Finance Assistant Job in Nairobi Kenya

UN World

Food Programme – Somalia

Vacancy Announcement No.

 009/2016 

(Position

No. 16-0020853) 
 

Post

Title: Finance

Assistant 
 

Contract

type: Service

Contract  
 

Post

Grade:  SC5
 

Duty

Station: Nairobi 
 

Duration: 1 year (initial) 
 

Date

of issue: 22

March 2016
 

Closing Date: 04

April  2016

Organizational

Background: The

World Food Programme activities include food assistance for nutrition,

livelihoods, relief and emergency school feeding, while also supporting

humanitarian air and logistics services, food security coordination and

infrastructure rehabilitation projects. 

This position is open to qualified Kenyan candidates only. 

Female

candidates in particular, are encouraged to apply.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Under the direct supervision of the Finance Officer, the incumbent will be

responsible for the following duties:-

• Verify
  
  vendor claims, advances and other receivables and observe appropriate
  
  procurement procedures;



• Ensure
  
  that suppliers are paid in a timely manner and in conformance with WFP
  
  finance rules and regulations;


• Assist
  
  in compiling information from various sources in order to prepare reports
  
  relating to budgets, accounting, finance and statistics;


• Prepare
  
  journal vouchers and update the journal voucher log;


• Draft
  
  routine correspondence and reports related to the unit’s work as required;


• Provide
  
  guidance and on-job training to other support staff;


• Ensure
  
  that journal and payment vouchers are maintained and filed in compliance
  
  with WFP standard guidelines;


• Perform
  
  other related duties as required.

Minimal Qualifications:

Education:

• Secondary
  
  school education. 


• A
  
  Post-secondary certificate related to functional area is required.

• At
  
  least four years of progressively responsible work experience in general
  
  administrative work, including at least two years in the field of finance,
  
  accounting, audit or other related field.

• Fluency
  
  in both written and spoken English is a requirement.

• Experience
  
  utilizing computers, including word processing, spreadsheet and other WFP
  
  standard software packages and systems. 


• General
  
  knowledge of UN system policies, rules, regulations and procedures
  
  governing the area of work.

    
Interested and qualified candidates are requested to submit online applications

only according to the following procedures:

NOTE: You must complete Step 2 in order for your application to

be considered for this vacancy.
 

Applications

that do not meet the above requirements will be disregarded.
 

Only

shortlisted candidates will be contacted. 

Only

shortlisted candidates will be contacted.