Finance Officer – AACJ Project

Job description

Duration and type: Fixed-term contract

Duty station: Nairobi

Supervisor: Director of Admin and Finance 

Start date: Immediately

African Youth Commission (AYC) is seeking the services of a qualified candidate to serve as ‘’Finance Officer’’ to provide the following specific services:

• Plan, prepare the project budgets 
• Monitor expenses in accordance with the allocated budget
• Manage the monthly accounting and financial plans
• Manage, monitor, and properly document cash withdrawals, keep the cashbook, bank accounts, prepare and enter vouchers into relevant computer accounting systems or offline files, books etc
• Check requests for funds, payments etc and ensure payments, requests for funds are adequately supported before release
• Check internal/external settlements of expenses i.e travel expenses, allowances etc of staff, volunteers, consultants, partners for approval by the relevant authorities before settlement 
• Carry out weekly/monthly reconciliation, spot checks of the cash at hand and/or at bank 
• Support the internal or external Audit exercises of the Accounts
• Perform other duties as may be assigned by the Director of Programmes and the Executive Secretary

Skills

• Excellent communication skills in English both verbally and in writing, French is an asset
• Excellent working knowledge of ICT tools
• Good team player
• Previous experience in the field is an added advantage
• In-depth understanding of financial planning, accounting, management and administration

Education/Academic Qualification and experience

• University degree in relevant specialisation and qualification in finance, accounting business administration etc
• At least 2 years professional experience in a comparable position

HOW TO APPLY/ DEADLINE:

Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications and recent curriculum vitae in soft copies to the following address:

The Executive Chairperson 

African Youth Commission 

Submit your application HERE: https://forms.gle/gnyQHopcPA2gdrPK8

Deadline for submission application: Friday 7th January 2022 at 23h59 GMT.

All applications should include a functional email address, mobile numbers, cover letter, and detailed curriculum vitae (CV)

Project Officer – AACJ Project

Position title: Project Officer – AACJ Project

Duration and type: Fixed-term contract

Duty station: Nairobi

Supervisor: Project Coordinator

Start date: Immediately

African Youth Commission (AYC) is seeking the services of a qualified candidate to serve as ‘’Project Officer’’ to support the Program Coordinator and Director of Programmes in providing technical and coordination support to AYC and partner organizations in the context of the African Activists for Climate Justice (AACJ) project.

Specific assignment

The specific assignment of the Assistant Programme Coordinator will include but not limited to the following:

• Support the Program Coordinator and Director of Programme in requesting and receiving annual and quarterly work plans of project implementing partners and other stakeholders
• Review work plans and ensure they are align to the project objectives, outputs and outcomes
• Submit the plans and budgets to the project manager in a timely manner
• Draft MoUs for implementing partners and facilitate signing
• Follow up with AYC admin and finance to ensure timely disbursement of allocated funds to implementing partners
• Supervise, coordinate and advise partners on the implementation of their activities at national, sub-regional and global levels
• Provide bi-weekly progress report on the activities of partners 
• Perform other duties as may be assigned by the Director of Programmes and the Executive Secretary
• Follow progress of the project implementation at national level

Skills

The candidate must possess the following skills or competence:

• Advanced knowledge and experience in youth work and community mobilization
• Experience in working with youth groups at different levels
• Knowledge of project management and development
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills
• Good report writing skills
• Excellent command of English 
• Computer literacy and strong electronic communication skills
• Ability to multitask, work in a team environment and meet the deadline

Education/Academic Qualification and experience

The candidate must hold one of the following:

• Undergraduate degree in Social Sciences, Development Studies, International Development Cooperation or equivalent with two years work experiences
• Diploma in Youth Work or Equivalent with four years work experience
• Extensive professional experience in youth development work, climate change, human rights with proven track records of project management

HOW TO APPLY/ DEADLINE:

Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications and recent curriculum vitae in soft copies to the following address:

The Executive Chairperson 

African Youth Commission

ayc@auyc.org 

Submit your application HERE: https://forms.gle/gnyQHopcPA2gdrPK8

Deadline for submission application: Friday 7th January 2022 at 23h59 GMT

All applications should include a functional email address, mobile numbers, cover letter, and detailed curriculum vitae (CV) 

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.