CHARITY JOBS IN AFRICA

Organization: War Child Holland
Country: South Sudan
Closing date: 27 Nov 2014

“A seasoned manager with exceptional people skills.”

War Child Holland’s programme in South Sudan

The Republic of South Sudan became the world's newest nation in 2011. Due to decades of conflict and mass displacement of communities during the war, access to basic services is severely limited and the country has some of the lowest rankings in human development indicators. In the end of 2013 a severe internal conflict broke out which caused the displacement of 1.3 million people.

War Child Holland has been working in South Sudan since 2006. The programme has been focused on the consequences of decades of conflict and its purpose is to ensure that children, youth, communities and government are able to promote awareness on child rights, protect children from abuse, exploitation and all forms of violation of their rights. The programme has been achieving this by ensuring a protective environment for children and promoting access to good quality basic education in the Central and Eastern Equatoria States. War child is not working in the heat of the current conflict, but the number of IDP’s are increasing in the States we are working in. IDP’s are included in the programme in the EES and the number of activities for this group should be extended. War Child Holland in South Sudan has its country office in the capital Juba and field offices in Yei and Torit.

Objective of the job

You are responsible for all Financial Management & Administration in combination with Human Resources Administration and Policy of War Child Holland’s mission in South Sudan. You report to the Country Director (CD) and a functional working relation with the Controller and HR officer based at Head Quarters (HQ) in Amsterdam. You are a member of the Country Management Team. You are the line manager of the Field Administration staff.

Your challenge

1. Financial Management & Administration

• Responsible for maintaining efficient financial control (of cash flows, local payment, etc.) accountability standards, procedures and records;

• Ensures financial management policy and guidelines are developed and adhered to;

• Preparation of budgets, financial management and financial management information for stakeholders (CD and HQ);

• Enhances the planning & control cycle within the operation in line with head offices guidelines;

• Ensures accurate, timely and correct bookkeeping;

• Responsible for proper financial grant management: budgeting, financial reporting, forecasting and keeping relations with financial contact person of the donor;

• Manages partners grant and financial reports;

• Reports the relevant developments on finance administration in the field to the support department at HQ;

• Prepares the financial part of proposals for donors and ensures proper reporting;

• Manages money transfers and bank relations;

• Plays a crucial role in Risk management;

• Uses the software and formats as determined by HQ.

2. Human Resource Administration and Policy

• Analyses HR requirements based on organizational needs;

• Advises CD and other managers on organizational development and personnel related issues;

• Ensures that the National Staff Human Resources policies (HRM instruments and systems) are in place and adhered to;

• Ensures proper HR administration;

• Ensures that HR (administrative) policies and practices are in line with local legislation.

3. Capacity building staff & local partners

• Build capacity of the support staff in the country office through on-the-job training as well as trainings and workshops;

• Indicates training needs and advices managers on possible trainings for the support staff;

• Build capacity of local partners in finance/HR/admin processes.

4. Management of staff

• Manages the finance and HR support staff at the country office and provides technical supervision to support staff in the different field locations;

• Manages his/her staff by guiding, coaching, instructing and motivating.

5. Overall

• Advises the CD on the above subjects;

• Advises and follows up on contracts and contact person for legal advisor;

• Reports relevant developments on Finance and HR in the field to the support departments at HQ.

Profile

· Knowledge of financial administration (minimum BSc level) and HR administration;

· A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in a management position within a complex international organization, preferably within an international (NGO) environment in a developing country and/or (post) conflict area;

· Proven experience in a similar position, in particular in financial administration and grant management;

· Experience in HR administration and the development of HR policies;

· Experience of working with automated accounting systems, experience with SAGE is an added value;

· Proven experience in complex security contexts;

· Proactive search for and utilize organizational resources;

· Excellent social and communication skills;

· Excellent planning and organizational skills;

· Ability to decide in tactical and operational issues;

· Team player and hands-on mentality;

· Stress resistant and culturally sensitive;

· Result focused and cost-conscious;

· Required: fluency in English (verbal and written).

The organisation

War Child Holland offers a challenging job, within an inspiring and motivated team of people and the backup of a strong and professional organisation in The Netherlands. War Child Holland offers its international staff a fair salary and comprehensive secondary benefits that includes free housing, good insurances (including health, travel and disability) and opportunities to develop and learn professionally. Please visit our website www.warchildholland.org for more information on the organisation and the programmes.

Job Location: Juba, Republic of South Sudan

Contract: War Child Holland is looking for someone committed to invest at least 2 years in this position, starting with a 1 year contract with the intention to prolong

Starting date: As soon as possible

South Sudan is a non-family duty station. The expatriate is not allowed to bring a partner and/or children.

How to apply:

Interested and qualified candidates are invited to apply before 27 November 2014.Make sure to use the following hyperlink to apply:http://warchild.onlinevacatures.nl/en/Vacancy/Apply/42024

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