Concern
Worldwide is a non-governmental, international, humanitarian organization
dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate
elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries.
1. Job
Title: Finance
Manager (Partners)
Job
Summary:
Reporting
to the Country Financial Controller, the Finance Manager (Partners) will play a
key role within the finance department in ensuring all aspects of Concern’s
financial procedures and processes with partners are effectively carried
out.
This will
include the pre-assessment of partner financial capacities, the development of
appropriate financial clauses in partner agreement, the monitoring of partner
expenditure and performance, the development of partner capacity building
strategies and assistance to partners and programme managers in the planning
and design phase of the project.
The
position will require a high degree of technical financial knowledge with
strong training and audit skills with the two key objectives of supporting and
counter-parting partners towards achieve programme objectives and ensuring
Concern’s monies are utilized in the appropriate and a transparent manner.
The main
duties and responsibilities can be classified into 6 key areas:
- Partner Financial Assessment
- Partner Agreements
- Partner budgets &
Accounting
- Partner Monitoring &
Compliance
- Partner Capacity Building &
Support
- Communication and Reports
Person specification:
- Fully qualified accountant CPA,
ACA, ACCA or equivalent. BCom degree or other relevant degree
- 3-5 years’ experience in
accounting, and financial experience especially in donor grants
management.
- Auditing skills
- Experience working with an INGO
and in an emergency context.
- Experience in training finance
staff and non-finance managers.
- Flexibility and ability to work
on own initiative.
- Must be a strong team player,
able to work under pressure to tight deadlines and have good interpersonal
skills
2. Job Title: Finance
Officer
(1 Year
Contract)
Job
Summary:
Reporting
to the Country Financial Controller, the Finance Officer, Kenya you will
primarily focus on ensuring that the database in Nairobi is maintained
accurately and all relevant internal reports are issued on a timely
basis.
Additionally,
you will be responsible for supporting the fundamental accounting functions
(bank, cash, authorisation controls) in Nairobi, including ad hoc payroll
processing, journal preparation and balance sheet reconciliations.
The
performance of this role will require flexibility as the exact duties will vary
depending on a number of factors in Kenya.
Additionally,
excellent time management skills will be required to cope with the disparate
duties.
The main
duties and responsibilities can be classified into 6 key areas:
- General Ledger maintenance
- Month End Management
- Operational budget Management
- Partner budgets &
Accounting
- Donor Grant Management
Other Duties
- Financial reports and planning
(not a main responsibility)
Person specification:
- Fully qualified accountant CPA,
ACA, ACCA or equivalent
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience
working in similar position, and experience working with an INGO and in an
emergency context
- Must have excellent computer
skills, attentive to details and able to work under pressure
Concern has a Code of Conduct and a
Programme Participant Protection Policy to ensure the maximum protection of
programme participants from abuse and exploitation.
Any
candidate offered a job with Concern Worldwide will be expected to sign the
Programme Participant Protection Policy and the Concern Code of Conduct as an
appendix to their contract of employment and conduct themselves in accordance
with the provisions in these two documents.
Detailed
ToRs for these positions may be obtained by sending an email to the following
address:
concern.kenyavacancies@concern.net
concern.kenyavacancies@concern.net
Interested
candidates, who meet the above requirements, should apply by sending a CV and a
covering letter addressed to: -
The Human
Resource Manager,
Concern
Worldwide,
P.O. Box
13850-00800,
Nairobi,
to the
following email address: nairobi.hr@concern.net
The closing
date for application is Wednesday, 26th September 2012.
Each
application should include three referees who can validate technical
expertise.
Telephone
contacts must be submitted with the application.
Only
short-listed candidates will be contacted for interview
Concern is
an equal opportunity employer