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Project Finance Assistant

Employer
Sightsavers
Location
Singida Region, Tanzania
Salary
Local Terms and Conditions Apply
Closing date
27 Oct 2019

Job Details

Our vision is of a world where no one is blind from avoidable causes and where visually impaired people participate equally in society. Each year, we improve the lives of millions of people in the poorest parts of the world. Sightsavers offers a great working environment.

Title: Project Finance Assistant

Location: Singida Region, Tanzania
Contract: 24 months Fixed Term Contract
Salary: Local Terms and Conditions Apply

The Project Finance Assistant will play a pivotal role in the success of the recently launched Boresha Macho Inclusive Eye Health Project, providing inclusive quality eye care across Singida and Morogoro.

You will provide programme support through the administration of budgets, travel and donor reporting, reconciliation of project accounts, the coordination of timely and accurate reports from project partners, reporting of the programme and financial development of the project and by providing monthly management reports.

As Project Finance Assistant, you will also be involved with the programmes procurement activities, including the organisation of purchases, including medical consumables and the coordination of relevant grants and budgets as well as reporting on procurement activity and ensuring procurement policies and practices are adhered to.

This is a varied role that will involve site visits and working closely with partners and external suppliers, as well as providing support to various members of the programme to ensure the smooth running of the project.

The successful candidate will have a Degree in Business Administration and level two accounting qualifications, or equivalent of these. You will have relevant working experience within an NGO and be experienced and confident with audits, administration to institutional donor funded projects, programme and project management and grant accounting and reporting.

Fluency in English is essential and fluency in Swahili is desired.

This is a highly involved role, and this is not an exhaustive list of duties or requirements. For further information please refer to the Job Description.

Closing date: 27 October 2019

Interviews are expected to take place week commencing 11th November 2019 

To apply, and for further details about the role, please download an application pack from http://www.sightsavers.org/vacancies

As an equal opportunities employer we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community.  Qualified people living with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply. Only qualified and shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Company

Sightsavers Head Office

35 Perrymount Road,
Haywards Heath,
West Sussex RH16 3BW

Postal Address

Bumpers Way,
Bumpers Farm,
Chippenham SN14 6NG

Sightsavers is an international charity that works in more than 30 countries around the world to eliminate avoidable blindness and support people with visual impairments to live independently. Sightsavers is headquartered in the UK and has over 400 employees. It also has branches in Norway, Sweden, Ireland, Italy, India, the United States and the United Arab Emirates.

Sightsavers works with partners in order to provide a comprehensive range of eye care services. In 2013, Sightsavers' projects provided eye health examinations for nearly 14 million people, performed 300,000 eye operations, and treated over 100 million people for neglected tropical diseases.

People are also referred for treatment to prevent blindness or restore sight. Through community volunteers in developing countries, Sightsavers distributes medication to prevent blinding diseases. The charity also trains eye care workers and surgeons and funds operations.

Of the 30 countries Sightsavers works in, 23 are in Africa. These include Mozambique, Mali, Liberia and Kenya. Sightsavers is also present in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the Caribbean.

In addition to its medical work, Sightsavers works with partners in order to train specialist teaching staff and supply glasses, Braille kits and other learning tools. The charity aims to educate communities and reduce stigma around visual impairment and blindness. Through its work, people with visual impairments and other disabilities are supported to live independently, get an education and earn an income.

Sightsavers is also a campaigning organisation, working with national governments to tackle the root causes of avoidable blindness, such as lack of access to clean water and sanitation facilities. The charity’s ‘Put us in the Picture campaign calls on the international community to make global development inclusive of the world’s 800m people with disabilities. The campaign’s vision is for all people to have equal access to employment, education, healthcare and participation in society.

Backing up Sightsavers’ work around the world is a strong research capability. Research and policy work revolves around three priorities – health, education and social inclusion. Gathering and disseminating sound research evidence helps to ensure the charity’s programmes meet the needs of the people they are designed to serve. Research evidence is also a strong tool when advocating for policy changes with governments.

Sightsavers has many partners that assist with its aim of eliminating avoidable blindness and may also provide funding. Partners include the UK government’s Department for International Development, the European Union and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Read our latest article on Third Sector: Sightsavers: Work for an award-winning charity tackling blindness worldwide

Company info
Website
Telephone
01444 446600
Location
35 Perrymount Road,
Haywards Heath,
West Sussex
RH16 3BW
GB

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