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.
ILRI works with partners worldwide to enhance the roles that livestock play in food security and poverty alleviation, principally in Africa and Asia.
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
Key Responsibilities
- Preparing
timely and accurate donor financial reports as per specific donor and ILRI
guidelines
- 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
- Preparing
monthly financial management reports for the program
- Support annual
budget preparation and periodic project budgets
- Assist in
implementing audit comments as per the management letter
- Reconcile donor
receivables and payables to the general ledger
- 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
- Participate in
project closures
- Prepare
proposals budgets as per donor and ILRI guidelines
- Prepare
invoices for fellows, donors or any other services to be offered by the
BecA-ILRI hub
- Ensure all
services revenues are collected and posted correctly in the financial
system:- recharges, hub placement fee, bench fee
- 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
- Maintain an
effective filling system for financial and related documents for document
retention, ease of reference and retrieval
Requirements
- Bachelor’s
Degree in Accounting
- Full accounting
qualifications- CPA (K) or ACCA
- Minimum of
three years of relevant working experience
- Good personal
organizational skills, accuracy and attention to detail
- Good
communication and interpersonal skills
- 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:
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.
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 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.
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.