International Finance Officer

Job Description

People should have the freedom to make their own choices in relation to sexuality and reproductive health, with respect for the rights of others, within a supportive society. Rutgers connects research, practice and advocacy. Our work is characterized by an inclusive and activist approach to sexual education, improved access to contraception and safe abortion and the prevention of sexual violence. We focus mainly on young people up to 30 years.

Rutgers is active in 18 countries. Our organization is run by 140 passionate professionals in the Netherlands, Indonesia and Pakistan. Values such as openness, equality and sustainability are key to all our activities.

To support the Right Here Right Now (RHRN) programme, Rutgers has a vacancy for

International Finance Officer

for capacity strengthening and national grant management

36 hours, 1,0 FTE | vacancy number 2017-09

Job description

Rutgers leads the Right Here Right Now (RHRN) strategic partnership, comprising another 6 organizations. The main aim of this partnership is to strengthen the capacity of partners and to advocate towards governments responsible for law and policy development, budgeting and implementation in the field of sexual and reproductive health and rights of young people. RHRN operates in ten countries throughout Africa, Asia and Latin America and in the Caribbean. Youth participation and country ownership are crucial elements of the programme.

In each country, so-called Platforms have been set up of around 10-15 civil society organizations, one of them acting as host. Rutgers as lead organization, is responsible for administrating and sub granting to the 6 partners of the strategic partnership as well as to the host organizations of the country platforms in Asia and Africa. The programme supports the host organizations in the design and the implementation of the national grant management system.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated Finance Officer (FO) for the RHRN strategic partnership with substantive experience in the international NGO sector. The FO will join Rutgers’ Finance team, which is based in The Netherlands (Utrecht). It is expected that the travel and visit to the countries will take up to 25-50% of your time.

Tasks

The FO has to ensure the quality of the national grant management systems of the partners in the African partner countries (Zimbabwe, Senegal, Kenya and Uganda) and in the Asian partner countries (Bangladesh, Pakistan, Indonesia and Nepal). She/he is responsible for translating the grant management guidelines to an operational level in the countries and the alignment with the RHRN Audit Protocol.

The FO operates in close collaboration with the regional programme managers and under supervision of the Manager Finance & Control. The FO will support and strengthen the national platforms, especially the host organisations, in budget monitoring, re-granting processes and in financial reporting. The FO shall:

• develop and provide hands-on support to partners to implement improvement trajectories for partners esp. in Pakistan, Nepal, and Kenya in collaboration with regional programme managers.
• monitor and support host’s preparation of the budgets and financial aspects of project proposals and project implementation;
• administer the donor and implementing contracts; and manages the related cash flow and reporting schedules.
• assess budgets and financial statements of sub-grantees. The FO administers and reviews the income and expenditure statements of projects and assists the host organizations with their internal and external reporting obligations.
• The FO will make sure to feed and process pertinent financial information in Rutgers accounting system in order to generate contracts, reports, preparations for audit controls, review the audits of host organizations, and sub-implementers (if necessary). and any other project execution actions.

Job requirements

• University degree in Finance or Accounting;
• Relevant work experience: Minimum of 5 years;
• At least 3 years experience in developing budget proposals and preparing financial reports for projects financed by donor organisations;
• Affinity with development cooperation and international / multilingual environment;
• Track record in financial management capacity building in developing countries and with local partners;
• You are a good team player and have experience in working together with young people and youth organizations;
• You have excellent training and coaching skills, which you are capable of applying in different cultural contexts;
• You have excellent English verbal and written communication skills;
• French is an asset, as well as knowledge of Dutch;
• Willingness to travel.

Terms of Employment

We offer an exciting and challenging position in an international working environment, with highly motivated and qualified colleagues. The position is for the duration of one year with the possibility to extend depending on funding. The Collective Labour Agreement for Mental Healthcare (CAO-GGZ) applies to this position. The salary, depending on knowledge and experience, amounts to a maximum of €4.287,= gross per month (FWG scale 60) based on a 36-hour week.

Please note that only candidates in the possession of a Dutch working permit (or that can obtain one at short notice) are eligible to apply. Also, candidates should be either resident in the Netherlands or willing to move there.

Information and Application Process

For further information relating to the position, please contact Gerard Hooiveld, Manager Finance & Control, Rutgers at vacatures@rutgers.nl, quoting the above-mentioned vacancy number as reference. All applications for this job must be sent via the link to the relevant vacancy at www.rutgers.international/vacancies. For additional background information on Rutgers, please consult www.rutgers.nl and www.rutgers.international.

The deadline for applications is August 13, 2017.

The first round of interviews is scheduled in the week of August 21, 2017

This vacancy has been posted internally and externally simultaneously.

We do not appreciate receipt of any commercial correspondence through the channels listed for the purposes of replying to this advertisement.