Accounting and Finance

Management

Lawyers for Human Rights

Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) are an Ethiopian civil society organization re-registered on September 19, 2019 before the FDRE Civil Societies Organizations Agency in accordance with Proclamation No. 1113/2019. The objectives of the Organization includes increasing the participation and contribution of lawyers in the area of human rights through trainings and other capacity building activities, supporting lawyers across the nation and help exchange of ideas, information and experience for better protection of human rights and prevalence of human rights, litigating strategically in courts and other relevant organs to ensure protection and promotion of human rights recognized under the FDRE Constitution and other laws, creating awareness for justice organs on international human rights instruments ratified by Ethiopia, providing free or low cost legal services for victims of human rights violation particularly disadvantaged communities, influencing the government to enact new laws or amend existing ones to give full protection for human rights, familiarizing the idea of human rights defenders (HRD) among the lawyers etc.To achieve&nbsp;its objectives, LHR has been&nbsp;engaging with national&nbsp;and international stakeholders&nbsp;in the past years including OHCHR East Africa Regional Office (EARO), National Endowment for Democracy (NED), Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa (OSIEA), USAID Justice Activity Project, Freedom House (FH), Civil Rights Defenders (CRD), French Development Agency (AFD), Project Expedite Justice (PEJ), and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS).Currently, LHR is&nbsp;implementing a project&nbsp;entitled “Advancing Human Rights&nbsp;through Legal Aid Services”,&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;objective&nbsp;of&nbsp;making&nbsp;legal&nbsp;aid&nbsp;services&nbsp;accessible&nbsp;to&nbsp;detainees&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;early&nbsp;stages of&nbsp;criminal&nbsp;proceedings&nbsp;in&nbsp;police&nbsp;stations. In&nbsp;addition&nbsp;to&nbsp;this,&nbsp;supporting&nbsp;emerging&nbsp;CSOs&nbsp;is&nbsp;one&nbsp;of the project components.LHR has been assisting Elibat Charitable Organization in the implementation of the project “Improving&nbsp;the&nbsp;Rights&nbsp;of&nbsp;Incarcerated&nbsp;in&nbsp;Correctional&nbsp;Facilities&nbsp;in&nbsp;Addis&nbsp;Ababa”&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;support of Agence Française de Développement&nbsp;(AFD). The project aims to address the human rights violation against women incarcerated in the main prisons in Addis Ababa, namely Kaliti and Klinto.JOB ReviewLHR is&nbsp;looking for a Project Accountant, who will be responsible for cash management, documentation, making authorized payments, recording, summarizing, and analyzing financial&nbsp;statements&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;project&nbsp;with&nbsp;a&nbsp;demonstrated&nbsp;knowledge&nbsp;of&nbsp;financial&nbsp;policies,&nbsp;procedures, donor compliance and systems with excellent communication, analytical and organizational skills.The&nbsp;Project&nbsp;Accountant&nbsp;will&nbsp;collaborate&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;project&nbsp;team&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;head&nbsp;office&nbsp;staff&nbsp;and provide a comprehensive and effective financial and administrative service to the HO. The Project Accountant will assist the Head of Administration and Finance in ensuring that&nbsp;it&nbsp;is&nbsp;well&nbsp;supported&nbsp;in&nbsp;all&nbsp;areas&nbsp;of&nbsp;Finance&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;administration,&nbsp;contributing&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;work&nbsp;efficiency of the organization.Job&nbsp;DescriptionDuties&nbsp;and responsibilities&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;employee:<ul><li>Prepared&nbsp;Cash&nbsp;and&nbsp;Bank&nbsp;Transaction&nbsp;vouchers/Journals,&nbsp;Cash&nbsp;and&nbsp;Bank&nbsp;Reconciliations.