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Finance Coordinator Job At NRC In Kenya

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian organization with 60 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more dignified life for refugees and internally displaced people. NRC advocates for the rights of displaced populations and offers assistance within the shelter, education, emergency food security, legal assistance, and water,sanitation and hygiene sectors.

The Norwegian Refugee Council has approximately 4000 committed and competent employees involved in projects across four continents. In addition, NRC runs one of the world’s largest standby rosters -NORCAP, with 650 professionals, ready to be deployed on 72 hours notice when a crisis occurs

Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has been present in Somalia since early 2004 and has since expanded its Horn of Africa Programme to Kenya in 2006 and to Ethiopia in 2011. Since 2004, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has demonstrated a regional competence and expertise in working with displaced populations.

The Regional Office is based in Nairobi, Kenya with offices and operations in Somalia (Puntland, Somaliland and Mogadishu), Kenya (Dadaab and Kakuma ), Ethiopia (Addis Ababa, Dolo Ado, Shire,Gambella and Asosa), South Sudan (Juba, Awil, Alek and Aweril) and Yemen (Sa’naa and Aden).

The NRC Horn of Africa & Yemen mission is an expanding programme. NRC started its operations in Kenya in the refugee camps in Dadaab in February 2007. NRC has WASH, Shelter, Education, Food Security and Livelihood and Information Counseling and Legal Assistant programmes implemented in the refugee camps in Dadaab.

To ensure that all NRC Somalia systems are consistent, and grants utilized and accounted for in compliance with NRC and donor regulations and procedures

The selected candidate will be based in Nairobi and report directly to Regional Finance Director

Finance Coordinator Job Responsibilities

Contribute in the design, development and implementation of the Financial management policies, procedures and practices

Responsible for reviewing all budgets and budget revisions for Somalia

Check budgets with the updated Master Budget.

Review of the Budget Proposal overview (BPO) for Somalia

Review of the Project Summary (PS) and BRS for Somalia

Prepare monthly executive budget monitoring for Somalia and provide the status to management.

Review all financial reports before submission to donors

Undertake proposal and grant application reviews to assess compliance with NRC and donor guidelines

Train the finance and program staff in the mission on budgeting, Reporting and Donor Regulations. Take the lead in identifying changes to donor regulations and provide guidance and organize trainings.

Provide interim Finance manager support if needed.

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Qualifications For Finance Coordinator Jobs In Kenya

Bachelors degree in Accounting or related field

Minimum of 5 years’ experience in grants management

Specific familiarity with grants proposal writing, and reporting to UNHCR, ECHO, BPRM, EC, SIDA, CIDA and DFID.

Education field

Finance / Economics

Education level

College / University, Bachelor’s degree

Personal qualities

Good knowledge of financial reporting systems

Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills

Ability to work independently with strong team player skills

Very strong computer based financial analysis skills

Understanding of the Somalia environments

Strong cultural awareness and sensitivity

Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines

Good hands on experience with Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint.Duty station:Nairobi
Contract period is up to December 2015 with possibility of extension. Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s general directions, The candidate will observe NRC’s code of conduct and working hours for the NRC Office in Nairobi

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