on the following criteria:

• Educational Qualification 30 marks.
• Relevant Experience 40 marks.
• Interview for 30 marks

Those who obtain a minimum 70% of total 70 marks (Educational Qualification & Relevant Experience) will be eligible to appear for the interview.

Interview for the shortlisted candidates would be either conducted face to face in Bengaluru or by telephone/over skype.

The contract shall be awarded on the merit basis.

General Conditions for Individual Contract- http://www.in.undp.org/content/dam/india/docs/procurement/UNDP%20General%20Conditions%20for%20Individual%20Contracts.pdf

For any clarifications, please write to: [email protected]

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence

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