Junior Admin and Finance Officer
Centre for Educational Policies and Practices (CEPP)
Kathmandu, Nepal
Duty Station: Kathmandu with frequent field visit
Term of Appointment: Annual contract, open ended and performance dependent.
Remuneration: Negotiable according to qualifications & experience within a framework.
Start Date: To be started immediately.
Position Summary: Support the organization as administrative and financial leader.
Key Qualification, Competencies and scope:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business Studies with 1-3 year experience in finance and administration. Bachelors in other fields with interest and commitment on education can also be considered. Masters is not automatically an added advantage.
- Proficiency in spoken and written Nepali and English (near TOEFL level) with reasonable handwriting and knowledge of local language(s) will be an advantage.
- Basic Computer Skills (Word, Excel, Power point, Internet and Email)
- Basic General Knowledge (to the level of Public Service Exams)
- Understanding of Nepal’s School Education System with historical understanding
- Understanding of the concept of political-economy and global ecological concepts with commitment to the cause of deprived.
- Capacity to travel on foot long distances and ability to work in harsh living conditions (not applicable to physically challenged persons).
- Biking skill and two-wheeler driving license.
Desired Personal Qualities:
- Zeal to work for change
- Good listening and observation with attitude of leading by example - who does not mind getting hands dirty.
- Self-motivated – taking initiative to take the job forward – creating working environment
- Good interpersonal skills and good understanding of diversity and discrimination with understanding of Nepal’s cultural and natural diversities.
- Function and Role of Civil Society.
Tasks:
- Coordination and Communication
- Make regular contact with field office and program staff
- Follow up for regular reports/statements or send as necessary/decided
- Budgeting, Reporting and Renewal
- Prepare/revise organisational and institutional budget.
- Timely financial reporting and project audits
- Timely statutory audit and renewal at the concerned offices
- Logistic Arrangement
- Make arrangement of hotels and training venue during for programs organized in Kathmandu
- Make travel arrangements including bus and air ticket for official visits of staff as necessary
- Deliver materials, reports and publication
- Deliver reports, letters and publication to the concerned organizations
- Deliver reports, letters and publication to the concerned organizations
- Deliver cheques to the concerned parties
- Deliver necessary supplies and materials to field offices.
Procurement:
- Purchase necessary day to day stationery, and other expendable materials including tea/coffee for office operation in Kathmandu office.
- Purchase necessary materials for field offices as required regularly and in special events
- Get quotation and information for larger purchases
- Update stock book, such as stationery, furniture, equipment etc including loaned material if any.
- Get updated on new products and possibilities.
- Bookkeeping
- Prepare vouchers and necessary accounts
- Update financial statements as well as day-books, ledger and cash books
- Verify purchased material and ensure their registration
- Make regular payments and necessary fees and taxes including payments for utilities
- Maintain petty cash
- Get cheques signed by the concerned board members
- Collect cash and cheques from concerned donors and parties.
HR Management:
- Maintain the records of the staff: appointment, leave, benefits.
- Communicate with the staff on HR matters as practices and entrusted.
- Maintain rules and procedures for staff benefits and welfare.
- Help review staff performance from time to time.
Office Management:
- Maintain and repair office equipment (telephone, computer, scanner, fan, heater, stove, boiler, inverter and battery, furniture, vehicle and so on).
- Maintain office (general cleanliness – rubbish disposal, dust on surface, kitchen utensils cleaned, leakage-breakage, batteries up kept.
- Arrange office material to the best of knowledge to look pleasant and make working conditions efficient for all.
- Upkeep kitchen and utensils, supplies and tea-arrangements for guests including tiffin arrangements for staff.
- Typing letters and documents in Nepali and English (dictated or copied) as required
- Design and Layout of reports and home publications
- Contact and get material to be printed
- Maintain office file system and other papers
- Get back up and relevant data in the computer
- Maintained contacts (phone, email etc) of relevant associates – people and intuitions
- Take minutes of the meetings and follow up the decisions made
- Get oneself updated on latest methods of office management – hardware/ software aspects concerning the job.
- Check general CEPP email and take actions as required
- Get information and update the Site.
Expected Outcomes:
- Linkage and Coordination maintained with related organizations
- Annual budget is prepared and reviewed timely.
- Reports are produced in time and made available for processing.
- Organisation renewal is done in time
- Logistic arrangement made properly as and when needed
- Documents and publications delivered to related organization and in time.
- Necessary office supplies delivered to field offices and in time.
- Concerned parties received payment in time.
- Regular supply of stationary and expendable office materials.
- Stock and Inventory Book maintained and updated regularly and loaned stuff is received back and followed up.
- There is answer to material short comings despite availability of resources.
- Financial statements are prepared in time and forwarded to the concerned.
- Vouchers are kept with necessary supporting documents observable at any time.
- Cheques and other financial documents are kept safe and updated.
- Receipts and payments are made in time – no complains for payment or delays for receipts.
- Updated stock book exists and material can be located at any time.
- Staff records are updated and retrievable all the time.
- There is good communication among staff and performancy is good.
- Office and office equipment, furniture and vehicles repaired and maintained regularly – office is kept tidy and organized.
- No item is perceived unattended by the staff or the visitors.
- Letters, documents and publications typed, prepared, laid out and designed.
- Papers and data found when needed.
- Internal dimension of the office is effective and efficient – no pending jobs, no broken stuff, retrievability is high. Legal documents are kept safe.
- No deadlines of the tasks known officially are broken by anybody without notice with reasoning.
- The person is well organized with task priorities, check-lists and the area of knowledge for self-improvement.
- Mails responded and/or forwarded as required and the website is updated.
Source: Merojob
Job Detail Expired
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Job Type :
Full Time
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Salary :
Not Disclosed
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Experience :
1 - 3 (Years)
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No. of Vacancy :
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Min. Education :
Bachelor Degree
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Last Date to Apply :
July 28, 2023