Financial management Adviser Volunteering Vacancy Mara at VSO Tanzania | Deadline: 31st March, 2019

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Jobs in Tanzania 2019: Financial management Adviser Volunteering Vacancy Mara at VSO Tanzania | Deadline: 31st March, 2019

AJIRA TANZANIA 2019 / NAFASI ZA KAZI 2019

Overview

VSO is the world’s leading international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty. Working in 24 countries around the world, our unique role in international development is to place committed volunteers with carefully selected organisations where their skills can have the greatest impact. As a VSO volunteer you’ll live and work in some of the world’s poorest communities. By sharing your unique skills and experience you’ll help generate new ideas and new ways of doing things, helping the communities you work in lift themselves out of poverty. We’re not about delivering quick fixes, but instead we focus on long-lasting, sustainable change, that will impact generations to come. Join us as a VSO volunteer and help us work towards our vision of a world without poverty.

Position: Financial management Adviser

• Type of role: Business, management and IT 
• Location: Mara, Tanzania 
• Application Closing Date: 31 Mar 2019
• Interview date: to be confirmed 
• Start date: 04/02/2019

Role overview

You will work with the Project implementing partners to coach local SME's in improving their financial management capacity and their ability to access financing, win contracts, budget, and report financially. This will entail direct interaction with various SMEs that are at the inception or early stages of their operations that will benefit from financial insight to reach the next level of growth. By working with national volunteers, you will be supported in language and cultural interpretation when fostering relationships with various local SMEs.

Skills, qualifications and experience
Knowledge/qualifications:

• A bachelor degree holder in Finance/Accountant/Banking or related subject

• Fully qualified accountant

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Experience:
• Experience in developing financial management systems
• Able to formulate and implement financial regulations, policies and procedures.
• Good experience in establishing and supporting organization development
• Facilitation and training skills
• Strong understanding of business ethics

Skills/Abilities:
• Experience of working on similar projects in a developing country
• Strong understanding of the particular barriers facing female headed SMEs
• Able to network effectively, adapting communication style to different contexts and audiences, including internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to work independently and prioritise own work load
• Able to be flexible and travel significantly

The volunteer must be a team player with good social and interpersonal skills and networking abilities. S/he should be able to handle conflicts in a constructive consultative way.
S/he should have a flexible personality, adapting easily to new situations.

Competencies and Behaviour
At VSO we believe progress is only possible by working together. Whether you want to join us as an employee, or as a volunteer working in your own country, overseas or online, our selection process includes an assessment based on these core competencies:
• Ability to be open minded and respectful
• Ability to be resilient and adaptive to new situations
• Ability to facilitate positive change and build sustainable working relationships
• Ability to seek and share knowledge 

Allowance
As a VSO volunteer, you will be sharing your skills with local communities on a full time basis. VSO will cover your travel, vaccinations, accommodation, and medical insurance costs, along with a local living allowance which will be paid in local currency. This allowance meets reasonable living expenses in country, but will not be enough to send money home. You will also receive some financial support to contribute to your on-going expenses at home. 

Accommodation
VSO works with some of the poorest communities in the world which means accommodation varies and will be basic. 

Some background about VSO
Much has changed since VSO started 60 years ago. We’ve gone from being a UK charity to a truly global development organisation. In 2016/2017 alone, we worked with over 7,000 volunteers from all over the world and from all backgrounds to deliver services that had an impact on the lives of almost 2.6 million people in the 24 countries where we work. Our programmes focus on the areas of health, education and livelihoods, with an increasing emphasis on resilience building, social accountability, gender and social inclusion. We believe progress is only possible when we work together and that strong partnerships are crucial to delivering positive change. That’s why we work with over 500 partner organisations, from local and national governments, to businesses, NGOs, funders, charities and community groups. Currently, over 30% of our people are recruited from within the country in which they work, and we continue to grow the share of community and national volunteers involved in our programmes. We also send increasing numbers of volunteers from one developing country to another. However, our vision has remained the same; to build a world without poverty. 

How To Apply
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