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Finance & Admin Officer
Geneva Call

In situations of armed conflict, Geneva Call, as a neutral, impartial and independent international humanitarian organization, endeavours to strengthen the respect of humanitarian norms and principles by armed non-State actors, in order to improve the protection of civilians.

Since Geneva Call began its work more than 20 years ago, we have developed a unique methodology to increase awareness of, and respect for, IHL for the protection of civilians in armed conflict. Geneva Call has a unique and unwavering mission to protect civilians. Whilst other organizations also work to improve awareness of humanitarian norms, Geneva Call is the only organization in the world focused exclusively on creating lasting behaviour change among ANSAs to promote the protection of civilians.

 

 

 


 Vacancy No: 10873
 Section/Unit: Support
 Grade Level: 3
 Supervisor: Support Coordinator
 No. of Post: 1
 Duty Station: Khartoum
 Duration: 6 months
 Closing Date: 04 July 2022

 
 Background:

Mission: Geneva Call is a neutral and impartial non-governmental organization dedicated to promoting respect by armed non-State actors (ANSAs) for international humanitarian norms in armed conflict and other situations of violence, in particular those related to the protection of civilians. Geneva Call is currently focusing its efforts on banning the use of anti-personnel mines, protecting children from the effects of armed conflict, prohibiting sexual violence in armed conflict and working towards the elimination of gender discrimination. 
Appel de Genève / Geneva Call is a private, not-for-profit humanitarian organization founded in 1998 under Swiss law.

Overall activities

Under the supervision of Support Coordinator, the Finance and Admin Officer support the effective operation of the Geneva Call (GC) Support Team and related programme activities located in Khartoum Office by providing general finance and administrative assistance in accordance with GC policies and procedures and relevant donor guidelines



 
 Duties and responsibilities:

Office Administration

  • Assist in service contracts expiry monitoring and update Support Coordinator when necessary.
  • Assist Support Coordinator in ensuring Geneva Call premises are well managed and maintained.
  • Assist and participates in the audits (annual organization audit, as well as donor’s audits, or audits requested by authorities if existing);

 

Logistics

  • Assist Support Coordinator in ensuring procurement processes are managed transparently and timely and recorded according to Geneva Call and donor’s procedures;
  • Manage inventory (asset register), update and share with Support Coordinator on monthly basis and when needed;
  • Making sure office supplies are available such as stationery, drinking water, tea/coffee.
  • Manages flights bookings for field or HQ movements;

 

Cash Flow Management

 

  • Manage the cash payments made locally (petty cash management);
  • Keep the mission petty cash books updated, including a weekly availability cash check;
  • Assist in monthly treasury forecast and cash request in coordination with Support Coordinator.
  • Facilitate withdrawal/banking transactions including requests for wire transfer to other offices;
  • Review purchase requisitions, request for payments, reimbursements and liquidation;
  • Ensure cash payments;
  • Prepare cash requests in coordination with the head of mission;
  • Ensure all tax payments are deducted and filed to the relevant tax authority

 

Accounting

  • Assist in checking the registration and encoding of all the petty cash transactions, according to the internal procedures;
  • Verify all the support documents of the petty cash transactions and the availability of funds on donors budget;
  • Assist in providing a monthly financial report, including the expense proofs;
  • Archive all financial documents;

 

Book-Keeping

  • Verify the registration and coding of all financial transactions in accordance with financial procedures;
  • Enter all transactions items according to the chart of accounts;
  • Consolidate all liquidations of the monthly operational expenses;
  • Weekly review of the liquidity based on the cash position;
  • Scan all supporting documents and send them electronically to Headquarters;
  • Ensure the archiving of all approved and registered financial documents;
  • Assist the auditors for the annual audit, donor’s audit and audit of the tax authorities

 

Controlling & Reporting

  • Provide regular information to the Support Coordinator on the state of finances;
  • Prepare and update budget monitoring documents on monthly basis;
  • Prepare monthly financial reports and present them to the Support Coordinator for validation;
  • Ensure all donor requirements and conditions are strictly followed;
  • Assist in the consolidation and finalization of annual country programme budget;

 

Human Resource Tasks

  • Monitor the contracts (staff and consultants) end dates and inform the Support Coordinator in advance on those with immediate expiry.
  • Assist in timely, transparent hiring processes for any new job opening by delivering adverts to HAC for approval and posting it on public boards;
  • Assist in monitoring, recording  and update HR database when necessary;
  • Manages staff attendance, leaves and report to the Support Coordinator regularly with updates;
  • Resolve issues and concerns pertaining to staff queries on their leave balances

 

Other Tasks

  • Any other task as requested by Finance department or Support Coordinator.

 
 Minimum Qualification, Skills and Experience Required:

Selection criteria

Education and experience

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting.
  • At least 3 years of work experience in Finance and Administration with humanitarian or international organizations;

Technical skills:

  • Administrative and HR management skills
  • Operating relevant IT Tools for admin and logistics
  • Strong communication and people management skills
  • Report writing skills

Qualifications / Personal skills:

  • High level of integrity and accountability
  • Natural affinity for networking and relationships building
  • Flexibility
  • Be exemplary in portraying Geneva Call’s values and ethics
  • Good team player and facilitator of teamwork
  • Sharing knowledge
  • Drive for results
  • Proactive and good communicator
  • Solution oriented

Langues / Languages:

  • English (C1-C2)
  • Arabic

 









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