Department: Finance
Position: Finance Intern – Uganda
Contract duration: 6 months
Location: Kampala, Uganda
Starting Date August
I. Background on
ACTED
Since 1993, as an
international non-governmental organization, ACTED has been committed to
immediate humanitarian relief to support those in urgent need and protect
people’s dignity, while co-creating longer term opportunities for sustainable
growth and fulfilling people’s potential.
ACTED endeavors to
respond to humanitarian crises and build resilience; promote inclusive and
sustainable growth; co-construct effective governance and support the building
of civil society worldwide by investing in people and their potential.
We go the last
kilometer: ACTED’s mission is to save lives and support people in meeting their
needs in hard to reach areas. ACTED develops and implements programs that
target the most vulnerable amongst populations that have suffered from
conflict, natural disaster, or socio-economic hardship. ACTED’s approach looks
beyond the immediate emergency towards opportunities for longer term
livelihoods reconstruction and sustainable development.
With a budget of 164
million EUR in 2014, ACTED is active in 35 countries and implements more than
450 projects a year reaching over 8 million beneficiaries with 400
international staff and 4,300 national staff.
II. Country Profile
Capital Office :
Kampala
National Staff : 108
International Staff : 7
Areas : 2 (Northern Uganda, Karamoja)
On-going programmes : 9
Budget : 2.4 M €
ACTED has been
active in Uganda since May 2007, both in the northern region and Karamoja. In
the North, ACTED supports the early recovery process with a specific focus on
the needs of returning populations displaced by years of conflict. It also
expands access, retention, equity and quality of primary education. In
Karamoja, the focus is enhanced food security and resilience to disasters,
especially droughts, as well as improving the primary education sector.
ACTED focuses its intervention on strengthening livelihoods through improved
resource management, conflict mitigation and capacity building. In Northern
Uganda, as internally displaced persons (IDPs) have returned home and gained
access to land, ACTED is working with farmers on infrastructure and capacity
development to rebuild agricultural livelihoods. In the Karamoja/Pokot area,
ACTED responds to severe food insecurity caused by the drought in the Horn of
Africa, providing support to agro-pastoral communities to increase their
purchasing power and protect their assets, reducing vulnerability to natural
disasters. As part of its integrated cross-border strategy between Uganda and
Kenya, ACTED maintains its community-driven disaster risk reduction (DRR) focus
and promotes conflict mitigation to ensure peaceful and sustainable access to
shared resources.
In 2013, ACTED maintains a strong focus on this approach and looks at extending
it further along the border with Kenya. ACTED continues working with
community-level structures and initiatives such as the APFS, the CDMCs or the
DEWS to continue building the communities’ resilience to disasters.
III. Position
Profile
The finance intern
works under the supervision of the Finance Officer and/or Country Finance
Manager
His/Her
responsibilities will be has followed:
• Control that
operations respect existing financial procedures and manage accounting files
for the Country Office;
• Analyze financial data and create management indicators ;
• Support Country Coordination through analysis of project running costs,
follow-up on resource allocation, and finance training
IV. Qualifications:
- Msc in
Administration, Business Management or equivalent. - Finance
and accounting skills required - Willingness
to undertake serious responsibility and manage stress efficiently - Excellent
communication skills, including advanced written and oral English
V. Conditions:
Field Intern
benefits include: a 300 USD per month living allowance, coverage of all
accommodation,
food, and travel costs, a luggage allowance of 50 kg., and the provision of
medical, repatriation, and
life insurance.
Please send, in
English, your cover letter, CV, and three references to stages@acted.org
Ref : FI/UGA/SA
