Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, December 02, 2021 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Grassroot Soccer (GRS) is a rapidly growing local adolescent health organization that leverages the power of soccer to educate, inspire, and mobilize youth in Zambia to overcome their greatest health challenges, live healthier, more productive lives, and be agents for change in their communities. Since 2005, GRS programs have reached over 25000 young people annually with life-saving HIV prevention and sexual and reproductive-health information and services in Zambia. Grassroot Soccer is looking to continue scaling its impact via over the next five years.

Grassroot Soccer Zambia in partnership with Right to Care Zambia (Prime) has been awarded a five (5) year project funded by the USAID through the PEPFAR mechanism. The Maintained Epidemic Control of HIV (MECH) Project aims to reduce HIV mortality, morbidity and transmission by achieving the UNAIDS and PEPFAR goal of 95/95/95 HIV treatment coverage by providing comprehensive HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment maintenance services in Luapula, Northern and Muchinga provinces of Zambia. Grassroot Soccer Zambia seeks to fill the following positions for its Northern Province Project sites: -
Finance and Administrative Assistant - MECH (1)
Reports to: Project Manager
Location: Kasama

Job Purpose
This position is responsible for preparing, recording, reviewing and reconciling the financial transactions incurred by Grassroot Soccer Zambia on MECH Project. Duties also include payroll related functions, assist in grant management, annual budgeting and monitoring and annual audit. Preparing the financial statements and managing the annual audit:

Responsibilities
Accounting
• Manage and maintain accounting system.
• Assist in the annual budget process & maintenance of site budgets
• Review and approve reconciliation process and weekly/monthly journal entries.
• Assume responsibility of being petty cash custodian
• Manage monthly bank account reporting – Review and approve monthly petty cash journal entries and prepare bank entries perform reconciliation.
• Maintain forms and create and maintain filing system.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls, policies and procedures.
Procurement
• Support the centralized purchasing process
• Manage preferred vendor list and ensure compliance with key donor regulations
• Determine which vendors GRS should establish an account with and implement.
Inventory and Assets
• Manage and ensure that all inventory and assets are secured
Technical skills
Financial Management
• Knowledge and experience with financial management as demonstrated by:
• Ability to manage a complex budget
• Donor compliance and reporting especially USAID/EU

Qualifications and Experience
• Diploma in Accounting, ZICA, or related field preferred.
• Registered member of ZICA
• 3 years of relevant working experience within the development sector (preferably the Health NGO sector)

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Associate Degree

Job application procedure
Interested and qualified applicants should forward application letters and CVs only to grszinfo@grassrootsoccer.org, not later than 10th December 2021.
Please State for position of interest in the subject line.
NOTE: Prospective candidates’ own accommodation in the district of interest will be an added advantage

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