Vacancy Announcement – Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI)
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The Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI) Ethiopia is an autonomous institution reporting to the Ministry of Labor and Skills. EDI came into being following the latest government reorganization bringing together two entities, namely: The UNDP-supported Entrepreneurship Development Center (EDC), established in February 2013, and the World Bank-financed Women Entrepreneurship Development Project (WEDP), inaugurated in December 2012. EDI aims to promote the emergence of a vibrant, competitive, and innovative private sector, in particular a strong SME segment. This is accomplished through a comprehensive package of entrepreneurship support programs ranging from ecosystem and capacity building to BDS, access to finance, market linkage, and business incubation and acceleration services. Following its new mandate as a national institution, EDI plays a key role in the Ethiopian entrepreneurial ecosystem, and has undertaken a strategic shift from direct services provider to building the capacities of other public and private institutions in the ecosystem.
Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI) would like to invites competent and interested candidates for the following position.
Position 1: Finance Officer For EDI-Ethiopia 4 Regional offices (Oromiya, South, Amhara & Tigray)
POSITION SUMMARY
The Finance Officer will be responsible for managing project expenditure and accounts for the various projects implemented by EDI, meeting Master card foundation requirements using EDI’s policies and procedures. He/she will work closely with the EDI regional team & Finance and Admin and procurement functions at EDI-Ethiopia head quarter office to ensure implementation of finance Procurement and administration policies are followed.
Reporting & Supervision:
The Finance Officer will report to EDI’s Finance and Admin Manager and EDI-Ethiopia Regional coordinators.
Essential Functions:
- Perform routine calculations to produce analysis and reports as requested and monitor spending.
- Assist them in creating financial reports on a regular basis.
- Adhere to the company’s or organization’s financial policies and procedures.
- Answer question and provide assistance to stakeholders, customers, and clients as needed.
- Analyze and monitor terms and conditions of major vendors and consultants.
- Process checks requests and wire transfers for payments to vendors in compliance with contract requirements.
- Review and process vendor and consultant fee payments in accordance with – EDI’s account procedures and contract policies.
- Verify accuracy and completeness of all expense documents and process payments for all approved expenses.
- Develop a system to monitor incremental funding and to ensure that additional funding is requested in a timely manner.
- Provide updated monthly cost reports and financial requests.
- Ensure timely financial process, adequate financial records, and complete disclosure of financial transaction to meet reporting requirement for donors.
- Check requests for replenishment of petty cash fund, fuel fund and other floats and facilitate timely replenishment.
- Verify and reconcile bank statements with book balances on regular basis to ensure proper cash monitoring.
- Is responsible to perform procurement and financial functions at EDI-Ethiopia Regional office level.
- Perform other tasks as assigned.
Open Position: 4 Positions
Contract duration: One year with possible extension
Required Number: 4 (Four)
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or management.
- At least 3 years’ experience in financial management, specifically in developing and managing budgets in international development projects.
- Excel expertise and other applicable computer skills.
- Proven experience of using QuickBooks, Advanced Excel, Ms Word.
- Strong knowledge of D/f Donor’s rules and regulations.
- Initiative and finesse with multiple tasks; attentiveness to detail.
- Strong spoken and written English skills.
- Awareness and knowledge of procurement related functions.
Workplace: Bishoftu, Hawassa, Mekelle and Bahir Dar (at EDI-Ethiopia Regional offices)
Position 2: Regional Coordinator – Tigray Region EDI-Ethiopia Regional Office
Scope of work:
Under the direct supervision of the Chief Executive Officer of EDI, the incumbent will be responsible for the implementation and coordination of the EDI related activities in the assigned region and its catchments, and disseminate the relevant information to existing and potential EDI beneficiaries in order to achieve the field-level project outputs. He/she is expected to establish strong coordination and linkages amongst existing and potential EDI clients as well as major stakeholders. Duties and Responsibilities: He/she is expected to carry out the following duties:
Management of the regional office:
Manage the EDI regional office and represent the EDI at the field level
Manage Regional staffs.
Coordination and administrative support of the EDI training:
- Assist the EDI Training Manager in identifying required skill/competency training and areas of further capacity development of the project beneficiaries in the assigned areas,
- Assist the EDI Training Manager in identifying and mobilizing participants in the EDI training
- Coordinate and make necessary arrangements to organize the EDI training and support services at the regional level, Coordination and provision of the EDI business development services (BDS) at the regional level:
- Assist the EDI BDS Manager in identifying the needs for BDS support and properly assigning business advisors to the beneficiaries
- Coordinate and provide administrative support to provide BDS support to the EDI beneficiaries in the Oromia region
- Provide referral services to the EDI beneficiaries to facilitate their access to locally available business support services and financial services,
- Monitor and keep the work records of local business advisors in the assigned region, and report their performance to the EDI BDS Manager Network building and facilitation of policy dialogues at the regional level:
- Organize meetings, at least once a quarter, with local authorities, private sector and other stakeholders to gather the relevant information and coordinate field activities. Report the results of the meetings to the CEO of the EDI in Addis Ababa,
- Responsible for the smooth information dissemination among the EDI, local authorities, Stakeholders, and project beneficiaries,
- Progress monitoring and reporting at the regional level:
- Collect and validate the data and information required for progress monitoring,
- Prepare quarterly regional progress reports (both substantive and financial) and submit them to the EDI
- Any other tasks and activities as required by the CEO of the EDI.
Reporting: The Regional Coordinator will directly report to the CEO of EDI but will work closely with other project personnel, regional offices, regional government and other stakeholders.
Open Position: 1 Position
Contract duration: One year with possible extension
Required Number: 1 (One)
Required qualifications:
- Master’s Degree in Economics, Business Administration, Management,
- Development Studies or other Social Science fields
- Experience:
- At least 5 years of experience in a related post. Project management and financial management experience will be considered an advantage.
- Competencies:
- Managing and working in teams
- Ability to work with minimum supervision
- Consistency and reliability
- Conflict resolution skills
- Sound communication skills
- Interpersonal Skills
- Analytical Skills
- Strategic Thinking
Skills and knowledge:
- Strategic Strong analytical skills in working with quantitative data, financial estimations, and budget planning;
- Knowledge of project management and computer-based accounting software;
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Ability to plan and prioritize work and to handle a multitude of tasks simultaneously
- Managing team
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
Language:
Excellent written and spoken English and Amharic languages
Workplace: Mekelle
Deadline: March 04, 2024
How to Apply
Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI)-Ethiopia now invites eligible candidates to apply for the above mentioned positions. Interested candidates should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the required services.
The applicants should clearly describe the name of the region and position to which they are applying for on their application letter.
Female and Applicants from vulnerable social groups will be highly encouraged to apply
Application for the job (including recent and compressive CV with a letter of application and other relevant supporting documents) must be delivered in a written form to the address below (by mail info@edi-ethiopia.org or apply on ethiojobs.net) up to or before 03, March, 2024, 4:00 P.M.
Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours from 8:30 A.M to 12:30 P.M in the morning and from 1:30 P.M to 5:30 P.M in the afternoon.
The client’s Address is: Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI)-Ethiopia
Yeka Sub City, Woreda 13, Around Wosen Grocery, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
In CEE /Center of Engineering Excellence / compound, 3rd floor
Telephone number: +251 115571150
Email: info@edi-ethiopia.org Country: – Ethiopia
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