JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Position: Cashier
Responsible to: - Administrative & Finances Assistant
Location: Dadaab( non family duty station)
Closing date: 18th August 2011
THE ORGANIZATION
Handicap International is an independent and impartial international Humanitarian organisation working in
situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. Working alongside persons with disabilities and other
vulnerable groups, our action and testimony are focused on responding to their essential needs, improving their
living conditions and promoting respect for their dignity and their fundamental rights.
JOB CONTEXT
All camps exist since 1992, put in place to respond to the onset of the civil war in Somalia. They are planned to
host 80.000 persons and are by exceeding its capacities. Mid of July statistics of UNHCR cite the staggering
number of 380.000 refugees. In the last 6 months, 80.000 new arrivals were received in the camps. Only the
last two months saw 60.000 persons arriving feeling the drought and civil war, settling where they would find a
place to put up their make shift shelters.
The rehabilitation project in Dadaab aims to provide and secure tangible and measurable improvement of
independency in activities of daily living and quality of life of refugees living with physical impairment or
disability.
THE POSITION
Under the line management of the Administration Coordinator, the Cashier is in charge of implementing and
following up all cash management processes from HI. He/she will work in very close relationships with the Nairobi
coordination team.
According to the position, the Cashier must keep all the data confidential, and share it only with the accurate
persons. Should the employee not comply with these rules, he will be charged for serious professional
misconduct.
GLOBAL OBJECTIVE OF THE POSITION
To maintain the cash box of the handicap international’s Dadaab’s projects.
To run payments according HI rules
RESPONSIBILITIES
Specific objectives:
• Cash Management
• Bank Management
• Bills Management
• Advances
• Running payment
TASKS DESCRIPTION
1. Treasury Management
• Manage the cash box and report every cash movements on the cash dairy and other relevant documents
• Check cash everyday and report these transactions in petty cash statement
• Grant, follow and ensure reimbursement of advances using appropriate receipt formats
• Check invoices given by other departments and make sure they are correctly translated and validated
• Before giving any advance, make sure that the purchase request is valid, signed by the line manager, respecting
the rules written in the expenditure commitments procedure
• inform the Administrative Finances Assistant if some expenditure is ineligible or suspicious
• inform the Administrative Finances Assistant when the cash balance is low.
• make the payment for the staff field affected in Dadaab (Salary advance), in accordance with the HR officer
information.
• Make on the field payment (incentive worker)
2. Bank Management
• Manage the bank account
• Draft checks according to invoices
• Record payments in bankbook on a daily basis
• Make cash withdrawals from the bank
3. General requirements
• Act as a team player
• Report any incident to the line management
• Accomplish any other task which may be required by the line management
REQUIRED PROFILE
Education
• Bachelor of Business Administration or Bachelor of Commerce
Experience
• Previous experience as cashier
• NGO experience an asset
Skills
• Fluent English
• Swahili or Somali
• Good practice of excel and word
Personal qualities
• High attention to details
• Thorough
• Conscientious
• Reliable
• Ability to work within a team
• Ability to work under short deadlines
• Adaptable and flexible
If you feel you are the right candidate for this position, kindly send your application along with
an up-to-date CV indicating your salary history and 3 referees with their current contacts by
email to :- recruit04@handicap-international.or.ke . The email subject line should be marked:
“Application for Cashier position”
Only short listed candidates with the above qualifications and skills will be contacted.
Any kind of lobbying on behalf of applicants or canvassing will lead to immediate
disqualification.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
It has come to our attention that there are some fraudulent advertisements circulating on
behalf of HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL. Be fully aware that HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL DOES
NOT request for any fees from applicants during the application and/or induction process. Any
occurrence of this kind is to be reported without delay to hrmanager@handicapinternational.or.ke for further action.
Handicap International is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Females and Persons with
Disabilities are encouraged to apply