Award Field Officer

Vacancy Announcement

Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organization for children, We work in 120 countries. We save children’s lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfill their potential. We work together, with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.  We have over two million supporters worldwide and raised 1.6 billion dollars last year to reach more children than ever before, through programmes in health, nutrition, education, protection and child rights, also in times of humanitarian crises.  

Save the Children is seeking qualified candidates to fulfill the following vacancy in its Ramallah Office:
    

Award Field Officer
Position#: (AFO/WB/2014)

Main Responsibilities:
The Award Field Officer in his/her capacity will support the Award & Compliance Manager in the areas of awards financial management and donor compliance of the Country Office. The position ensures quality services to clients in line with SCI Policies and Procedures. The Award Field Officer will be part of the award and compliance team and mainly assisting with the partnership management from the pre-award assessment to the close-out process as well as making field visits to our partners and conducting orientations and trainings to their staff on SCI policies and procedures as well as donors’ rules and regulations.

Qualifications and Experience:

-Bachelor’s degree in accounting
-At least 2 years experience of financial experience with day-to-day responsibility within the finance department / awards management unit of a national or international organization including experience with financial management in emergencies
-Excellent computer literacy, including Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint; knowledge of other relevant software is an advantage
-Strong communication and interpersonal skills
-Ability to manage a complex and diverse workload and to work to tight deadlines
-Ability to contribute to a small, proactive team, motivating staff and working collaboratively with colleagues and providing support and advice as necessary
-Willingness and ability to dramatically change work practices and hours, and work with incoming surge teams, in the event of emergencies
-Fluency in English and Arabic
-Accuracy and attention to details
-Ability to make reasonable judgments and assume responsibility
-Familiarity with donors’ rules and regulations
-Familiarity with relevant local laws

Application Process:
Applications should be submitted to

[email protected]

no later than Wednesday July 23, 2014.  Please make sure to mention in the subject the position title and number. The selection committee will review all applications as they are received. All applicants must meet the minimum requirements described above, and those unable to meet these requirements will not be considered.

Application package should include the following:
-Cover letter with the applicant’s current contact information and position applying for in the subject.
-Resume (no more than 3 pages) including Professional References (minimum of three, with complete contact information).

Only short listed candidates will be contacted. All applicants will also be subject to Save the Children’s Child Safeguarding Policy and reference checking process.

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