Finance Team Leader Ethiopia Dollo Ado

Tags: finance English Environment
  • Added Date: Thursday, 19 June 2025
5 Steps to get a job in the United Nations
  1. Role and responsibilities

    Finance Team leader will be overseeing daily financial operations across multiple refugee camps like (Bokolmayo, Melkadida, Hilaweyn, Buramino, and Kobe camps), this requires strong leadership, attention to detail, and a deep understanding of financial compliance and accurate financial reporting, budget oversight, and adherence to NRCโ€™s policies.

    Generic responsibilitiesย 

  2. Implement NRCโ€™s systems and procedures at the Filed office level.
Ensure adherence to NRC policies, handbooks, guidelines, and donor requirements Prepare and submit reports and analysisย  Ensure proper filing of all support documents in accordance with the Ethiopia local Financial Handbook country SOP Support line manager in procedures and require support team training Ensure that the accounting, monitoring, and reporting are according to proceduresย 

Specific responsibilitiesย 

Responsible for managing the daily finance activities at the Field office. Ensure accounting and recording are in line with NRC finance guidelines Monitor the project spending plan and refer any concerns to the support manager and the program managers ย Responsible for ensuring timely submission of the monthly forecast, monthly closure, and payroll. ย Responsible for managing the cash flow in the bank and the office safe Review and submit donor budgets and donor reportsย  Responsible for the Audit process Management of the finance team Deliver training for non-finance staff at the Field office.

Professional competenciesย 

These are skills, knowledge and experience that are important for effective performance.ย 

Generic Professional Competenciesย 

๐Ÿ“š ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—๐—ผ๐—ฏ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ก ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ! ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿค ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ก ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—จ๐—ก๐—›๐—–๐—ฅ, ๐—ช๐—™๐—ฃ, ๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—–๐—˜๐—™, ๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—ฆ๐—ฆ, ๐—จ๐—ก๐—™๐—ฃ๐—”, ๐—œ๐—ข๐—  ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€! ๐ŸŒ

โš ๏ธ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฐ: ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐š ๐ฃ๐จ๐› ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐Ž๐–!

Minimum 4 years of experience working as a Finance Officer or above in a humanitarian/recovery contextMaster/bachelorโ€™s degree in accounting and finance or related fields.Experience working in INGOs is preferred,Knowledge about own leadership skills/profileย Solid knowledge of computer Application Excel and modern accounting systemsFluency in English, both written and verbal.ย Fluency in Local Language/Somali, both written and verbal.ย Previous Experience from working in complex and Volatile Context.ย 

Context/ Specific skills, knowledge and experience:ย 

University degree in accounting or equivalentKnowledge of the context in (Refugee Camps)Good communication & interpersonal skills are requiredGood knowledge of the Ethiopia Labor Law

2. ย Behavioural competencies

Handling insecure environmentPlanning and delivering resultsEmpowering and building trustCommunicating with impact and respect The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a global humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee.ย  Join us in assisting millions of people in areas where others cannot, tackling some of the world's most dangerous and difficult crises. Bring your skills and dedication to an organisation recognised for providing high quality aid and for defending the rights of refugees and internally displaced people.ย  At NRC, we give responsibility to employees at all levels and foster professional growth and innovative teams. You can expect a supportive culture and an open dialogue with management. We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion.ย  Together, we save lives and rebuild futures. Safeguarding is central to NRCโ€™s work. We expect all employees to:ย  โ€ข treat everyone with respect and dignityย  โ€ข contribute to building a safe environment for allย  โ€ข never engage in any form of exploitation, harassment and specifically sexual exploitation, abuse and sexual harassment (SEAH)ย  โ€ข always report. NRC has a zero-tolerance approach to inaction against exploitation, abuse and SEAH

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) Geneva leads NRCโ€™s representation with the IASC and UN agencies, and coordinates donor engagement with the UN and Swiss donors. NRC strives to assist and protect vulnerable and displaced people during crises, especially in situations of conflict. Established in 1946, NRC is an independent, humanitarian, non-profit, non-governmental organisation working in around 31 countries with approximately 14โ€™000 staff. NRC employs a rights based approach, challenging those with responsibility to uphold the rights of displaced people set out within national and International Laws. NRC endeavorsย to secure the acceptance of local stakeholders for activities and is committed to the principles of humanity, neutrality, independence and impartiality.

NRC seeks to engage with all relevant actors in order to promote the full respect for the rights of displaced and vulnerable people; secure and maintain access for humanitarian operations and promote the achievement of durable solutions. NRC Geneva, with the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC), are NRCโ€™s primary presence in Geneva.

Recommended for you