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Local Finance Officer
Closing date: 28 Mar 2018
The Local Finance Officer will be responsible for general finance and project management, office management, networking, proposal writing support, and other tasks are requested to perform in collaboration with the Project Officer, Program Officer, and Country Manager. The Finance Officer will report to the Head of Finance and the Country Manager.
Main Tasks and Responsibilities:
The responsibilities and tasks include, but are not limited to:
Oversee the overall financial and administrative management of the programme.
Create and maintain a system to monitor and forecast cash requirements to meet expenditures in close coordination with the implementing staff.
Draft financial and general procedures for use in the office in coordination with the Country Manager.
Be the main contact for financial matters to all partners in the country and to the Finance department of SPARK in HQ in the Netherlands;
Control and process financial reports of local partners; audit if needed.
Oversee the contracts with implementing partners including governmental, non-governmental, and community-based organizations as well as with service providers for the programme (individuals and companies).
Representing SPARK Jordan interest at finance meetings;
Attend relevant coordination meetings for NGOs.
Representation and networking with donors and partner institutions.
Monitor entrepreneurs’ loans portfolios and maintain contact with local bank and micro-finance institutions.
Prepare monthly shadow budget for tracking the delivery of the programme;
Establish monthly cash requirements for the office and request timely replenishments from HQ.
Perform daily routine accounting tasks, e.g. approve and make payments and other financial transactions to ensure compliance with staff rules, financial rules and implementing instruments/authority; process all payments in the bookkeeping system.
Ensure the compliance of all the provisions of guidelines regarding personnel management, procurement, sub contract and financial management.
Manage all correspondence related to administration and finance.
Office management support on finance and general matters;
Administrating SPARK’s car use and make bookings
Proposal writing, especially budgets, for new projects;
Any other functions as designated by the Country Manager.
Requirements and Skills
Bachelor or master’s degree in Finance, Accounting or any other related field.
Previous experience of working in training and coaching in Financial Management and project management, especially in drawing up activity budgets and reporting to donors.
Excellent verbal and written language skills in English and Arabic.
Good communication and social skills and the ability to work in a multicultural setting;
Organisational skills and the ability to work independently;
Ability to work under pressure;
High energy, pro-active and service minded;
Hands-on attitude and willing to help out flexibly if required;
Jordanian Nationality or in possession of work permit.
SPARK Offers
A challenging and exciting position in an international environment;
A gross monthly salary between JOD 1200 and JOD 1400 depending on professional experience and based on a fulltime appointment of 40 hours;
On-the-job training opportunities.
About SPARK
SPARK develops higher education and entrepreneurship to empower young, ambitious people to lead their fragile and conflict-affected societies into prosperity. SPARK is a dynamic and growing, international not-for-profit development organisation with 80+ staff members, in more than 14 offices around the world. SPARK supports refugees in the Middle-East by providing them with scholarships in universities and higher education institutions in the region. SPARK also supports young entrepreneurs in fragile states, to start or grow their own businesses.
The small SPARK team in Jordan has been set up in 2016 and is quickly growing. SPARK’s programmes in Jordan focus on access to education and the labour market for youth, as well as the future reconstruction of Syria. The programmes aim to unlock the growth potential of Jordanian MSME’s, to contribute to the generation of much needed growth in the ailing Jordanian economy, by supporting existing MSMEs and start-ups. Moreover, SPARK works together with local higher education institutes and other national partners to improve and introduce entrepreneurship education and internship programmes. In addition, SPARK technically prepares and motivates young Syrians, Palestinians and Jordanians for an active role in the future reconstruction of Syria. For more information visit the SPARK website and http://www.spark-syria.eu/jordan.
HOW TO APPLY:
For more information, please visit the SPARK website: www.spark-online.org. If interested, please apply with your motivation letter and your CV (both in English) on https://vacancy.spark-online.org and until 28 March 2018. For questions please contact [email protected]. Please, with application send to us two references (phone number and email) which we can contact in the selection process.
All applications will be assessed on rolling basis; interviews can therefore take place before the application deadline. However, due to the large volume of applications we receive, we cannot respond to every applicant individually. There may be a delay between the deadline and the moment we contact selected applicants.
If you have not received a reply we regret to inform that we have continued with other candidates.
