Finance and Administrative Officer

Vacancy Announcement

Practical Action invites applications for the position of Finance and Administrative Officer to work for Practical Action Office Nepal. The position holder will be based in Dhangadi. 

About the role

We are looking for a competent Finance and Administrative officer to provide overall financial and administrative management of the Climate-smart risk-informed Flood Resilience Program. H/she will be responsible for effective administrative and financial management, inventory management, logistic management, review of financial reports of partners, monitoring partners’ accounts, and capacity building on FAMAS to cluster offices & partners.

About you

You have the willingness and enthusiasm to work in challenging situations. You have a proven experience in administrative and finance management of projects/programme. You have a fair understanding of project cycles with a focus on planning and budgeting, implementation, and monitoring.

Why join us?

The opportunity to work for an organisation that is making a positive difference to the lives of people worldwide, a friendly and supportive culture, working with values-driven and highly engaged colleagues, work life balance and flexible working – these are just some of the reasons we think Practical Action is a great place to work.

In addition, we offer the following benefits in addition to the Social Security Fund benefits in Nepal:

• Annual holiday entitlement of 18 days in addition to public holidays
• Agile working arrangements 
• Flexible lactating hours for new mothers, and appropriate arrangements for caretakers

We treat all applications for employment fairly, regardless of gender, race, religion, ethnicity, nationality, caste, tribe, belief, age, marital status, pregnancy, caring responsibilities, sexual orientation, or disability. 

Practical Action is committed to safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults, and candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks including criminal checks and terrorist financing. To ensure that Practical Action meets its obligations of safer recruitment, appointment to positions within Practical Action will be subject to a satisfactory criminal check. Criminal checks will be conducted for all roles.

Interested candidates can download detailed job description form from www.practicalaction.org/jobs.

Submit a cover letter along with a CV to hr@practicalaction.org.np by 5 April 2024.