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Department: Finance
Position: Finance Intern Contract duration: 6 months Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Starting Date ASAP
I. Background on ACTED
ACTED is a French humanitarian NGO, founded in 1993, which supports
vulnerable populations, affected by humanitarian crises worldwide. ACTED
provides continued support to vulnerable communities by ensuring the
sustainability of post-crisis interventions and engaging long-term challenges
facing our target populations, in order to break the poverty cycle, foster
development and reduce vulnerability to disasters. Our interventions seek to
cover the multiple aspects of humanitarian and development crises through a
multidisciplinary approach which is both global and local, and adapted to each
context. Our 3,300 staff is committed in to responding to emergencies
worldwide, to supporting recovery and rehabilitation, towards sustainable
development. Our teams in the field implement some 340 projects in 34 countries
covering the following sectors emergency relief, food security, access to
health, education and training, economic development, microfinance, advocacy,
institutional support, and regional dialogue, cultural promotion. Based on
considerable experience addressing the needs and situations of vulnerable
communities, ACTED contributes to the international agenda towards reaching the
Millennium Development Goals, through a wide range of partnerships, innovative
initiatives, and campaigns.
II. Country Profile
Capital Office : Nairobi National Staff : 28 Areas : 2 (Pokot,
Middle Juba) On-going programmes : 6 Budget : 1.3 M
ACTED launched its Kenya mission in January of 2008 with an emergency
assistance program for residents in Nairobi slums affected by the post election
violence. Since 2009, Nairobi has been the home base of ACTED’s relief
operation in Southern Somalia aimed at supporting vulnerable famers affected by
recurrent droughts. In 2010, ACTED’s mission in Kenya/Somalia sought to address
the needs of pastoralist and farmer communities of North Central Kenya and
South Somalia arising from multiple shocks such as adverse climatic conditions
and disease outbreaks, through emergency food and non-food items distribution.
In the wake of this emergency context, ACTED also promoted the adoption of
sustainable community-based solutions, emphasizing livelihood strengthening and
diversification, natural resource rehabilitation and management, good hygiene
practices and access to sanitation facilities. ACTED is developing its programs
in South Somalia, focusing on building capacity to respond to emergency
outbreaks, as well as ensuring local populations are integrated into longer
term projects aiming at improving their livelihoods. This will occur in the
form of food, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and livelihood support to
vulnerable agro-pastoral and riverine communities. Today, ACTED's teams and
resources are mobilized on the front of dire needs in our areas of intervention
in Somalia and Kenya, as well as other areas in the Horn of Africa.
III. Position Profile
The finance intern works under the supervision of the Finance
Officer and/or Country Finance Manager. His/Her responsibilities will be as
follows:
- Control that operations respect existing financial procedures and manage accounting files for the Country Office;
- Analyze financial data and create management indicators ;
- Support Country Coordination through analysis of project running costs, follow-up on resource allocation, and finance training
IV. Qualifications:
- Msc in Administration, Business Management or equivalent.
- Finance and accounting skills required
- Willingness to undertake serious responsibility and manage stress efficiently
- Excellent communication skills, including advanced written and oral English (or French for francophone countries)
V. Conditions:
- Field Intern benefits include: - 300 USD per month living allowance - Coverage of all accommodation, food, and travel costs, a luggage allowance of 50 kg - The provision of medical, repatriation, and life insurance.
How to apply:
VI. Submission of applications:
Ref : FI/KEN/SA
ACTED Att: Human Resources Department 33, rue Godot de Mauroy 75009
Paris FRANCE
Fax. + 33 (0) 1 42 65 33 46
For more information, visit us at http://www.acted.org
