Responsible to:- Accountant
Place: Nairobi
Starting date: 15th October 2024
Closing date for applications: 1st October 2024(Due to the urgency of the position applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis)

THE ORGANIZATION
“Outraged by the injustice faced by people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, we aspire to a world of solidarity and inclusion, enriched by our differences, where everyone can live in dignity” Handicap International Federation operating name Humanity & Inclusion (HI) . HI, Humanity & Inclusion is an independent and impartial aid and development organisation with no religious or political affiliations operating in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. We work alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable people to help meet their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights. HI is celebtating it’s 40th year of serving with people with disabilities. Currently the organization is in 60 countries, 22 are in the African continent with over 200 projects globally.

For further information about the association: www.hi.org.

JOB CONTEXT:
The Cashier is responsible for the regular bookkeeping of one or more cash boxes, keeping the advances ledger, checking supporting documents, preparing payments and compliance with the organisation’s standards and the country’s regulatory framework.

YOUR MISSION:
Mission 1: Strategy and steering
• Monitors and reports to his or her line manager and functional manager on the cash-related risks of which he or she is aware and contributes towards their mitigation.
Mission 2: Standards and expertise
• Deploys all of HI’s cash-flow management policies, processes and tools within his or her area of responsibility.
• Complies with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
• Contributes to internal control within his or her area of responsibility and implements the corrective actions identified.
Mission 3: Operational implementation
Responsibility 1: Makes payments and pays advances
• Pays in and disburses money from the cash boxes for which he or she is responsible and records the movements in a cash ledger.
• Pays advances, records them in an advance ledger and clears them.
Responsibility 2: Ensures the quality and availability of supporting documents
• Checks the admissibility of the supporting documents with regard to HI and country rules and transmits these supporting documents to the accountant for recording in the accounting Information System (IS) and archiving.
• Monitors advances and their supporting documents.
• Prepares any supporting documents asked for by internal or external auditors.
Mission 4: Profession facilitation
• Contributes towards the facilitation of the profession’s development in his or her area of responsibility.
Mission 5: Emergency preparedness and response
• Contributes to the program’s emergency preparedness actions and, during an emergency, adapts his/her work modality to contribute to HI’s effective humanitarian response

YOUR PROFILE :
A. Educational background and experience

• Bachelor Degree in Accounts or finance or a related discipline is an added advantage
• At least CPA II
• At least 2 years practical experience in a related field

B. Knowledge and Skills
Skills Required:-
Professional Skills
• Cash-flow management
• Accounts management
• Tax management
• Financial and budget management
• Facilitation and/or design of training and skills development
• Sourcing and Recruitment
• Risk Management
• Internal control
• Information security management
• Use of the Information System
• Humanitarian monitoring and emergency preparedness
• Emergency response
• Operational partnerships
• Monitoring of results and indicators
• Safety
• Security

Cross -Sector Skills
• Frameworks and references
• Office and collaborative tools
• Stress management
• Collaborate in a global organization

Language skills
• English and Kiswahili