Program Facilitator at Save the Children

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Program Facilitator

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Employer: Save the Children

Employment: Full-Time | Contract

Place of Work: Bahir Dar - Ethiopia

Posted date: 2 years ago

Deadline: Submission date is over

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ROLE PURPOSE:

The Program Facilitator is responsible mainly for managing the working advances of the project and providing related administrative support to the project team.

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Requests working/program advances for payment as per approved Terms of References
• Collects working/program advances and makes various payments as per the authorization and approval of Budget Holders and in accordance with SCI?s financial management policy.
• Ensures that all payments are made against sufficient, complete, correct and relevant supporting documents duly verified and approved by concerned managers or budget holders
• Ensures that all payment documents bear ?Save the children Paid? stamp.
• Summarizes expenses using relevant expense codes duly authorized by a responsible person and timely settle all project advances to the finance section of the Field Office before placing a request for another advance
• Ensures that Government withholding tax is deducted from service fees to hotels, resources persons, etc. rendered outside of the Field Office location and issues receipts to service providers accordingly?
• Ensures that all unused cash returned from specific project advance is deposited in SCI Bank account daily and expenditures settled within three days.
• Facilitates the provision and settlement of travel advances of staff based outside of the FO
• Assists in the organization and facilitation of training, workshops and other events in supporting project managers without compromising the project's advance payment management
• Provides administrative assistance to the senior program manager and project managers as necessary
• ?Perform any other activities based on the line manager?s assignment.

General:

Comply with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.

In order to be successful you will bring/have:

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Minimum educational requirement:?

• First Degree /Diploma in Accounting /Business Administration/Banking and finance or related fields?

Minimum experience required:?

• Four years for diplomas and two years for Degree holders. Demonstrated experience in disbursement-related activities in NGO setting and knowledge about USAID funding and compliance requirements?
• Good understanding of project implementation processes
• Demonstrated skills in interpersonal communication?
• Excellent and demonstrated skills in computer Microsoft office applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlooks, E-mails??

?We offer a competitive package in the context of the sector. The duty station of the position holder will be in Bahir Dar for 4 Months. This role is offered on the basis of national terms and conditions only.

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The Organization

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realize the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from quality basic education and?
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated.

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

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