Vacancy Announcement – Self Help Africa
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Self Help Africa is an international development organization that works to end hunger and extreme poverty through agriculture and agri-enterprise development. They have programs in 15 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as projects in Brazil and Bangladesh. Their new five-year strategy, launched in early 2023, aims to alleviate hunger, poverty, social inequality, and the impact of climate change through community-led, market-based, and enterprise-focused approaches. The organization’s goal is to provide people with access to nutritious food, clean water, decent employment, and incomes while also sustaining natural resources. Self Help Africa has been re-registered by the Ethiopian Charities and Societies Agency as a Foreign Charity with a registration number of 0051.
Self Help Africa would like to invite qualified and interested job seekers to apply for the following positions.
Position 1: Humanitarian Programme Manager (Lead)
Qualifications/Knowledge and Experience:
Essential:
- BSc/BA degree in Disaster Management, humanitarian, Nutrition or international development or related field of study
- 6 years relevant working experience with the 1st degree or 4 years relevant plus Post graduate degree in the relevant field of study.
- At least 4 years of experience in emergency programming; Nutrition, Community Based Management of Malnutrition (CMAM), rural livelihood and food security intervention, disaster management, WASH, MPC/CVA intervention, …etc.
- Proficiency in verbal and written English,
- Capacity in proposal development, strategic and operational planning, budget planning and management, report writing, monitoring and evaluation.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills and demonstrated capacity to liaise with government, stakeholders, and communities.
- Demonstrated leadership ability to inspire and empower others.
- Capacity and maturity to establish and maintain links with government officials, smallholder farmers and private sector.
- Firm believe in teamwork, gender equality, and conceptual approach in sustainable development programming.
- Computer literacy, particularly in MS Word and MS Excel
- Desirables:
- Previous experience managing staff and working under pressure.
- Significant exposure to projects involving networking and multiple partnerships, particularly related to emergency response, food security issues, WASH, nutrition, commodity management.
- Demonstrate capacity to plan, prioritize and deliver tasks on time to meet goals in a high-pressure environment.
- Proven ability to work in multidisciplinary and multi-stakeholder working environments;
- Knowledge of local culture and context.
- Flexibility to take on additional tasks and ability to manage complexity.
- Experience in one or more of the following; Nutrition/Health, CMAM management, WASH, Food security, Multi-Purpose Cash distributions.
- Knowledge and understanding of theories, concepts and approaches relevant to humanitarian responses, disaster risk reduction and determinants of vulnerability in the Ethiopian context.
Workplace: Addis Ababa
Deadline: November 22, 2023
How to Apply
Please download the Application Form and fill it in using the following link https://selfhelpafrica.org/ie/humanitarian-programme-manager-lead/ Then upload this along with your CV and a motivational letter.
Please note incomplete applications will not be considered for shortlisting.
Closing date is Wednesday 22th November 2023 at 5pm
Any candidate offered a job with Self Help Africa will be expected to sign Self Help Africa’s Safeguarding Policies and Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents.
Position 2: – Project Finance and Administration Officer
Key Responsibilities:
- Reviews and compiles accountancy activities in harmony and online with the internal, HQ, and external relevant regulations.
- Plans and ensures disbursement of cash for project activities timely and accurately.
- Plans and ensures proper delivery of expense or payment documents to HoFA after verifying the compliance of those documents in accordance with general and accepted principles of accounting, internal, HQ, and external relevant regulations.
- Verifies, checks, and ascertains the accuracy and validity of invoices, documents submitted to HoFA after for payments, and arranges payments accordingly.
- Informs to immediate supervisor for promptly corrective actions on observed irregularities, discrepancies, errors, or any deviations before preparing and effecting payment.
- Effects or ensures payment are made according to agreements and from the appropriate fund.
- Makes or ensures that payment requests and documents are approved by authorized person/s and prepares payments vouchers, codes and analyses documents.
- Collects and communicates all relevant information and data about active project personnel and maintain an up-to-date list of personnel in the payroll by making timely entries of all active project employees;
- Ensures that all unused official documents (cash receipts, check payment vouchers, petty cash payment voucher, etc) of the organization are properly registered, distributed, and stored, as appropriate.
