Grants Coordinator

VSO Nepal
Location: Kathmandu
Salary: Negotiable
Posted Date: 2018-11-23 Deadline: 2018-11-29
  • Location : Kathmandu
  • Working Position : Entry Level
  • Qualification Degree : Fully qualified Accountant (ACCA, ACA, CA or Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Bachelor's degree in Accountancy with strong project and partners management experience.
  • Salary : Negotiable
  • Category : NGO / INGO / Social work
  • Nature : Full Time
Job Description

Kathmandu, Nepal
competitive
Fixed Term,
Full Time, 38 hours per week

About VSO

VSO is the world’s leading international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty. Working in 24 countries around the world, our unique role in international development is to place committed volunteers with carefully selected organisations where their skills can have the greatest impact. Our extraordinary volunteers live and work in some of the world’s poorest communities. Sharing their unique skills and experience to generate new ideas and new ways of doing things, helping the communities they work in lift themselves out of poverty. We’re not about delivering quick fixes, but instead we focus on long-lasting, sustainable change, that will impact generations to come. Join us and help us work towards our vision of a world without poverty.

Role overview

Provide financial support to program team and partner NGOs for specific project/s, manage and maintain grant financial management activities in order to ensure an efficient, secure and controlled financial environment in compliance with VSO policies and procedures, donor requirements and local regulations.

Skills, qualifications and experience required
Essential:
Qualification

  • Fully qualified Accountant (ACCA, ACA, CA or Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Bachelor's degree in Accountancy with strong project and partners management experience.
  • Skilled financial accountant with knowledge of financial management of restricted donor funding, reporting, procurement procedures, donor rules and regulations for non-profit organizations.

Experience

  • Line Management – experience of managing partner staff with the ability to develop and build capacity building plans and coach.
  • Strong leadership experience in budget management for partner including project budget. Knowledge of Internal, External and Project Audit. Strong attention to detail
  • Financial Business Partnering - Service oriented, customer focused approach. Experience of working in and understanding a global organization, using knowledge to analyses and interpret financial information to support program and partners

Communication Skills

  • Good verbal and oral communication skills in English and local languages. Able to effectively communicate technical financial information to a wide range of audiences and experience of remote and cross-cultural communication, demonstrating sensitivity to cultural and language differences.

Competencies and Behaviour

  • Ability to be open minded and respectful
  • Ability to be resilient and adaptive to new situations
  • Ability to facilitate positive change and build sustainable working relationships
  • Ability to seek and share knowledge

Financial and Risk Management – Sound knowledge of financial and risk management skills

Information Technology - Good level of computer skills (Windows, Power Point, Word, Outlook, and Internet), with advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel, use of accounting software and reporting packages – SUN preferred.

Travel requirement: Able to travel in country and internationally occasionally and spend time away from work- base location and home.

Commitment to VSO’s mission, values, People First principles and core approaches (Social Inclusion and Gender, Social Accountability, and Resilience).

VSO has zero tolerance of abuse and exploitation of vulnerable people. We expect all our employees/volunteers to ensure we protecting children, young people and vulnerable adults from harm and abide by our safeguarding policy.

Desirable:

Volunteering for Development and Youth Engagement
•Understanding and valuing the role of volunteering for development.
•Valuing the role of young people in development.
Experience of working with international and national professional volunteers and youth plus personal experience of volunteering for development is a significant advantage

Equal Opportunities

VSO promotes equal opportunities and values a diverse workforce.

Eligibility: Nepalese.
Contract: National

VSO reserves the right to close this job early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.

How to apply

Once you’re ready to apply, click on ‘make an application’ below to complete the online form.

Interview/Assessment date(s)
soon as possible

Start date
soon as possible

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Organization Summary

VSO Nepal is involved in health, livelihoods and education, with gender and climate change as cross cutting themes, in overcoming poverty

Industry Type NGO / INGO / Social Work
Location Nepal
Organization Size 1-10
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