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Monday, January 16, 2012

International Development - Finance & Administration Manager ...

?We work in 31 countries, assisting approximately 15.2 million children and their family members, regardless of race, creed or gender. Our distinctive approach focuses on working with children throughout their journey from birth to young adulthood, as well as with families, local organizations and communities globally to create the environments children need to thrive.

When you work with ChildFund International, you will continuously raise the bar by doing more, doing it better, measuring your progress and communicating your results so that others are inspired to join us in our efforts.?

Posting Closes:??February 3rd, 2012

Position Summary:

The Finance?and Administration Manager?has policy and management responsibility for the finance, accounting and administrative functions for the country program.?Main responsibilities include Planning & Budgeting, Audit & Internal Controls,?Capacity Building, financial report preparation, treasury, procurement, logistics and General Controllership. The Finance & Operations Director will play a key role in the implementation of ChildFund?s regional and global finance strategy.
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Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

Provides leadership to country finance department and?meet the financial requirement and deadlines?by various stakeholders
Identifies requirements for and develops reporting formats to aid in the management of country operations and grant expenditures.
Ensures country management and program staffs are provided timely finance reports?
Closely monitors all financial activities, and keeps the Senior Management Team?of all?situations which have the potential for a positive/negative impact on internal controls or financial performance.
Directs the preparation of and reviews?all donor financial reports in respect to accounting, legal and contractual requirements?prior to submission to National Director and HQ
Leads, manages and controls the overall finances of the organization and ensures that the management of all budgets is in line with both organizational and international standards.
Responsible for managing and developing all members of the finance & administration team.
Ensures that timely and accurate monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports are prepared, demonstrating trends and comparisons in NO/field performance.
Establishes performance standards and conduct annual evaluation and performance review of the finance and administration staff. ?
Plans coordinate s and direct s the accounting responsibilities for the annual statutory audit as prescribed by the International Office Assurance Unit.?
Ensures that all policies and procedures relating to audits, reviews and certification are respected and carried out in a timely manner.
Ensures strict Internal Controls and is responsible for developing, managing and monitoring of area offices and national organization internal controls to ensure compliance with global standards.
Monitors the development of the affiliate and partners Finances and ensures that they have capacities in financial management, project accounting, financial and management accounting, grant and subsidies management.
Analyzes performance against budgets and prepares other pertinent financial analyses to be discussed with the ND during monthly finance meetings.
Provides leadership for the project teams in their work on FIT and the NO in CEDAR for improved results and better performance of the finance sector.
Maintains local banking relationships in coordination with International Office Treasury.?
Monitors and ensures effective cash management practices at the National Office and all projects in compliance with ChildFund International policy and procedures.
Responsible for the development of grant management systems that ensure that grants acquired are well managed and results shared with various stakeholders.
Ensures the requirements for government and grantors reporting are fulfilled. Ensures all donor financial reports and grants are well tracked and documented and that quarterly reviews of all donor grants are conducted.
Develops? and implements administrative systems, policies and? measures based on the actual needs of ChildFund Senegal in line with ChildFund International Policies & Procedures
Ensures regular inventory is conducted? for all ChildFund Senegal asset/property, and maintain updated records/lists
Ensures strict compliance with ChildFund Senegal procurement policies and procedures for all goods? and services needed
Designs and? implements systems for tracking the utilization of supplies to minimize? wastage and inappropriate use
Oversee a logistics and procurement staff, and support? services?
Ensure that all contracts for services signed on behalf of ChildFund Senegal ?meet minimum standards? and is in compliance with Senegal laws and ChildFund International policies
Manage vendors, supplies, contractors etc.
Ensures that all Information Technology systems implementation is in line with the standards of ChildFund International.
Support area/field office in all office operation issues (contracts, rent agreements, safety/security)
Visit field/area offices to assess? administrative, logistics, capacity and compliance with ChildFund?s procedures and standard and offer corrective measures

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Required Skills

Bachelor?s degree in Finance or Accounting (Masters?Degree?or CPA certification preferred) + 7 years of working experience.
Minimum 5 years experience managing the finance of large or medium-sized non-governmental organization.
Outstanding experience in?human resource management
Self-guided, strong organizational and planning skills with the ability to work independently as a team player and under pressure.
Strong commitment to institutional values, policies and procedures.
Ability to train/develop others in financial management & accounting
Cross-cultural sensitivity & experience
Effective under pressure, results oriented & proactive
Commitment to continuous learning and professional integrity
Strong interpersonal communication skills; experience in team leadership and participatory management.
Good command of both English and French (reading, writing, and speaking skills required)
Computer literate ? Financial software and MS OFFICE (WORD- EXCEL- Etc.)

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Source: http://www.devex.com/en/jobs/finance-administration-manager-302074-818-44188

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Sunday, January 15, 2012

Mexico City fights trash pileup after closing dump

In this photo taken on Wednesday Jan. 4, 2012, women walk past piles of uncollected garbage in Mexico City. Mounds of debris piled up at illegal dumping sites around the city in recent weeks as the metropolis grappled with an avalanche of refuse after closing one of the world's largest landfills. Like other mega-cities around the world, Mexico City is struggling to move from the informal garbage collection systems of the past to modern waste management designed to drastically cut the volume of material that ends up in landfills. (AP Photo/Christian Palma)

In this photo taken on Wednesday Jan. 4, 2012, uncollected garbage piles up on a street in Mexico City. Mounds of debris piled up at illegal dumping sites around the city in recent weeks as the metropolis grappled with an avalanche of refuse after closing one of the world's largest landfills. Like other mega-cities around the world, Mexico City is struggling to move from the informal garbage collection systems of the past to modern waste management designed to drastically cut the volume of material that ends up in landfills. (AP Photo/Christian Palma)

MEXICO CITY (AP) ? Mounds of debris piled up at illegal dumping sites around the city in recent weeks as the metropolis grappled with an avalanche of refuse after closing one of the world's largest landfills.

