Accountant Job at Health Partners - Career Opportunity in Uganda
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Vacancy title:
Accountant

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO , Category: Accounting & Finance ]

Jobs at:

Health Partners

Deadline of this Job:
13 August 2021  

Duty Station:
Within Uganda , Kampala , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Monday, August 09, 2021 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed


JOB DETAILS:
Girl’s Center is a sustainable cooperative business solution owned and managed by the stakeholders who invest in order to benefit. Local health cooperatives and pre-co-ops will receive support to open co-op centers co-located with or near their health facilities in Kampala, Mbarara, Gulu and Mbale. Each co-op Center will leverage cash and in-kind contributions investing in girls and young women age 10-19 with a focus on creating mentors, coordinating efforts and developing skills in reproductive health, income generation and savings, nutrition and gardening, leadership, accountability, governance and financial management. Co-op Girl’s Center activities include male engagement, health cooperative governance and new provider training. Centers will offer internet, research and resource libraries and simulation opportunities where stakeholders will be able to apply skills, learn from each other and pilot innovative technology solutions like Quick Response Codes for unique and cost effective member identification. The policy and systems development component, also led by national stakeholders, will enable the National Health Insurance Scheme to reach the informal sector sooner and more effectively by operationalizing governance, accountability, checks and balances, accreditation, data management, communication, regional training and collaboration, learning and adapting.

Accountant RESPONSIBILITIES
Accountant ensures Coop Girl’s Center stakeholders have access to funds and HealthPartners receives accurate, timely reports of all center income and expenditures including in-kind contributions. The accountant assists in coordinating the recruitment of new staff and partners. The accountant, using QuickBooks and other tools, shall track and share HP monthly expense reports with leaders to fill donor requirements and ensure financial documentation and filing of all financial transactions and promoting compliance to policies.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Bachelor’s degree in accounting plus accounting certification.
2. Atleast 5 years of experience in same position.
3. Attention to detail.
4. Ability to follow through on assigned tasks.
5. Ability to recognize and resolve potentional gaps and challenges before they become problematic.
6. Strong desire to see efforts through a process of change to successful completion.
7. The successful candidate will possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.
8. This person will be self motivated.
9. The ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks simultaneously are important in this role.
10. Proven ability to build capacity and measure progress toward goals is a bonus.
11. This position is based in Kampala with travels to field.

SALARY AND BENEFITS
Salary is commensurate with experience. Full medical and dental benefits included.
The Accountant reports to the Deputy Chief of Party.

Accountant Corporate Responsibility Scorecard
The Accountant is responsible for collecting expense receipts, creating expense reports and filling duties as requested by the Deputy Chief of Party.

Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education:
Bachelor Degree

 

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Job application procedure
To apply, please submit your cover letter, resume and 3 references by email to: Georginah Byanjeru gbyanjeru@healthpartners.ug ,Cc admin@healthpartners.ug 

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Job Info
Job Category: Accounting/ Finance jobs in Uganda
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 13 August 2021
Duty Station: Kampala
Posted: 09-08-2021
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 09-08-2021
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 14-08-2064
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