Mercy Corps exists to
alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure,
productive and just communities.
Driven by local needs,
our programs provide communities in the world’s toughest places with the tools
and support they need to turn the crises they confront into the opportunities
they deserve.
Finance Officer - Wajir
Program / Department Summary: The Mercy Corps Finance Department is responsible for all financial functions in Kenya, including accounting, payments and banking, payroll, budgeting, financial reporting, and grant financial management and compliance.
The Mercy Corps
Finance Department ensures compliance with donor regulations as well as Mercy Corps’
internal policies and procedures.
In its role as a
support to the Program Department, the Finance Department provides timely
reports and assistance to the Country Director and the Program team to ensure
that financial resources are used efficiently and effectively.
General Position
Summary: Working in the Finance
Department under the direction of the Senior Financial Reporting Officer, the
Finance Officer will assist in the accounting and documentation of all
financial transactions in timely and accurate manner.
Essential Job Functions:
- Support
in preparation of monthly bank reconciliations
- Maintain
custody of the office cash fund and make daily payments of approved
transactions
- Prepare
cash payment vouchers and ensure that all cash transactions are fully and
properly documented
- Review
expense reports (travel expense reports and operational expense reports)
for accuracy and completeness and ensure that expense reports have been
fully approved before payment
- Perform
weekly cash count as per FFM
- Record
payment vouchers daily in the Field Connection Accounting System
- Maintain
field advance tracker file and prepare past due advance tracker for the
Senior Finance R. Officer
- Preparing
cheques based on fully approved & reviewed documents and present for
signing
- File
all cash and bank batch vouchers and maintain voucher filing system such
that files are updated, complete and safeguarded
- Maintain
the bank file, ensuring that all bank information is properly filed and
updated
- Assist
with month end balance sheet account reconciliations
- Make
sure that all supporting documentation is prepared and filed according to
MC procedures.
- Assists
in sub grants management & compliance at field office
- Conduct
himself/herself both professionally and personally in such a manner as to
bring credit to Mercy Corps and to not jeopardize its humanitarian mission
- Other
duties as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibility: None
Accountability
- Reports
Directly To: Senior Financial Reporting Officer
- Works
Directly With: Nairobi Finanace Team, Program Team & Operations Team
Knowledge and Experience:
- Two or
more years of accounting or bookkeeping experience, including experience
with double-entry accounting
- A
degree in accounting or a relevant business field
- Strong
computer skills in MS Office programs, particularly Excel
- Familiarity
with computerized, double-entry accounting software
- Strong
organizational skills as well as attention to detail
- Excellent
oral and written English skills
Success Factors: A clear understanding
of finance and procurement ethics as well as the willingness and ability to
enforce compliance with Mercy Corps and donor policies and procedures is
essential.
The ability to
interact effectively with international and national staff members is
required.
A demonstrated ability
to work quickly and accurately, meet deadlines and process information in
support of changing program activities is necessary.
Finance Officer - Lodwar
Program / Department Summary: The Mercy Corps Finance Department is responsible
for all financial functions in Kenya, including accounting, payments and
banking, payroll, budgeting, financial reporting, and grant financial
management and compliance.
The Mercy Corps
Finance Department ensures compliance with donor regulations as well as Mercy
Corps’ internal policies and procedures.
In its role as a support to the
Program Department, the Finance Department provides timely reports and
assistance to the Country Director and the Program team to ensure that
financial resources are used efficiently and effectively.
General Position Summary: Working in the Finance Department under the
direction of the Country Finance Director, the Finance Officer will assist in
the accounting and documentation of all financial transactions in timely and
accurate manner.
Essential Job Functions:
- Support in preparation of monthly bank
reconciliations
- Maintain custody of the office cash fund and
make daily payments of approved transactions
- Prepare cash payment vouchers and ensure that
all cash transactions are fully and properly documented
- Review expense reports (travel expense reports
and operational expense reports) for accuracy and completeness and ensure
that expense reports have been fully approved before payment
- Perform weekly cash count as per FFM
- Record payment vouchers daily in the Field
Connection Accounting System
- Maintain field advance tracker file and
prepare past due advance tracker for the Senior Finance R. Officer
- Preparing cheques based on fully approved
& reviewed documents and present for signing
- File all cash and bank batch vouchers and
maintain voucher filing system such that files are updated, complete and
safeguarded
- Maintain the bank file, ensuring that all bank
information is properly filed and updated
- Assist with month end balance sheet account
reconciliations
- Make sure that all supporting documentation is
prepared and filed according to MC procedures.
- Assists in sub grants management &
compliance at field office
- Conduct himself/herself both professionally
and personally in such a manner as to bring credit to Mercy Corps and to
not jeopardize its humanitarian mission
- Other duties as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibility: None
Accountability
- Reports Directly To: Senior Financial
Reporting Officer
- Works Directly With: Nairobi Finanace Team,
Program Team & Operations Team
Knowledge and Experience:
- Two or more years of accounting or bookkeeping
experience, including experience with double-entry accounting
- A degree in accounting or a relevant business
field
- Strong computer skills in MS Office programs,
particularly Excel
- Familiarity with computerized, double-entry
accounting software
- Strong organizational skills as well as
attention to detail
- Excellent oral and written English skills
Success Factors: A clear understanding of finance and
procurement ethics as well as the willingness and ability to enforce compliance
with Mercy Corps and donor policies and procedures is essential.
