The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) wants to recruit employees in the following vacant position the details of which are mentioned bellow.

About the Ethiopian Red Cross Society

 The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) was established in 1935 and is one of the oldest and largest humanitarian organizations in Ethiopia. ERCS provides services to communities affected by natural and manmade disasters through the provision of emergency responses, ambulance and first aid, family reunification, essential drugs, water and sanitation, and other humanitarian services. ERCS also runs disaster risk reduction programs with the aim of creating resilience households and communities. Currently the ERCS has a structure consisting of 12 Regional Offices, 34 Zonal Branches and 131  District/Woreda Branches, 599 Woreda Red Cross Committee  and 5871 Kebele Red Cross  committees.

Key performance Areas   

• Checks payment requests against adequate budget coverage and verifies correctness of arithmetic accuracy for approval

• Follows up the budget and the project budget execution;

• Examines and checks all registers for correctness and the register totals for general ledger posting;

• Prepares Monthly Income and Expenditure, Fund status and Budget VS expenditure report   and Bank reconciliation 

• Verifies that closings and auditing of books of accounts are carried out in due course;

• Ensures that the ERCS’ accounting documents are properly organized;

• Facilitates and follows up the preparation and communication of project financial reports as per commitments made with funding agents and pertinent financial policies and procedures of the ERCS;

• Follows up and facilitates the timely delivery of reports from branches;

• Arranges and organizes financial documents for auditing by internal and external auditors;

• Make sure that no receivables and payables are outstanding at the end of the year;

Work Unit : Accounts Division

Reports to: Account Manager

Terms of employment: Contract for one year   

Job Requirements

Qualification Requirements:

•  Second/First degree in in Accounting/ Accounting & Finance/  & Accounting Software

• 6/8 years related work experience, out of which 2 years in a senior position(s)

How to Apply

We invite candidates meeting the required qualifications to fill out the employment application form THIS LINK

Qualified women are strongly recommended to apply !