Job Title: Assistant
Finance and Administration Officer
Finance and Administration Officer
Organisation: ICCO Cooperation
Project Name: Agri Skills 4
You (AS4Y) Program
You (AS4Y) Program
Duty Station: Lira, Uganda
Reports to: Program Assistant
About ICCO:
ICCO
was established in 1964 and became a cooperation in 2012. The founding members
of ICCO Cooperation are Edukans, the Protestant Church of The Netherlands (Kerk
in Actie) and the association Prisma. Within a coherent programmatic framework,
ICCO Cooperation offers worldwide financial support, lobby and brokerage
services to local non-governmental organizations, the private sector, churches,
and networks that work on sustainable economic development, democracy and
peace, access to basic services, food security and climate mitigation. ICCO
Cooperation seeks to end poverty and injustice and who are committed to
creating a world where people can live in dignity and security.
was established in 1964 and became a cooperation in 2012. The founding members
of ICCO Cooperation are Edukans, the Protestant Church of The Netherlands (Kerk
in Actie) and the association Prisma. Within a coherent programmatic framework,
ICCO Cooperation offers worldwide financial support, lobby and brokerage
services to local non-governmental organizations, the private sector, churches,
and networks that work on sustainable economic development, democracy and
peace, access to basic services, food security and climate mitigation. ICCO
Cooperation seeks to end poverty and injustice and who are committed to
creating a world where people can live in dignity and security.
About AS4Y:
ICCO
Cooperation was awarded a four year Agri Skills 4 You (AS4Y) program in
Northern Uganda with a maximum value of £9 million. The program will contribute
to the development of the Agro-BTVET sector to enhance access to and improve the
relevance and quality of formal training and mobile training for youth and for
market-oriented small farmers.
Cooperation was awarded a four year Agri Skills 4 You (AS4Y) program in
Northern Uganda with a maximum value of £9 million. The program will contribute
to the development of the Agro-BTVET sector to enhance access to and improve the
relevance and quality of formal training and mobile training for youth and for
market-oriented small farmers.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Finance Role:
- Comply with ICCO’s financial and administrative
systems and manuals - Contribute to an organizational culture of
transparency and honesty in financial aspects in ICCO. - Monitor the reconciliation of travel advances
and share with staff on a monthly basis. - Responsible for booking expenses in MS Dynamics
and compile office monthly expenditure including variance analysis
reports. - Routinely prepare and compile the Monthly AS4Y
liquidity requests & cash flow projections in a timely manner. - Maintain and keep up-to-date books of accounts
of the AS4Y program - Contribute to the annual budgeting cycle and
produce reports on request. - In charge of facilitating both internal &
external audits of the Lira office, administration role Act as the first
contact of the AS4Y program in Lira with both internal & external
clients. - Efficiently manage cash at the Lira office by
issuing out travel advances to staff & cheques to service providers. - Ensure smooth stores running by good stores
monitoring and timely requisitions - Ensure proper utilities management at Lira
office
2. Administration Role:
- Develop and maintain monitoring systems for all
office equipment including computers, printers, generator etc. - Offer logistical support for authorised
seminars, conferences and workshops. - Develop and maintain an assets tracking system
for all equipment in the Lira office and make sure to mark them
accordingly. - Ensure that all organisational assets are
functional at all times including ICT by liaising with the respective
service providers. - Technically support programs as MSD secretary
for External communication. - Prepare purchase orders and bid analysis in the
project administration. - Offer supervisory role and manage the
performance of casual staff at Lira office. - Provide (secretarial) support to various
program committees
Qualifications, Skills
and Experience:
and Experience:
- The ideal candidate should possess a bachelor
of Commerce degree, BBA Accounting, ACCA level 2, CPA level 2 or their
equivalent) - A minimum of three years’ professional working
experience in a similar position - Good computer skills (MS Office packages) with
knowledge of at least one accounting package - Excellent interpersonal & communication
skills, including intercultural communication - Excellent language skills in English and a
relevant regional language - Good stress management skills
- Ability to multitask
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
How to Apply:
All
suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their updated CVs (not
more than 3 pages) and motivational letters (not more one page) to:
suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their updated CVs (not
more than 3 pages) and motivational letters (not more one page) to:
[email protected].
The applications should clearly be marked: ‘ICCO-AFAO AS4Y’and no e-mails
should exceed 2MB. Please do not attach certificates at this point.
The applications should clearly be marked: ‘ICCO-AFAO AS4Y’and no e-mails
should exceed 2MB. Please do not attach certificates at this point.
Deadline: Monday, 12th
May, 2014 bys 4PM.
May, 2014 bys 4PM.
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