Finance and Administration Manager at Edukans International

DESIRED START DATE: 15^th January 2019

EMPLOYMENT BASIS: Full-time for 1 year and subject to a 6 month probation period.

PURPOSE: Edukans seeks a highly motivated individual with exceptional financial skills to manage our Finance and Administration docket for Projects in Kenya. The staff is to set financial and administrative systems ,administer financial and administrative processes, support institutional fundraising and play a key role in management of project portfolio in line with the mission, vision and overall strategy of the organization.

Our Mission: 'Educating and training young people for a better life'.

Our Vision: We believe in a world where all underprivileged young people are empowered by quality education and training as a lifetime opportunity to transform their lives and livelihoods for the better. 'Transformed lives of young people through quality education and training'.

Overview

The Finance and Administration manager will establish the financial and administrative part of the Edukans office in Kenya in close interaction with Edukans staff in Kenya, The Netherlands and with strategic partners in Kenya.

She /He will also contribute to raising institutional funds, support in development of internal financial and administrative procedures, establish structures for financial management of the project portfolio for Edukans Kenya and wheresoever Edukans Kenya is the lead partner in the consortium.

Key responsibilities

All duties and responsibilities are to be carried out in line with global mission, vision, values, policies & procedures and overall strategy of the organization:

• Set up and maintain the financial and administrative structures and systems including the necessary procedures and supporting tools.
• Manage the office budget and take care for controlling the budget.
• Support institutional fundraising, especially on budgeting.
• Take direct responsibility for all administrative and financial matters related to the functioning of the office
• Manage the project portfolio in close cooperation with the Kenya Country Representative and Edukans office in the Netherlands.
• Provide financial and administrative support in all projects for which Edukans is the leading partner in the consortium. This includes subcontracting, financial planning and reporting, design of financial administration in line with the donor requirements and Edukans financial requirements.
• Any other duties assigned to the manager.

Position in the organization

The manager will report to the Edukans country representative and be a member of the international operations team.

Qualifications

The Manager Finance and Administration

• is a strong financial expert with a vision on office operations and development;
• has an entrepreneurial attitude and is experienced in building from scratch;
• is ambitious , fast learner and able to always seek opportunities;
• is able to build and maintain strong relationships;
• is focused on co-operation, co-creation and co-implementation;
• is experienced and proven successful in challenging office operations;
• is a Kenyan citizen.

Furthermore he/she has:

• an academic degree in finance /financial management ;
• at least CPA Level 2
• at least 5 years’ experience in finance and administrative processes in the NGO ,private sector or related sector;
• experience in Project management ,preferably monitoring ,evaluation and learning
• experience in education and skills development ( this is an asset)
• senior (project) management experience;
• track record in fundraising
• strong financial and analytical skills;
• excellent language skills in English
• high level integrity
• experience in working in an international organization (an added advantage)

Contract Period: The appointment is 1 year contract (extendable by mutual agreement) subject to the satisfactory completion of a 6 months probationary period