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Accounting Assistant

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarb (GIZ)eit

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Finance

Accounting

Bahir Dar

3 years

1 Position

2022-03-08

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2022-03-17

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GIZ- Internal/ External Vacancy Announcement #040/2022

Green Innovation Centres (GIC) and Strengthening Rural Value Chain (SRVC)

GIC supports the Ethiopian government with the development of the agricultural sector to improve the food supply chain, foster income generation opportunities and target employment creation. The focal area of the project is to support and improve the wheat, faba bean and honey value chains through, tailored trainings in Good Agriculture Practices (GAP), use of high-quality seeds, agricultural inputs, agro-processing, marketing, and adoption of innovations. The GIC implements its project activities in the so-called Ethiopian Wheat Belt areas in Oromia and Amhara region.

SRVC supports the Ethiopian government and private sector organizations to improve the income and employment situation of actors along agricultural value chains of selected fruit, vegetable, oil crop, and other preferred commodities. The SRVC implements its project activities in selected woredas of Oromia, Amhara, and Sidama regions.

Duration of contract:  April 01, 2022 – December 31, 2024

Responsibilities and Tasks

Administrative Tasks

  • small procurement.
  • prepare service request documents
  • logbook follow up and compile the report on monthly basis
  • taking minutes of meeting whenever is needed.
  • preparing official letters
  • photocopies and scan documents as needed
  • filing of documents according to GIZ Rules & Regulation
  • flight booking, hotel booking
  • event organizing

Financial Tasks

  • handle petty cash accounts and make all cash payments 
  • report any surplus or shortage in cash
  • make timely cash replenishment request when cash account reaches to the minimum balance
  • execute timely payment of utility bills & checking the correctness
  • facilitating of settlement of travel.
  • verify correctness of vouchers including supporting documents
  • frequent delivery of settled financial documents to the accountant
  • taking a corrective action according to internal control report recommendation
  • perform other duties and tasks at the request of the supervisor

Required qualifications, competences and experience

Qualifications

  • University degree (BA) in Accounting, Business Management or equivalent.

Professional experience

  • Minimum of 3 years professional experience in related field
  • Good knowledge of standard computer application such as MS Office application.

Other knowledge, additional competences

  • Knowledge of GIZ rules & regulations and systems is a plus
  • Proven knowledge of English and Amharic language, written and spoken
  • Ability to organize and prioritize several tasks at the same time
  • Trustworthiness and ability to maintaining strict confidentiality and observing data protection and associated guidelines where appropriate
  • Ability to work independently, unsupervised and as part of a multicultural and international team

How to Apply

Application procedure:

Interested and qualified candidates shall submit their motivation letter along with their non- returnable recent CV via CLICK HERE or Email: hreth@giz.de

“Please refer to our brochure to learn more about GIZ’s attractive benefit package.”

Note: Make sure you mention the vacancy number and position title ‘Accounting Assistant’ #040/2022’ in the subject line of your email application. Due to large number of applications we categories applications with the vacancy numbers. Applications without vacancy numbers in subject lines might not be categorized in the appropriate folder and could be disqualified. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. We encourage persons with disabilities to apply for the position. In case of equal qualification, persons with disabilities will be given preference. Applications from qualified women are encouraged.

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