Position: Support Services Coordinator
Responsible to: Program Director
Location: Nairobi
Closing date: 28th November, 2012
Handicap International is
an independent and impartial international aid organisation working in
situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster.
Working alongside persons
with disabilities and other vulnerable groups, our action and testimony
are focused on responding to their essential needs, improving their
living conditions and promoting respect for their dignity and their
fundamental rights.
The Position
Under the supervision of the Program Director, as a Support Services Coordinator, you will be in charge of:
- Managing financial resources: budget, treasury, expenditure commitments, accounting, finance, reporting to donors/stakeholders
- Implementing the program HR strategy and providing administrative management of human resources : recruitment, HR policy, management of contracts, training
- Ensuring compliance with local laws and the establishment of a legal framework : assist the program director in drawing partnership agreements, manage contractual documents
- Establishing an administrative and an operational framework : management of the contracts for the living and work premises
- Ensuring the program’s logistics management : general services, procurement, equipment, vehicle fleet and stocks
- Assuring external/internal communication on administrative and financial issues
Candidate Profile:
Essential:
- Graduate business school or Master degree in business management and administration, finance or economics
- At least 3 years experience in an INGO as an administrator with international experience preferred
- Financial, human resource, logistics and administration management and accounting experience
- Strong managerial capacity and ability to manage a team both in Kenya and Somalia
- Autonomy, discipline, adaptability, good interpersonal skills
Additional:
- Team management, ability to unite
- Knowledge of donor requirements and procedures
- Pedagogy, Initiative
- Experience working as an expatriate would be an asset
Required Language Skills: Fluency in English is mandatory, French is an asset
If you feel you are the
right candidate, kindly send your application along with an up-to-date
CV including 3 (three) referees with their current contacts by email to:
recruit02@handicap-international.or.ke
The email subject line should be marked: “Application for Support Services Coordinator position”
Only short listed candidates with the above qualifications and skills will be contacted.
Important Notice
Be fully aware that
HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL DOES NOT request for any fees from applicants
during the application and/or induction process.
Handicap International is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Females and Persons with Disabilities are encouraged to apply
Source: joballfind.blogspot.com/, Date of Publication: November 15, 2012.