Save the Children in Vietnam (SC) works to promote every child’s rights to survival, protection, participation and development as set forth in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The current programmed focuses on the following core sectors: Health and Nutrition; HIV/AIDS prevention; Care and support; Education; Child protection; Child-focused emergency preparedness and response; Child rights agenda, including Civil society development, Economic opportunities, Child poverty Research, and Advocacy for child-friendly development policy and practice. We are looking for qualifiedVietnamese nationals for the following positions based in Ho Chi Minh city:
1. Finance officer - Accounting
Job Purpose: The Finance officer – Accounting will, in collaboration with and under supervision of the Field Manager and Finance Manager, be responsible to ensure that the financial policies and procedures, control and system are followed/ implemented properly in accordance with Save the Children, donor regulations and government laws.
Key Competencies:
- University degree – Finance and Accounting or related field
- At least 3 years experience for an NGO or a foreign company
- Excellent accounting and financial management skills
- Cash management control
- Experience in budgeting and monitoring
- Good training skills
- Good command of computer software: Excel, WinWord is essential, knowledge of SUN is preferred
- Analytical and results oriented; Honest and accurate; Mature and reliable
- Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles.
- Ability to work independently, as well as in a team
Full job descriptions are available at the website:
http://www.savethechildren.net/vietnam/vacancies/Vacancies_2009.html [1]
Please send CV and a completed application form, details of three references and a covering letter addressing the list of competencies in to:
Admin/HR section, Save the Children – 26 Dang Tat, Tan Dinh Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City or by
Email: [email protected] [2].
The closing date for application is 5 pm on 5th December 2009. Applications will be treated in confidence. Save the Children is an equal opportunities employer. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted and CVs will not be returned.