Overview

Job Title: Assistant Finance Officer

Sector: Globalization.

International development is the discipline.

Reference Job: 2027.

Contact the Recruiter: Shailesh Chougule.

Mott MacDonald

 

Project Overview:

Shule Bora is a government-led education support initiative supported by UK aid. In addition to working in nine regions of Tanzania with technical help from Cambridge Education in collaboration with ADD International, International Rescue Committee, and Plan International, it supports the countrywide implementation of the EPforR II process.

The program’s objective is to raise Tanzania’s pre-primary and primary school standards. Enhancing learning outcomes for all children, increasing females’ transfer rates to secondary schools, making sure kids are safe in and around schools, and assisting kids with disabilities in getting access to high-quality education are the four key goals.

The schedule:

  • Collaborates with the President’s Office Regional Administration and Local Government (PO-RALG) and the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology (MOEST) to test, modify, and scale up effective, gender-transformative, inclusive of people with disabilities, and safe to learn educational approaches in nine regions. This results in knowledge and evidence about how to achieve these outcomes at scale and at a reasonable cost.
  • Provides technical support and capacity building to GoT to help with the timely and efficient implementation of the PforR mechanism, with a particular emphasis on data verification, financial management, and risk management. Encourage the PforR lesson-learning processes so that they can be shared with development partners and other important stakeholders and incorporated into government procedures. Make sure the PfR mechanism is informed by the best practices and lessons learned from (1).
  • Oversees and plans program activities, putting special emphasis on (i) making sure the program is of the highest caliber and providing oversight for finances and risk management; (ii) collaborating with an independent provider of Learning and Evidence (L&E) to establish regular, stringent, and community-driven monitoring and evaluation activities; and (iii) creating and putting into practice a plan for effectively communicating Shule Bora’s goals, outcomes, and lessons learned to a variety of target audiences.

Job Summary:

As part of its Shule Bora project, CETL (Cambridge Education Tanzania Limited) is starting an internship program. The six-month internship, which can be extended by another six months with mutual consent, will give the interns the chance to work in the program’s finance department. This is a fantastic chance to provide a recent graduate practical experience running a large-scale education program under government supervision.

Accountabilities:

  • Help with the bank reconciliation statement preparation process and make sure the documents are reviewed and authorized before the deadline is missed.
  • In charge of managing petty cash and making sure the cash balance is regularly reconciled for review.
  • In charge of entering money and transactions into the relevant cash book or bank.
  • Make sure all records are current and accessible for frequent review in order to fulfill the deadline for submitting them to the UK headquarters.
  • Support the payment and distribution of monetary payments, such as per diems. to generate the payment reconciliation and accompanying documentation needed for the proper retirement.
  • Help with the vendor list compilation and the gathering of vouchers for the financial system’s batch processing.
  • Help with the preparation of all checks and payment vouchers, and make sure that all uncontested invoices are paid on time.
  • Verifying that all payment vouchers comply with the minimal audit requirements, including having the required permissions and supporting documents on hand, is done.
  • Ensuring adherence to applicable tax laws, particularly as it relates to withholding taxes
  • Any additional duties that the supervisor assigns.

Job Description:

  • Tanzanian, of course
  • Recent graduate or recent graduate with fewer than two years of work experience
  • A minimum upper-second class degree in finance or accounting, or its equivalent, must have been earned.
  • Proactive problem-solver with strong communication and time-management abilities
  • Possesses a tremendous desire to see education improved for all.
  • Competent in both written and spoken EnglishFairness, individuality, and unity
  • Our company’s core values are equality, diversity, and inclusion. We work to advance just hiring policies and practices so that everyone has access to the same opportunities. We are dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the chance to contribute, and we support individual expression in the workplace.

Flexible working

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