Grants Coordinator

Employer: VSO Nepal

Job Type: Full Time

Location: Anywhere

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Organization: VSO Nepal

Position: Grants Coordinator

Location: Nepal

Salary: Competitive

Contract Type: Fixed Term

Full Time: 35 hours per week

Application Closing Date: 30 Sep 2020

Interview Date: Soon as possible

Start Date: Soon as possible

VSO is the world’s leading international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty. Working in 24 countries around the world, our unique role in international development is to place committed volunteers with carefully selected organisations where their skills can have the greatest impact. Our extraordinary volunteers live and work in some of the world’s poorest communities. Sharing their unique skills and experience to generate new ideas and new ways of doing things, helping the communities they work in lift themselves out of poverty. We’re not about delivering quick fixes, but instead we focus on long-lasting, sustainable change, that will impact generations to come. Join us and help us work towards our vision of a world without poverty.

Role overview

Provide financial support to program team and partner NGOs for specific project/s, manage and maintain grant financial management activities in order to ensure an efficient, secure and controlled financial environment in compliance with VSO policies and procedures, donor requirements and local regulations.

Skills, qualifications and experience

Essential:

Qualification

•Qualified Accountant (ACCA, ACA, CA or Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or bachelor’s degree in Accountancy with strong project and partners management experience.

•Skilled financial accountant with knowledge of financial management of restricted donor funding, reporting, procurement procedures, donor rules and regulations for non-profit organizations.

Experience

•Line Management – experience of managing partner staff with the ability to develop and build capacity building plans and coach.

•Strong leadership experience in budget management for partner including project budget. Knowledge of Internal, External and

Project Audit. Strong attention to detail

•Financial Business Partnering – Service oriented, customer focused approach. Experience of working in and understanding a global organization, using knowledge to analyses and interpret financial information to support program and partners

•Communication Skills – Good verbal and oral communication skills in English and local languages. Able to effectively communicate technical financial information to a wide range of audiences and experience of remote and cross-cultural communication, demonstrating sensitivity to cultural and language differences.

Competencies and Behaviors

• Ability to be open minded and respectful
•  Ability to be resilient and adaptive to new situations
•  Ability to facilitate positive change and build.
•  sustainable working relationships
•  Ability to seek and share knowledge

Financial and Risk Management – Sound knowledge of financial and risk management skills

Information Technology – Good level of computer skills (Windows, Power Point, Word, Outlook, and Internet), with advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel, use of accounting software and reporting packages – SUN preferred.

Travel requirement: Able to travel in country and internationally occasionally and spend time away from work- base location and home.

Desirable:

Volunteering for Development and Youth

Engagement

•Understanding and valuing the role of volunteering for development.
•Valuing the role of young people in development.

Experience of working with international and national professional volunteers and youth plus personal experience of volunteering for development is a significant advantage

Commitment to VSO’s mission, values, People First principles and core approaches (Social Inclusion and Gender, Social Accountability, and Resilience).

Competencies and Behaviour

At VSO we believe progress is only possible by working together. Whether you want to join us as an employee, or as a volunteer working in your own country, overseas or online, our selection process includes an assessment based on these core competencies:

• Ability to be open minded and respectful
• Ability to be resilient and adaptive to new situations
• Ability to facilitate positive change and build sustainable working relationships
• Ability to seek and share knowledge

Equal Opportunities

VSO promotes equal opportunities and values a diverse workforce.
VSO reserves the right to close this job early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.
If you’re interested in applying for this role, please download the job description for more information.
To submit your application, click on ‘Make an application’ and complete all relevant fields on the online application form.

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