Oxfam’s purpose is
to work with others to overcome poverty and suffering around the world, and in
Rwanda we focus on the promotion of Sustainable Livelihoods, Participatory
Governance and advancing Gender equality and women’s empowerment so that all
people – wome
n, men, boys, and girls have equal abilities and opportunities to
lead more fulfilling lives. The OXFAM Confederation is made up of 18 OXFAM
affiliates (including Oxfam GB) working across over 90 countries. OXFAM
affiliates work closely together as a global movement, working with others to
bring about lasting changes in the lives of people living in poverty and
injustice.
We are currently
recruiting for an experienced Rwandese national for the following positions:
1.Business
Support Lead ( Contract Type: Open-Ended)
The Business Support
Lead will provide leadership to the various business support functions in
Rwanda country program and ensure the most efficient and effective possible
business support to the programme and advice to the country management team.
He/she will ensure all business support functions operate in an effective
manner, complying with all Oxfam requirements and procedures. The person will
manage Accounts, Finance, Operations and IT functional sub-units and ensure
that all relevant Oxfam procedures are adhered to in the respective functions
as well as leading and providing support to the Country Director on Financial
and risk management, systems and compliance.
The person will also
provide direction on financial management, policies and procedures, ensuring
that the programme is informed of all developments in financial policies laid
down by Regional platform and Oxfam International or the Country Programme.
He/She will also liaise with the Programme Leads to ensure that all donor
reporting requirements are met, including proposals, budgets and donor
reporting liaising as required.
He/she will produce
regular financial management information for the Country Management Team in
Rwanda and ensures that the Finance team provides necessary financial reports
for field programme managers to monitor and review their project activities.
As a team Lead,
he/she will provide leadership in policy update and adaptation relating to
staff benefits in liaison with HR Administrator and ensure continuous follow up
to Logistics processes and day-to-day operations ensuring compliance with
minimum standards and policies.
To be successful for
this post, you will have be a professional strong in Financial management with
a degree in finance, administration, accounting or equivalent and/or MBA and/or
relevant professional qualification in Accounting and proven experience in
strategic financial, human resources, IS, and logistics management as well as
experience in maximising resource utilisation and significant experience in
managing Business Support functions.
How to apply:
These are opportunities
for dedicated and highly motivated professionals, with a strong commitment to
Oxfam’s values and beliefs. If you meet the criteria outlined above for a
particular position, please send your up to date CV and motivation letter stating the job title and
expected range of salary package to kigalijobs@oxfam.org.uk.
The closing date for these vacancies is
27th May 2016.
Please note that due
to high volume of applications we cannot respond to all applications and will
only be contacting shortlisted applicants.
Please note that
we are an equal opportunities organisation and we strongly encourage applications from qualified
female and disabled candidates.
(Detailed
Job profiles may be requested from the above email address)
We are committed to
ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organization
