Accountant cum Administrator

HELVETAS Vietnam is looking for an accountant cum administrator based in Hanoi for the “PUBLIC SERVICE PROVISION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IN AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT - PSARD” - funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation in Vietnam (SDC/Hanoi). The objective of the program is poverty reduction and improved livelihood. The program will contribute to province and district-wide mainstreaming of participatory local planning, financial decentralization and improved public service delivery in agriculture (i.e. farmer field schools). The program focuses its activities in disadvantaged areas of Hoa Binh and Cao Bang provinces.

Responsibilities:
Support Provincial Project Management Units (PPMUs) in Hoa Binh and Cao Bang
- Support PPMUs to set up an accounting and an administrative system which are in line with the requirements of the donor (SDC) and the provinces
- Supervise, facilitate and support PPMUs to deliver financial reports in time and as per requirements
- Coach and support the financial officers and the administrators/cashiers in the PPMUs
- Participate in the monitoring of the Commune Development Funds (CDF)
- Provide support in collaboration with the program officers for the capacity building of the local partners at all levels as required

Accounting and Administrative tasks in the Hanoi coordination office
- Manage the budget allocated to the PSARD phase II (Helvetas mandate)
- In collaboration with the administrative and the financial manager of Helvetas, manage the personnel recruited in the service units in Cao Bang and Hoa Binh
- Consolidate the financial reports of the PPMUs and provide all the necessary information for the reports for the Coordinator an the STA

Required qualifications:
- University degree, graduated in financial and accounting
- 3-5 years working experiences in accounting and/or administration
- Practical experience with accounting software
- Excellent in MS Excel
- Fluent in English and Vietnamese
- Willingness to travel more than 50% to the 2 indicated provinces
- Team oriented spirit with inter-personal and cross-cultural communication skills and outcome oriented spirit. Ability to adapt to fast and dynamic changing context

Interested candidates should send applications (CV plus motivation letters and copies of diplomas) to Ms. Ngo Kim Yen, Project manager, email: [email protected] with copy to Ms Nguyen Tu Anh, Admin/PR manager, email: [email protected] or post to P.O. Box 81, Hanoi, 298F Kim Ma Street, Hanoi before 29 April 2011. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

Job Details
Organisation Name: 
Helvetas in Vietam
Location: 
Ha Noi
Application Deadline: 
Fri, 2011-04-29