Accountant/Administrator
– Motivation
Motivation is a UK
based international NGO and has been implementing programmes in the disability
sector since 1991 across Africa, Asia, Central America and eastern Europe,
working with local and international organisations, Motivation focuses on the
survival, mobility, empowerment and inclusion of person with disabilities
Motivation is
collaborating with the local p
artners in Malawi to implement a project titled
“Increasing survival a d reducing the poverty of disabled children and adults
in Malawi” funded by the UK Dept for international Development Global Poverty
Impact Fund (DFIDGPAF)
Responsible to
Malawi Country Manger
Primarily providing
financial management and accounting operational services in liaison with the
Malawi Country Manager, Regional, Accountant and the UB-based Financial
Controller
Support the Malawi
Country Manager to generate timely budgets for the implementation of activities
of the project, Maintain the cashbook for funds relating to the project,
Maintain the cashbook for other activities relating to motivation projects in
Malawi, Ensure that the receipt books, payment vouchers and bank statements are
filed accordingly, Reconcile the cashbooks to the bank statements on a monthly
basis, Prepare finical reports on a monthly basis and share these with the
Malawi Country Manger and the motivation financials controllers based at the
regional office and in the UK office, Ensure the safekeeping of all security
items, Facilitate the timely man payment of all organisational bills, Organise
payments for the Terms of reference for staff working for the project or any
other person as shall be delegated by the Malawi Country Manager, generate all
financial claims (transfer requests from the UK office of Motivation), Liaise
with project partners to ensure that payments are made timeously for activities
and administrative purpose, Perform quarterly partners audit to verify
expenditures, Visit partners to provide technical support and ensure that they
understand and abide by the Motivation and DFID financial guidelines,
procedures and templates for efficiency and transparency, Ensure that all
logistical needs for visiting staff rom Motivation are efficiently organised,
Manage wheelchair stock procured by the project and delivered by project partners
Diploma in
accounting or close related discipline, Experience of successfully monitoring
and managing project budgets, Excellent interpersonal and communication skills,
ability to work with all elves of management within the organisation, Strong
teamplayer but also able to work under own initiative,
and unsupervised, Excellent organisational skills and the ability to
prioritise work efficiently, Excellent computer literacy Maintain a high
level of confidentiality due to the nature of the work, Excellent
attention to detail, Strong accuracy, composition and administrative skills,
Fluent in English
Knowledge or
experience of the charity sector/social enterprise, Experience of working with
people with disabilities
Interested and
motivated candidates meeting the above minimum requirements should send their
cover letters and current CV, clearly indicating email and phone contacts of 3
traceable refs by email only toChikonga@motivationafrica.org.za,
copy muasya@motivationafrica.org.za and Jenkinson@motivation.org.uk Only
shortlisted candidates will be contacted Closing date for receiving
application is Friday 13th November.
