Practical Action has an exciting
opportunity for a Finance and Administration Officer in the East Africa Office.
The post holder will provide support
to Lake Basin project teams on compliance to donor rules and regulations providing
budgetary oversight on project activities.
The Finance and Administration
Officer is responsible for managing the day-to-day finance and administration
activities for Practical Action’s field office in Kisumu, Kenya.
S/He will ensure that all financial
and administrative activities are carried out in line with Practical Action’s
group/local financial policies/procedures and will work under direct
supervision of the Regional Finance Coordinator based in Nairobi.
The Finance and Administration Officer will be responsible for:
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Accounting, book-keeping and
financial process management
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Financial planning, management
reporting, analysis and proposal development
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Treasury, risk management and tax
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Donor audits and reporting
·
Assets management and administrative
functions
An experienced professional, you will
have at least five (5) years relevant experience and at least three (3) years
of which should have included financial budgeting, implementation and
accounting responsibility up to final accounts and reporting to donors.
Sound knowledge of IT will be an
added advantage.
In return, you will get an
opportunity to work for an organisation that is making a positive difference to
the lives of people worldwide, a friendly and supportive culture, working with
values driven and highly engaged colleagues – these are just some of the
reasons we think Practical Action is a great place to work.
In addition, we offer the following benefits:
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Work week of 35 hours
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The opportunity to work remotely
·
25 days annual leave, in addition to
public holidays.
·
A pension scheme that new employees
join immediately on employment – employer contributes 12.5% of gross salary.
Employee contribution is voluntary
·
Life assurance (5x annual salary).
You can follow the link for a
detailed JD of this post: https://practicalaction.org/finance-and-administration-officer-kenya.
HOW TO APPLY:
Interested candidates are invited to
submit their application letter, CV and a filled Standard Job Application to
recruitment@practicalaction.or.ke with subject line “Finance and Administration
Officer” so as to reach Practical Action on or before Monday 1st July 2019.
We treat all applications for
employment on their merits and do not take into consideration any factors that
are not relevant to the job such as disability, race, age, religion, gender,
gender reassignment or sexual orientation.
Practical Action are committed to
safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults and as such
candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks.
The successful applicant must have
the pre-existing right to both live and work in Kenya.