The ability to interact effectively
with international and national staff members is required.
A demonstrated ability to work quickly
and accurately, meet deadlines and process information in support of changing
program activities is necessary.
Economic Development Specialist - Wajir
Program / Department Summary: Mercy Corps’ goal in Kenya is to strengthen
and sustain capabilities of Kenyan society and stakeholders to be agents of
positive change in their communities.
It achieves this
goal through three objectives:
1) Strengthened ability of local,
district, and regional structures to manage conflict and become managers of democracy;
2) Empowered Kenyan youth to achieve
a greater voice in national reform and create new livelihood opportunities and
3) More resilient drought affected
populations in Northeastern Kenya.
Mercy Corps Kenya opened in Wajir
County in response to the 2011 drought and hunger crisis.
The current portfolio in Wajir takes
a market-based approach to build resilience and promote economic growth. Our
programs are aimed at strengthening systems and mechanisms to enable
sustainable development while maintaining the ability to meet immediate needs
during crisis.
Mercy Corps works closely with
partners including community members, local government officials and private
sector stakeholders to ensure community-driven and market-led development
interventions.
General Position Summary: The Economic Development Specialist is a
senior level position with Mercy Corps in Wajir.
He/she will be primarily responsible
for providing leadership under objective #1(Strengthen arid land based value
chains to improve livelihoods) of the new EC funded project-- Growing
livelihood through Agricultural Development (GLAD).
This involves building the capacity
of local market actors, improving linkages, strengthening the county government
capacity to respond to emergencies like conflicts and droughts as well as
increasing access to financial services for groups and businesses in the
targeted value chains.
The Economic Development Specialist
will be responsible for designing and delivering livelihoods training,
supervision and management of groups and cooperatives, linking groups to
different value-chains and markets, and managing consultants.
Essential Job Functions:
Essential Job Functions:
- Oversee and monitor the day-to-day
implementation of activities that fall under objective #1 of GLAD.
- Provide technical insight and advice for
economic development programming activities especially regarding
identifying fodder, gums and resins cooperatives and forming new ones,
linking them with extension services providers and financial institutions.
- Provide technical leadership in value
chain/market analysis to identify business opportunities for new and
existing groups. Facilitate or provide business training to them.
- Facilitate linkages to respective county
ministries and complementary projects to ensure sustainability and
ownership
- Contribute to program planning, monitoring and
reporting processes as requested by the Program Manager.
- Provide training and mentorship to MC staff on
economic development and empowerment.
- Represent Mercy Corps in related thematic working
groups within the counties.
Organizational Learning: As part of Mercy Corps’ agency-wide
Organizational Learning Initiative, all team members are responsible for
spending 5% of their work time in formal and/or non-formal professional
learning activities.
Accountability to Beneficiaries: Mercy Corps team members are expected to
support all efforts towards accountability, specifically to our beneficiaries
and to international standards guiding international relief and development
work, while actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the
design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.
Supervisory Responsibility: Field Officers
Accountability:
Reports Directly To: Program Manager, Wajir
Works Directly With: Country Director, Program Manager, other Program
technical specialists, M&E staff, Operations/Finance Staff, other MC Kenya
staff.
Knowledge and Experience:
Knowledge and Experience:
- MA/S or BA/S and work experience in economics
/ economic development, or international development; community
development or business administration,
- Minimum of 7 years of experience in the fields
of economic development, entrepreneurship, or business development and
planning.
- Demonstrated technical expertise in group
strengthening and economic empowerment.
- Proven ability to work as part of a team and
achieve project deliverables.
- Demonstrated ability to write compelling
reports and communicate clearly in English.
- Ability to effectively convey programmatic
goals, forge partnerships, and work with a range of program and external
stakeholders.
- Proficiency in oral and written English and
Kiswahili required. Fluency in Somali language strongly preferred.
Success Factors:
- Innovative, decisive and inclusive leadership
approach.
- Creative and insightful in development programming
including the relationships between economic empowerment, peace-building
and reconciliation.
- Excellent communication and team-building
techniques
- Proven experience managing and building
capacity of diverse teams (expatriate and national).
- Cultural knowledge, sensitivity and respect.
- Commitment to oversee the project for their
duration.
- Ability to engage with strategic institutional
partners as well as current and potential donors.
Interested candidates who meet the
above required qualifications and experience should submit on or before October
21st, 2014 at 4.00pm: a cover letter, detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV) listing
three professional references (including a recent supervisor) to
hrkenya@ke.mercycorps.org.
The email subject line must clearly
show the job title and location they are applying for.
Applications without the right
subject heading will be automatically disqualified.
Please do not attach any
certificates.
(ONLY Qualified and selected candidates for the interview will be contacted)
NB: Mercy Corps does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process.
