The Finance and Facilities Division (FFD) oversees the Ministry’s financial matters, procurement management and facilities development and management. FFD ensures proper stewardship of the Ministry’s resources through the implementation of best practices across all functions.
The Finance Branch delivers financial stewardship and partnership by optimising resource allocation and management whilst maintaining sound financial administration. The Financial Governance Team develops and oversees governance policies to ensure both effectiveness and compliance with financial controls and grant governance requirements.
Ministry Of Social And Family Development
Assistant Director (Financial Governance Team) (FFD)
Permanent/ContractClosed
What the role is
What you will be working on
We are looking for a proactive and dynamic individual to join the Financial Governance Team. The role requires applying governance and risk management concepts to develop governance policies and partner MSF’s divisions in managing grants in accordance with the Instruction Manual on Grant Governance.
Key Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will be involved in implementing and maintaining grant governance standards in MSF through policy development, staff training and data analytics, as well as oversee governance standards of MSF’s Companies Limited by Guarantee (CLG). You will coach and lead the team in improving governance across MSF by working with divisions and CLGs to:
• Develop and review governance frameworks, processes, and systems to meet specific targets and timelines.
• Lead and support data analytics initiatives to address risk management, fraud detection, investigation, and reporting requirements.
• Oversee and collaborate with MSF divisions to implement programme evaluation plans, improve accountability and achievement of programme objectives are achieved.
What we are looking for
Required Competencies:
• Tertiary qualification with minimum 5 years of relevant work experience
• Comprehensive understanding of governance and risk management concepts
• Strong analytical and conceptual thinking with excellent problem-solving abilities
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Self-motivated team player
Functional Competencies:
• Budget Planning & Administration
• Business Partnering
• Governance & Risk Management
• Financial Operations & Controls
• Costing & Resource Optimism
About your application process
If you do not hear from us within 4 weeks of the job ad closing date, we seek your understanding that it is likely that we are not moving forward with your application for this role. We thank you for your interest and would like to assure you that this does not affect your other job applications with the Public Service. We encourage you to explore and apply for other roles within Ministry Of Social And Family Development or the wider Public Service.
About Ministry Of Social And Family Development
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At MSF, our mission is to nurture and build resilient individuals, strong families, and a caring society. We offer meaningful and impactful people-centric careers in the design and delivery of policies, services and programmes. We are an all-inclusive and family friendly workplace where career growth is prioritised through a comprehensive suite of development opportunities to help our officers succeed today as well as be future-ready. We do this through various formal and informal learning and development programmes for officers to build different competencies and gain diverse work experiences within MSF, the Public as well as the Social Service Sectors.
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