International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Job Title: Program
Accountant – Temporary position
Location: Nairobi,
Kenya
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to
recruit a Program Accountant to provide financial and budgetary support to the
BecA-ILRI Hub.
ILRI works with partners worldwide to enhance the roles that
livestock play in food security and poverty alleviation, principally in Africa
and Asia.
The
outcomes of these research partnerships help people in developing countries
keep their farm animals’ alive and productive, increase and sustain their
livestock and farm productivity, find profitable markets for their animal
products, and reduce the risk of livestock-related diseases
ILRI is a not-for-profit institution with a staff of about 700
and in 2016, an operating budget of about USD83 million.
A member of the CGIAR Consortium working for a food-secure
future, ILRI has its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, a principal campus in
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and offices in other countries in East, West and
Southern Africa and in South, Southeast and East Asia
The Biosciences eastern and central Africa (BecA) Hub is a
shared research and biosciences platform. BecA is an initiative developed
within the framework of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development
(NEPAD)/African Union African Biosciences initiative.
It consists of a Hub based on the ILRI campus in Nairobi, Kenya
and a network of regional nodes and other affiliated laboratories and
organizations throughout the region.
The BecA Hub is a modern, state of the art biosciences facility,
a suite of shared platforms established for research, capacity building and
research related services in support of African and international agricultural
scientists.
The BecA Hub facilities are world class, with a range of
advanced molecular biology, immunology, diagnostics, crop research, genomics
laboratories and bioinformatics platform all equipped with an up-to-date suite
of specialized bioscience equipment (e.g. Illumina MiSeq sequencer, ultra high
performance liquid chromatography with mass spectrometer (UHPLC-MS), atomic
absorption spectrometry (AAS) and specialized facilities (e.g. Biosafety level
3 laboratory, plant growth facilities).
The Hub hosts and conducts research in crop, microbe and
livestock areas where new developments in science offer promise to address
previously intractable problems constraining Africa’s development. Capacity
building is a major goal of all activities.
The scope covers agriculture and food security and their
intersections with human health and nutrition, and the sustainable use of
Africa’s natural resources.
Further information is available at http://hub.africabiosciences.org/
Key Responsibilities
o Preparing
timely and accurate donor financial reports as per specific donor and ILRI
guidelines
o Management
of sub grantees by ensuring financial reports are received on time as per
specific contracts and properly filed for future reference, reviewing their
vouchers and financial reports, facilitating funds transfers and follow up on
any matters arising from received documentation
o Preparing
monthly financial management reports for the program
o Support
annual budget preparation and periodic project budgets
o Assist
in implementing audit comments as per the management letter
o Reconcile
donor receivables and payables to the general ledger
o Work
with Grant Officers to ensure full cost items are charged to the projects as
per agreements such as research support, ICT, space and overheads
o Participate
in project closures
o Prepare
proposals budgets as per donor and ILRI guidelines
o Prepare
invoices for fellows, donors or any other services to be offered by the
BecA-ILRI hub
o Ensure
all services revenues are collected and posted correctly in the financial
system:- recharges, hub placement fee, bench fee
o Review
financial documents of the unit e.g. payment requests, purchase requisitions
travel advance forms, travel expense reports, advance settlement forms to
ensure they are accurate , charges are to the correct grants and that the
spending is within budget
o Maintain
an effective filling system for financial and related documents for document
retention, ease of reference and retrieval
Requirements
o Bachelor’s
Degree in Accounting
o Full
accounting qualifications- CPA (K) or ACCA
o Minimum
of three years of relevant working experience
o Good
personal organizational skills, accuracy and attention to detail
o Good
communication and interpersonal skills
o Highly
effective multi-tasking skills, with ability to coordinate, prioritize and
organize workload and meet deadlines
Terms of Appointment: This is a Nationally
Recruited Staff (NRS) position based at ILRI’s Nairobi campus. It is open to
Kenyan nationals only.
This is a temporary position up to a period ending 15 June 2017.
Job Level: This
position is job level 2C.
How to Apply:
Applicants should send a cover letter and CV explaining their
interest in the position, what they can bring to the job and the names and
addresses (including telephone and email) of three referees who are
knowledgeable about the candidate’s professional qualifications and work
experience to the Director, People and Organizational Development through our
recruitment portal http://ilri.simplicant.com/ on or before 7 December 2016.
The position title and reference number REF: PA/BecA /11/2016
should be clearly marked on the subject line of the cover letter.
We thank all applicants for their interest in working for ILRI.
Due to the volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates
will be contacted.
ILRI does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment
process (application, interview meeting, processing or training).
ILRI also does not concern itself with information on
applicants’ bank accounts.
To find out more about ILRI, visit our websites at http://www.ilri.org/
To find out more about working at ILRI visit our website at http://www.ilri.org/ilricrowd/
ILRI is an equal opportunity employer.