Garbage trucks queued up for more than six hours to dump loads at transfer stations, while overstuffed bags and other trash piled up even on the toniest streets over the holidays, when dumps in surrounding Mexico state refused to take the city's trash.

This week, city officials were caught in a front-page photograph dumping tons of trash at the same landfill they claimed to have closed in December, promising a better, greener waste management system for the city of 8.8 million.

"We're seeing a confusion obviously now in the handling of garbage," said Pierre Terras, who coordinates the toxins campaign for Greenpeace Mexico. "You can see it in the streets."

Like other mega-cities around the world, Mexico City is struggling to move from the informal garbage collection systems of the past to modern waste management designed to drastically cut the volume of material that ends up in landfills.

Mexico City officials count some 1,000 illegal dumping sites in a metropolis that generates more than 12,000 tons of trash a day. That includes some trash that is trucked in from neighboring towns in this sprawling metro area of more than 21 million ? one of the world's largest.

The Latin American capitals of Bogota and Buenos Aires, which face similar problems, have committed to Zero Trash, a campaign supported by environmental groups to manufacture reusable goods and materials, recycle and ideally cut the amount of unusable trash to zero. Greenpeace is pushing such a plan for Mexico City.

Everyone agreed that the Bordo Poniente landfill had to close as scheduled on Dec. 31, a move that could mean a drop in greenhouse gas emissions by a minimum of 2 million tons of carbon dioxide annually. Built on a dry lake bed partly to handle the rubble from the devastating 1985 earthquake, it had taken in more than 76 million tons of garbage.

Critics say the city was unprepared, and it wasn't clear why there wasn't a solid alternative waste system in place after earlier plans to build four new garbage processing plants were abandoned.

Meanwhile an interim plan to take refuse to smaller dumps outside the city fell apart almost immediately.

Last week residents of Ixtapaluca in Mexico state blocked a federal highway to prevent Mexico City garbage trucks from unloading at a dump in their neighborhood, while other communities staged similar revolts.

Mexico City has required its residents to separate trash since 2003, but without enforcement or the necessary recycling equipment. Despite public service campaigns, there is no culture for recycling.

Residents still rely on an old collection system in which trucks roam the streets daily, with a garbage man ringing a bell to alert neighbors who come running with their trash cans and bags.

The small amount of recycling is done at the trucks, as garbage workers open bags to separate out glass, plastic and cardboard.

Dumping on the street brings heavy fines. But trash routinely piles up on Mexico City street corners under the cover of night from households where people can't wait around during the day for the trash bell.

"They haven't retrofitted the trucks, they haven't educated the public, they haven't reduced the amount of trash generated. Today we're the same or worse than we were five years ago," said Ramon Ojeda, president of the Mexican Academy for Environmental Rights. "It's a fiasco for the city government."

Secretary of Works and Services Fernando Aboitiz said the city has been preparing for the landfill closure for 14 months and didn't anticipate the reaction to dumping in Mexico state.

Since March, the city has stepped up its trash separation program, negotiating with the sanitation union so that trucks collect food wastes and other organic material separately from bottles, paper and other recyclable goods. Household recycling jumped dramatically once garbage trucks stopped taking mixed trash.

Truck driver Eduardo Cortes said on his route south of the city center, recycling went from about zero customers a year ago to 95 percent today. The transfer stations where he dumps his loads also require separated trash.

"If I keep taking it the old way, what am I going to do with it?" asked the 37-year-old, who collects up to 12 tons of refuse daily beginning at 5 a.m. "I can't provide them a service and then their garbage accumulates."

Aboitiz said as a result of the efforts so far, organic waste collection in the city has grown from just 100 tons a day a year ago to 2,800 a day. The city plans to increase that to 3,200 tons a day in the coming months. The city has a giant composting plant that continues to operate at the Bordo site.

The city is also upgrading its separation plant to process materials that can be burned to make cement from about 800 tons a day to 2,000 in the coming months.

Ojeda, Greenpeace and other environmental groups say while that process reduces garbage, it will add more pollutants and carcinogens to the air as materials are burned. They're urging the city to take other steps.

The city on Monday said it would begin installing huge recycling containers where people surreptitiously leave their trash.

Aboitiz said 200 containers will be installed in the next month, with up to 500 in place by midyear to recycle glass, metal, paper, food scraps and plastic.

The bins will be manned 24 hours a day to make sure they're not abused, he said, adding that eventually there will be bins within a two-block radius of every home in Mexico City.

"This will radically change the way we handle trash in Mexico City," Aboitiz said. "Before residents had to rely on the trucks ... now any hour of any day of the week, they can dispose of their trash."

Associated Press

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Saturday, January 14, 2012

Are Halle Berry & Olivier Martinez NOT Engaged?

We know that Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez put a ring on it -- but we still don't know if it's an engagement ring! After the actress was spotted with a new gem on her ring finger, several outlets reported that Martinez, who turned 46 today, had proposed to Berry, 45. Today, however, TMZ reports that the engagement rumors may be false.

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