Internal Auditor at Malawi Council for Disability Affairs (MACODA)

The Malawi Council for Disability Affairs (MACODA), formerly known as Malawi Council for the Handicapped (MACOHA), is a legally mandated body to promote and protect rights and freedoms of persons with disabilities. MACODA was established by an Act of Parliament, the Persons with Disabilities Act (No. 4 of 2024), as a statutory corporation to protect and promote fundamental rights and freedoms of persons with disabilities. The Council is an enforcement agency of the Act and is particularly legally mandated to investigate and carry out inquiries into violations of rights of persons with disabilities. Among its functions for disability programming and steer disability mainstreaming in the country’s development include promoting multisectoral coordination and collaboration; development of standards and guidelines on a rights-based for disability service provision; regulating disability services and programmes; promotion of measures and interventions aimed at promoting realisation of rights of persons with disabilities and registration of persons with disabilities as well as
organisations, associations and institutions implementing disability programmes including those that provide specialised services to persons with disabilities.

MACODA is inviting applications from suitably qualified persons to fill the following vacant positions existing in the Council.

Job Title: Internal Auditor
Grade: MCD 4
Responsible to: The Director General
Responsible for: Auditing all financial and material resources for MACODA

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Preparing and submitting/presenting audit reports to Management and Board of Directors.
• Monitoring financial controls and internal checks on Council’s financial management.
• Managing the development, review and implementation of annual work plans, audit programmes and budgets.
• Designing, developing and reviewing internal audit policies, procedures, systems and user
  manuals.
• Ensuring that adequate policy and procedures manuals are in place for all financial operations of the Council
• Conducting/supervising investigations on any incidents of fraud, theft, forgeries, accidents and other losses to establish reasons for control failures and advise remedial measures.
• Monitoring, evaluating and assessing the performance of the Council and its control and reporting systems/procedures to ensure adherence to public finance management legislation such as the Public Finance Management Act, Public Audit Act, Public Procurement and Disposal of Assets Act and the Corrupt Practices Act.
• Facilitating redress such as litigation, recovery and insurance claims.
• Liaising with and providing support to external auditors to ensure that audit exercises are
  completed on time and efficiently
• Examining and advising management on improvements to existing financial control procedures.
• Prepare audit performance reports to the office of the Director General.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Auditing or any related fields obtained from a
  recognised institution with 5 years working experience in a busy organisation. Should be a
  member of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Malawi.

Personal attributes and specifications

• Wide knowledge of the country’s public finance management laws.
• Knowledge of relevant account and audit standards and procedures and public finance
  management regulations.
• Be conversant with auditing development and human rights programmes and projects.
• Good audit investigative and monitoring skills.
• Highly motivated, team player, self-starter and innovation driven individual.
• Sound communication, interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Excellent decision making, good judgement and sound planning.
• Highly computer literate and ability to carry out new inventions and innovations for
  better practice.
• Good sense of professional discipline and etiquette.

Method Of Application

Malawi Council for Disability Affairs is an equal opportunity employer and persons with disabilities and women are highly encouraged to apply. The Council is committed to the promotion of merit, fairness, equity, honesty, integrity, impartiality and professionalism; as such any form of canvasing is not allowed and any candidate involved shall be disqualified.

Qualified and interested individuals who meet the above specifications should submit their written applications, detailed Curriculum Vitae with copies of certificates indicating three traceable referees not later than 4:30pm on 11th October, 2024 to:

The Director General
Malawi Council for Disability Affairs (MACODA)
P. O. Box 5971
LIMBE.

Or Email to [email protected]