Summary
Date Posted: Friday, July 02, 2021 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job Title: Programme Officer Co-Financing Projects (PO)
Job location: Kampala
Organization: Horizont3000
Closing date: 23 Jul 2021
Start: September 2021
Reports to: Programs Manager CO-Financing Projects

Tasks and Responsibilities
• Support in planning and financial monitoring of the projects in cooperation with the Finance and Administration Manager
• Under the guidance of the Finance and Administration Manager, conduct monitoring field visits to strengthen the institutional capacity of project partners with special attention to financial management
• In cooperation with the Finance and Administration Manager, provide technical assistance to project partners in financial planning, forecasting and analysing financial data
• Carryout systematic filing in the organisation server so as to ensure proper archiving of all finance programmes documents
• Support local project partners to operate in line with HORIZONT3000’s and donors’ requirements (i.e. reporting deadlines, procurement procedures and practices etc)
• Review projects finance reports and fund requests for completeness and correctness before submitting them to the Finance and Administration Manager.
• Assist in the process of contracting for project audits and related activities
• Support in the process of assessing new partners for new projects under the Financing Programme
• Assisting the Finance and Administration Manager in all other requirements relating to management of grants under HORIZONT3000 EA
• Communicates with all the partner organisations on various issues in cooperation with the Finance and Administration Manager
• Assist in monitoring projects’ budgets for partners.

Location
The PO will be employed by HORIZONT3000 East Africa in Kampala, Uganda based at the Regional Office in Kampala with frequent travelling in East Africa. This is a local contract one needs to have rights to work in Uganda

Qualifications
• University Degree in accounting and /or business administration with at least 3 years’ experience in finance and/or audit in a comparable position preferably in the field of development co-operation.
• Experience in project management is an added advantage
• Knowledge of Kiswahili is an added advantage

Skills and Competences
• Strong interpersonal relations skills with a good command of both verbal and written English
• Self-driven personality who can work under minimal supervision and deliver results in time and in budget
• Good team player
• Strong analytical skills
• Flexibility
• Attention to detail, orderliness, and integrity
• Proficient in Microsoft Office packages (especially Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Terms of service
The Programme Officer forms part of the team at the Regional Office East Africa in Kampala. An initial one year contract with probation of three months will be offered and this will be renewed with a long contract subject to satisfactory performance. Remuneration based on experience and qualifications
About HORIZONT3000
HORIZONT3000 is an Austrian NGO working in the area of development cooperation. With the mandate of our member organisations of the catholic development sector, we specialize in the monitoring and implementation of projects as well as provision of experts in low income countries
Thematically, HORIZONT3000 focuses on three sectors: Civil Society and Human Rights, Rural Development and Natural Resources Management, and Education. Gender and Environmental Protection are cross-cutting issues.
HORIZONT3000 aims at targeting the most vulnerable population groups, such as smallholders, women, children and youth, human rights groups as well as indigenous population.
Through its presence in the 2 regional and 2 country offices around the world, HORIZONT3000 is closer to its local partner organizations and beneficiaries.
HORIZONT3000 values it partners cooperates and engages them through an open and constructive dialogue guaranteeing them a participatory approach and ensuring relevance and sustainability. All projects and programmes are developed upon request and in cooperation with the partners.
HORIZONT3000 considers capacity development as core methodology of its work. It is conceived as the expansion of the capacities of people, organizations and societies on various levels.

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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Job application procedure
Send your typed application including cover letter, curriculum vitae and copies of relevant academic certificates and references by email to: office@horizont3000.org until 23rd of July 2021.
For further information check the HORIZONT3000 East Africa website https://www.horizont3000.at/en/eastafrica

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