Team Lead / Admin & Finance Coordinator

Vacancy Announcement 

Published date: 22nd  June 2026

Rastriya Rojgar Prawardhan Kendra (RRPK) is a non-governmental organization dedicated to promoting sustainable rural development in Nepal since 2004. RRPK works in the areas of Inclusive and Quality Education, Health and Nutrition, Child Protection, Livelihoods, Human Rights, Safer Migration, Gender Equality and Empowerment, Good Governance, Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH). The organization is committed to improving the quality of life of vulnerable and marginalized communities through economic, social, cultural, and physical transformation.

In partnership with Childaid Network Foundation Nepal, RRPK is implementing INSPIRE Project in Sarlahi District. The project aims to aims to promote equitable access to quality education by fostering safe, inclusive, and child-friendly learning environments, strengthening teaching and learning practices, empowering communities, and enhancing the responsiveness of local education systems.

RRPK invites applications from qualified, dynamic, result-oriented, and experienced Nepali citizens for the following position:

1. Position: Team Lead- 1

Duty station: Project Office, Malangwa, Sarlahi, with frequent travel to project implementation areas

Job description:

Role Purpose:

The Team Lead holds overall responsibility for the effective leadership, coordination, and delivery of the INSPIRE Project, ensuring high standards of quality, efficiency, and impact across all implementation areas. The role provides strategic and operational oversight to ensure that project objectives are achieved in alignment with organizational standards, donor requirements, and contextual priorities.

The position is responsible for guiding and supporting officers, coordinators, and field teams to ensure strong performance, professional growth, and cohesive teamwork.

The Team Lead also provides full-cycle oversight of project implementation, including planning, stakeholder engagement, community mobilization, budget management, program integration, and mainstreaming of cross-cutting issues such as gender equality, DRR, WASH, safeguarding, and accountability. The role ensures that all interventions are delivered in a timely, cost-effective, and results-oriented manner.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Project Leadership and Strategic Management

• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage complex development projects from planning to completion.
• Strong skills in project planning, budgeting, implementation, risk management, quality assurance, and results-based management.
• Ability to translate project objectives into practical implementation strategies and measurable results.
• Proven experience in managing teams, resources, timelines, and donor commitments effectively.

2. Partnership, Coordination, and Stakeholder Engagement

• Proven ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with local governments, schools, community structures, development partners, and other stakeholders.
• Strong coordination, communication, negotiation, representation, and networking skills.
• Experience facilitating multi-stakeholder collaboration, joint planning, review meetings, and partnership management processes.
• Ability to foster local ownership and sustainability through meaningful stakeholder engagement.

3. Team Leadership, Capacity Building, and People Management

• Demonstrated experience in supervising, coaching, mentoring, and motivating multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to identify capacity gaps and facilitate professional development opportunities for staff, partners, and stakeholders.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build collaborative, accountable, and high-performing teams.
• Experience managing staff performance and promoting a positive organizational culture.

4. Monitoring, Learning, Reporting, and Knowledge Management

• Strong analytical skills with experience in project monitoring, data utilization, performance tracking, and adaptive management.
• Ability to ensure high-quality reporting, documentation, learning, and knowledge-sharing processes.
• Experience leading review, reflection, and learning processes to improve programme effectiveness and accountability.
• Ability to use evidence and data to support decision-making and programme improvement.
• Ability to carry out/ facilitate assessment, baseline survey, feasibility study, end line survey and other relevant studies and other relevant project research.

5. Operational, Financial, and Compliance Management

• Strong understanding of financial planning, budget monitoring, procurement oversight, and resource management.
• Experience ensuring compliance with donor requirements, organizational policies, safeguarding standards, and government regulations.
• Ability to manage operational risks, strengthen internal controls, and ensure efficient project delivery.
• Commitment to accountability, integrity, safeguarding, gender equality, disability inclusion, and ethical standards.

