Finance Intern - Regional Office - Region Horn of Africa

Nairobi

Organization: NRC - Norwegian Refugee Council
Location: Nairobi
Grade: Internship - Internship
Occupational Groups:
- Banking and Finance
- Emergency Aid and Response
Closing Date: Closed

NRC’s Horn of Africa & Yemen operation comprises of large-scale multi-country humanitarian and early recovery interventions spread across nine countries (Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, South Sudan and Yemen), and most recently Eritrea, Uganda and Tanzania. NRC’s overall strategy in the region is to ensure a greater number of vulnerable people in hard to reach areas get access to humanitarian assistance, become resilient to future disasters and find durable solution. The regional office is based in Nairobi and works with country programmes to ensure standardization of programmatic and operational approaches, promote multi country programming and ensuring quality and coordination.

NRC is seeking to recruit a Finance Intern in its Regional office. NRC encourages fresh graduates to apply for this position. Female applicants are encouraged.

This is a 6 months internship contract that is intended to help the fresh graduates to gain work experience for future employments opportunities in the market.

Job description

The following are the specific tasks that the intern is required to perform:
Assist in reviewing of staff travel claims
Assist in review of payment support documents working closely with the Finance Officer
Assist in preparation and sorting of inter-country support vouchers
Assist in defacing of approved payment vouchers
Assist in preparation of accounts reconciliations
Compliance and adhererence to the organisational set policies and internal controls
Assist in routine filing as per existing filing system
Any other duties as assigned by the supervisor

Qualifications

University/Higher Diploma in Finance or Accounting
Computer skills in MS Office Word and Excel, and Internet

Education level

Academy college / University

Personal qualities

Good communication and interpersonal skills.
Good cultural awareness and sensitivity
Ability to plan and coordinate
Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
Attention to detail and follow-up with excellent organizational and prioritization skills
A flexible working style, absolute discretion
At ease dealing with people and tasks at different levels in a multicultural environment
Responsive, efficient and a positive manner and the ability to work as part of a team.
Fluency in English.
Computer literate and numerate.
Willingness to learn and to accept new challenges

We offer

Duty station: Nairobi
Contract period: 6 Months
Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s general directions. The candidate will observe NRC’s code of conduct and working hours for the NRC Office in Nairobi.

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