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Position: Compliance Intern

Direct hierarchy: Senior Compliance Officer

Contract Duration: 3 months

Location: Nairobi Kenya.

Starting: April 2021

Background on ACTED

ACTED is a French humanitarian NGO, founded in 1993, which supports vulnerable populations, affected by humanitarian crises worldwide. ACTED provides continued support to vulnerable communities by ensuring the sustainability of post-crisis interventions and engaging long-term challenges facing our target populations, in order to break the poverty cycle, foster development and reduce vulnerability to disasters. Their interventions seek to cover the multiple aspects of humanitarian and development crises through a multidisciplinary approach which is both global and local, and adapted to each context.

ACTED is looking for professionally confident, self-motivated and committed team player to fill the internship position in Nairobi- Kenya.

Main objective:The main objective of the Compliance intern is to assist ACTED Nairobi Compliance department with their operational tasks. This translates to ensure a proper and clean documentation of every project conducted by ACTED.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  1. Compliance: FLAT internal procedures
  2. Assisting on a monthly basis on updating project folders
  3. Assisting on filling project checklists upon review of project expenses to identify potential risks.
  4. Assisting on the collection and consolidation of the necessary documentation for the FLAT folders (with the help of each departments)
  5. Checking the FLAT folders in the server to ensure they are complete.
  6. Assisting on Compilation of monthly compliance report
  7. Filing of all project related documents
  8. Assist in preparation of external audits under the supervision of the Compliance Officer
  9. Assist in providing timely supplementary quality control of the FLAT documentation by checking the accuracy and consistency of the information between the related documents and report discrepancies immediately to the Compliance Officer.
  10. Report the updates of the Compliance situation for all projects during the country compliance meetings.Audit preparation
  11. Assisting the compliance manager and officer to prepare the upcoming external audits.
  12. Assisting the compliance manager and officer to perform internal audit when requested
  13. Implement the recommendation highlighted by the compliance manager of external auditors.Implementing Partners
  14. Support in undertaking due diligence for the new and existing Implementing partners
  15. Undertake Financial reviews and provide quality and timely reports with actionable recommendations to the implementing partners
  16. Ensure proper archiving of Implementing partners documents with regular follow ups to ensure completeness of the IP files.
  17. Capacity building and support to Implementing Partners
  18. Any other duty as may be requested by your supervisor.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor degree in Finance, Accounting or a related field.
  • Deep and clear understanding of humanitarian principles and activities.
  • Sound understanding/experience in financial processing and management
  • Excellent skills in Microsoft Word, Outlook, and Excel.
  • Keen to detail and accuracy required and willing to learn
  • Strong organizational skills and meticulous attention to detail.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to establish effective work relations at all levels.
  • Proven ability to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines and work with limited supervision, pro-active and a good team-player.
  • High level of integrity and honesty.

How to apply

Qualified Nationals with the required skills are invited to submit their applications accompanied by detailed curriculum vitae as a single document i.e. with the cover letter being on the first page and the CV starting on the second page to [email protected] and received on or before 5.00PM on 29 January 2021 with the subject line “COMPLIANCE INTERN – NAIROBI”. Please do not attach any other documents while sending your applications, if required they will be requested at a later stage. CVs will be shortlisted on an on-going basis.

ACTED will at no stage of recruitment process request candidate to make payments of any kind. Further, ACTED has not retained any agent in connection with recruitment. ACTED is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

ACTED is committed to protecting beneficiaries within our programmes from exploitation and abuse and any kind of misconduct. ACTED has specific policies, including PSEA and Child Protection, which outlines the expected behaviour and the responsibility of all staff, beneficiaries, consultants and other stakeholders and has zero tolerance towards misconducts. Any candidate offered a job with ACTED will be expected to sign ACTED’s organizational Policies and Code of Conduct as an annex to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents.

ACTED is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ACTED is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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ACTED (French: Agence d'Aide à la Coopération Technique Et au Développement), formerly 'Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development', is a French humaniarian NGO set up in 1993. It is a non-governmental, non-political and non-profit organization committed to supporting vulnerable populations across the world. ACTED’s teams take action in 35 countries, responding to emergency situations, supporting rehabilitation projects and accompanying the dynamics of development. ACTED develops more than 450 projects a year towards 8 million people, with a €160 million budget. The organization employs more than 400 international staff and over 4300 national staff. It is the second largest French NGO. The headquarters are based in Paris, France.

Approach and commitment

ACTED teams are devoted to supporting vulnerable communities throughout the world and accompanying them in building a better future by providing a response adapted to specific needs. By ensuring the link between Emergency, Rehabilitation and Development, ACTED’s teams guarantee that interventions made in a situation of crisis are useful and sustainable, because only long term support – by remaining in the area post emergency and involving communities – can end the poverty cycle and accompany populations on the road to development.