- Provides payroll inputs to HoFA for the preparation of monthly payroll for SHA employees according to policies and procedures and applicable laws of the country;
- Upon verification of the payroll allocates costs to respective funds and pass appropriate accounting entries;
- Remits income tax collection to Revenue and Customs Authority in accordance with requirements of the relevant laws;
- Deposits and or advises same to be deposited staff pension contribution (Provident Fund) to the appropriate fund collector in accordance to the prevailing laws, policies and procedures;
- Checks and ensures timely processing of collection of funds from the Country office for settlements of obligations;
- Ensures and confirms project cash and other documents are kept safely and used accurately;
- Prepares notification of charges or invoices to those concerned projects or personnel, in consultation with HoFA and immediate supervisor;
- Performs his/her jobs actively or proactively in closely or virtually working with program accountant;
- Reports on effective usage of allocated financial resources to projects, to head office through immediate supervisor;
- Prepares cash outflow in consultation with immediate supervisor, HoFA and relevant program person, accordingly, reminds for timely budget transfers;
- Functionally consults HoFA to perform his/her respective duties effectively efficiently;
- Assists in organization and preparation of financial / accounting documents for external auditing;
- Analyses project financial needs for his/her project in accordance to the approved budget of the specific project:
- Assists in the preparations of financial strategies, annual and operational plans of projects;
- Assists in the preparation of annual budgets for donors, HQ and government bodies;
- Ensures the timely payment of taxes to government from the operation of the organization such VAT, TOT, employment tax or withhold taxes, or pension contribution, if applicable;
- Plans, organizes, directs, evaluates, and controls the proper utilization of assets of the organization.
- Ensure that all local recruitments have approved and documented personnel record
- Liaise with Cluster Co/Project Manager and ensure that all field staff submit their leave plans, and records as per schedule and submit the recording to Addis HR focal person
- Ensure timesheets are submitted on time.
- Assist the Cluster Co/Project Manager in handling performance appraisals for their subordinates
- Arrange and provide periodical induction and orientations to staff members as well as supervisors on the employees performance management.
- Oversight the efficient use of fuel consumption of vehicles and motor bicycle and submit a summary report to Addis Logs office.
- Conduct a regular and surprise field visit and submit the field visit report to Cluster Co/Project Manager copying Addis office relevant head of departments from finance, admin, logs…etc
- Reports to immediate supervisor in accordance with the organization’s appropriate policies and procedures;
- Implements decisions of the immediate supervisor;
- Performs other related duties as assigned by immediate supervisor and the Country finance team.
Key Relationships:
- Internal
- Project Manager (Line manager)
- County Management Team,
- Programme Team,
- Finance and Administration Team,
- External
- Local Government Authorities,
- Financial Institutions,
- Other International and Local NGOs,
Project: R4 Rural Resilience Initiative
Contract Type: One-year fixed term contract; renewable based on performance review
Reports to: Cluster Coordinator
Required Quantity: 1
Job Requirements:
- Qualifications/Knowledge and Experience Essential
- BA Degree in Accounting, business administration or relevant field of study
- At least two years relevant experience in NGO/INGO and/or relevant sectors
- Ability to reconciles payments against financial documents;
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Ability to sort, handle and care sensitive financial matters;
- Ability to use appropriate computer programme for handling financial tasks;
- Quality performance; viable solutions, transparency, helpful, integrity
- Flexibility to work in field locations
- Desirable
- Working knowledge of English and Amharic languages
Workplace: Akesta
Deadline: November 29, 2023
How to Apply
Any candidate offered a job with Self Help Africa will be expected to sign Self Help Africa’s Safeguarding Policies and Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents.
Please download the Application Form and fill it in using the following https://selfhelpafrica.org/ie/project-finance-and-administration-officer/ Then upload this along with your CV and a motivational letter.
Please note incomplete applications will not be considered for shortlisting.
Closing date is Wednesday 29th November 2023 at 5pm
Any candidate offered a job with Self Help Africa will be expected to sign Self Help Africa’s Safeguarding Policies and Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents.
Police vetting is required.
All applicants are encouraged to read through the following safeguarding policies as you make your applications:
Women applicants are highly encouraged.
Self Help Africa/United Purpose strives to be an equal opportunities employer.
Remind this:
- Read the vacancy announcement carefully.
- Check the vacancy details with eligibility.
- Prepare your CV or Application Details.
- Finally, apply as instructed by the authority.
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