</li><li>Post&nbsp;payments&nbsp;correctly&nbsp;under&nbsp;the&nbsp;appropriate&nbsp;budget&nbsp;lines&nbsp;and&nbsp;codes.</li><li>Performs monthly desk review of the financial documents to ensure completeness&nbsp;of supporting documents received for early spot of irregularities.</li><li>Prepare&nbsp;and&nbsp;update&nbsp;monthly&nbsp;staff&nbsp;benefits,&nbsp;tax&nbsp;schedules,&nbsp;and&nbsp;follow&nbsp;up&nbsp;the payments as well as the tax settlement.</li><li>Ensures&nbsp;that&nbsp;all&nbsp;entries&nbsp;are&nbsp;properly&nbsp;documented,&nbsp;and&nbsp;all&nbsp;transactions&nbsp;are&nbsp;backed up with complete required documentation that is properly dated and signed.</li><li>Maintains&nbsp;bank&nbsp;and&nbsp;cash&nbsp;transactions&nbsp;journal.</li><li>Prepares&nbsp;check&nbsp;requests&nbsp;vouchers&nbsp;and&nbsp;payment&nbsp;vouchers&nbsp;ensuring&nbsp;that&nbsp;all supporting documents are completed before payment.</li><li>Makes&nbsp;sure&nbsp;that&nbsp;backup&nbsp;documentation&nbsp;for&nbsp;cash&nbsp;disbursements&nbsp;is&nbsp;duly&nbsp;approved and on file prior making cash payments.</li><li>Prepare all the necessary&nbsp;documents&nbsp;in line with assigned projects&nbsp;and facilitate external and internal audits and financial reviews.</li><li>Facilitate&nbsp;on&nbsp;liaising&nbsp;with&nbsp;auditors&nbsp;to&nbsp;ensure&nbsp;annual&nbsp;monitoring&nbsp;is&nbsp;carried&nbsp;out smoothly and accordingly.</li><li>Participate&nbsp;in&nbsp;producing&nbsp;accurate&nbsp;quarter&nbsp;and&nbsp;final&nbsp;financial&nbsp;reports&nbsp;to&nbsp;specific deadlines.</li><li>Participate&nbsp;in&nbsp;office&nbsp;management:&nbsp;Maintain&nbsp;the&nbsp;office&nbsp;petty&nbsp;cash,&nbsp;office&nbsp;inventory, and stationary supplies and utility services maintenance.</li><li>Handle petty&nbsp;cash&nbsp;funds.</li><li>Prepare&nbsp;on time&nbsp;a&nbsp;petty&nbsp;cash&nbsp;replenishment&nbsp;document&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;cash&nbsp;count&nbsp;balance.</li><li>Information&nbsp;Management:&nbsp;Develop&nbsp;and&nbsp;maintain&nbsp;relevant&nbsp;databases&nbsp;and&nbsp;filing systems for optimal management of information and contacts.</li><li>Prepare&nbsp;and&nbsp;organize&nbsp;documents&nbsp;of&nbsp;financial&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;administration.</li><li>Photocopying,&nbsp;scanning,&nbsp;printing,&nbsp;and&nbsp;filling all&nbsp;financial&nbsp;documents.</li><li>Keep&nbsp;a&nbsp;smooth&nbsp;working&nbsp;relationship&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;office.</li><li>Undertakes&nbsp;other&nbsp;duties&nbsp;as&nbsp;required&nbsp;that&nbsp;might&nbsp;be&nbsp;assigned&nbsp;by&nbsp;supervisors.</li></ul>Location: Addis Ababa&nbsp;Employment&nbsp;Type:&nbsp;Full&nbsp;time&nbsp;Category: Finance TeamSalary: As&nbsp;per&nbsp;the organization&nbsp;ScaleDisclaimer:This&nbsp;job&nbsp;description&nbsp;is&nbsp;only&nbsp;a&nbsp;summary&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;typical&nbsp;functions&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;job.&nbsp;It&nbsp;is&nbsp;not&nbsp;an&nbsp;exhaustive&nbsp;or&nbsp;comprehensive&nbsp;list&nbsp;of&nbsp;all&nbsp;possible&nbsp;job&nbsp;responsibilities, tasks,&nbsp;and&nbsp;duties. The&nbsp;responsibilities,&nbsp;tasks,&nbsp;and&nbsp;duties&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;jobholder&nbsp;may&nbsp;differ&nbsp;from&nbsp;those&nbsp;outlined in&nbsp;the&nbsp;job&nbsp;description&nbsp;and&nbsp;other&nbsp;duties,&nbsp;as&nbsp;assigned,&nbsp;may&nbsp;be&nbsp;part&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;job.

