Job Description
Crown Agents is seeking to expand our network of administrative and operations management professionals who are able to rapidly deploy in response to political events, natural disasters, and other transitional periods. A strong candidate will be client-oriented, have strong management and leadership skills, including the ability to mentor staff, and be flexible to changing needs and priorities.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for all operations including but not limited to administration, logistics, procurement, budgeting, financial, and property.
- Ensure that program implementation is in accordance with USAID regulations and procedures and the specifications determined in the SOW.
- Monitor grantee worthiness, ensuring that all procurement processes are perceived as transparent by beneficiary communities, assuring fair and transparent procurement processes, reviewing financial management, and monitoring grant implementation.
- Assure that the most reasonable, fair, expeditious, and appropriate procurement choices were made pursuant to the Contractor‘s procurement processes and SWIFT IV Activity Manual.
- Supervise the Contractor‘s day-to-day field presence in the areas of operations (including the project’s facilities such as office space, equipment and project vehicles), administration, logistics, procurement, budgeting and financial accounting.
- Supervise daily financial operations of the contract, which include cash flow management, time sheet recording, reporting to USAID/OTI on the financial aspects of the project, and daily monitoring of obligations, budgets, and expenditures.
- Ensure continuous liquidity for the project
- Handle all human resource issues; supervising the day-to-day implementation of all grants made under the program; and investigating and identifying new ways of achieving project efficiencies.
Qualifications:
- At least 3-5 years of experience working on donor-funded projects in a related role and with some demonstrated supervisory experience.
- Experience with grants or small grants under contract preferred.
- Prior work experience in security challenged environments.
- Deep understanding of the Contractor‘s and USAID‘s policies and procedures in regards to financial management, financial reporting, procurement processes, systems, and grants management.
- Complete fluency in written and oral English is an essential qualification for the Operations Manager.
About the Organization
Our Business
Crown Agents is an international development company employing over 600 personnel worldwide with a presence in more than 40 countries, subsidiaries in 11 countries, and permanent staff working on the ground in 22 corporate offices in Africa, Asia Latin America, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Crown Agents Agents provides direct assistance, management consulting, and human and institutional development for public and private sector clients in procurement, logistics, health systems strengthening, customs and trade facilitation and public financial management.
Crown Agents USA (CA-USA), the U.S. incorporated subsidiary of Crown Agents, provides direct technical assistance, capacity development, and procurement services to stimulate economic growth, establish good governance, and improve health outcomes across the developing world. Since its incorporation in the United States in 1998, CA-USA has provided technical assistance services and support to U.S. Government agencies and international organizations such as the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), Department of State (DOS), and the Gates Foundation.