ACTED’s teams on the field are implementing more than 450 projects in those fields: responding to emergencies and building disaster resilience, food security, health promotion, education and training, promoting inclusive and sustainable growth, economic development, microfinance, institutional support and regional dialogue, cultural promotion.

With its experience working closely with vulnerable communities at the heart of situations that they live in throughout the world, ACTED contributes to reaching the Sustainable development goals (SDGs) and is engaged in the definition of the sustainable development goals, advocating for an integrated approach, co-construction and global partnership.

In association with several French, European and International partners, ACTED is committed to promoting and developing innovative approaches and initiatives, humanitarian principles, new forms of solidarity and convergences between private and public actors and NGOs from the North and the South covering themes such as aid efficiency and transparency, evaluation, information and coordination of humanitarian emergencies, promotion of local governance and civil society strengthening, sustainable access to income and microfinance, prevention and reduction of catastrophes, the link between development aid, sustainable development and social business, food security, etc.

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0 USD NAIROBI CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED)

Position: Compliance Intern

Direct hierarchy: Senior Compliance Officer

Contract Duration: 3 months

Location: Nairobi Kenya.

Starting: April 2021

Background on ACTED

ACTED is a French humanitarian NGO, founded in 1993, which supports vulnerable populations, affected by humanitarian crises worldwide. ACTED provides continued support to vulnerable communities by ensuring the sustainability of post-crisis interventions and engaging long-term challenges facing our target populations, in order to break the poverty cycle, foster development and reduce vulnerability to disasters. Their interventions seek to cover the multiple aspects of humanitarian and development crises through a multidisciplinary approach which is both global and local, and adapted to each context.

ACTED is looking for professionally confident, self-motivated and committed team player to fill the internship position in Nairobi- Kenya.

Main objective:The main objective of the Compliance intern is to assist ACTED Nairobi Compliance department with their operational tasks. This translates to ensure a proper and clean documentation of every project conducted by ACTED.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  1. Compliance: FLAT internal procedures
  2. Assisting on a monthly basis on updating project folders
  3. Assisting on filling project checklists upon review of project expenses to identify potential risks.
  4. Assisting on the collection and consolidation of the necessary documentation for the FLAT folders (with the help of each departments)
  5. Checking the FLAT folders in the server to ensure they are complete.
  6. Assisting on Compilation of monthly compliance report
  7. Filing of all project related documents
  8. Assist in preparation of external audits under the supervision of the Compliance Officer
  9. Assist in providing timely supplementary quality control of the FLAT documentation by checking the accuracy and consistency of the information between the related documents and report discrepancies immediately to the Compliance Officer.
  10. Report the updates of the Compliance situation for all projects during the country compliance meetings.Audit preparation
  11. Assisting the compliance manager and officer to prepare the upcoming external audits.
  12. Assisting the compliance manager and officer to perform internal audit when requested
  13. Implement the recommendation highlighted by the compliance manager of external auditors.Implementing Partners
  14. Support in undertaking due diligence for the new and existing Implementing partners
  15. Undertake Financial reviews and provide quality and timely reports with actionable recommendations to the implementing partners
  16. Ensure proper archiving of Implementing partners documents with regular follow ups to ensure completeness of the IP files.
  17. Capacity building and support to Implementing Partners
  18. Any other duty as may be requested by your supervisor.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor degree in Finance, Accounting or a related field.
  • Deep and clear understanding of humanitarian principles and activities.
  • Sound understanding/experience in financial processing and management
  • Excellent skills in Microsoft Word, Outlook, and Excel.
  • Keen to detail and accuracy required and willing to learn
  • Strong organizational skills and meticulous attention to detail.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to establish effective work relations at all levels.
  • Proven ability to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines and work with limited supervision, pro-active and a good team-player.
  • High level of integrity and honesty.

How to apply

Qualified Nationals with the required skills are invited to submit their applications accompanied by detailed curriculum vitae as a single document i.e. with the cover letter being on the first page and the CV starting on the second page to [email protected] and received on or before 5.00PM on 29 January 2021 with the subject line “COMPLIANCE INTERN – NAIROBI”. Please do not attach any other documents while sending your applications, if required they will be requested at a later stage. CVs will be shortlisted on an on-going basis.

ACTED will at no stage of recruitment process request candidate to make payments of any kind. Further, ACTED has not retained any agent in connection with recruitment. ACTED is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

ACTED is committed to protecting beneficiaries within our programmes from exploitation and abuse and any kind of misconduct. ACTED has specific policies, including PSEA and Child Protection, which outlines the expected behaviour and the responsibility of all staff, beneficiaries, consultants and other stakeholders and has zero tolerance towards misconducts. Any candidate offered a job with ACTED will be expected to sign ACTED’s organizational Policies and Code of Conduct as an annex to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents.

ACTED is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ACTED is an Equal Opportunity Employer

2021-01-30

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