Finance and Administration
The Finance and Admin Directorate is to manage the Ministry’s budgets, financial and procurement activities, and fixed assets in a sound and responsible way in support of the Ministry’s overall mission to develop our country’s health facilities and services for the benefit of its people to ensures that the Ministry utilizes best accounting and administration practices that meets internationally accepted standards.
Functions of the Department
The functions of the Finance and Administration Department include the following:
- Ensuring adequate provision of administrative and financial support to all departments of the MoHD
- Coordinating the implementation of financial procurement, ICT and records management policies, procedures and systems
- Coordinating the preparation of MoHD’s annual financial and procurement plans and budgets and monitoring their implementation
- Supervising the installation and implementation of appropriate financial management and internal control systems to minimize risk and fraud
- Overseeing the procurement and contract management functions of the MoHD
- Assessing financial impact on the implementation of MoHD work plans and budgets
- Overseeing annual financial audits and adequate management responses to audit queries is provided
- Ensuring effectiveness and functionality of records management system including general, confidential and personnel records
- Overseeing the general welfare and discipline of MoHD staff in accordance with civil service rules and regulations and security policy of Ministry
- Coordinating the recording of minutes of MoHD staff and management meetings
- Effectively and efficiently managing logistics and other physical assets of the MoHD
- Developing and maintaining corporate estate plans and ensuring cleanliness, sanitation and hygiene controls of MoHD premises
- Coordinating the development and implementation of departmental staff training plans
- Preparation and implementation of annual work plans and budget
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