Admin and Finance Coordinator

Job Description 

1. Admin and Finance Coordinator

Location (base): SODCC Parsa, (Head office, Birgunj Parsa)

Reports to: Finance Manager/Program Manager

Expected joining date: as soon as possible

Probation Period: 3 months

Program Duration: 8 Months

No. of Opening: 1 (One)

Introduction:

Social Organization District Coordination Committee Parsa (SODCC Parsa) is a reputed and non-profitable organization which is established in 1994 and registered district administration office Parsa under the government rules and is also affiliated in social welfare council. Now it has been working for the children and women in Madhesh Province to improve the status of children and women specially focus on the area of education, health, sanitation, child protection, gender-based violence reduction, poverty alleviation, women empowerment, awareness raising and emergency response. Also, it has been working for the capacity enhancement of youth, organizational management, community mobilization, and leadership development of women, children and stakeholders for well planning and program implementation. 

Supporting Adolescent Girls Education (SAGE) programme (formally called SAGE, a non-formal education programme for out-of-school adolescent girls from 8-14 years of age). Girls Education (SAGE) is a 6-month community-based non-formal education program. Further, SAGE graduates are required to re-enrolled in formal education and retention is key challenges for which project will work with selected local governments, and mother schools for rest of project duration to ensure regular attendance and learning continuity to formal education.  SAGE will impart basic functional literacy, numeracy, and life skills to out-of-school adolescent girls, with the aim of preparing them to re-enrolled into the formal school. Considering the existing complexity of the OOS adolescents' issue and the process of re-enrolling them into formal education, ensuring their retention and completion of the education is still a big challenge. Radical and rigorous multi-stakeholder approaches are necessary to bring girls of age group 8-14 back to formal education, ensuring their retention in school and continuation of education. This would be possible through provision of additional and tailored non-formal education to strengthen basic literacy, numeracy, life skills, and confidence of out-of-school adolescent girls along with community engagement for retention that is only possible through the integration of various sectorial interventions.

Scope of work 

The Finance Coordinator will be overall responsible for the project ensuring the financial management of activities of “Supporting Adolescent Girls’ Education (SAGE)/Alternative Learning Package (ALP) ” described on the project work plan, ensuring project output identified in Result Framework, managing budget expenditure, and monitor program implementation with close coordination of government line agencies, funding organization and report project activities to organization.

Major roles and responsibilities:

General Responsibilities

• Other Task assign by SODCC Parsa/UNICEF.
• Adhere to SODCC Parsa policies and internal procedures, and protocols, with special attention to Safeguarding Standards and Procedure, Child Protection, and Do No Harm policies; immediate reporting of any complaints and issues. 

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in management, business studies/ administration, accounts, or relevant field. 
• At least two years' experience in a similar position.
• Prior experience of working with I/NGO will be an added advantage.
• Computer software competencies including knowledge of MS Office suite (MS Outlook, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint).  
• Fluency in English and Nepali language both in writing and oral communication

Desired Knowledge, Skills, and Competencies

• Strong understanding of formal/Informal &SAGE Programme/ALP and mobilization of young champions. 
• Applicant should be sharp, flexible, active, positive attitude, and hardworking
• Fluency of local language of Madhesh Pradesh (Bajika, Maithali, Bhojpuri).
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills.
• Having a motorbike with two wheelers driving licence will be given preference.

Interested candidates are encouraged to apply with two references their updated CV and an Application letter to the email address sodcc.vacancy@gmail.com clearly mentioning the position applying in the subject line addressing to the Human Resource Department, Social Organization District Coordination Committee Parsa (SODCC Parsa), within October 17 by 5:00 PM. 

Candidates from Madhesh Pradesh, women and other marginalized and minority groups are encouraged to apply.

SODCC Parsa is an equal opportunity employer

Only short-listed candidates will be called for further screening process.

Telephone enquiries will not be entertained.