The African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) was established in 1991 to build sustainable human and institutional capacity in support of Africa's development. The Foundation's goal is to improve the lives and prospects of people throughout the African continent. ACBF supports capacity development in Africa through grants making, knowledge sharing and technical assistance to countries and regional and sub-regional organizations. ACBF's approach to capacity development focuses on addressing capacity needs and gaps as well as on stake-holder ownership of interventions, project and program sustainability and synergy of interventions with other development funding institutions.

Job Description

The African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), in partnership with the African Development Bank (AFDB) is implementing the African Governance Outlook Project (AGO) with a focus on financial governance in Africa. The project is currently being implemented in 10 countries.

The Foundation, seeks to recruit a Finance and Administrative Assistant to support the day-to-day coordination of the project implementation.

Duties & Responsibilities:

•   Prepare disbursements to the grantees of the project.
•   Provide bilingual administrative assistance to staff members of the project.
•   Provide accounting/financial duties for the project ensuring proper capturing of transactions, orderly and systematic filing system of transaction records.
•   Make travel arrangements for staff members of the project to travel on mission including accommodation arrangements and acquisition of visas.
•   Organise and prepare briefings and documentation for meetings and take minutes in project meetings.
•   Set up, classify and maintain all files and records for the project in a chronological and accessible system.
•   Manage event calendars for the project and assist with planning and arranging logistics for such events such as workshops and consultative meetings.
•   Perform other duties assigned by Officers of the project.

Contract Duration:
The successful candidate will be recruited on a temporary appointment for ten months. The contract may be renewed subject to satisfactory performance and availability of funding.

Qualification Required & Experience

Selection will be on a competitive basis  and the following minimum qualifications, experience and competencies are required:

•   A minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Social Sciences; Accounting qualification will be an added advantage.
•   A minimum of three (3) years of experience in administration and accounting preferably with an international organisation.
•   Excellent written and spoken English and French language skills
•   Excellent interpersonal and client orientation skills and the ability to work in a multicultural environment.
•   Strong organizing, work planning and scheduling skills, capable of handling large volumes of assignments accurately.
•   Willingness to travel outside the country on field missions.
•   Excellent computer knowledge (MS applications)

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

Applications, quoting the reference "Finance and Administrative Assistant - AGO," including curriculum vitae with three (3) referees should be received at the address below by 23 August 2014.

The Human Resources Officer The African Capacity Building Foundation
P.O. Box 1562 HARARE, Zimbabwe
E-mail: root@acbf-pact.org

Closing Date: 23 August, 2014

For more details on the Foundation, please visit the ACBF web site at http://www.acbf-pact.org.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews. Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.