Finance And Admin Officer

Description

Finance and Admin Officer

Contract type: Fixed term – 37.5 hours per week

Location: Bahir Dar- Ethiopia

Salary: US$1,072.00 - US$1,519.00 per month with excellent benefits

Change starts with water. Change starts with you.

Every day, millions of people live without clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene. WaterAid exists to change that – for everyone, everywhere. Join us, and your energy will help unlock people’s potential and create a fairer future.

About WaterAid

We’re a global federation driven by one vision: a world where everyone, everywhere has clean water, sanitation and hygiene by 2030. Powered by our values of Respect, Accountability, Courage, Collaboration, Integrity and Innovation, we work alongside communities, partners and supporters to make change happen.

About the team

We’re the Finance & Admin team, making sure our projects run smoothly by managing resources, systems, and logistics with precision and care. Our work ensures WaterAid can deliver clean water, decent toilets, and good hygiene to communities that need them most.

About the role

To manage HR/Admin/Finance and Transport & Logistics activities in line with professional principles and the organization’s rules and regulation and co-ordinate and manage field vehicle/fleet to ensure efficient and effective operation in the office. Provide effective and efficient HR/Admin related services to staff working for the office and support procurement processes as delegated or appropriate.

In this role, you will:

Financial Responsibilities:

• Coordinate with other team members to complete financial requirements for Action plans and prepare reports for relevant parties such as Government, WaterAid Ethiopia HO and donors as necessary

• Undertaking other standard financial requirements such as monthly cash count, surprise cash count, undertaking random checks on purchase prices and preparing cash flow requests

• Prepare and check monthly financial report and send to HO up to 5th of the next month

HR & Admin Responsibilities:

• Manage and record staffs’ annual leave roster and ensure all annual leave is used within the current year. Record and manage all staff related leaves such as compassionate, sick leave, TOIL as per HR Manual

• Manage and address all staff personal issues following the HR manual guidelines

• Provide the necessary materials and equipment to project staff for their day to day activities

Safeguarding & Safety & Security:

• Ensures that Safeguarding, Child Protection, and Gender Equality policies are fully embedded in project design, during implementation and as principles applied in day-to-day work of Programme team

• Ensures that comprehensive health, safety and security measures (e.g. risk management plans, local security protocols) have been put in place when designing programmes / project and are consistently upheld during their implementation.

• Ensures that any partner agencies that WaterAid works with are adopting the same health, safety and security standards (as defined in any applicable WaterAid health, safety and security policies), and arrange for capacity building support where gaps or weaknesses are identified.

Others:

• Arrange all financial documents for Internal & External Audit

• Support on the financial report preparation

• Perform additional duties as assigned to ensure the smooth running of organizational objective and maintained team spirit of the finance team.

Requirements

To be successful, you will need:

Education and year of experience:

• University Degree or Diploma in Accounting

• Minimum of 4 years of proven and progressive work experience, preferably in NGOs.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Good communication skill and appropriate knowledge in accounting

• Good skills in computer application preferably in accounting software

• Ability to act in a professional and ethical manner

• Willingness to work under pressure

• Firm belief in teamwork and gender equality and sensitivity to HIV/AIDS

• Commitment to values and working styles of WAE.

Personal Characteristics / Skills:

The Admin and Finance Officer should demonstrate competence in some or all the following:

• Building partnership;

• Stress tolerance;

• Building commitment;

• Collaboration;

• People focus

• Fluent in local language both in spoken and written

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Closing date:

Applications close 12:00 PM UK time on 26th of August 2025. Interviews may be scheduled on a rolling basis, and the role may close earlier if a suitable candidate is found.

Can I use Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology in my application?

At WaterAid, we strongly advise against using AI technology at any stage of the recruitment process. Our goal is to ensure a fair and transparent process that provides every applicant with an equal opportunity to succeed. We value hearing about your unique experiences and perspectives in your application, and, if shortlisted, during the interview as well.

Pre‑employment screening

To apply for this role, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the respective country. All pre-employment checks will be carried out according to local law and WaterAid’s Safer Recruitment policy.

Benefits

As a global organisation, WaterAid is committed to creating an environment where you can thrive and be yourself at your very best. Alongside our inspiring mission and meaningful work, we offer a range of benefits tailored to each country’s context and policies. These will be shared during the process

Skills Required:

• Accounting / Finance