The Embassy of Denmark, the Embassy of Switzerland/Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, and the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) in Nepal support a joint donor facility to manage coherent, harmonized, and coordinated financial and technical assistance on accountable, responsive, and inclusive governance. The three missions support this Governance Facility (GF) in line with the Aid Effectiveness Agenda. The program runs from 2014-2018.
The GF invites applications for a short term position of Administration and Finance Officer from interested and eligible Nepali candidates who will deliver results with the highest level of integrity. The position requires fluency in English and Nepali in speaking, reading, and writing.
ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE OFFICER (short term appointment)
The Administration and Finance Officer will provide operational support to specific GF partner/s to coordinate and assist with procurement initiatives, ensure GF compliance with high value for money and high stakeholder satisfaction, negotiating supply agreement with vendors and maintain effective documentation, prepare report and manage financial transactions. The Administration and Finance Officer will report to Senior Officer/s.
Required Qualifications: An advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in business administration, accounting, finance or a related discipline with not less than 3 years of work experience in administration, finance and procurement, in development sector. Experience of working with government agencies will be an added advantage.
Level, Location and Duration: A mid-level national position based in Kathmandu. Contract duration will be 3 months with possibility of 1 month extension.
The detailed Job Profile is available on our website www.gfnepal.org. You are requested to submit a) your application and b) updated CV, latest by 5 p.m., 30 January 2018, via email to job@gfnepal.org with the applied "position" as the subject line. Only shortlisted applicants will be notified of their status.
Undue influence at any stage of the processes will lead to automatic disqualification.
he Governance Facility (GF) is a new initiative of the Embassies of Denmark and Switzerland, and the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) in agreement with the Government of Nepal. This arrangement is embedded in a bilateral agreement signed in December 2013 between the Government of Nepal and the Embassy of Denmark, which foresees the development of a joint donor facility to manage coherent, harmonized and coordinated funding support in line with the Aid Effectiveness Agenda (Paris Declaration, Accra Agenda for Action and Busan Partnership).
