Country Administrator Syria

Syria

HR/QM - Administrative

Finished or Exempted (For male)

- Minimum of 5 years' relevant work experience in large organizations / companies.
- Excellent English and Arabic language skills both written and spoken are essential.
-Substantial experience working with International NGO's, UN agencies and networking and negotiating with authorizations.
-Previous working experience in the humanitarian response and emergency context
- Check, before recording any entry that the invoices are compliant with COOPI regulations and procedures Manage the daily payments of the mission:
- Is responsible of the Damascus cashboxes.
- Is responsible of the Damascus bank boxes
- Ensure the payment of the daily expenses.
- Prepare a monthly report on expenses upon request
- Keep the cashbook of Damascus Office:
- Ensure daily follow-up of the expenses.
- Record transfers, advances, changes and bills in Damascus cashboxes and safe accounts, and for the bank account.
- Gather the bills in the box file by dividers according to the COOPI standards.
- Check that each bill contains the accurate information and support documents.
- Translate requested information into English.
- Stamp bills; order them by program number and by date.
- Attribute to each bill a unique number.
- Enter the monthly transfers, changes
-Knowledge of Desy or software's with double accounting
-Professional knowledge of Office package, particularly excel
-Previous experience with procurement and logistics
-Previous experience as reporting officer (in English)
-Ability to motivate and guide staff working in a complex conflict environment, preferably
experience from a Middle East context. Previous experience in Syria is an advantage.
-Ability to work under pressure in a rapid change and sometimes insecure environment
-Experience with donors such as European Commission, Italian Cooperation, ECHO, etc.

Due to the urgency of this role, we will be reviewing CVs and interviewing candidate in advance of the closing date. For this reason, interested candidates are asked to submit their application as soon as possible.

We are an independent Italian NGO founded in Milan by Father Vincenzo Barbieri on April 15 1965.

For 50 years we have been dedicated to breaking the cycle of poverty and to supporting populations affected by wars, socio-economic crises or natural disasters in their path to recovery and sustainable development, by making use of the professionalism of local and international operators, and through our partnerships with public and private bodies and civil society organizations.

Today we are present in 24 countries in Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean, with 150 humanitarian projects reaching almost 2,400,000 people. Since 2006 we have been providing food, education, health and protection to thousands of children in 8 countries through our child sponsorship programs.

Since 1965 we have helped 100 million people, through 1,600 projects in 63 countries, employing 4,500 expatriate and 55,000 local operators.

May 17, 2018

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