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Post Title:Finance Intern - Uganda
Career categories: Finance/Accounting/Auditing
Location: Kampala, Uganda
Organisation: Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development
Job years of
experience: 0-3 years
Job type: Internship
Department:
Finance
Contract duration:
6 months
I. Background on
ACTED
ACTED is an independent international, private, non-partisan
and non-profit organization that operates according to principles of strict
neutrality, political and religious impartiality, and non discrimination.
ACTED was created in 1993 to support populations affected by
the conflict in Afghanistan. Based in Paris, France, ACTED now operates in 32
countries worldwide, with over 200 international and 4000 national staff. ACTED
has a 110 million € budget for over 370 projects spanning 8 sectors of
intervention; including emergency relief, food security, health promotion,
economic development, education & training, microfinance, local governance
& institutional support, and cultural promotion. For more information,
please visit our website at www.acted.org.
II. Country Profile
Capital Office : Kampala National Staff : 108 International Staff
: 7 Areas : 2 (Northern Uganda, Karamoja) On-going programmes : 9 Budget : 2.4
M €
ACTED has been active in Uganda since May 2007, both in the
northern region and Karamoja. In the North, ACTED supports the early recovery
process with a specific focus on the needs of returning populations displaced
by years of conflict. It also expands access, retention, equity and quality of
primary education.
In Karamoja, the
focus is enhanced food security and resilience to disasters, especially
droughts, as well as improving the primary education sector. ACTED focuses its
intervention on strengthening livelihoods through improved resource management,
conflict mitigation and capacity building. In Northern Uganda, as internally
displaced persons (IDPs) have returned home and gained access to land, ACTED is
working with farmers on infrastructure and capacity development to rebuild
agricultural livelihoods.
In the Karamoja/Pokot area, ACTED responds to severe food
insecurity caused by the drought in the Horn of Africa, providing support to
agro-pastoral communities to increase their purchasing power and protect their
assets, reducing vulnerability to natural disasters. As part of its integrated
cross-border strategy between Uganda and Kenya, ACTED maintains its community-driven
disaster risk reduction (DRR) focus and promotes conflict mitigation to ensure
peaceful and sustainable access to shared resources. In 2013, ACTED maintains a
strong focus on this approach and looks at extending it further along the
border with Kenya. ACTED continues working with community-level structures and
initiatives such as the APFS, the CDMCs or the DEWS to continue building the
communities’ resilience to disasters.
III. Position Profile
The finance intern works under the supervision of the
Finance Officer and/or Country Finance Manager
His/Her responsibilities will be has followed:
• Control that operations respect existing financial
procedures and manage accounting files for the Country Office;
• Analyze financial data and create management indicators ;
• Support Country Coordination through analysis of project
running costs, follow-up on resource allocation, and finance training
IV. Qualifications:
• Msc in Administration, Business Management or equivalent.
• Finance and accounting skills required
• Willingness to undertake serious responsibility and manage
stress efficiently
• Excellent communication skills, including advanced written
and oral English
V. Conditions:
Field Intern benefits include: a 300 USD per month living
allowance, coverage of all accommodation, food, and travel costs, a luggage
allowance of 50 kg., and the provision of medical, repatriation, and life insurance.
How to apply:
VI. Submission of applications:
Please send, in English, your cover letter, CV, and three
references to stages@acted.org Ref : FI/UGA/SA
ACTED Att: Human Resources Department 33, rue Godot de
Mauroy 75009 Paris FRANCE
Fax. + 33 (0) 1 42 65 33 46
For more information, visit us at http://www.acted.org
Job ID: #566568
Closing date: 12 May 2013
