The mandate of the division is to provide Human Resource Services for the ministry as well as Malawi missions abroad.

The Internal Finance Division is mandated to provide financial service to the ministry and Malawi missions abroad. The Division has four (4) Functional Sections as follows:

• Main Accounts – IFMIS;
• Main Accounts – Foreign Missions;
• Salaries and Advances; and
• Cash Office

The division carries out planning and research functions for the Ministry. It facilitates policy planning, strategic planning, alignment of ministry’s operations with government priorities, and budgeting. The division is also responsible for coordinating Diaspora affairs in the ministry, migration matters, candidatures support and promotion, and reforms implementation.

The Internal Audit Division provides an independent evaluation on the effectiveness of governance, risk management and control processes through assurance and consulting services. Government –wide, the activities of the internal audit Division in Ministry of Foreign Affairs like in all other Ministries, Departments and Agencies are overseen by the Central Internal Audit Unit which is under the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning.

The Legal Services and Treaties Affairs Division is mandated to advise the government on treaties; and where necessary, negotiate, review, recommend and process treaties entry into force and publication in the gazette. Within the ministry, the Division proffers in-house legal advice on a wide range of matters as they arise.

A Procurement and Asset Disposal Division delivers procurement services and disposal of assets in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Key Services include:

• Procurement of works, goods and services
• Storage and dispatch of goods
  
• Disposal of works, goods and services