Junior Project Admin Assistant-Kilis

Aim:

The Junior Project Admin Assistant‘s main responsibility is to provide administrative and financial support to a local association in Kilis for a Livelihoods project that aims to empower women through income generation activities.

Who are we?

The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a humanitarian, non-governmental and non-profit organization, founded in 1956, that works in more than 35 countries around the world. DRC has been operating in Turkey since early 2013, working with by and large with non-camp Syrian refugees and affected host communities. DRC is committed to basic humanitarian principles; including impartiality and neutrality, and offers the highest standards of accountability to the people it serves. The overall objective for DRC in Turkey is the protection and promotion of durable solutions to displacement affected populations on the basis of humanitarian principles and human rights with more immediate objectives focusing both on the immediate subsistence needs, protection and self-reliance support as well as a more long term focus on capacity building. In Turkey, DRC works partially through partners, also providing intensive capacity building support, while also conducting direct implementation.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Daily bookkeeping according to DRC standards.
• Manage petty cash upon request.
• Receive order from the producers
• Do mapping of producers
• Plan and schedule the delivery of products to embroidery workers
• Inform women regarding the arrival of the products
• Assure timely collection of the products
• Keep the track of number of products distributed to and collected from workers, collaborate with Logistics Assistant on tracking the number of products embroidered
• Track the payments to be done to the embroidery workers
• Do the monthly payments to the women according to the tracked numbers of products
• Collect signatures from the workers when distribution and collection of products are made.
• Maintain proper filing of all financial and administrative documentation
• Receive/forward/file correspondence, reply to mails and letters, as per instructions.
• Conduct photocopying and other office work.
• Support procurement of equipment and material for the project when needed.
• Prepare monthly financial and administrative reports.
• Submit progress and status reports to DRC Senior Livelihoods Officer and implementing partner’s coordinator.
• Complete any other duties or tasks as requested by DRC Senior Livelihood Officer and implementing partner’s coordinator.
• Work in the centre of local partner and collaborate with local partner’s staff
• Abide by and promote DRC’s code of conduct, vision, and values, aims & objectives and equal opportunities policy.

About you

To be successful in this role you must have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Accounting, Finance or other relevant field.
• At least one year of relevant experience with NGOs or private sector.
• Candidates from Kilis are strongly encouraged to apply.
• Proficiency with computers and office equipment.
• Ability to adapt to multicultural environment
• Ability to work well in a team
• Accuracy and attention to details
• Excellent organisational and planning skills
• Strong administrative skills
• Ability to multi-task and cope with competing demands under tight deadlines
• Turkish Language is essential, Arabic is an asset
• You have to hold a Turkish citizenship or residency or valid passport with valid visa (the residency application will be required at the moment of the recruitment)

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’ five core competencies: 

Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process. 

Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback. 

Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation. 

Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly. 

Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with our vision and values. 

We offer

DRC will offer the successful applicant a 4 months contract, renewable dependent on both funding and performance. You must be available to start work from 01.09.2017 and be willing and able to work in Kilis.

We offer a fair compensation package depending on your qualification and experiences as well as additional allowances such as relocation allowance and living allowances, if applicable. DRC Turkey is income tax exempted.

Application process

Interested? Then apply for this position by clicking on the apply button or Apply HERE.

All applicants must send a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages). Both must be in the same language as this vacancy note. CV only applications will not be considered.

If you have questions or are facing problems with the online application process, please contact recruitment@drc-turkey.org

Applications close 15.08.2017. 

Need further information?

For more details on this position please contact HR team at recruitment@drc-turkey.org

Please note that applications sent directly to HR team will not be considered.

For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website www.drc.ngo