Organization
Hoffnungszeichen | Sign of Hope e.V.
www.hoffnungszeichen.de, www.sign-of-hope.org
Position
Auditor
Type of Contract
Short-term consultancy
Type of Audit
In-depth
Location
Home-based with field mission travel to Dowa and Ntchisi District & Lilongwe, Malawi
Languages Required
English, Chichewa is considered a plus
Starting Date
20.02.2023
Auditing Period
From 01.01.2022 to 31.12.2022
Project Title
“SEWOH – Establishing food and income security through the promotion of market-based smallholder cooperatives in the central region of Malawi”
Total Project Budget
856,696 EURO
Annual Project Budget
202,180 EURO
Background and Organisational Setting
Hoffnungszeichen | Sign of Hope e.V. is a Christian motivated organization for Human Rights, Humanitarian Assistance, and Development Cooperation. Based in Constance, Germany, Sign of Hope is dedicated to helping those in distress and exploited people worldwide.
An audit is commissioned under the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) funding guidelines for development projects run by private German executing agencies.
Hoffnungszeichen | Sign of Hope e.V. will be the private German executing agency and the contracting party, while Circle for Integrated Community Development (CICOD)will be the local implementing agency.
The project objective is to contribute to the food and income security of smallholder farmers in Central Malawi and the empowerment of the target group for equal social and economic participation. The target group consists of 6,750 people (from 1,500 subsistence farming households) living in 40-50 villages in the project region.
Audit Objectives
The purpose of the in-depth audit is to provide Hoffnungszeichen | Sign of Hope e.V. with a sound basis for its accountability, transparency, and accuracy in the financial disclosure towards the funding agency BMZ.
This in-depth audit will verify the compliance with the standards of the funding agency BMZ, Hoffnungszeichen | Sign of Hope e.V., national regulations, and international accounting standards.
The auditor will review the project’s financial documents, receipts lists, records of transactions, all vouchers and receipts disbursed, and relevant project documents in order to come up with a professional, independent opinion on the financial accounting of the project “SEWOH – Establishing food and income security through the promotion of market-based smallholder cooperatives in the central region of Malawi” for all funds received and expended by CICOD from 01.01.2022 to 31.12.2022
Additionally, the audit shall give recommendations on strengths, weaknesses, and required improvement in the project-related financial and human resources management systems of CICOD.
The audit will support the project quality assurance measures implemented by Hoffnungszeichen | Sign of Hope e.V. and contribute to the decision-making process with regard to the project management and monitoring of finances by Hoffnungszeichen | Sign of Hope e.V. and CICOD.
Expected Deliverables
The auditor is expected to produce an audit report, an audit certificate and a management letter), which will comprise the following:
Audit documents can be issued in English or German.
Scope of the Audit
The audit should focus on the following:
Procedures and Communication
The auditor will be given access to all necessary documents in the project offices through the local implementing partner CICOD as well as relevant donor documents through Hoffnungszeichen | Sign of Hope e.V.
The auditor will be responsible to set up a schedule in agreement with the local implementing partner CICOD. Any expenses for field trips, postal and translation services, and other expenses shall be included in the auditor’s proposed budget. CICOD will support the auditor with logistics and arrangements, however, all payments of the contract will be made directly by Hoffnungszeichen | Sign of Hope e.V.
Qualifications and Experience
This vacancy is archived.