Finance Assistant Maternity Cover

TheOrganization

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organization that advances childrens rights and equality for girls.

We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And its girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children.

We support childrens rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for and respond to crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over85 years, and are now active in more than 80 countries.

The Opportunity

The purpose of the position is to ensure that all financial transactions of the WAA Activities are captured in the system before closing SAP each month; facilitate training and workshop payments to the participants.

Accordingly, the position holder is responsible for coordinating and facilitating all WWA trainings and workshops payments inline with the donor and PIE compliance policy . The finance Assistance closely works with the WWA finance and operations lead and the program area finance department. He/she works with trustworthiness and integrity and has a clear commitment to Plans core values and humanitarian principles.

Safeguarding Children and Young People (Safeguarding) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI)

• Understand and put into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding and GEI policies and Plan Internationals Code of Conduct (CoC).
• Ensure that Plan Internationals global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in day to day work.
• Ensure that Plan Ethiopia contributes to Plan Internationals global efforts to ensure safeguarding and GEI, including making sure that relevant reporting and data are submitted.

The Individual

Qualifications/Experience Essential:

• A minimum of Diploma in Accounting/Business Management & related fields.
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience
• Strong conceptual, verbal, and written communication skills; both in English & Amharic
• Ability to initiate and organize work while establishing priorities in a fast-paced, time-sensitive environment to meet deadlines with attention to detail;
• Ability to develop strong trusting relationships in order to gain support and achieve results;
• Ability to manage multiple conflicting priorities;
• Ability to be flexible and interpersonal skills to interact with employees at all levels;
• Strong office and organizational skills.
• Ability to travel as required;
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• Experience working on USAID funded activity

Qualifications/Experience Desirable:

• Strong negotiating skills.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Able to work with minimum supervision
• Additional working experience from an international humanitarian and development organizations is a plus

Languages Required

• Fluency in English language is essential
• Knowledge of local languages is a desirable