Country: South Sudan
Closing date: 23 Feb 2016
We are looking for highly qualified, self-motivated Head of Finance who is able to work with diverse teams of both national and international staff as well as local government authorities, UN agencies, I/NGOs and other partners under difficult, stressful and sometimes insecure conditions.
Who are we?
The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) and Danish Demining Group (DDG) is a humanitarian, non-governmental, non-profit organization founded in 1956 that works in more than 30 countries through-out the world, including South Sudan. DRC/DDG fulfills its mandate by providing direct assistance to conflict-affected populations, including refugees, internally displaced people and host communities. Under its mandate, the organization focuses on emergency humanitarian response, rehabilitation, post-conflict recovery and humanitarian mine-action.
Danish Refugee Council (DRC) in conjunction with Danish Demining Group (DDG) has been operating in South Sudan since 2005 initially concentrating on providing safe and supportive conditions for refugees returning from neighboring countries after the Comprehensive Peace Agreement was signed.
In 2012 - 2013, DRC opened its operations in Upper Nile and Unity States to respond to the large influx of refugees coming from Blue Nile State and South Kordofan (Sudan). In addition to the refugee response and since 2014, DRC has been then actively engaged in responding to the humanitarian needs of IDPs affected by the internal conflict through the provision of integrated approaches.
With a total of 450 national staff, 50 expatriate staff and an annual budget of USD 20 million, we are currently implementing multi-sectorial interventions through the provision of humanitarian services focused on CCCM, Protection, SGBV, FSL, Shelter and Infrastructure to both internally displaced persons and refugees across 5 field sites (Ajuong Thok, Bentiu, Maban, Malakal and Melut).
About the job
The specific duties of the DRC DDG South Sudan Head of Finance (HoF) will encompass the key area of Finance. Overall the HoF will be responsible for the following:
- The HoF will support the Deputy Country Director – Operations and the Senior Management Team of DRC DDG South Sudan in liaising with donors and government officials, especially as relates to issues of compliance, registration, and audit.
- The HoF will oversee the finance department for the entire country operation, in the country office and the field offices, by providing technical support to all of the areas under the HoF’s supervision, specifically finance and overseeing a staff of more than 20 people.
- Work to build the capacity of finance staff members throughout the DRC South Sudan operation through frequent in-service training sessions and mentoring support.
- Supervision, audits and controlling and implementation of corrective actions related to the DRC standards for operations. This includes, among other things, supervision of all financial reporting and financial procedures, including the monthly schedule for financial reporting to HQ, donor reporting and audits, cash flow and liquidity management, legal framework and reporting relations to national authorities.
- Ensure that all administrative and legal-related systems are accurate and maintained.
- The HoF will play a significant part in qualifying and implementing initiatives coming from the global and regional DRC organisational development and financial accountability initiatives.
- The existence and maintenance of an accurate and timely Management Information System. This includes, among other things, overall planning, budget and control of expenditures for shared operational costs, but also coordination of budgeting and expenditure related to programme implementation.
- Develop a risk management plan for the country that identifies the major financial and operational risks and implement a mitigation strategy.
About You
To be successful in this role, you must have:
- Minimum 6 years of international practical experience in a senior financial/administrative management position for the private sector or for an international NGO (preferred but not exclusive),
- Proven experience in managing large budgets (over 15 million USD a year),
- A strong experience capacity building staff, and in working with national partners, local/government authorities,
- Full proficiency in spoken and written English, and a working experience with UNHCR, ECHO, DFID and BPRM guidelines.
- Ideally, you will have previous/current experience working with DRC/DDG, and experience with working in Africa.
- HR staff management in challenging environments
- Budget development. and presentation/communication skills.
- Ability to present complex information in a succinct and compelling manner.
- Proven ability to work and live in very basic living conditions. Ability to work under pressure, with minimal supervision, and in a culturally diverse team
- Flexible and adaptable.
We offer
Contract: a 1 year contract renewable dependent on both funding and performance
Duty Station: Juba.
Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for Expatriates; please refer to www.drc.dk under Vacancies. This position will be placed at level A6.
Application process
Interested? Then apply for this position by clicking on the apply button.
All applicants must send a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages). Both must be in English. CV only applications will not be considered.
If you have questions or are facing problems with the online application process, please contact job@drc.dk
Applications close February 23rd, 2016.
Please note, according to the need of this position in different bases, applicants may be shortlisted and interviewed prior to the closing date.
Need further information?
For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website www.drc.dk
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