Overview

Job Title: Accountant

Job location: Dar es Salaam

The duration: Parental leave/ Maternity cover for 5 Months

Vi – Agroforestry

 

 

About Vi Agroforestry:

The Vi Agroforestry is a Swedish development initiative that works to combat poverty and climate change. The organization helps smallholder farmer households escape poverty by promoting sustainable agricultural land management (SALM) based on agroforestry practices. What began in 1983 as a tree planting program has grown into an expert organisation that implements development projects through local partnerships with farmer organisations.

The goal is to eliminate poverty, hunger, deforestation, and detrimental gendered norms while also contributing to enhanced climate change mitigation, resilience, and adaptation, biodiversity conservation, and sustainable food systems. Current programs and programmes in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania focus on smallholder farming households, particularly women, youth, and children. The headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, focuses on fundraising, advocacy, and program monitoring and evaluation. The regional office in Nairobi, Kenya, oversees operations, advocacy, and expertise. Country offices coordinate projects and partnerships in each country.

 

 

The Purpose of the Position:

The accountant will cover the post for five months. The accountant oversees all accounting procedures and systems in the Country office. He or she is responsible for maintaining accurate records, doing monthly financial reconciliations, assisting with procurement requests, and managing office administration.

 

 

The Values:

The Vi Agroforestry is a human rights-focused organization. All activity, including collaboration with partners, is guided by the basic values of nondiscrimination, meaningful involvement, responsibility, transparency, empowerment, and continuous learning. People are stronger together, and sustainable growth necessitates adherence to human rights, democracy, and the environment. Vi Agroforestry strives to embody the concepts of respect, transparency, and collaboration in all of its acts.

 

 

The General Responsibilities:

  • To promote and support the interests of Vi Agroforestry.
  • To be committed to and contribute to the implementation of the Vi Agroforestry Strategy.
  • To ensure and promote a rights-based approach in everything we do.
  • To ensure compliance with Vi Agroforestry policies, guidelines, operational procedures, and work plans.
  • To ensure that all donor requirements are met.
  • To ensure great quality in all we do.
  • Be determined to combat corruption and fraud, and constantly disclose any suspicions.
  • To ensure that gender is mainstreamed and Gender Transformation is supported throughout all operations.
  • Keep up with developments in your area of responsibility.
  • To communicate with partner organisations, researchers, and other key stakeholders.
  • To contribute to successful collaboration among employees in the worldwide organisation.
  • To contribute to a good work atmosphere at work.
  • Encourage teamwork and provide assistance as needed.
  • Perform additional tasks at the national office/regional office or department level as directed by the manager.
  • To keep your boss updated on opportunities and difficulties, as well as the status of your assignments. If you are having difficulty achieving your deadlines, make sure to notify your management ahead of time.
  • Help establish and implement the office’s risk management plans, work plans, and budgets.

 

 

The key responsibilities:

  • Preparation of payment vouchers.
  • Document filing and record-keeping.
  • Consolidating accounts and keeping ledgers.
  • Office administration: vouchers, asset management.
  • Office expense tracking (utilities, rent, and supplies).
  • Handling procurement requests and purchases.
  • Vendor payments and contracts.
  • Monitoring end-of-month reconciliations.

 

 

The Required Qualifications:

  • A University degree in a relevant field.

 

 

The Other professional qualifications:

  • Excellent communication skills and experience.
  • Excellent understanding of financial systems and all Microsoft Office software.
  • Knowledgeable about grant management and compliance concerns.

 

The Work Experience:

  • Minimum of three years of experience in the NGO sector.
  • Minimum of three years of experience in accounting and administration.

 

Languages:

  • Excellent communication skills in English and Kiswahili.

 

The Personal competencies:

  • Strategic and conceptual thinking capabilities.
  • Leadership abilities.
  • Personality traits include accountability, honesty, responsibility, and the ability to develop trust.
  • Respectful and transparent.
  • Decisive.
  • Excellent planning and analytical capabilities.
  • Analytic skills.
  • Ability to work together.
  • A structured personality.
  • A flexible and creative personality.
  • Self-motivated personality.
  • Team-player.

 

 

How to submit an application:

You can apply by sending your CV and a cover letter explaining your pay expectations to recruitment@viagroforestry.org by March 4, 2025, with the subject line “ACCOUNTANT – MATERNITY COVER.”

We look forward to receiving your thorough submission. Your effort spent preparing your application is much appreciated; unfortunately, only shortlisted individuals will be contacted.

The Vi Agroforestry promotes diversity in the workplace and accepts applicants regardless of gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity, religion belief, or disability.

If you believe there has been prejudice, corruption, or other major misbehavior during the recruitment process, please use our whistleblower system:
https://report.whistleb.com/en/viagroforestry