Financial officer

Oxfam Novib is committed to ridding the world of poverty. We have a conviction that people are well capable of building a livelihood without poverty on their own, once given the chance to do so. Which is why we support local projects in developing countries, why we lobby governments and companies to take into account the interests of the poorest people, and why we campaign to involve Dutch men and women also in our work. We work together with other Oxfam affiliates to increase our impact on development issues.

Oxfam Novib will decentralise its activities to the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel (OPTI) by September 2011.Therefore we are looking for a

32 hours per week
To be based in Jerusalem
       
Purpose of the function
The financial officer provides for the financial aspects of the country programme portfolio, the management of the financial risks and opportunities, and the appraisal and analysis of the necessary financial aspects of proposals and reports for back-donors. The financial officer reports to the Country Representative.

Main tasks of the function:
-You analyse the financial aspects of funding applications, financial reports and financial audits of Oxfam Novib partner organisations  to ensure proper accountability and transparency.
-You assess, together with the Programme Officers the organisational structure, capacity and management systems of counterparts as well as their external risks and communicate about these issues directly with the counterparts & propose appropriate monitoring and/or capacity-building.
-You closely monitor counterparts' levels of expenditure and implementation of activities and outcomes in collaboration with Programme Officer.
-You contribute to the further development of the office capacity to ensure proper accountability and compliance to Oxfam Novib grant management and/or back donors' requirements.
-You draw up the consolidated budget for (externally funded) project proposals on the basis of intended project activities and on the basis of the information supplied by the Programme Officer and/or implementing partners. You do this as part of the team, in close cooperation with the Program Officers.
-In coordination with the Financial Administrator, you develop a network of financial consultants, auditors in OPTI to support these tasks.
-You regularly visit counterparts and their projects in the field and other relevant organisations/people in OPTI in order to properly implement and check the above mentioned duties.
-You report to the ON Country Representative, and have direct contacts with relevant units at HQ (project control, external funding, Quality & Control).

You have
-A degree in finance management on a bachelor level.
-5 years of relevant work experience in financial position including financial management, planning, administration and budgeting & auditing.
-Several years of working experience related to international/local development organisations
-Experience in making independent financial analyses of development programmes, ability to evaluate these within the political and socio-economic context where they are carried out.
-Experience and knowledge of relevant financial IT-systems, pref. Excel, Pastel and/or SAP-Adobe.
-Excellent social skills and you are a team player.
-Extensive knowledge of financial and administrative systems.
-Excellent communications skills in English. Command of Arabic and/r Hebrew is an asset.
-Ability and readiness to travel to Gaza on a regular basis including overnight stays.

We offer
A competitive, fair and comprehensive pay and benefits package that is justifiable to our donors.

Application procedure:
Are you interested in this position? Send your application in writing, including a motivation letter and a curriculum vitae and mentioning reference number (5-037) to [email protected] to the attention of Patricia Vermeulen, HR Consultant, no later than August 15th , 2011.
Information about the job is available with Catherine Essoyan, +31 70 342 18 32.