Mali: various positions

Administrative Assistant: UNOPS – Bamako, Mali

Deadline: 8 June 2013

Applications are invited by UNOPS from qualified and deserving applicants for the position of Administrative Assistant. Applicants must have excellent verbal and written communication skills along with excellent Planning, Organising and Teamwork Skills. Please note that this position is Local ICA Support contract for the duration of 1 year (extendable), based in Bamako, Mali.

Required Qualifications

Education

• High School Diploma
• Bachelor degree in related field would be an asset but not a requirement.

Experience 

• Minimum of 4 years of working experience is required with at least 2 years of experience in the area of Administration and/or office management.

Competencies 

• Planning and Organising –   Ability to manage, organize, plan and implement work assignments. 
• Teamwork Skills – Ability to build and sustain effective work relationship with subordinates and peers to achieve common goal. 
• Initiative – self confident and ability to act proactively to make thins happen in the organisation.  
• Communication skill – Excellent communication skills and ability to work in a team to achieve organizational goals. 
• Client Focus – Ensure timely response and support to the client(s) as needed. 
• Ability to Learn – Willingness to learn and openness to suggestions for self-improvement. 
• Lives and Breathes UNOPS Values – Takes ownership for all responsibilities and honors commitments.

Contract type, level and duration
Contract type: Local Individual Contract Agreement – LICA  – Support
Contract level: LICA – 3
Contract duration: 12 months with possibility of renewal subject to availability of funds and satisfactory performance.

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UNOPS: Logistics Assistant – Bamako, Mali

Deadline: 8 June 2013

UNOPS is seeking applications from talented and experienced applicants for the position of Logistics Assistant. Applicants must have excellent fluency in verbal and written English and French languages along with Planning, Organising and Teamwork Skills. Please note thjat this position is Local ICA Support contract for the duration of 1 year. The location of this position is Bamako, Mali.

Required Qualifications

Education

• High School Diploma
• Bachelor degree in related field would be an asset but not a requirement.

Experience

• Minimum of 4 years of working experience is required with at least 2 years in Logistics and Customs Clearance.
• Understanding of logistics and Inco terms 2010.
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Office 2010 and or newer versions) especially knowledge of spreadsheets.
• Fluency in written and spoken French and English is required.

Competencies

• Planning and Organising –   Ability to manage, organize, plan and implement work assignments. 
• Teamwork Skills – Ability to build and sustain effective work relationship with subordinates and peers to achieve common goal. 
• Initiative – self confident and ability to act proactively to make thins happen in the organisation.  
• Communication skill – Excellent communication skills and ability to work in a team to achieve organizational goals. 
• Client Focus – Ensure timely response and support to the client(s) as needed. 
• Ability to Learn – Willingness to learn and openness to suggestions for self-improvement. 
• Lives and Breathes UNOPS Values – Takes ownership for all responsibilities and honors commitments.

Contract type, level and duration
Contract type: Local Individual Contract Agreement – LICA  – Support
Contract level: LICA – 3
Contract duration: 12 months with possibility of renewal subject to availability of funds and satisfactory performance.

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Administration And Finance Officer

Educational Research Network for West and Central Africa. Bamako, Mali

Application Deadline: May 25, 2013

The Educational Research Network for West and Central Africa (ERNWACA) was established in 1989 in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Currently, ERNWACA is managing a wide range of programs and projects in its seventeen (17) member countries in West and Central Africa.

Mission

• Ensure transparent and efficient management of ERNWACA funds;
• oversee timely provision of monthly and annual reporting within the network and to partners;
• help mobilize the resources necessary to run ERNWACA and meet the network objectives.

Interlocutors

• Staff of the Executive Secretariat in particular the Administrative and financial Assistant;
• ERNWACA treasurers at national level;
• ERNWACA national coordinators;
• ERNWACA technical and financial partners;
• External Audit Company.

Supervisor:ERNWACA Executive Secretary

Supervise: ERNWACA financial and administrative assistant (accountant)

Responsibilities

• Make annual budgeting and financial projections;
• make monthly and annual financial reports;
• prepare the program budgets and technical reports and submit them to potential partners within contractual deadlines;
• ensure respect of contractual project timelines at regional and national levels;
• validate the reports to be submitted to financial partners;
• put in place mechanisms to ensure the timely receipt of quarterly and annual activity and financial reports from ERNWACA national coordination offices in its 17 member countries;
• review project reports and receipts received from national level to ensure conformity with contractual obligations;
• analytically compile the reports from the national coordinations for the ERNWACA annual report;
• serve as an interface with ERNWACA national treasurers/coordinators to improve quality of financial management, transparency and reporting so as to strengthen national capacities for an effective resource mobilization;
• review all ERNWACA contracts, memoranda of understanding and protocols;
• assist ERNWACA Executive Secretary and project managers in the continuation of resource mobilization implementation strategy;
• give advice on resource mobilization strategies for the endowment fund;
• participate in the training of national members on resource mobilization;
• keep the ERNWACA Management Guide (in French and in English) up to date and ensure its availability on the network Intranet (for members only).

Profile

• Have a Masters degree in finance or in equivalent areas of study;
• have a minimum of 5 years experience in financial management in private or public sector;
• have a profound knowledge on SYSCOA accounting system;
• have excellent analytical and conceptual skills;
• have good writing skills;
• be honest, organized and rigorous;
• have excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
• be creative in problem solving;
• have good leadership and training skills;
• be capable of utilizing various accounting and financial management software;
• be a good user of internet and other computer-based applications;
• be excellent French and English (both in writing and speaking), in addition to African languages;
• have an international and intercultural experience including that in several West/Central African.

How to apply

Applications should be submitted latest 25th May 2013 to the electronic address:recrutement@rocare.org with subject line “Administration and Finance officer application”and with the following documents:

• Motivation letter
• CV
• Certified copies of degree(s), certificate(s), diploma(s) and testimonies (academic and/or professional)
• At least three professional letters of reference regarding the integrity and competencies of the applicant.

FEMALE CANDIDATES ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.