Media Academy for Journalism and Communication
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Media Academy for Journalism and Communication
Responsible for providing finance and accounting services to include financial reporting, budgets development and management, financial analysis, audits, and cash management. DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES • Responsible for collecting and managing tuition fees as per the tuition fee policy. • Responsible for bank reconciliations and monitoring all funds transferred and to ensures that financial activities are in accordance with donor regulations, MAJAC financial policy and laws of The Gambia. • Oversee MAJaC’s project financial transactions and collaborate with project partners as stipulated in the project contract. • Responsible for developing annual operational and capital budget. • Responsible for development of financial reports and analyses, including cost analyses, expense to budget comparisons, local program, management and donor reports. • Responsible for compilation of monthly, quarterly and annual report. • Prepares disbursement of staff salaries, allowances and regulatory requirements (e.g. taxes, pensions); ensures all operations are in compliance with local tax regulations • Ensures that all financial transactions and operations comply with organization policies, systems and procedures and donor requirements; Monitors project fund utilization compliance and provides training for corrective actions, if necessary • Assist in coordination of annual external audit, preparation of required documentation and support implementation of the resulting plan of action and audit corrective measures • Responsible for preparation and submission of quarterly cash forecast; ensures optimal operational and capital cash management procedures. • Provides assistance in development of operational budgets; responsible for monitoring compliance to guidelines and procedures; reviews budgets. • Developing strategies that works to minimize financial risk. • Developing long-term business plans on the report prepared.
Media Academy for Journalism and Communication
GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES The administrative officer works with management to ensure proper management of staff, academic and professional records; ensures timely recruitment of students and issuance of transcripts and certificates; coordinates class and trainer allocation; be the liaison between MAJaC and other partners or any other functions assigned by management. DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES The Administrative Officer should: ▪Perform administrative works relating to writing appointment, annual leave, suspension and termination letters and copying accounts department for necessary actions on the payroll. ▪Liaise with the accounts office to facilitate easy collection of tuition fees ▪Responsible for reconciling the students master list with the active class registers in collaboration with the DoT and send the reconciled class list to accounts for invoicing. ▪Take part in the student admission/enrollment process ▪Keep proper academic records of students including student files ▪Perform human resources functions by maintaining and keeping up-to-date staff files ▪Maintain proper filing system for the Managing Director and the Director of Training. ▪ Coordinate with trainers to facilitate the production of teaching and learning materials. ▪Liaise with the Director of Training for the timely production of a master timetable ▪Ensure trainers and students are aware of their timetable on time and honour their training schedules by calling to find out. ▪Serve as liaison between MAJaC and academic partners. ▪Ensure Communications Officer regularly updates MAJaC website and SoMe handles ▪Responsible to ensure that student’s portal is up to date in the school management data base system ▪Supervise and assign administrative assistant/s ▪The Administrative Officer reports to Director of Training for any other assignments
Media Academy for Journalism and Communication
Job Title: Director of Training (Full-Time) The position is a full-time position that combines three roles: directing, supervising, and training. The Director of Training is responsible for directing, monitoring and evaluating the Academy’s. Quality Control/Management System to ensure quality assurance. GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES The Director of Training should: ▪ Head the training arm of the Media Academy for Journalism and Communication ▪ Be the liaison between the students, staff, and the Management ▪ Approving syllabi developed by the staff in consultation with Management ▪ Be responsible for development of course objectives derived from the syllabi ▪ Coordinate teaching activities ▪ Ensure that course files and schemes of work are prepared and delivered by every trainer ▪ Monitor students and staff attendance, achievements and shortcomings ▪ Facilitate evaluation of courses and Exam assessments ▪ Participate in policy development, budget and resource allocation ▪ Coordinate and direct the practical work of the training assistants ▪ Coordinate and control the production of teaching materials ▪ Coordinate and supervise the training of training assistants who need to take extra lessons ▪ Facilitate recruitment of trainers ▪ Prepare, and produce, student’s transcript, certificate, and attestation ▪ Prepare periodic activity reports covering recruitment, enrolment, curriculum review, staff engagement and projects under his/her purview ▪ Organize and participate in relevant capacity building as a manager through sparring with other partners ▪ Prepare budget related to training ▪ Generate funds from training courses and in-house or short-term capacity building trainings. ▪ Develop and formulate new demand-driven courses, programmes and curriculum.