Essential Qualifications and Experience

Education

• Master’s degree in Development Studies, Sociology, Education or a related field from a recognized institution.
• Candidates holding a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline may be considered if they possess substantial relevant experience.

Experience

• Minimum 3-5 years of progressively responsible experience in the development sector, preferably in education, community development, WASH, livelihood or related program.
• Demonstrated experience in project planning, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and budget management.
• Proven experience in leading and supervising project teams and coordinating with local governments, schools, community structures, development partners, and other stakeholders.
• Experience working with donor-funded projects and ensuring compliance with organizational and donor requirements.

Key Skills and Competencies

• Excellent project planning, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and budget management abilities. 
• Strong stakeholder engagement, networking, coordination, and partnership-building skills. 
• Excellent communication, facilitation, negotiation, and report-writing skills in Nepali and English. 
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, and adaptive management capabilities. 
• Sound understanding of safeguarding, gender equality, social inclusion, accountability, and community-led development approaches. 
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and digital project management tools. 
• Ability and willingness to undertake frequent travel to project areas. 

2. Position: Admin & Finance Coordinator- 1 

Duty station: Project Office, Malangwa, Sarlahi, with frequent travel to project area(s)

Job description:

Role Purpose:

The Admin & Finance Coordinator is responsible for providing overall financial, administrative, procurement, asset management, and operational support to the INSPIRE Project. The position ensures effective financial management, compliance with donor and organizational policies, efficient use of resources, and smooth project operations to enable high-quality project implementation.

The role leads project financial planning, budgeting, accounting, reporting, cash flow management, and audit coordination while ensuring adherence to applicable laws, donor regulations, and organizational procedures. The position also oversees administrative systems, procurement processes, human resource administration, asset and inventory management, and documentation systems to maintain operational excellence and accountability.

Working closely with the Team Lead, project staff, Childaid Network Foundation Nepal, government stakeholders, vendors, and service providers, the Admin & Finance Coordinator contributes to sound financial stewardship, risk management, compliance, and organizational effectiveness throughout the project lifecycle.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

A. Financial Planning, Budgeting and Management

• Lead project financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and budget revision processes in coordination with the Team Lead and Childaid Network Foundation Nepal.
• Monitor budget utilization and expenditure trends to ensure cost-effective and efficient use of project resources.
• Prepare monthly/quarterly cash forecasts and fund requests and ensure adequate liquidity for project operations.
• Track budget versus actual expenditures and provide timely financial analysis and recommendations to management.
• Ensure timely payment to vendors, consultants, staff, and service providers in accordance with approved procedures.
• Monitor advances, receivables, payables, and settlements, ensuring timely clearance and proper documentation.

B. Accounting and Financial Reporting

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date accounting records and ensure all transactions are recorded in the approved accounting system.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, annual, and donor-specific financial reports within agreed timelines.
• Conduct bank reconciliations, account reconciliations, and periodic financial reviews.
• Review supporting documents, vouchers, invoices, contracts, and payment requests for accuracy and compliance.
• Ensure proper payroll processing, tax deductions, and statutory payments as required by Nepal Government regulations.

C. Compliance, Internal Control and Audit

• Ensure compliance with donor agreements, organizational policies, financial procedures, and applicable laws and regulations.
• Establish and maintain effective internal control systems and segregation of duties.
• Facilitate internal, external, statutory, and donor audits and ensure timely implementation of audit recommendations.
• Identify financial and operational risks and recommend mitigation measures.
• Maintain complete and accurate records to support transparency, accountability, and audit readiness.

D. Administration, Procurement and Logistics

• Oversee day-to-day administrative functions of the project office and ensure a safe, efficient, and productive working environment.
• Coordinate procurement processes in accordance with organizational and donor procurement guidelines.
• Manage office facilities, equipment, utilities, service contracts, and administrative resources.
• Ensure proper filing and documentation of procurement records, contracts, agreements, and administrative documents.
• Support logistics arrangements for meetings, workshops, trainings, field visits, and project events.

