Junior Accountant & Operations Assistant

Gaza Household WASH Activity

Position: Junior Accountant & Operations Assistant  

Location: Ramallah 

Global Communities is an international development non-profit organization. Our mission is to create long-lasting, positive and community-led change that improves the lives and livelihoods of vulnerable people across the globe. 

Global Communities is seeking a Junior Accountant & Operations Assistant for a USAID-funded Household WASH program in Gaza. The three-year program will improve human health, environmental health and livelihoods in vulnerable communities by increasing access to facilities and services for safe domestic water and improved sanitation. Priorities include: 1) Providing durable solutions to vulnerable communities, such as the establishment, extension or rehabilitation of water distribution networks and sanitation systems at the household and neighborhood levels; and 2) Increasing emergency WASH preparedness interventions to mitigate and reduce rainwater and sewage flooding risks in vulnerable communities. 

Responsibilities:

The Junior Accountant & Operations Assistant specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following: 

Finance Department

• Ensures proper financial and programmatic documentation related to expenditures are submitted prior to processing any payments.
• Verify payment requests and issuing the wire transfer or checks for the payments. 
• Delivers issued payments to vendors and ensures accurate receipts are provided.
• Record all transactions into QuickBooks and prepare Journal entries on a daily basis.
• Filing all entries and insure that all required documents are attached to each entry.
• Preparing bank reconciliations on weekly basis. 
• Preparing monthly vat reports, donor reports and other requested reports.
• Communicate with Banks regarding missing reports, statements, information, or names. 

Operations Department

• Preparing purchase requests, verbal quotations, payment requests, and contact vendors if needed. 
• Assist in preparing RFQs, evaluation reports, contract / purchase order forms.
• Responsible of the petty cash and stationary of the office. 
• Filing and archiving all documents as needed and keep filing system maintained. 
• Arrange for supplies, and catering for organization meetings and events. 
• Preparing internal MEMOs, change requests and releasing it to the involved staff. 

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Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accountant or a relevant field;   
• Two years of relevant experience;
• Experience in working with international development organizations is preferred;
• Knowledge of accepted accounting practices and principles;
• Excellent command of excel and other database applications.
• Computer/word processing and standard office software skills.
• Good command of spoken and written English and Arabic.