State Field Agents at Crown Agents

Responsibilities

• Support state-level risk monitoring and support activities across cash fiduciary risk areas such as mechanisms for fund management, fiduciary risk mitigation, resolution of fund management bottlenecks, delay in healthcare worker payments, healthcare worker demotivation, financial management practices and value for money.
• Support state-level risk monitoring and support activities across supply chain risk areas such as vaccine distribution planning, storage and transportation, planned preventive maintenance, healthcare waste management, VLMIS, and coordination with the supply chain TWGs.
• Support state-level risk monitoring and support activities across programme management risk areas as coordination mechanisms, RI integration, microplanning, HMIS, performance monitoring, RCDG, ACSM, supportive supervision, and use of data for improvement with programmatic TWGs.
• Monitor the fiduciary risks to Gavi's COVID-19 Delivery Support (CDS) funding and controls and procedures in place to ensure that funds are used as intended.  With regards to funds channelled through alliance partners discuss and obtain an understanding of the risk environment and approach to providing assurance of proper use of funds. 
• Monitor other assurance mechanisms and audit arrangements through spot checks. Including the determination of controls and procedures in place to guard against the risk of cash misuse.  These may include: financial management procedures, reviews of financial expenditure and activity reports, budgetary monitoring, ensuring proper supporting documents are on file, spot checks, audits etc.
• Monitor and support effective resource mapping and allocation between stakeholders, partners, implementers and funders.

About you

Requirements

• Masters level certification in Accounting, Economics or Business Administration
• Member of professional bodies ICAN, ACCA
• Experience working with the State Primary Healthcare Agency/Board on Routine Immunisation, Supplementary Immunisation and COVID-19 vaccination programmes
• Experience in the healthcare sector and public health programmes.