Working in 50 developing countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas, Plan’s stated Global Strategic Goal (2011-15) is to reach as many children as possible, particularly those who are excluded or marginalised, with high-quality programmes that deliver long-lasting benefits. Plan aims to achieve this goal by working in partnership with others and through high performing teams whose behaviours reflect the corporate values. It has a global income of around $800m.
PLAN International’s Ebola response is budgeted at $60 million dollars. We are responding to Ebola in all three worst affected countries in the areas of health, WaSH, Child Protection, Education and Livelihoods.
We are looking for a Regional Ebola Finance Specialist to support Plan’s response and recovery to Ebola in West Africa by ensuring sound financial budgeting, tracking, cost recovery, reporting and management in the three worst affected countries and at the regional office.
You will supervise and support budget vis. expenditures, budget elaboration, General Ledger updates, purchase and payment management (PPM) in the Regional Office, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia in coordination with local finance managers for Plan’s Ebola response and recovery interventions. In addition you will be responsible for ensuring consistent and accurate registration of expenditures, monitoring of budget burn rate, adequate updates of the PPM system, and local general ledgers.
In addition you will be responsible for.
- Supervising the updates on the purchase and payment system at regional and country level, and will make sure that budgets, budget amendments and modification are correctly uploaded and maintained;
- Provide tangible support in accountancy, advice on use of codes, revise current accountancy practices (use of natural codes, align and advice on the best use of the current financial registration tools;
- Ensure adequate cost recovery measures are in place, understood and used by country colleagues and applied to each funding opportunity.
A strong leader, with the ability to make effective decisions quickly, you will be an experienced Emergency Finance Specialist with a demonstrable track record leading and managing emergency responses. You will have extensive knowledge of the sector, applicable standards and donors in emergency.
Excellent communication skills: Fluent in both French and English
For a full Job Description and Person Specification, please click on this link:https://www.dropbox.com/s/1fhriw534cih92x/WARO_Regional%20Finance%20Spec...
*Please note that interviews will be done as we receive applications*.
Location: Dakar - Senegal: with 75% travel to Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia
Type of Role: 6 Months Contract
Reports to: Regional Emergency Response & Recovery Manager
Salary: Competitive
Closing Date: Thursday, 30 April 2015
Please note that only applications and CVs written in English will be accepted.
A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plans Child Protection Policy.
As an international child centred community development organisation, Plan is fully committed to promoting the realization of children's rights including their right to protection from violence and abuse. That means we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with.
Plan believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. We must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.
Plan operates an equal opportunities policy and actively encourages diversity, welcoming applications from all areas of the international community.
