Finance & Administration officer

Location: Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT)- Ramallah Office

General Job description

SPARK is looking for a part time (32 hrs/week) employee (m/f) for 1 year contract, with possibility of extension. The Finance Officer supports the SPARK-OPT Country Manager with the day-to-day management, part of administrative and all financial matters related to Ramallah office. Additionally, the Finance Officer will be a highly involved in financial capacity building of SPARK’s local partners. The Finance Officer is located at the SPARK Ramallah Office in Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Main tasks and Responsibilities:

The responsibilities and tasks of the employee include:
-Coach partner organizations in drafting activity budgets and reporting on these budgets;
-Coach partner organizations in the preparation of external financial audits at their organizations;
-Be the main contact for financial matters to all partners in the country and to the Finance department of SPARK in HQ in the Netherlands;
-Control and process financial reports of local partners;
-Making payments for Spark office and process all payments in the bookkeeping system;
-Prepare monthly reports of Spark office;
-Maintain contact with local bank and micro-finance institution;
-Preparing and paying staff monthly income tax;
-Other key administrative functions as handed by OPT country manager and SPARK Amsterdam Financial Department.

Requirements and Skills:
-Educational degree in Economics, Accounting, (business) administration, auditing or related field;
-Accurate, structured and precise;
-Flexible and responsible;
-Experience with or knowledge of bookkeeping systems and Microsoft excel;
-Good oral and written language skills in English and Arabic;
-Good team worker while able to work independently;
-Good communication and social skills and able to work in multicultural setting;
-Working experience in a prior comparable job is an advantage.

SPARK Offers:
-32 hrs/week contract with an 800 USD monthly salary.
-Contract for 1 year initially, with the possibility to extend;
-Remuneration depending on background, education and experience;
-International and dynamic working experience; and
-Training opportunities.

If you are interested in this position, please email your letter of motivation and your CV including two references in English to [email protected] before the 31st of July 2012 (Vacancy Reference: OPT Finance Officer SPARK). For more information about SPARK, please visit www.spark-online.org.