Ebola Response Finance and Awards Officer

Job posted by: Save the Children - International - Fri, 28 Nov 2014

Job Details:

Organisation: Save the Children - International

Deadline Tue, 9 Dec 2014

Job type: Contract

Location: United Kingdom

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Save the Children is the world's leading independent organisation for children. We save children's lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfil their potential. We work in over 120 countries, with local communities, national governments, international institutions and the public sector to achieve immediate and lasting change.

We are currently seeking a Finance and Awards Officer to support our Ebola emergency response in West Africa. This role will be based from our central London office and is offered on the basis of a 6 month fixed term contract.

In this role you will support our emergencies Finance and Awards team in London and in the country offices through supporting master budget development and monitoring, helping to ensure the best utilisation of the funding portfolio and helping to ensure a high standard of financial accounting management. You’ll also support the preparation of donor reports and proposal budgets, the achievement of full cost recovery, help to ensure donor requirements are complied with and to strengthen non-finance staff knowledge and capacity to manager Finance and Awards.

To be successful in this role you will be a qualified accountant, knowledgeable about the requirements of the major emergency donors and be experienced in managing grants from the major donors. You’ll also bring experience in coaching colleagues and building capacity, strong analytical skills and an ability to build relations quickly with a wide variety of people.

It would be beneficial if you also have experience in first stage emergency responses with an ngo in an international environment and French language skills.

We offer: a competitive salary, a generous company pension scheme, life assurance, and 30 days annual leave.

To see the full job description for this opportunity, please visit our website at www.savethechildren.net/jobs.

To apply please send your application with a cover letter and CV as a single document to: When applying, please include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations within this role.

We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.


Application Email: Please apply with a covering letter and up-to-date CV to: jfawcett.27621.4810@savethechildrenint.aplitrak.com


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