Who we are

SOS Children’s Villages Ethiopia is an International Non-governmental organization and a member of SOS Children’s Villages International Federation. We started our humanitarian work in Ethiopia with the opening of our first Village in Mekelle, Northern part of Ethiopia in 1974. Since then, we have expanded our programs to different regions where there are significant needs for intervention and where we believe we can work in partnership with all relevant actors to bring sustainable positive outcomes for children’s and young people.

Today, we have grown significantly to meet the persistent challenges that confront Ethiopian children who have lost parental care and those that are at risk of losing their parental care. Working in close collaboration with international donors, local government and community-based organizations across seven program locations; we aspire that every child grows up with love, respect and security.

Why we need you?

We are looking for a project Cashier that responsible for receiving payments made to SOS CVE, depositing cash and cheques received to bank account, effecting cash and cheque payments as per the directives thereon. 

What we provide?

An amazing work environment that promotes personal growth through providing professional space to grow and advance your career!

Duties and Responsibilities:

Your role?

While working with us a project Cashier you will be in charge of the following,

• Checks, counts and receives payments made to SOS-CVE and provides an official receipt thereon.

• Deposits daily money received by cash and cheque to bank account.

• Review & prepares payment requests for accuracy, completeness, compliance, level of authorization and clarity on the invoices

• Advances cash for authorized expenditures of the organization, ensuring completeness and correctness of supporting documents

• Follow-up and control payable and receivable accounts

• Maintains petty cash fund and replenishes fund with program accountant or finance & admin officer against proper payment vouchers.

• Process petty cash disbursements for project-related expenses, ensuring proper documentation and approvals.

• Regularly update the petty cash ledger and reconcile balances against physical cash.

• Prepare and submit petty cash replenishment requests, including a detailed breakdown of transactions.

• Conduct periodic cash counts to verify fund balances and ensure accuracy.

Job Requirements

Must Criteria

• Education Degree/Diploma in accounting or equivalent qualification in Accounting , Finance or similar disciplinaries

• Experience: At least 4 years and above direct experience in cashier positions for Degree and 2 years for BA Degrees

• Maintains petty cash fund and replenishes fund with program accountant or finance & admin officer against proper payment vouchers.

• Process petty cash disbursements for project-related expenses, ensuring proper documentation and approvals.

• Regularly update the petty cash ledger and reconcile balances against physical cash.

• Prepare and submit petty cash replenishment requests, including a detailed breakdown of transactions.

• Experience working in an international organization in project, NGO settings

• Experience in managing petty cash, processing payment and maintaining accurate financial records.

• Experience in financial reconciliation and cash balance transactions

• Proficient in accounting software, D-365 and other MS office applications

Desired Criteria

• Education; Bachlors Degree in Finance and accounting or related filed

• Experience: Minium of 4 years of experience working with international organization with similar projects.

• Understanding of donor compliance requirement and local financial regulation.

• Familiarity with local financial regulation and compliance standards for NGO projects.

• Ability to prepare detailed financial report, and reconciliation statements on project implementation activities

• Experience in financial forecasting and cost management on project implementation.

• Multilingual skills, particularly in Oromifa

Competencies – Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Understanding the organization and commitment to its vision and mission: able to clearly communicate SOS Children’s Villages Who We Are (Vision, Mission & Values), “Living our Values” policies and strategies in all areas

• Petty Cash Management: Ability to maintain and reconcile petty cash funds, ensuring accuracy and compliance with organizational policies.

• Cash Handling: Proficient in handling cash transactions, ensuring timely and accurate disbursements while maintaining appropriate records.

• Cash Reconciliation: Ability to conduct regular reconciliations of cash balances, ensuring discrepancies are identified and resolved promptly.

• Organization and Planning: Strong organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks and manage multiple assignments simultaneously.

• Communication Skill: - Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Prioritization: Ability to manage multiple cash-related tasks efficiently and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

• Task Organization: Strong organizational skills in managing financial records, cash disbursements, and other administrative tasks.

• Attention to Detail: - excellent in attention to detail and working on routine activities with initiative.

• Customer service orientation: - Has excellent customer service orientation and professional demeanour.

• Confidential: Discretion in dealing with confidential and sensitive information of the organization

• Integrity and Ethics: Strong set of personal values including integrity, honesty and desire to be of service,

• Software: Proficiency in MS applications especially Excel, Word, PowerPoint and D365,

Core competency

• Kindness: Act with empathy towards everyone he/she works with.

• Continuous Learning: Make an effort to learn, understand and grow as a person, admitting your own mistakes.

• Inclusiveness: In any actions show respect and care for others.

• Initiative: speak up when things are not right, do not hesitate to act, and adapt to change when necessary.

• Results Orientation: look for solutions and focus on desired results.

How to Apply

Excited to take on a new Challenge. 

Then send us your application (application letter, detailed CV containing contact detail of their references) electronically through SOS Children Villages Application portal (ICIMS) using THIS LINK

 Click to view our EVP Brochure

Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply. 

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. 

SOS Children’s Villages Ethiopia holds strict child safeguarding principles and a zero-tolerance policy for conducts of sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse in the workplace and other places where the organization’s activities are rendered.  Parallel to technical competence, recruitment, selection and hiring decisions will give due emphasis to assessing candidates value congruence and thorough background checks, police clearance reference check processes. 

SOS Children's Villages Ethiopia provides equal employment opportunities to all co-workers & qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, ancestry, national origin, age, disability, marital status, or class.