Jobs in Oxfam Uganda- Partner Finance Officer Vacancy

Job Title: Partner Finance Officer

National Contract: Fixed term- 2 years

Location: Kotido



Duties and responsibilities:

- Ensure that the Karamoja Programme provides quality accounting and financial control support to her partners for efficient management of all the grants that they receive.

- Build financial management capacity of partners and programme staff.

- Contribute to effective project expenditure monitoring,, handle queries on financial matters from partners and the programme staff.

- Carry out day-to-day finance and accounting transactions pertaining to management of partner grants and undertake quality control checks among other duties.



Qualifications and experience:

- A University Degree in a finance related field or an equivalent qualifications with at least 3 years experience in a similar role, preferably with an NGO.

- Ability to analyze accounting possesses and identify practices and procedures that require correction or modification.

- Ability to formulate recommendations to improve accounting systems.

- Ability to detect the financial strengths and weaknesses of project partners and the ability to make independent judgment on institutional capabilities and the adequacy of accounting systems and controls.

- Excellent capacity building and communication skills as well as good interpersonal skills.

- Adaptable and flexible and able to demonstrate cultural and gender sensitivity.

- Ability and willingness to work in a harsh and remote environment.

- A good audit background will be an advantage.



Application procedure:

Submit your application and CV in English detailing your experience for the post and include the daytime telephone contacts to;



kampalajobs@oxfam.org.uk

The subject of your email should be the title of the job you are applying for.

Please don’t send your academic credentials with your application, only CVs.



Deadline: 15th February, 2011