Interesting opportunities with a child focused Japanese INGO

Employer: Child Fund Japan, an international NGO supporting child sponsorship programmes in Nepal.

Position: Senior admin and Finance Officer (one)

Duty Station: Kathmandu

Major responsibilities:

• Overall admin and finance responsibilities of the organisation
  
• daily transaction of Kathmandu office
• prepare financial reports to donors and headquarter
• internal audit of fund utilised by partner NGOs and their capacity building
• budget preparation and its monitoring
• development of internal policies/ human resource management

Qualification/ requirements:

• Nepali citizen
  
• Minimum Bachelors in Accounts
• Minimum 8 years experience as senior accountant in INGOs
• experience in capacity building of partner NGOs in financial management
• experience in donor reporting
• good knowledge on computer and accounting software
• fluent in spoken and written Nepalese and English

Position: Senior Programme Officer (one)

Duty Station: Kathmandu

Major responsibilities:

• Prepare annual program plan and budget
• monitoring projects implemented by partner NGOs and their capacity building
• involves frequent field visit
• make preparation for sponsorship program
  

Qualification/ requirements:

• Nepali citizen
  
• Minimum Bachelors in related fields
  
• Minimum 8 years experience as senior program officer in INGOs
• experience n child programs, education a must
• experiences in conducting trainings on the Convention on the Rights of the Child and Rights Based Approach
• Experience in human resource/organisational development including those of partner NGOs
  
• fluent in spoken and written Nepalese and English

Terms of employment: One-year-basis contracts with possibility of extension.

Application Procedures: application including a recent CV, photo, and a cover letter explaining your interest and motivation for the post and current gross salary should be submitted to the following address:
by e-mail: cfjnepal@wlink.com.np
by hand or by Post: Child Fund Japan
POBox.8975, EPC 815
Kathmandu

Closing date for application: 14 March 2008

Tentative date of test and interview of short-listed candidates: 17 March 2008.

Hints from the Blog to the potential candidates: If you have worked for children in development or post conflict situation, this is a good opportunity to take your career further. Even if you have not worked directly as staff members, if you have assumed responsibilities in NGOs supporting them as volunteers in designing, implementing, capacity building in child protection, child rights, child sponsorship or scholarship programs, you might have good chance of being short listed for the selection. Prepare your CV accordingly.