Coopi Regional -Nairobi- Administrator Job

Coopi is looking for a Regional Administrator in Nairobi.
 

COOPI - Cooperazione Internazionale is an Italian non-governmental organization founded in 1965.

We carry out development programs and emergency interventions in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Balkans. 

We organize activities in Italy to foster the knowledge and the exchange among different cultures. 

The Regional Administrator will ensures the coordination, management, training and support for all administrative activities carried out at Regional Coordination level in the area (Kenya, Somalia, Uganda).

Responsibilities

Planning and coordination budget control:

• He/she prepares and regularly monitors the Regional Coordination budget.
• He/she monitors the sustainability of the Country Coordination and field offices under the Regional Coordination responsibility, and verifies the correct costs’ attribution/distribution;
• Budget preparation and projects’ economic-financial control:
• He/she verifies the sustainability and correct management of all goods owned by COOPI or by the projects, in collaboration with the Country Coordination logistics (Inventory and “CAMELOT”).
• He/she manages and supervises the financial movements and the funds coming from donors to the projects under the Regional Coordination responsibility (anticipations and tranches reception);
• He/she controls all intermediate and final financial reports to be transmitted to the donors for all different countries, before transmitting them to Milan;
• For all those countries which have no Administrative Coordinator, he/she covers that role; 
• He/she ensures the collection, filing and control of all vouchers related to projects which are directly managed by the Regional Coordination;
• he/she goes on support, monitoring and training missions to the countries under the coordination’s responsibility, in coordination with the Administrative Desk in Milan;
• he/she is responsible for preparing and carrying out audits conducted at Regional oordination.
• He/she will develop, propose and follow-up the policies on: recruitment, salary scales, contracts, training, and evaluation.

Qualification, Competence and Attributes

• University degree in social sciences, business or technical sciences.
• A minimum of ten years of relevant working experience is required.
• At least seven years of demonstrated successful experience in international relief and development in a similar position is required.
• Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication, negotiation skills, multi-tasking and organizational skills.
• Experience in working in conflict-zone environments a plus.
• Fluency in Italian and English language.
• Computer literate.

To apply send a CV and a motivation letter at coord.nairobi@coopi.org

Deadline for application 24 October 2014, within 11.00 am.