Country Finance Officer

Country Finance Officer - South Sudan

1. Terms of Reference

Duty Station:Juba, South Sudan

Starting date:1st of July 2015

Duration:1 year

Dependents:No. Juba is not a family duty station

2. General context

INTERSOS is present in South Sudan since 2006, starting its operations in the country from Bor, Jonglei State. INTERSOS central office for South Sudan is based in Juba with several field bases in Jonglei State (Bor, Pibor, Lankien, Yuai, Waat and Akobo), in Western Equatoria State (Yambio) since 2009, in Upper Nile State (Malakal) since 2011 and Unity State (Bentiu).

The main areas of intervention are Protection, in particular prevention and response to GBV (Gender Based Violence) and child protection in Upper Nile States and Jongley State, where INTERSOS is also GBV sub-cluster Focal Point and leading the GBV response in the State; Education, INTERSOS is one of the main partners of UNICEF in promoting education as a part of emergency response and leading the EiE (Education in Emergency) Cluster in Jonglei, Unity and Upper Nile States, while acting as focal point agency in Jonglei for Education in Emergency interventions.; Shelter/NFIs, these activities involve the assessment and identification of new IDPs, mainly in the most hard-to-reach areas within Jonglei, Unity and Upper Nile States, emergency kit distribution, kit use monitoring and construction/rehabilitation of emergency shelter; WASH, mainly construction/rehabilitation of water facilities (e.g.: wells, pipe schemes), rehabilitation of latrines and sanitation/hygiene promotion.

The priority for INTERSOS in South Sudan is to be a relevant humanitarian actor with regard to the already massive and possibly increasing emergency and to do so the mission counts on about 20 international and 200 national staff.

3. Responsibilities and tasks

The Country Finance Officer is responsible for the proper technical performance of all accounting/financial activities of the mission and its projects. In this context he/she ensures the correct and effective management of financial resources in accordance with the organization's procedures. In addition the officer is the technical referent for all administrative issues.

The Country Finance Officer reports to the Head of Mission (HoM).

The main responsibilities and tasks are to:

• in collaboration with the HoM, ensure the compliance with INTERSOS/donors procedures
• assist the relevant team members with country and project accounting; assist the mission with all interim and final financial reports
• collaborate in preparing country and projects economic and financial planning
• assume the responsibility for Juba office cash account administration
• assist the HoM in drafting the budgets for new proposals and concept notes
• manage and coordinate the administrative personnel
• in collaboration with the HoM, ensure the compliance with the local labour law
• be the technical referent for all administrative issues (e.g.: work contracts, administrative management of infrastructures).

4. Required profile/experience

For this position INTERSOS requires:

• minimum 3 years of working experience in the humanitarian context/emergencies
• advanced university degree in finance or business administration or any other relevant field
• experience in establishing and maintaining collaborative relationships with donors and government counterparts
• fluent English written and spoken
• strong management skills, well organized and flexible
• capacity to work in a volatile security environment and to adapt to basic living conditions

HOW TO APPLY:

Qualified applicants are requested to submit their curriculum vitae, motivation letter and 2 references to:recruitment@intersos.org

specifying in the subject ‘Country Finance Officer - South Sudan’.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for the first interview.