Title: Finance and Support Services Officer (2 year fixed term contract)

Location: Dakar, Senegal

Salary: Local terms & conditions apply

In collaboration with colleagues the Finance and Support Services Officer will continually ensure quality and consistency of financial management in the country office. They will develop solutions to financial or support related problems, be responsible for monitoring the country resource management and for identifying risks or issues to the Programme Manager.

Working with the Finance and Support Services Manager in the Senegal Country Office, the post holder will responsible for a number of specific areas and duties.

• Support financial control and managing risk;

• Ensure compliance to the organisational Financial Framework with specific respect to implementation of financial management & controls, financial planning and budgeting; financial monitoring & audits and keeping financial records.

• Ensure compliance to local regulations and governance requirements.

• Manage logistics, supplies and procurement as per the procurement policy and procedures.

• Ensure IT equipment and connectivity for PMU staff in line with Sightsavers ICT policies.

• Support, administer and strengthen financial management, accountability and capacities of partners in accordance with Sightsavers Partnership Development Policy.

• Support collaboration between finance and programme teams for joint review of project/programme reports, planning and analysis.

• Support and provide grant management support for all NTD projects (Restricted and unrestricted funding).

• Support proper financial monitoring of projects including audit of funds provided

• Implement HR policies and procedures like payroll and trainings, etc.

The ideal candidate will have relevant professional accounting qualification or /bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting (or equivalent). A Master’s degree is desirable. They will have extensive working experience, ideally in an INGO environment, with experience of audit and government organization will be an advantage. A background of financial management, programme & project management and administration is also required, as are project financial management and data analysis skills, ability to represent Sightsavers with key external stakeholders.

This is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills, please read the complete Job Description for further details.

Close date: 5 February 2019

To apply, please download and complete the application form available on our web site https://jobs.sightsavers.org/job/finance-and-support-services-officer-2-year-fixed-term-contract/and send the required documents by email to the following address This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

We’re an equal opportunities employer, and we particularly encourage qualified people living with a disability to apply.

We will be contacting short-listed candidates for interview, shortly after the closing dates. We very much regret that in view of the large number of applications we receive, we are unable to respond if you are unsuccessful. We are sure that you will understand the need to concentrate resources towards our work.