Save the Children Career Jobs – Director of Finance

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Job Title: Director of Finance
Organisation: Save the Children
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

About Save the Children:
Save the
Children is the world’s leading independent organization for children and has
program presence in over 120 countries world over. Save the Children envisions
a Uganda in which every child attains right to survival, protection,
development and participation. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the
way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate lasting changes in
their lives. We strive to create impact for children by delivering our
programmes through partnerships, by being innovative, by acting as the voice
for and of children, and by achieving results at scale. In Uganda, we implement
programmes in six thematic areas of Child Protection, Child Right Governance,
Education, Health, Nutrition, Livelihoods & Food Security and HIV/AIDS in
development and emergency contexts. Save the Children delivers programs in over
36 districts in the North, Rwenzori, North-Eastern and Central regions of
Uganda. Save the children boosts a staff capacity of over 200 in Uganda
presently. We save children’s lives and fight for their rights to make them
fulfill their potential. In 2012, we reached more than 100 million children
around the world.
Job Summary: The Director of Finance is a member of
the Senior Management Team in Uganda and shares in the overall responsibility
for the direction and coordination of the Country Office. The Director of
Finance in his/her capacity is responsible for finance administration, fiscal
management, grant management, and financial and grant reporting, in both
emergency and development programming contexts.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
  • The
    applicant should hold at least eight years experience in a senior role in
    a corporate or an NGO environment, three of which should be at a
    management level within the finance department of a national or
    international organization.
  • Additional
    professional qualification such as CPA, CA, ACMA, ACCA.
  • Excellent
    understanding of business and financial planning including strategic
    modeling, financial systems and procedures.
  • Excellent
    analytical skills – the ability to analyse complex financial data and
    design and produce effective management information.
  • Excellent
    experience of budgeting and budget management.
  • Strong
    business acumen and the ability to contribute to strategic decisions.
  • Experience
    of general administration work.
  • Strong
    communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability
    to manage a complex and diverse workload and to work to tight deadlines.
  • Possess
    the ability to build a small, proactive team, motivating staff and working
    collaboratively with colleagues and providing support and advice as
    necessary.
  • Willingness
    and ability to dramatically change work practices and hours, and work with
    incoming surge teams, in the event of emergencies.
  • A
    full appreciation of the value of co-operation, both internationally and
    within a team environment.
  • Experience
    of working with local partners and District Local Government in Child
    Rights Governance, Health, Nutrition, Education, HIV/AIDS or Child
    Protection is an added advantage.
  • Strong
    analytical skills and strategic planning abilities.
  • Possess
    the ability to establish and maintain conducive collegial relations and
    perform effectively as a member of a team.
  • Willingness
    to travel and work in hard-to-reach areas, occasionally under strenuous
    conditions.
  • Computer
    literacy skills
  • Excellent
    documentation skills are a must.
  • Availability
    and willingness to work extra hours during times of humanitarian
    responses.
  • Highly
    developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international
    environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
  • Ability
    to intervene with crisis management or troubleshooting as necessary.
  • Highly
    developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing,
    negotiation and coaching
  • Excellent
    time management and planning capacity.
  • Availability
    and willingness to work extra hours during times of humanitarian
    responses.
  • Good
    understanding of Save the Children’s vision and mission and a commitment
    to its objectives and values.
  • Willingness
    and ability to travel extensively in country.
        Written and verbal fluency in English.
How to Apply:
All those
desiring to work with this international NGO, Save the Children, should send
their application letters with detailed CV indicating three professional
referees, two of whom should have been direct supervisors should be submitted
to: The Director of Human Resources & Administration, Save the Children
Plot 68/70, Kira Road P. O. Box 12018, Kampala, Uganda Or on email: uganda.recruitment@savethechildren.org
NB: Testimonials/certificates should not be
attached to applications that are submitted online.
Candidates are
therefore encouraged to apply at the earliest opportunity. We work with
children, communities and governments all over the world and we believe in the
right person for the job regardless of where you come from and how you identify
yourself. We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our
commitment to ensuring that only those who are suitable to work with children
are considered for these posts. All successful applicants will therefore be required
to complete a Police Check and must sign onto our Child Safeguarding Policy and
organizational Code of Conduct.
Deadline: 6th December 2013

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