Finance Intern
Contract duration: 6 months
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Starting Date: ASAP
Background on ACTED
ACTED provides
continued support to vulnerable communities by ensuring the sustainability of
post-crisis interventions and engaging long-term challenges facing our target
populations, in order to break the poverty cycle, foster development and reduce
vulnerability to disasters.
Our
interventions seek to cover the multiple aspects of humanitarian and
development crises through a multidisciplinary approach which is both global
and local, and adapted to each context.
Our 3,300 staff
is committed in to responding to emergencies worldwide, to supporting recovery
and rehabilitation, towards sustainable development.
Our teams in the
field implement some 340 projects in 34 countries covering the following
sectors emergency relief, food security, access to health, education and
training, economic development, microfinance, advocacy, institutional support,
and regional dialogue, cultural promotion.
Based on
considerable experience addressing the needs and situations of vulnerable
communities, ACTED contributes to the international agenda towards reaching the
Millennium Development Goals, through a wide range of partnerships, innovative
initiatives, and campaigns.
Country Profile
Capital Office :
Nairobi
National Staff :
28
Areas : 2
(Pokot, Middle Juba)
On-going
programmes : 6
Budget : 1.3 M
ACTED launched
its Kenya mission in January of 2008 with an emergency assistance program for
residents in Nairobi slums affected by the post election violence. Since 2009,
Nairobi has been the home base of ACTED’s relief operation in Southern Somalia
aimed at supporting vulnerable famers affected by recurrent droughts.
In 2010, ACTED’s
mission in Kenya/Somalia sought to address the needs of pastoralist and farmer
communities of North Central Kenya and South Somalia arising from multiple
shocks such as adverse climatic conditions and disease outbreaks, through
emergency food and non-food items distribution.
In the wake of
this emergency context, ACTED also promoted the adoption of sustainable
community-based solutions, emphasizing livelihood strengthening and
diversification, natural resource rehabilitation and management, good hygiene
practices and access to sanitation facilities.
ACTED is
developing its programs in South Somalia, focusing on building capacity to
respond to emergency outbreaks, as well as ensuring local populations are
integrated into longer term projects aiming at improving their livelihoods.
This will occur
in the form of food, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and livelihood
support to vulnerable agro-pastoral and riverine communities.
Today, ACTED's
teams and resources are mobilized on the front of dire needs in our areas of
intervention in Somalia and Kenya, as well as other areas in the Horn of
Africa.
III. Position Profile
The finance
intern works under the supervision of the Finance Officer and/or Country
Finance Manager
His/Her responsibilities will be has
followed:
- Control that operations respect existing financial procedures and manage accounting files for the Country Office;
- Analyze financial data and create management indicators ;
- Support Country Coordination through analysis of project running costs, follow-up on resource allocation, and finance training
Qualifications:
- Msc in Administration, Business Management or equivalent.
- Finance and accounting skills required
- Willingness to undertake serious responsibility and manage stress efficiently
- Excellent communication skills, including advanced written and oral English (or French for francophone countries)
Conditions:
- Field Intern benefits include: - 300 USD per month living allowance - Coverage of all accommodation, food, and travel costs, a luggage allowance of 50 kg - The provision of medical, repatriation, and life insurance.
How to apply:
Submission of applications:
Please send, in
English, your cover letter, CV, and three references to stages@acted.org
