Finance Officer - ICCO Cooperation

Finance Officer  - ICCO Cooperation

ICCO Cooperation
Employment type: Full time
Country: Uganda
City / Location: Kampala
Job category: Accounting/Finance/Insurance
Min. years of experience: 2 years
Minimum degree: Bachelors degree
Closing date: March 29, 2013 - 5pm
ICCO Cooperation seeks motivated colleagues who support our mission to end poverty and injustice and who are committed to creating a world where people can live in dignity and security.
ICCO is a global cooperation. ICCO was established in 1964 and became a cooperation in 2012. The founding members of the cooperation are Edukans, the Protestant Church of The Netherlands (Kerk in Actie) and the association co-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.
The cooperative currently operates in 44 countries with around 300 staff that work directly for the cooperation. The cooperation has a budget of approximately € 100 million for the year 2013.
The Central and Eastern Africa (CEA) Regional Office currently has programs in eight countries including Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, DR Congo, Burundi and Rwanda. The Regional Office is housed by the sub-office in Kampala, Uganda. The other sub-offices in the CEA region include Bukavu - DR Congo, Juba - South Sudan and Addis Ababa – Ethiopia. The Finance Officer for the Central and Eastern Africa Region will be supporting programs in Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia and will be based in Kampala, Uganda.
Reports to: The Country Program Manager
Contract duration: Two years for the initial contract
Overall Job objective: To ensure accountability for funds extended to local partners
Tasks and Responsibilities
• Financial analysis and assessment of
partner organisations and program and
project proposals
• Financial monitoring and evaluation of
partner organisations, programmes and projects
• Preparations of payments in the contracts between ICCO/KiA and local organisations
• Preparation of purchase orders in the
project administration
• Monitoring of realisation of payment
orders
• Identification of and advising on the
financial capacity of partner
organisations.
• Supporting facilitation of capacity building and necessary expert knowledge in financial administration and control.
Skills and Qualifications
• 2-3 years of relevant work experience
• Financial and administrative knowledge.
• Knowledge on financial management of
development organizations, producers
organizations and business initiatives in
the regional context
• Experience working with databases
• Communicative skills both in writing as
verbally
• Excellent language skills in English and a
regional language.
• Basic knowledge of development issues en– cooperation.
• Good knowledge of financial aspects on
financing organizations
Contact/How to apply:
Please send your CV (not more than 3 pages) and a motivational letter (not more than 2 pages) to application@ppg.co.ug. All applications shall be clearly marked: ‘ICCO-FO’ and no e-mails should exceed 2MB. Kindly note that we are conducting a global search and to avoid any delays related with postage, only e-mail applications shall be considered. Closing date is on Friday 29th March 2013, 5 PM (Uganda time).
While we thank all applicants for your interest, only those selected for interviews will be contacted. Any form of canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification.
ICCO is an Equal Opportunity Employer.