Account & Administration Assistant 382 views0 applications

International Transformation Foundation (ITF) is an internationally youth led non-profit organization providing youth educational and self development programs encompassing leadership and entrepreneurship to harness creativity for youth system that provide jobs, offering security, opportunities to grow, and contribute to the development of our communities.

Since its establishment ITF has been developing and operating youth development programs to lead the youth of today as leaders with strong heart and mind as true workers of society with creative and progressive thinking. Our current projects are:

1. Join the Pipe Project: Also known as a water kiosk at school it consist of financing community based schools and youth associations to set up Join the Pipe Water Kiosk model at school/ community across Kenya for people to access clean drinking water and sanitation whenever possible.
2. Jijenge Kijana Fund: A youth Livelihood Pathways offering micro-credit, micro- saving and training enabling ITF members to engage in productive and stable livelihoods.
3. Youth Leadership & Entrepreneurship Training: Consisting of debates and workshops giving East African youth life didactic principles with intensive instructions that shoves them to expand their boundaries of knowledge molding them into great leaders and entrepreneurs.
4. Reflect Experiment Capture (REC): Is a project entailing art, experimental film making and new technologies and violence prevention in a single initiative. It tackles violence in general and bullying in particular through experimental film making as an innovative and attractive technique for any audience, especially the youth which is our target group.
5. Young Social Innovators – Engines of Social Change: The project aims on one hand to conduct a comparative analysis of youth issues, attitudes and policies in relation with the social innovation processes from the perspective of various world regions, and on the other hand to promote the recognition of Youth Work by building youth workers’ and youth leaders’ capacity to empower young people for using social innovation in finding local answers to complex social and societal challenges in participating communities.
6. Social Entrepreneurship Training 4 Youth Power “SET YP”: The project aims to develop structured and innovative solutions towards increasing employability potential of young people throughout providing them with knowledge on social entrepreneurship & innovation.

Account & Administration Assistant

Your role as the Account & Administration Assistant is to record and maintain all records in line with statutory and operational requirements.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Handle, record, manage and present ITF’s financial data in compliance with financial accounting regulations
2. Overseeing the incorporation of new accounting software to streamline financial data collection
3. In conjunction with the Public Relations Assistant and Secretary General, you are responsible for generating money for ITF’s projects.
4. Maintain high accounting practices throughout the ITF volunteer base.
5. Maintain engagement with existing supporters, ensuring they are aware of projects that are underway, the impact they are having, and the financial transparency of all processes.
6. Provide administrative support to the Secretary General, Operations Director and other staff.
7. Operate manual and computerized office systems for instance; filing and maintaining: members database, monthly and annual reports database and the contacts database.
8. Undertake general office duties such as; dealing with post mails, faxes and e-mail, drafting and sending standard letters, photocopying and collating papers and mailings, arranging for documents to be printed, monitoring and ordering stocks of basic items such as stamps, stationery, periodicals, equipment and other items, arranging travel: hotel and accommodation etc.
9. Administer organizational events.
10. Contribute generally to the work of organization, undertaking such other tasks as are appropriate to the nature and scope of the post.

Person Specifications:

1. Hold at least a Bachelors Degree in related fields such as Administration, Management, Human Resource etc.
2. Good organizational skills, including ability to work within tight deadlines.
3. Have excellent communication skills orally and in writing (minimally in English), excellent interpersonal and presentation skills and the ability to work with diverse individuals or group of individuals.
4. Ability to maintain an established work schedule, with or without flexibility.
5. Have basic computer skills including graphic communication publications.
6. Understanding of and commitment to equal opportunities.
7. Strong organizational and management skills- ability to multi task and prioritize.
8. Motivated to learn and take on new challenges.
9. Willingness and capacity to volunteer.
10. Passion and commitment towards youth development.

Compensation:

Although ITF Volunteer staff enjoy limitless opportunities, ITF does NOT provide any kind of compensation. ITF staff operate on full-time volunteer basis for a minimum of 6 months. Volunteers are responsible for all basic expenses such as home – office transportation, accommodation etc. ITF ONLY provides direct operational expenses such as staff transportation to meetings outside the office, field visit operations etc.