E. Asset and Inventory Management

• Maintain an updated asset and inventory management system for the project.
• Conduct periodic physical verification of assets and inventories and reconcile records.
• Ensure proper tagging, maintenance, utilization, transfer, and disposal of project assets.
• Prepare regular asset and inventory reports and ensure compliance with organizational requirements.

F. Documentation, Coordination and Capacity Building

• Maintain systematic electronic and hard-copy filing systems for financial, administrative, legal, and project documents.
• Ensure proper documentation of donor approvals, agreements, reports, meeting minutes, and correspondence.
• Coordinate closely with finance team at Childaid Network Foundation Nepal, project staff, auditors, government agencies, financial institutions, and service providers.
• Build the capacity of project staff on financial procedures, budget management, compliance requirements, and documentation standards.

G. Safeguarding, Accountability and Organizational Compliance

• Promote and uphold Childaid Network Foundation Nepal and RRPK safeguarding, child protection, PSEA, and code of conduct policies.
• Report safeguarding concerns and compliance issues through established reporting mechanisms.
• Support accountability, transparency, and ethical practices across all project operations.

H. Other Responsibilities

• Participate in project monitoring visits and provide operational oversight during field implementation.
• Support project reviews, evaluations, and donor monitoring missions as required.
• Perform any other duties assigned by the Team Lead or management in line with project and organizational priorities.

Essential Qualifications and Experience

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Management, or a related field from a recognized institution. 
• Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related discipline will be an added advantage. 

Experience

• Minimum 3–5 years of progressively responsible experience in finance, administration, and operations management within NGOs, INGOs, or donor-funded projects. 
• Demonstrated experience in financial planning, budgeting, accounting, financial reporting, cash flow management, and audit coordination. 
• Proven experience in managing procurement, administrative systems, asset and inventory management, and ensuring compliance with organizational and donor requirements. 
• Experience working with financial management software (preferably FAMAS) and advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other MS Office applications. 
• Experience coordinating with project teams, donors, auditors, government authorities, vendors, and other stakeholders to support effective project implementation. 

Key Skills and Competencies

• Strong financial management, budgeting, accounting, and donor compliance skills. 
• Proficiency in FAMAS accounting software, Microsoft Excel, and financial reporting systems. 
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills with attention to detail. 
• Excellent communication, coordination, and stakeholder management skills. 
• High level of integrity, accountability, confidentiality, and commitment to organizational values.

Application Procedure:

Interested and qualified candidates are encouraged to submit an application letter and updated CV to vacancy@rrpk.org.np, clearly mentioning the position applied for in the subject line and addressing the application to the Human Resource Department, Rastriya Rojgar Prawardhan Kendra (RRPK).

Applications may also be submitted in hard copy to the RRPK Office, Malangwa Municipality–10, Sarlahi.

The deadline for submission of applications is 29 June 2026, 5:00 PM (Nepal Standard Time). Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for further stages of the selection process. Telephone inquiries regarding the recruitment process will not be entertained. Any form of canvassing, undue influence, or inappropriate recommendation will result in automatic disqualification.

RRPK is committed to safeguarding and promoting the rights and well-being of children and strictly adheres to its Safeguarding Policy. As an equal opportunity employer, RRPK practices merit-based and non-discriminatory recruitment. Qualified women, Dalits, persons with disabilities, and candidates from marginalized and disadvantaged communities are strongly encouraged to apply.

RRPK reserves the right to accept or reject any application, or to cancel, postpone, or modify the recruitment process at any stage without assigning any reason.

Note:

• Only candidates who can physically attend the written examination and interview will be considered.
• Employment is contingent upon approval of the Subaward Agreement and successful completion of the recruitment process.

Rastriya Rojgar Prawardhan Kendra (RRPK)

Malangwa Municipality–10, Sarlahi

Phone: 046-521487