LOCAL FINANCE & PROJECT OFFICER

Location:1 position in each office – Turkey, Iraq (KRG), Jordan, Lebanon (please specify preferred location)

Type/Duration:Full-time for 12 months, possibility of extension

Application Deadline:22 October

SPARK is a growing, young, dynamic development NGO with 80 staff members in offices in Amsterdam, Belgrade, Bujumbura, Juba, Kigali, Monrovia, Mitrovica, Pristina and Ramallah. SPARK develops higher education and entrepreneurship, so that young ambitious people are empowered to lead their post-conflict society into prosperity.
SPARK is achieving its mission by organizing business plan competitions, business skills training, SME coaching & mentoring, business incubation, SME financing, intensive higher vocational summer courses, curriculum development and quality assurance at universities and higher vocational education institutions.

The local finance & project officer (LFPO) will support SPARK’s country manager in the above four countries to manage the country specific activities for a project providing access to Higher Education for Syrian refugees in the region. Tasks include, but are not limited to, managing all administration and financial aspects related to student registration, selection, intake and monitoring in, scholarship payments and monitoring, as well as all administration and financial aspects related to agreements with participating HE institutions and tuition payments. The LFPO will also support the country manager in all outreach activities in the country, including heading the student desk. The position will require extensive travelling throughout the country.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Overall (financial) administration for the office and project activities;
• Monitoring and data entry of all student registration, selection, intake and monitoring;
• Monitoring of all financial agreements with participating HE providers and tuition payments;
• Organize and coordinate outreach activities with local partners, throughout the country and in (informal) camps.
• Provide organizational and logistical support for other missions and ongoing activities in the country
• Other tasks as required.

Requirements and Skills:

• Educational background or relevant experience in Financial Management, Project management and/or Education Sector
• Minimum 3-5 years experience in administrative and financial management in projects
• Proven working experience in [country] in similar field of work
• Good communication and social skills and the ability to work in a multicultural setting.
• Accurate, structured and precise;
• Multitasking;
• Flexible and responsible;
• Fluent in English and Arabic is necessary.
• Fluent in [Kurdish/Turkish] is an advantage.

Nationals of the country one applies for are strongly encouraged to apply.

SPARK Offers:

• Remuneration according to relevant work experience;
• International and dynamic working environment;
• Full-time for 12 months with possibility for extension

We are looking for candidates who can start as soon as possible.

NB: Selection of a candidate for this vacancy is depending on a positive (pending) donor decision.

HOW TO APPLY:

If you are interested, please send your letter of motivation and your CV (in English) to vacancy[at]spark-online.org with as subject line the title of the post you apply for and the country/ies you are able & willing to work from. Any questions related to the position can also be submitted to this email address. Due to workload considerations the team is unable at this stage to discuss the vacancy by phone