COOPI recrute un administrateur de pays, Sierra Leone

COOPI recrute un administrateur de pays, Sierra Leone

Role purpose :

The Country Administrator will have overall responsibility for supervision, management and quality implementation of all aspects of COOPI financial and administrative operations in Sierra Leone. The Country Administrator will be part of the senior management team and is expected to contribute to the future strategic development and professional dynamics of COOPI in Sierra Leone.

Duty Station: Freetown with several trips to the field offices

We encourage international staff already in the country to apply.

Responsibilities :

Safe and bank account management : He/she ensures the correct management of the safes and the project’s bank accounts, by directly managing or by regularly controlling the project accountant, if available.

Accountancy management :

• He/she ensures the correct project accountancy and all accountancy documents filing ;
• He/she does this by monitoring the accountants or by directly performing the accountancy, in case there was no accountant.

Administrative management :

• In collaboration with the project manager, he/she verifies the correct administrative management of the projects (contracts, goods and services purchase, calls for tenders etc.) in compliance with COOPI and the donor’s procedures (EuropeAid, WFP, Italian Government, Private Foundation etc.) ;
• He/she ensures the correct filing of all project’s administrative documents.

Expenses planning and monitoring :

• In collaboration with the Project Manager (and the logistician if present), he/she makes the project’s financial planning ;
• He/she monitors expenses, in accordance with the budget ;
• He/she provides the accountancy data to the Project Manager so as to allow him to monitor and plan the expenditures and to request funds.

Contract modifications and administrative documents : He/she collaborates with the Project Manager in the elaboration of contract modifications (including the budget), and in the preparation of all necessary project’s documents.

Financial reporting : In coordination with the Head of Mission and with the Project Manager, he/she prepares the intermediate and final financial reports for the projects under his/her responsibility.

Budget preparation : He/she supports the Head of Mission and Project Managers in budget preparation as well as proposals development.

Staff management :

• He/she plans the work, supervises, and collaborates to train the staff of the project’s accounting-administrative area upon request by the Head of Mission ;
• Upon request, her/she collaborates to staff evaluation activities ;
• She/he will be the focal point of the complaint mechanism and the code of conduct.

Procurement : He/she provides technical oversight to the procurement process and ensures proper supply chain management procedures are in place and that standard logistics and related administrative systems are established and implemented within COOPI country programme.

Requirements :

Essentials :

• At least 3 years’ work experience in a similar role within an international non-governmental organization (NGO), donor or multilateral agency ;
• Substantial experience working with International NGO’s, UN agencies and networking and negotiating with authorities ;
• Very strong financial analysis skills and an extensive practical experience working with financial tools, highly proficient with excel such as using pivot table, developing macros, etc. ;
• Experience with capacity building of national staff ;
• Excellent English language skills both written and spoken ;
• Experience with donors such as EU, USAID, UN Agencies, Italian Government, etc.

Soft skills :

• Ability to work under pressure in a rapidly changing and sometimes insecure environment ;
• Ability to motivate and guide staff working in a complex conflict environment ;
• An excellent interpersonal skill (Good analytical, negotiation, advocacy and communication skills) and demonstrated ability to establish effective team and external relations.

Advantage : Previous work experience in Africa.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the application closing date, once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

COOPI Cooperazione Internazionale is a humanitarian, non-confessional and independent organization founded in 1965 in Milan, Italy. For more than 50 years we have been dedicated to breaking the cycle of poverty and to supporting populations affected by wars, socio-economic crises or natural disasters in their path to recovery and sustainable development, by making use of the professionalism of local and international operators, and through our partnerships with public and private bodies and civil society organizations.

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