Finance Coordinator, Reconciliation, Stabilization, and Resilience Trust Fund (RSRTF) in Koch County
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BACKGROUND:
The objective of the South Sudan Reconciliation, Stabilization, and Resilience Trust Fund (South Sudan RSRTF) is to provide strategic financing to integrated programmes that together lessen the destructive drivers of conflict and develop more peaceful and, ultimately, self-reliant communities. The Fund will focus on supporting activities to achieve durable intra- and inter-community reconciliation and to foster stable environments in which communities can engage constructively on resilience. Through adaptive, complementary reconciliation, stabilization and resilience efforts the intent is to attain lasting change, supporting communities to realize the long-term, economic and livelihood gains of sustained peace. Through an area-based programming approach, the Fund will bring together UN agencies, NGOs and the Mission to collectively work with communities in pursuing opportunities for transformational change, to move beyond cycles of conflict and violence. The approach will reinforce sustainable and inclusive, community driven programming that builds on existing resources including lessons and reflections on local practices and capacities for peace.
POSITION SUMMARY:
World Relief is leading a consortium for the implementation of an RSRTF project in Koch County. Consortium partners include CARE International, Mercy Corps, and Danish Refugee Council. The Finance Coordinator position will be housed within World Relief but will support the entire consortium. The position is responsible for financial oversight of the project in coordination with World Relief’s Country Office (CO) as well as consortium staff. Project activities are related to peacebuilding, rule of law, education and livelihoods development. The Finance Coordinator will be expected to spend half time in Koch County and will be responsible for managing project staff, overseeing all finance functions of the project and liaising with finance staff at consortium partners.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Review and maintain grant documentation and reporting both locally and in the World Relief’s Cyrus system in conjunction with the World Relief Country Office in Juba and the Home Office Grants Management department.
- Prepare donor financial reports in respect to accounting, legal and contractual requirements and ensure the review of such reports by Project Coordinator prior to submission.
- Collect and review financial reports from each consortium partner on a quarterly basis.
- Perform spot checks for consortium partners’ management of project funds.
- Enforce financial regulations and requirements of the RSRTF.
- Maintain current knowledge of local government requirements related to financial matters ensuring compliance with tax regulations and other legal requirements.
- Oversee the protection of the project’s assets through the enforcement of internal control policies and procedures.
- Oversee the timely preparation review and approval of all monthly bank account and cash reconciliations related to the project.
- Perform payroll functions for all World Relief RSRTF related employees.
- Perform other duties and tasks as assigned by the Project Coordinator.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:
- Ability to manage budgets, financial accountability procedures, logistics, and commodity tracking.
- Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple tasks at once.
- Prior multi-cultural team leadership experience, independent thinker and self-starter.
- Previous employment with a not for profit organization that receives funding from multiple sources, preferably in an international context preferred.
- Christian faith and adherence to World Relief’s Mission, Vision and Values
- Ability to maintain performance expectations in a hardship location
REQUIREMENTS:
- Committed to the mission, vision and values of World Relief
- Personal Christian faith and a desire to serve vulnerable people
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or a suitable field, Master’s degree or recognized professional certification such as CPA, preferred.
- At least 3 years’ experience in managing humanitarian funding (USG, UN, EU, etc.) public grants preferred.
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
- Experience in MS Office package and high proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to have ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to visit other locations
- The ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and manipulate (lift, carry, move) light to medium weights of 10-15 pounds.
- Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm, hand and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard, operate equipment and read application information.
- The employee frequently is required to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
- General office setting.
- Great lengths of time working on computer, reading from computer screen, entering information, standing at copier or fax machine, and some time on the phone or in skype meetings may be required.
- Year-end archiving activities involve repeated lifting and bending.
- Physical, emotional and intellectual demands
- Equipment used: Employee computer (desktop or laptop), printer, and copier
All of the above duties and responsibilities are essential job functions subject to reasonable accommodation. All job requirements listed indicate the minimum level of knowledge, skills and/or ability deemed necessary to perform the job proficiently. This job description is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements. Individuals may be required to perform any other job-related instructions as requested by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation. This position description is not all-inclusive and is always under review.
We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.
For World Relief staff, strong commitment to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief is essential, and Christian faith is a prerequisite for employment, based upon United States federal guidelines provided in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
LEGAL BACKGROUND IN THE UNITED STATES:
World Relief is both an equal opportunity employer and a faith-based religious organization. This means that we conduct hiring without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, age, sex, marital status, parental status, membership in any labor organization, political ideology, or disability of an otherwise qualified individual. The status of World Relief as an equal opportunity employer does not prevent the organization from hiring staff based on their religious beliefs, so that all staff share the same religious commitment. Pursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 702 (42 U.S.C. 2000e 1(a) World Relief has the right to, and does, hire only candidates who agree with World Relief’s Statement of Faith.
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