The Administrative Assistant provides complex secretarial and administrative support to the Finance Department in Addis Abeba.

GENERAL DUTIES

• Understands and adheres to the 7 Fundamental Principles of the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement;

• Understands and adheres to the ICRC Code of Conduct;

• Understands the three components of the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement;

• Respects and observes staff regulations and security rules at all times;

• Represents the ICRC in a professional manner at all time;

• Develops and maintains a pleasant and conducive working environment with colleagues and line managers;

• Performs all duties with the highest level of confidentiality in the interest of the employees and the ICRC;

• May be asked to perform duties and tasks not covered in this job description as well as to provide support to other departments when necessary.

ACCOUNTABILITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assists in handling the bookkeeping of medium/ large transactions in various currencies.

• Actively participate and assist Accountants in VAT reimbursement process.

• Participates in the monthly closure.

• Gives support during the absence of Accountants or Cashiers

• In charge of preparing and ensuring the final dispatch of the financial documents to Manila in collaboration with the finance team.

• Manage and ensure proper filing of both hardcopy and softcopy financial documents.

• The incumbent is responsible for the management of STM and Finance shared point space.

• Provide to support to non-finance staff regarding the finance procedure

• Follow up on regular updates of invoice and bank balances on the database

• Organizes fund transfers to the sub-delegations.

• Receives and reviews all financial documents and distributes for approval as per thresholds.

• Focal person for Delegation staff health voucher/document audit requests.

• In charge of invoice pre-registration as per rule on financial management.

In the absence of Accountants and Cashier or if it is needed, S/he will perform below specific tasks respecting the segregation of duty.

• Receives, records and cross-check cash payments and financial documents handed over by the cashier daily bases.

• Ensures proper entries of expenditure, income, and transfer into accounting application (IRIS) daily, respecting the ICRC chart of account.

• Performs daily cash control and produces daily cash statements using the accounting software.

• Handles cash disbursements and payments, including salaries and working advances.

• Applies the ICRC financial procedures for eventual discrepancies and reports them immediately to the Finance Head.

• Charges or records the expatriates' account for private expenses, like telephone, fax, internet, duty free, etc. on monthly basis, and files copies for future reference.

• Settles Partner organization, Ethiopian Red cross society (ERCS) advances after checking their document and corresponding with the MoU.

• Keeping files of correspondence letters, financial documents. 

Job Requirements

• Fresh graduate of BA degree in Accounting/management/economics and other related subjects from recognized university with CGPA 3.5 and above.

• Fluency in English and good communication skills

• Good behavior to work with people from various cultures and professional backgrounds 

• Readiness and willingness for self-learning and personal developments

• Excellent knowledge and use of Microsoft Excel.

How to Apply

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Note: Women applicants and persons with disabilities are highly encouraged to apply.