Accountant and Administration Assistant

1. Recruitment: Accountant – Administration Assistant for the Center for Women in Politics and Public Administration (WiPPA)

2. Position: Accountant and Administration Assistant

3. Location: 135 Nguyen Phong Sac, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam

4. Introduction of Institution/Center for Women in Politics and Public Administration

The Center for Women in Politics and Public Administration (WiPPA) is a newly established centre within the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics. Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics is a long established and prestigious training institution for mid and high ranking leaders from local to central levels, playing an important role in promoting gender equality through its training programs, researches and advocacy for the Party and the State.

The key objective of WiPPA is to advance gender equality in Politics and Public Administration through in-depth research and training activities regarding women’s political representation. Training courses on leadership and management provided at the Academy are sustainable due to sustained state budget and political commitment of the Academy’s leaders.

Apart from providing training courses and capacity building activities for both men and women for the cause of gender equality and sustainability, WiPPA also takes on advocacy role for the Party and Government bodies through evidence-based researches in order to advance gender equality in public sector and increase women representative in leadership and management.

Mission
WiPPA’s mission is to collaborate with ministries, related agencies and bodies in contributing towards an equal and just society through the promotion of gender equality in the public sector.

Values

WiPPA values equality, justice and freedom.?WiPPA believe in gender equality for a just society. When men and women achieve equal status, individuals will have the freedom to achieve their full potential to the benefit of society as a whole.

Vision

By 2016, WiPPA will become a national center of excellence in the provision of training, mentoring, research, policy advice, and knowledge sharing with the aim of increasing the representation of women in politics and public administration and fostering leadership for a sustainable Vietnam.

Simultaneously, WiPPA aims at moving forward regional and international arena, turning into a prestigious center in the provision of programs and activities building capacities for women leaders and promoting gender equality in the public sector for countries in South East Asia and Africa in the period of 2013-2016.

WiPPA also will work with other established and renowned institutes, centers and universities interested in the same field to increase gender equality in the region and other parts of the world.

5. Job Description and deliverables:

• In charge of the project’s financial management and accounting;
• Prepare projects’ monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports; accounting report for donors;
• Make payments for project activities including controlling and checking all invoices and receipts to ensure that they are transparency, in accordance with the regulation and law;
• Work with the Coordinator of the Project and WiPPA Director to prepare progress report for donors, develop TORs, contracts, and funding proposals;
• Filing all accounting records, invoices, receipts
• Must be able to assist the audit at anytime.
• Other administration tasks as required.

6. Required qualifications:

• University degree in accounting/finance
• At least five years of experience in project accounting/business/public sector;
• Experience with accounting software; development of financial and progress report
• Dynamic, ability to manage and control the work;
• Knowledge of Viet Nam’s law and HCMA accounting processes;
• Experience in development field and project financial reports;
• Knowledge and experience on the government structure and procedure will be an advantage;
• Good IT skills, especially the MS Office Package (MS Word, MS Excel, etc.), etc.
• Preferred experience in developing funding proposals
• Fluent spoken and written English;

7.  Workplace and Salary:

• Work at the office of WiPPA, HCMA 135 Nguyen Phong Sac, Cau Giay, Hanoi
• Type of work: Part time (state the hours per week)
• Assistance: Stationery
• Salary: 5.000.000 VND/month

8. Contact:

Interested candidates should send the application package include following documents:
- A letter of interest
- A curriculum vitae with profile photo
To email: [email protected] before May 16th, 2014.