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Finance Officer
Specific Tasks
- Verify and ensure complete and proper documentation of project activity-related payments.
- Initiate B2C MPESA transfers to project participants in a timely manner.
- Track and ensure that all project participants are paid .
- Track and ensure prompt submission of expenditure reports/surrenders by project
- staff upon completion of an activity.
- Verify the expenditure reports/surrenders for correctness and completeness.
- Post approved transactions into the SUNPLUS accounting system.
- Prepare Admin/Project reconciliations.
- Prepare Bank/MPESA accounts reconciliations.
- Ensure completeness of JV documentation for filing.
- Scan journal vouchers complete with support documentation and file in sharepoint
- Promptly file hard copy Journal vouchers into clearly labelled box files.
- Obtain and file acknowledgement document (receipt or otherwise) for all payments.
- Ensure assets register and inventory listing is updated and reconciled with ledger.
- Ensure Staff personal accounts are cleared every month as per policy.
- Prepare cash flow projections in liaison with the technical project staff.
- Monitor project budget burn rate for optimal project performance
- Ensure completeness of posting of transactions for up to date reporting
- Extract monthly Financial reports from sunsystems and circulate to management
- Prepare accurate donor reports in a timely manner
Desired Competencies and Minimum Qualifications
- Education University degree in Accounting or Finance and/or Professional qualification in Accounting.
- Experience At least (3) year’s experience in accounting and financial management of donor funded projects in an NGO setting.
Project Finance Assistant
Specific Tasks
- Verify and ensure complete and proper documentation of field activity-related payments.
- Initiate B2C MPESA transfers to project participants in a timely manner.
- Track and ensure that all project participants to whom payment is due are paid.
- Track and ensure prompt submission of expenditure reports/surrenders by field staff upon completion of an activity.
- Verify the expenditure reports/surrenders for correctness and completeness.
- Post approved transactions into the SUNPLUS accounting system.
- Prepare Admin/Project reconciliations.
- Prepare Bank/MPESA accounts reconciliations.
- Ensure completeness of JV documentation for filing.
- Scan journal vouchers complete with support documentation and file in sharepoint
- Promptly file hard copy Journal vouchers into clearly labelled box files.
- Obtain and file acknowledgement document (receipt or otherwise) for all payments.
- Ensure assets register and inventory listing is updated and reconciled with ledger.
- Ensure Staff personal accounts are cleared every month as per policy.
- Support in preparation of activity cash flow projections in liaison with the technical project staff.
- Support in monitoring the project burn rate for optimal performance
- Ensure utilities and office supplies are in constant supply as much as possible.
Desired Competencies and Minimum Qualifications
- Education University degree in Accounting or Finance and/or Professional qualification in Accounting.
- Experience At least one (3) years’ experience in accounting, preferably in an NGO setting.
Research Project Coordinator
Project Implementation
- Plan, coordinate, and ensure the timely implementation of project activities in line with the proposal.
- Develop operating procedures, guidelines, and work plans to achieve project objectives
- Team Leadership and Training
- Supervise and support Research Assistants to ensure adherence to protocols and quality standards.
- Plan and deliver research team training in collaboration with Burman University.
- Data Collection and Analysis
- Oversee the implementation of youth and community-led data collection using ICT tools like ODK.
- Coordinate data analysis workshops with the Community Advisory Board to ensure
- insights are contextualized, prioritized, and actionable.
- Ensure the smooth day-to-day operation of data collection activities and maintain accurate records
- Community Engagement
- Facilitate the establishment and functioning of a Multi-Stakeholder Community Advisory Board.
- Lead participatory research training sessions for youth leaders, community members, and stakeholders.
- Plan and coordinate advisory board and steering committee meetings
- Advocacy and Knowledge Translation
- Represent the consortium in county, national, and international forums.
- Prepare and deliver presentations to stakeholders and decision-makers.
- Oversee the operationalization of Knowledge Translation Hubs to enhance digital literacy and advocacy skills.
- Organize community feedback sessions where youth share findings with the broader community using ICT-based approaches
- Sustainability and Scale-Up
- Participate in the development of concept notes and proposals for new funding opportunities based on lessons learned and identified gaps.
- Identify and develop new research-based partnerships to expand or scale up project interventions.
- Others
- Perform any other tasks appropriate to the post and as assigned by the Project PI or their designee.
Desired Competencies and Minimum Qualifications
- Education Master’s degree in public health or related field
- Experience Minimum of 3 years of experience in public health research coordination or project management.
- Demonstrated experience in gender-transformative programming related to SRHR and CEFM
Research Project Assistant
Data Collection and Management
- Participate in participant recruitment and administer questionnaires, focus group discussions, and key informant interviews.
- Ensure safe and accurate storage and handover of collected data.
- Team Leadership and Training
- Supervise and support Research Assistants to ensure adherence to protocols and quality standards.
- Plan and deliver research team training in collaboration with Burman University.
- Capacity Building
- Participate in the organization and conduct of training sessions to equip youth leaderswith ICT skills for advocacy, social media engagement, and knowledge-sharing
- Community Engagement
- Facilitate community feedback sessions to validate research findings.
- Collaborate with the Community Advisory Board to ensure local voices shape project outcomes
- Advocacy and Knowledge Translation
- Support the operationalization of Knowledge Translation Hubs to promote digital literacy and evidence-based advocacy.
- Assist in preparing presentations and materials for stakeholder meetings
- Sustainability and Scale-Up
- Contribute to concept notes and proposals for scaling up the project.
- Support efforts to establish partnerships for future research initiatives.
- Others
- Perform any other tasks appropriate to the post and as assigned by the the Project Coordinator, Project PI, or their designee..
Desired Competencies and Minimum Qualifications
- Education Bachelor’s degree in Health or Social Sciences
- Experience Experience conducting interviews and community-based research.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified? Go to Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) on adrakenya.org to apply