Finance & Administration Officer

Finance and Administration Officer,

Clean Cooking and Sustainable Energy

Full-Time, term-limited contract

C- Quest Capital LLC (CQC) is a social impact investor, project developer, and climate finance specialist whose mission is to transform the lives of the poorest communities in developing countries by providing them access to clean and sustainable energy services and clean energy technologies and improving the health and wellbeing of women and children. CQC was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Washington DC, the USA with subsidiaries in India, Malaysia, Singapore, and Cambodia on-ground teams in Malawi, Zambia, and rapidly growing into other Sub-Saharan African countries.

CQC is a leader in providing clean efficient cooking and lighting services to the rural poor worldwide and has growing businesses in renewable energy production and supply, sustainable agricultural land use, and forestry.  Our projects are implemented either through our operational platforms and subsidiaries or through closely managed partnerships and joint ventures with on-the-ground organizations.

We have active investments in over 13 countries across Sub-Saharan Africa, Central America, and South and East Asia that have thus far improved the lives of over 20 million people.

CQC employs over 60 full-time staff of investment, project management, and carbon professionals based around the world including Washington DC, India, Malaysia, Cambodia, Malawi, and Zambia. In addition, we regularly draw on a pool of individual consultants, collaborating NGO and private sector partners, and staff of our joint venture partners.

Background:

CQC is rapidly expanding its investment in cleaner cooking services across its core geographies. In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) we have launched a three million household four-year investment across Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Angola, and Rwanda with pilot activities planned in several other SSA Least Developed Countries. We manage country teams and implementing partners across the region. The Gambia operations is growing and we are looking for skilled staff.

Core Tasks:

Under the guidance and supervision of the Country Director and Country Manager, the Finance and Administration Officer will:

• Assist in maintenance of proper filing system for administrative, finance and project documentation.

• Confirm and seek approval on all invoices paid to country staff, local contractors, and petty cash payments.

• Prepares payment of the invoices, contracts of services, statutory deductions, payments to the field teams and other purchases, once approval has been received.

• Assist in organizing storage of all goods procured, maintain and update inventory list.

• Responsible for checking the quantity and quality of goods received from suppliers.

• Assisting the Country Manager in electronic record keeping, particularly for carbon auditing requirements.

• Attend to request from the Country Director regarding bookings and other travel necessities.

• Ensures items are properly organized and are correctly stored, well protected, fully identified etc.

• Ensure proper management of stores including receiving and issuing goods, developing stores reports and weekly reconciliations.

• Provide administrative support to HR department.

• Completes price analysis of goods and service (procurement) as needed.

• Execute duties according to standard operating procedures or with explicit written approval by Country Director

• Assists with administrative tasks for the company as needed.

• Assist in clearing shipments being sent to and sent from The Gambia.

• Assists with other projects as needed.

Location

Location is The Gambia, with global communication as CQC relies heavily on staff working at home and the use of video conferencing technology to communicate between its team across the world. The Finance and Administration Officer will be situated in The Gambia, preferably Kombo area, but reporting to and working with the Operations Team located in the U.S.

Travel

Finance and Administration Officers are expected to have infrequent travel, sometimes on an as-needed short-notice timeline. On a limited basis, international travel throughout Sub-Saharan Africa will be necessary. However, CQC acknowledges the COVID-19 and local pandemic-related health risks and considers these for travel external to the project country.

Supervision

The position will report to and be overseen by the Country Director and works in daily collaboration with the Country Manager and other in-country Managers.

This is a non-supervisory position, with supervision and hiring of in-country teams, directed by Country Director.

Qualifications or specialized knowledge/experience required:

1. Bachelor's degree preferably focused on finance, accounting, business, human resources, or international development, with an advanced degree(s) in relevant fields advantageous, depending on the field of study and experience gained.
2. Experience in building and facilitating relationships for rural and/or urban development programs.
3. Familiarity with Supply Chain Management in The Gambia, desired.
4. Applied cross-sector knowledge and proficiency in one or more of the following areas: health, environmental/conservation/forestry, agriculture, sustainable/renewable energy, or gender/women’s empowerment.
5. Availability to travel domestically on an as-needed and short-notice basis.
6. Networking and marketing skills at national, regional, and local levels with The Gambia nationals and non-national staff.
7. Competent with email, WhatsApp, and Skype/Zoom video calls. All Officers should maintain an adequate level of smartphone and computer literacy.
8. Written and oral proficiency and literacy in English language and local country languages.
9. Proficiency in facilitating and delivering training to non-expert audiences.
10. Patience and the desire to contribute to livelihoods development and climate transformation technologies.
11. Demonstrated experience in handling and analyzing large data sets and relational databases, advantageous.
12. High-level written and verbal communication skills with experience working in a global team environment are an advantage.
13. Timeliness to meetings and calls and honest communication of on-the-ground realities are required.

Please submit a Cover letter and Resume (CV)