Terre des hommes
Job title: Finance and Administration Officer
Section of the organisation: Kenya Country Office
Reports to: Country manager
Terre des Hommes Netherlands is looking for a Finance and Administration
Officerfor the Kenya Country Office (80%) and the Ethiopia Country Office
(20%). Job title: Finance and Administration Officer
Section of the organisation: Kenya Country Office
Reports to: Country manager
The preferred starting date is 7th
January 2015.
The position will be based in Nairobi
with travel to the field (Kenya and Ethiopia).
Terre des Hommes Netherlands supports
services for children in need through partner organisations.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensuring sound project financial management
practices by partner organisations (systems, practices and reporting).
- Ensuring efficient grants managements for the
country offices
- Financial reporting for country programmes
(Kenya and Ethiopia)
- Audit function – planning/ scheduling,
coordinating reporting for partners, analysing and feeding back audit
findings to Country Managers
- Capacity building of partners – supporting
partner organisations staff to improve financial quality of projects
(efficiency and effectiveness) and accountability to donors
- Support the Country Managers in managing the
country offices operational budgets
Qualifications
- A Bachelors Degree and a professional
qualification in Accounting, such as CPA, ACCA or equivalent
- A minimum of three years experience in
projects finance
- NGO experience will be an added advantage
- Proficiency with budgeting and analysis of
financial reports
- Good report writing skills
- Sound analytical skills and ability to
summarise issues/findings for management decisions
- Proficiency in computer packages and
accounting software
- Communication skills
- Demonstrates a team spirit and leadership
qualities.
This position requires frequent
travel within the country as well as within East Africa.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates are invited to send their letter of application, resume, copies of certificates, expected salary indication and three references to:
The Country Manager,
Terre des Hommes Netherlands,
Nairobi Office,
e-mail east.africa@tdh.nl
Only short-listed applicants will be
contacted.