TOR - for a Project Accountant

Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) are an Ethiopian civil society organization re-registered on September 19, 2019 before the FDRE Civil Societies Organizations Agency in accordance with Proclamation No. 1113/2019. The objectives of the Organization includes increasing the participation and contribution of lawyers in the area of human rights through trainings and other capacity building activities, supporting lawyers across the nation and help exchange of ideas, information and experience for better protection of human rights and prevalence of human rights, litigating strategically in courts and other relevant organs to ensure protection and promotion of human rights recognized under the FDRE Constitution and other laws, creating awareness for justice organs on international human rights instruments ratified by Ethiopia, providing free or low cost legal services for victims of human rights violation particularly disadvantaged communities, influencing the government to enact new laws or amend existing ones to give full protection for human rights, familiarizing the idea of human rights defenders (HRD) among the lawyers etc.To achieve&nbsp;its objectives, LHR has been&nbsp;engaging with national&nbsp;and international stakeholders&nbsp;in the past years including OHCHR East Africa Regional Office (EARO), National Endowment for Democracy (NED), Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa (OSIEA), USAID Justice Activity Project, Freedom House (FH), Civil Rights Defenders (CRD), French Development Agency (AFD), Project Expedite Justice (PEJ), and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS).Currently, LHR is&nbsp;implementing a project&nbsp;entitled “Advancing Human Rights&nbsp;through Legal Aid Services”,&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;objective&nbsp;of&nbsp;making&nbsp;legal&nbsp;aid&nbsp;services&nbsp;accessible&nbsp;to&nbsp;detainees&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;early&nbsp;stages of&nbsp;criminal&nbsp;proceedings&nbsp;in&nbsp;police&nbsp;stations. In&nbsp;addition&nbsp;to&nbsp;this,&nbsp;supporting&nbsp;emerging&nbsp;CSOs&nbsp;is&nbsp;one&nbsp;of the project components.LHR has been assisting Elibat Charitable Organization in the implementation of the project “Improving&nbsp;the&nbsp;Rights&nbsp;of&nbsp;Incarcerated&nbsp;in&nbsp;Correctional&nbsp;Facilities&nbsp;in&nbsp;Addis&nbsp;Ababa”&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;support of Agence Française de Développement&nbsp;(AFD). The project aims to address the human rights violation against women incarcerated in the main prisons in Addis Ababa, namely Kaliti and Klinto.JOB ReviewLHR is&nbsp;looking for a Project Accountant, who will be responsible for cash management, documentation, making authorized payments, recording, summarizing, and analyzing financial&nbsp;statements&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;project&nbsp;with&nbsp;a&nbsp;demonstrated&nbsp;knowledge&nbsp;of&nbsp;financial&nbsp;policies,&nbsp;procedures, donor compliance and systems with excellent communication, analytical and organizational skills.The&nbsp;Project&nbsp;Accountant&nbsp;will&nbsp;collaborate&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;project&nbsp;team&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;head&nbsp;office&nbsp;staff&nbsp;and provide a comprehensive and effective financial and administrative service to the HO. The Project Accountant will assist the Head of Administration and Finance in ensuring that&nbsp;it&nbsp;is&nbsp;well&nbsp;supported&nbsp;in&nbsp;all&nbsp;areas&nbsp;of&nbsp;Finance&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;administration,&nbsp;contributing&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;work&nbsp;efficiency of the organization.Job&nbsp;DescriptionDuties&nbsp;and responsibilities&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;employee:<ul><li>Prepared&nbsp;Cash&nbsp;and&nbsp;Bank&nbsp;Transaction&nbsp;vouchers/Journals,&nbsp;Cash&nbsp;and&nbsp;Bank&nbsp;Reconciliations.