Position: Cash Officers
Ref: CO2014
Employer: Nuru Kenya
Location: Isibania, Kuria West District, Kenya
About the Organization: Nuru International is an NGO committed to ending extreme poverty in remote, rural areas by offering locally-led training in agriculture, personal finance, healthcare, and education.
Nuru focuses on cultivating
service-minded leaders and equipping people with tools and knowledge to lead
their communities out of extreme poverty.
Using local
income-generating activities, Nuru sustains its work and funds program scaling
into neighboring districts – thereby multiplying impact. Nuru's vision is to
empower people living in extreme poverty so that they can be able to make
meaningful choices about their lives.
Nuru Kenya is looking for
exceptional and passionate candidates to fill the position of Cash Officers.
About the Position: The position shall
directly report to the Finance Manager
Essential Job Functions:
Essential Job Functions:
- Receiving of
daily cash brought in by our field staff and issuing receipt to the paying
staff accordingly.
- Issuing cash
to the program staff for their daily program expenses upon presentation of
fully approved paperwork’s.
- Posting of
entries to the accounting software.
- Daily
Reconciliation of cash receipts and payments.
- Making sure
accounting documents i.e. Receipts, invoices and other document are
received from programs within the stipulated times.
- Proper
filing of accounting documents and making sure files are kept safely and
produced when needed.
- Scanning of
accounting documents and saving them in the shared folders in G-drive.
- Making sure
bank Reconciliations are done accordingly and report any under banking to
the respective authorities.
- Working
closely with the Agriculture program clerks to make sure all money
received from the field has been surrendered to the organization and
making sure agriculture program documents are reconciled with accounting
documents on a weekly basis.
- Reports directly
to the Finance Manager.
- Perform
other duties as may be assigned to you from time to time.
Minimum Requirements:
- A minimum of
CPA 1 section 2
- A minimum of
four (4) years’ experience in cash handling preferably in an organization
that involves a lot of field cash collections.
- Proficient
and Fully conversant with Microsoft Excel
- You must be
EXPERIENCED and fully conversant with QuickBooks accounting system.
Do not apply if you are not a QuickBooks Expert
- Be a person
of high integrity.
- Knowledge
and commitment to the principles and ideologies of servant leadership.
- Strong
commitment to ending extreme poverty in rural communities.
Working Conditions: Work will be performed
mainly in the office, and sometimes in the field. Some work is also expected
from the computer at home during evenings and weekends during busier seasons.
Remuneration: Commensurate with demonstrated skills and experience.
Nuru Kenya is an Equal Opportunity Employer, we give equal opportunity to all qualified candidates.
Application Process:
Interested applicants should submit their testimonials including resume/CVs and cover letter supported by at least two known references.
Please complete your
application in English
Include your phone number, the application should reach us by the 7th of November, 2014 at 5pm.
Please outline how your
skills and experience meet the qualifications of the position. Indicate the job
title and reference number as the Heading/subject of your application.
Submit your application in
any one of the following ways:
Drop your application at the Human Resources Office at the Nuru Kenya Regional Training Center (RTC) in Keburui, near Isibania;
Drop your application at the Human Resources Office at the Nuru Kenya Regional Training Center (RTC) in Keburui, near Isibania;
or Mail application to
Human Resources Department,
PO Box 176-40414,
Isibania;
or Email to:
CashOfficer@nuru.co.ke (preferred)
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
