Job Details

URGENT VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT IN WIDOWS AND ORPHANS EMPOWERMENT ORGANIZATION (WEWE)

Location: The successful candidate will be based in Port Harcourt, Rivers State

Department: Finance Associate

Description:

Widows and Orphans Empowerment Organization (WEWE) is a duly registered incorporated Trustee, a women-led, local not-for-profit, faith-based Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), and is seeking applications from qualified candidates to fill the position of Finance Associate. 

WEWE wishes to recruit a talented and God-fearing Finance Associate who believes in local organizations, believes that not all Nigerians are corrupt, believes in the ingenuity of Nigeria, and that the best of the Nigerian can be better than the rest.

Requirements:

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

  • S/he will assist with the processing of financial transactions.
  • S/he will assist in ensuring that financial transactions and reconciliations are processed in line with relevant policies and procedures.
  • S/he will assist in ensuring financial reports are timely provided according to financial guidelines.
  • S/he will assist in maintaining financial records and monitoring systems to record and reconcile expenditures, balances, payments, statements, and other data for day-to-day transactions and reports.
  • S/he will assist in selecting and entering data from a wide variety of documents, verifying accuracy by checking sources, and making necessary calculations, and corrections.
  • S/he will assist in advising staff members on all aspects of travel claims and other financial matters.
  • S/he will perform other related duties as assigned by the supervisor.

The compensation for this position is between N100, 000 to N150, 000 per month, subject to negotiation, and will be prorated to the number of days worked also subject to statutory deductions. 

QUALIFICATION, REQUIREMENTS, AND EXPERIENCE

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
  • Minimum of one (1) year of accounting and finance experience.
  • Working knowledge of Quick-book accounting package.
  • A Second-class upper or high credit will be an added advantage.
  • Ability to travel and work in difficult settings, including remote rural areas of the state.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, or similar software.
  • Well-organized, with the ability to track multiple activities and deadlines.
  • Experience in providing administrative leadership and support to work for teams.
  • Applicants must be based in Rivers State.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified applicants should send their comprehensive curriculum and cover letter in ONLY one attachment (MS Word document) explaining their suitability for the job to finassociate2024@weweng.org on or before Monday, February 5, 2024.

Kindly Note: WEWE reserves the right to conclude this recruitment process when a suitable individual is selected. While WEWE thanks all for showing interest, only shortlisted individuals will be contacted.

Widows and Orphans Empowerment Organization (WEWE) upholds non-poaching ethics. We do not accept applications from organizations that we are in collaboration with – without the express consent from the head of the organization, particularly from any organization we are currently working with to strengthen their capacity. Therefore, an applicant applying for this position from an organization that is in a form of partnership or collaboration with WEWE, should disclose and give us a letter from the head of the organization which states that they are highly recommending their staff and why they will permit the staff to leave the organization to work with WEWE.

“WEWE is an equal opportunity employer, which promotes diversity and does not discriminate based on tribe, state of origin within Nigeria, religion, age, sex, race or on different physical ability”.

“WEWE’s organizational culture promotes the principles of safeguarding and high moral values. WEWE’s Safeguarding Policy 2022 promotes an environment where no staff, associates, volunteers, case workers, consultants, board members, and partners engage in a sexual relationship, harass, or exploit anyone under the age of 18 or vulnerable adult, especially our beneficiaries”.

“WEWE’s organizational culture also has zero tolerance for corrupt practices. Therefore, for any of our job vacancies, we advise that applicants do not offer or accept any request for money, favors, or gifts from anyone to facilitate an employment opportunity with WEWE. Applicants found engaging in such practices could jeopardize their chances of being selected. If anyone contacts, you with such an offer please report this immediately to WEWE management on this WhatsApp line 09037811024”.

“WEWE’s Vision, Mission and Ideologies”

Organization Vision:  A society without vulnerable persons

Organization Mission: Empowering communities, vulnerable persons, and local organizations to be resilient by faith

WEWE’s Organizational Ideologies

  1. To beat global standards of excellence in all we do
  2. To improve the lives of vulnerable people
  3. To be statutorily and financially compliant at all times. We want to strengthen the capacity of other local NGOs to equally be statutorily and financially compliant and thereby contribute to increasing the number of compliant NGOs in Nigeria and Africa.
  4. To consistently deliver more superior and ever-improving programs and services than any other local and international organization.
  5. To be better than the rest and be better than the best in all we do


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