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Oxfam is a global community that believes poverty isnât inevitable. Itâs an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, womenâs rights activists, marathon runners, aid workers, coffee farmers, street fundraisers, goat herders, policy experts, campaigners, water engineers, and more. And we wonât stop until everyone can live life without poverty for good.
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OUR WORK IN ETHIOPIA
Since the early 1970s, we have been working to address the underlying causes of poverty and marginalization by focusing on developing sustainable livelihoods, providing water and sanitation, agriculture, climate research, gender, and humanitarian issue.
JOB DETAILS | ||
DIVISION: Finance | TEAM: Senior Finance officer grant/contract management | |
LOCATION: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | CONTRACT TYPE: one year | |
GRADE: D1, National
| JOB FAMILY: Finance | |
SALARY:As per the Oxfam benefit package | HOURS: 37.5 per week | |
FLEXIBLE WORKING We believe flexible working is key to building the Oxfam of the future, so weâre open to talking through the type of flexible arrangements which might work for you. This is a full-time role; however, Oxfam offers various flexible arrangements which candidates can discuss with the Recruiting Manager at the interview stage | ||
TEAM PURPOSE: The Finance team will support the implementation of the program by working directly with Oxfamâs program staff and partners on the financial needs of the program to ensure donor grants/contracts are managed per the donor and Oxfam standard JOB PURPOSE: The senior finance officer grant/contract is responsible for supervising the Addis-based contracts, ensuring the legitimacy of the expenditure incurred in Addis Ababa, field offices, and assisting budget holders in ensuring expenditures are within the approved budget. To provide an efficient, relevant, timely grant management service to program managers, budget holders, and external donors. This includes budget, government reports internal BVA at a level of detail necessary to manage budgets effectively, external donor reports per formats and timeliness set contractually, and ensuring allocation of cost policies are complied with. | ||
PERSON SPECIFICATION |
Most importantly, every individual at Oxfam GB needs to be able to:
Live our values of INCLUSION, ACCOUNTABILITY, EMPOWERMENT, SOLIDARITY, COURAGE, AND EQUALITY
Our Values
Equality: We believe everyone has the right to be treated fairly and to have the same rights and opportunities.
Empowerment: We acknowledge and seek to expand peopleâs agency over their lives and the decisions that impact them.
Solidarity: We join hands, support, and collaborate across boundaries in working towards a just and sustainable world.
Inclusiveness: We embrace diversity and difference and value the perspectives and contributions of all people and communities in their fight against poverty and injustice.
Accountability: We take responsibility for our actions and inaction and hold ourselves accountable to the people we work with and for.
Courage: We speak truth to power and act with conviction on the justice of our causes.
Ensure you commit to our THREE ORGANISATIONAL ATTRIBUTES:
1. Be committed to equal opportunities: demonstrating sensitivity to culture differences and gender equality. | 2. Be willing to learn and apply gender mainstreaming, womenâs rights, and diversity and inclusion across all aspects of your work. | 3. Be committed to undertaking Oxfamâs safeguarding training and adhering to relevant policies, to ensure all people who come into Oxfam are as safe as possible. |
Ensure you actively ADOPT OXFAMâS FEMINIST LEADERSHIP APPROACH and applying the principles and twelve practices in your work. Read more about this here:
For this role, we have selected two of the most relevant feminist Leadership practices for this role (which you can read more about here.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
Financial Planning
⢠Ensure that all Oxfam offices consistently meets all donor and Oxfam rules and regulations pertaining to finance and procurement.
Financial Budgeting
How To Apply
use the following link to apply:
External link:
https://jobs.oxfam.org.uk/jobs/vacancy/22593/description
Internal link:
https://jobs.oxfam.org.uk/internal/vacancy/22593/description
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