</li><li>Post&nbsp;payments&nbsp;correctly&nbsp;under&nbsp;the&nbsp;appropriate&nbsp;budget&nbsp;lines&nbsp;and&nbsp;codes.</li><li>Performs monthly desk review of the financial documents to ensure completeness&nbsp;of supporting documents received for early spot of irregularities.</li><li>Prepare&nbsp;and&nbsp;update&nbsp;monthly&nbsp;staff&nbsp;benefits,&nbsp;tax&nbsp;schedules,&nbsp;and&nbsp;follow&nbsp;up&nbsp;the payments as well as the tax settlement.</li><li>Ensures&nbsp;that&nbsp;all&nbsp;entries&nbsp;are&nbsp;properly&nbsp;documented,&nbsp;and&nbsp;all&nbsp;transactions&nbsp;are&nbsp;backed up with complete required documentation that is properly dated and signed.</li><li>Maintains&nbsp;bank&nbsp;and&nbsp;cash&nbsp;transactions&nbsp;journal.</li><li>Prepares&nbsp;check&nbsp;requests&nbsp;vouchers&nbsp;and&nbsp;payment&nbsp;vouchers&nbsp;ensuring&nbsp;that&nbsp;all supporting documents are completed before payment.</li><li>Makes&nbsp;sure&nbsp;that&nbsp;backup&nbsp;documentation&nbsp;for&nbsp;cash&nbsp;disbursements&nbsp;is&nbsp;duly&nbsp;approved and on file prior making cash payments.</li><li>Prepare all the necessary&nbsp;documents&nbsp;in line with assigned projects&nbsp;and facilitate external and internal audits and financial reviews.</li><li>Facilitate&nbsp;on&nbsp;liaising&nbsp;with&nbsp;auditors&nbsp;to&nbsp;ensure&nbsp;annual&nbsp;monitoring&nbsp;is&nbsp;carried&nbsp;out smoothly and accordingly.</li><li>Participate&nbsp;in&nbsp;producing&nbsp;accurate&nbsp;quarter&nbsp;and&nbsp;final&nbsp;financial&nbsp;reports&nbsp;to&nbsp;specific deadlines.</li><li>Participate&nbsp;in&nbsp;office&nbsp;management:&nbsp;Maintain&nbsp;the&nbsp;office&nbsp;petty&nbsp;cash,&nbsp;office&nbsp;inventory, and stationary supplies and utility services maintenance.</li><li>Handle petty&nbsp;cash&nbsp;funds.</li><li>Prepare&nbsp;on time&nbsp;a&nbsp;petty&nbsp;cash&nbsp;replenishment&nbsp;document&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;cash&nbsp;count&nbsp;balance.</li><li>Information&nbsp;Management:&nbsp;Develop&nbsp;and&nbsp;maintain&nbsp;relevant&nbsp;databases&nbsp;and&nbsp;filing systems for optimal management of information and contacts.</li><li>Prepare&nbsp;and&nbsp;organize&nbsp;documents&nbsp;of&nbsp;financial&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;administration.</li><li>Photocopying,&nbsp;scanning,&nbsp;printing,&nbsp;and&nbsp;filling all&nbsp;financial&nbsp;documents.</li><li>Keep&nbsp;a&nbsp;smooth&nbsp;working&nbsp;relationship&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;office.</li><li>Undertakes&nbsp;other&nbsp;duties&nbsp;as&nbsp;required&nbsp;that&nbsp;might&nbsp;be&nbsp;assigned&nbsp;by&nbsp;supervisors.</li></ul>Location: Addis Ababa&nbsp;Employment&nbsp;Type:&nbsp;Full&nbsp;time&nbsp;Category: Finance TeamSalary: As&nbsp;per&nbsp;the organization&nbsp;ScaleDisclaimer:This&nbsp;job&nbsp;description&nbsp;is&nbsp;only&nbsp;a&nbsp;summary&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;typical&nbsp;functions&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;job.&nbsp;It&nbsp;is&nbsp;not&nbsp;an&nbsp;exhaustive&nbsp;or&nbsp;comprehensive&nbsp;list&nbsp;of&nbsp;all&nbsp;possible&nbsp;job&nbsp;responsibilities, tasks,&nbsp;and&nbsp;duties. The&nbsp;responsibilities,&nbsp;tasks,&nbsp;and&nbsp;duties&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;jobholder&nbsp;may&nbsp;differ&nbsp;from&nbsp;those&nbsp;outlined in&nbsp;the&nbsp;job&nbsp;description&nbsp;and&nbsp;other&nbsp;duties,&nbsp;as&nbsp;assigned,&nbsp;may&nbsp;be&nbsp;part&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;job.

Ethiojobs

Looking for jobs in Ethiopia? Explore Lawyers for Human Rights for the TOR - for a Project Accountant role. Ethiojobs is the best place to find job opportunities.

TOR - for a Project Accountant Jobs and Vacancies in Ethiopia | Ethiojobs.

TOR - for a Project Accountant Jobs and Vacancies in Ethiopia | Ethiojobs.