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Oxfam is a global community who believe poverty isn’t inevitable. It’s an injustice that can be overcome. We are shop volunteers, women’s right activists, marathon runners, aid workers, coffee farmers, street fundraisers, goat herders, policy experts, campaigners, water engineers and more. And we won’t stop until everyone can live life without poverty for good.

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Our values and commitment to safeguarding

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity, and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults, and beneficiaries with whom Oxfam GB engages. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us. 

 OUR WORK IN ETHIOPIA

Since the early 1970s, we have been working to address the underlying causes of poverty and marginalization by focusing on developing sustainable livelihoods, providing water and sanitation, agriculture, climate research, gender, and humanitarian issues

Job details

DIVISION: Operations

TEAM: Finance Team

LOCATION: Jijiga

CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed Term (1 year)

GRADE: C 2  National                                                      

JOB FAMILY:  Programme

SALARY: As per Oxfam pay scale

HOURS: 37.5 hours per week

FLEXIBILE WORKING

We believe flexible working is key to building the Oxfam of the future, so we’re open to talking through the type of flexible arrangements which might work for you. This is a full-time role; however, Oxfam offers various flexible arrangements which candidates can discuss with the Recruiting Manager at the interview stage

TEAM PURPOSE:

The Finance Officer will support the implementation of the programme by working directly with Oxfam’s and partners’ staff on the financial needs of the programme to ensure people affected by the crisis get timely, sufficient, and appropriate humanitarian assistance. Together with the Finance team, the Finance Officer will be accountable for ensuring that all financial procedures are adhered to and implemented in a manner that is compliant with Oxfam policies, standards, and procedures.   

 JOB PURPOSE:

To be responsible for the management of financial resources and implementation of financial strategies, policies, and procedures at the Jijiga Field office level. To generate quality information and reports and perform analyses to support and guide programme decisions. To ensure financial systems run properly and in compliance with Oxfam policies, procedures, and standards. To support and assist program manager with project financial management including budget development, cash forecasts, provision and interpretation of monthly budget versus actual comparison reports, financial analysis, preparation of internal and external financial reports, and facilitation of internal and external audit processes including audit closures.

POST HOLDER REPORTS TO

Response Manager

JOBS REPORTING TO THIS POST

 Officers and Assistants

BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY

No

Key Responsibilities

• Ensures effective financial management, asset management, and financial accountability in relation to all projects under the field office.
• Checks that approvals for the financial transaction are as per the authorization limit defined by the Country Office.
• Supervises data entry functions, reviews, and uploads cashbooks and journals for posting timely.
• Ensures safe custody of financial documents, vouchers, and checks.
• Perform month-end procedures in accordance with guidelines and set deadlines; submit month-end checklists and accompanying reports to the country office.
• Ensures financial controls, processes, and procedures are in place for the project.
• Support project managers in-country teams with project narratives in relation to expenditure and financial risks.
• Ensures financial transactions are reviewed and validated before being entered into PeopleSoft.
• Prepare monthly payrolls, transfer to employees’ accounts, and settlement of withheld amounts of taxes to respective offices.
• Responsible for financial management (including banking and cash flow) across the programme, ensuring the application of Oxfam’s financial policies and procedures, in collaboration with and under the guidance of the Country Finance team based in Addis Ababa.
• Make sure effective interface with HR and Logistics on various elements of financial systems and processes.
• Ensures the preparation of high-quality financial reports, review/monitor financial performance against budget, provide analysis/commentary on these as required by the Organization.
• Ensures that all donor financial reporting requirements are complied with and that donor financial reports are accurate and submitted in a timely manner.
• Ensures that project managers receive monthly budget versus actual (BVA) comparison reports and assists in replying to any queries arising from the report.
• Participates in senior management team meetings, cross-departmental and other internal and external meetings as needed.
• Ensures compliance with all statutory requirements
• Manage and supervise the staff directly reporting to the position and ensure that any training needs are identified and met
• Upholds principles of Oxfam’s gender and diversity principles in the workplace.      

Job Requirements

Most importantly, every individual at Oxfam GB needs to be able to:

• Live our values of INCLUSION, ACCOUNTABILITY, EMPOWERMENT, SOLIDARITY, COURAGE, AND EQUALITY

Our Values

• Equality: We believe everyone has the right to be treated fairly and to have the same rights and opportunities.
• Empowerment: We acknowledge and seek to expand people’s agency over their lives and the decisions that impact them.
• Solidarity: We join hands, support, and collaborate across boundaries in working towards a just and sustainable world.
• Inclusiveness: We embrace diversity and difference and value the perspectives and contributions of all people and communities in their fight against poverty and injustice.
• Accountability: We take responsibility for our actions and inaction and hold ourselves accountable to the people we work with and for.
• Courage: We speak truth to power and act with conviction on the justice of our causes.
• Ensure you commit to our THREE ORGANISATIONAL ATTRIBUTES:
• Be committed to equal opportunities: demonstrating sensitivity to culture differences and gender equality.
• Be willing to learn and apply gender mainstreaming, women’s rights, and diversity and inclusion across all aspects of your work.
• Be committed to undertaking Oxfam’s safeguarding training and adhering to relevant policies, to ensure all people who come into Oxfam are as safe as possible.
• Ensure you actively

ADOPT OXFAM’S FEMINIST LEADERSHIP APPROACH and apply the principles and twelve practices in your work. Read more about this here:

Read this guide to find out more about what our values, organizational attributes and feminist leadership approach mean for how we work

For this role, we have selected two of the most relevant feminist Leadership practices for this role (which you can read more about here:

1 Self-Awareness

2 Mutual accountability

3 Strategic Thinking and Judgment

Experience, Knowledge & Competencies

Essential

• Master's or Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or any other related areas that can bring added value to the job from a recognized university/college.
• Relevant 7 years of experience in financial management, out of which 2 years should be supervisory/managerial experience.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills, including high-level interpersonal and representational capabilities
• Fluency in written and spoken English is essential
• An understanding of gender and diversity considerations within key areas of responsibility and commitment to addressing inequalities in the workplace and the program
• Professionally qualified finance manager, preferably with some experience in a large and/or complex organization, and the ability to influence and support colleagues in appreciating the importance of financial standards, procedures, and controls
• A strong commitment to Oxfam’s proposes, a broad understanding of the work culture in the “development” sector and its impact on key areas of responsibility, and a commitment to humanitarian principles and action
• Trustworthy, Flexibility, and adaptable
• Willingness to travel at short notice, and often in difficult circumstances

Desired

• Complete Professional Qualification in ACCA, CIMA.
• Knowledge of various accounting software with special emphasis in Oxfam financial management system

Safer recruitment: All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks (which can include counterterrorism, safeguarding, and criminal records checks).

Oxfam GB also participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.  In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. 

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organization and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

How to Apply

As part of your online application, please upload your up-to-date CV and a covering letter explaining your suitability against the essential criteria in the job profile through CLICK HERE or using Oxfam's internal /External application portal on or before March 27, 2022.