Director of Corporate Services

JOB PURPOSE

To pro­vide cor­po­rate ser­vice and strate­gic lead­er­ship, direc­tion and guid­ance on pru­dent use and man­age­ment of RA finan­cial, human resources and assets.

DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND JOB OUTPUTS

Key Duties and Responsibilities	Job Out­puts
Inter­pret poli­cies and reg­u­la­tions on the man­age­ment of finan­cial, HR, ICT, and admin­is­tra­tion matters	Inter­pre­ta­tion of poli­cies, sys­tems, and procedures
Advise man­age­ment on finan­cial, HR and admin­is­tra­tion mat­ters to ensure deci­sions com­ply with legal and pro­fes­sion­al stan­dards and Good Cor­po­rate Gov­er­nance principles	Advice to management
Facil­i­tate the for­mu­la­tion, imple­men­ta­tion and review of cor­po­rate poli­cies and pro­ce­dures relat­ed to finan­cial, HR, and admin­is­tra­tive matters	Finan­cial and admin­is­tra­tion pol­i­cy reviews
Col­lab­o­rate with var­i­ous stake­hold­ers on finan­cial matters	Cor­re­spon­dences with stakeholder
Par­tic­i­pate in the prepa­ra­tion of strate­gic and busi­ness plans and annu­al budgets	Strate­gic and Busi­ness Plans
Facil­i­tate the devel­op­ment of cri­te­ria and plan­ning tools need­ed to assist Management	Plan­ning tools
Mon­i­tor and eval­u­ate the finan­cial per­for­mance of the Orga­ni­za­tion and advise man­age­ment accord­ing­ly to main­tain the finan­cial health of the Authority	Mon­i­tor­ing and eval­u­a­tion reports
Autho­riz­ing all finan­cial trans­ac­tions in RA	Cred­i­ble payments
Ensure time­ly prepa­ra­tion of accounts report	Accounts reports
Man­age the fixed assets port­fo­lio of the Authority	Fixed assets reports
For­mu­late and imple­ment human resource devel­op­ment plans	HRM plans
Man­age Human resources for a moti­vat­ed workforce	Moti­vat­ed HR
Devel­op and enforce doc­u­ment con­trol systems	Doc­u­ment con­trol systems
Co-ordi­nate the pro­vi­sion of legal advice to Man­age­ment and the Board	Legal advice reports
Orga­nize board meet­ings and under­tak­ings and pro­vide cor­po­rate sec­re­tar­i­al services	Board Meet­ings and Minutes

PERSON SPECIFICATIONS

Qual­i­fi­ca­tion and Experience

• Bach­e­lor of Accoun­tan­cy or Busi­ness Admin­is­tra­tion from an accred­it­ed university
• Master’s Degree in Busi­ness Admin­is­tra­tion or Pub­lic Admin­is­tra­tion or its equivalent
• Must be a qual­i­fied accountant/chartered sec­re­tary and administrator
• A min­i­mum of 7 years of proven expe­ri­ence in a senior man­age­ment position

Knowl­edge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong Strate­gic think­ing and ana­lyt­i­cal and prob­lem-solv­ing skills
• Excel­lent guid­ance and coun­sel­ing and inter­per­son­al skills
• Abil­i­ty to work in a team environment
• Good com­mu­ni­ca­tion skills, both oral and written

Inter­est­ed can­di­dates should sub­mit their appli­ca­tions togeth­er with detailed and updat­ed Cur­ricu­lum Vita (CV) with three trace­able ref­er­ees and copies of cer­tifi­cates to: -

The Comp­trol­ler of Statu­to­ry Corporations

Depart­ment of Statu­to­ry Corporations

Post Office Box 30061

Cap­i­tal City

LILONGWE 3

Clos­ing date for receiv­ing appli­ca­tions is Fri­day, 25^th August 2023. Only short­list­ed can­di­dates will be acknowledged.