Administration and Accounting Officer

Job Description

Title: Administration and Accounting Officer

Company Name: Room to Read

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor Degree in education / social sciences or equivalent

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Position Overview: The Administration and Accounting position will assist Project Manager in carrying out all Administrative and Accounting related activities of Project Office. The position will provide general help as and when required by members of Room to Read Field Office. This position will reports to the Project Manager.
∎ (Based in Cox`s Bazar)
∎ Initially the contract will be till 15 October 2019 with possibility of extension

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Prepare monthly/ quarterly/ annual procurement plan and carry out all procurement following as per monthly/ quarterly/ annual plan
∎ Collect quotations and prepare comparison sheets for locally procuring the materials at the Cox's Bazar field office level following all requirements of the purchase policy and other relevant policy and guidelines as well as Government regulations
∎ Vendor Communication
∎ Assist Project Manager in preparation of bidding documents and prepare comparison sheets for entering into the contract
∎ General assistance in repair and maintaining Office premise, Warehouse and equipment of Cox's Bazar Project Office
∎ Conference/meeting room preparation
∎ Review of expense reports & writing Cheques & Vouchers and timely disbursement to employees, partners & vendors;
∎ Approves payments, purchase authorizations and other financial transactions to ensure compliance with staff rules, financial rules and implementing instruments/authority.
∎ In close coordination with Program, maintains a system to monitor and forecast cash requirements

Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum 2 years of relevant experience in development projects, preferably in education
∎ Strong written and oral communication skills
∎ Good interpersonal skills and a team player
∎ Ability to travel daily to target schools in agreed district

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ We offer competitive salary. The benefits include:
∎ Provident Fund
∎ 13th Month Bonus
∎ Discretionary Performance Bonus
∎ Gratuity
∎ Health coverage including spouse and children
∎ Insurances
∎ Professional Development opportunities. The most significant benefit is the opportunity to work with one of the fastest growing international organizations, which has sole focus on education & continuously innovating efficient & effective social entrepreneurship

Application Deadline: July 22, 2019

Company Information:
∎ Room to Read
∎ Business : Room to Read is a US based international non-profit organization. We envision a world in which all children can pursue a quality education, reach their full potential and contribute to their community and the world. To achieve this goal, we focus on two areas where we believe we can have the greatest impact: literacy and gender equality in education. We work in collaboration with communities and local governments and partner organizations across Asia and Africa to develop literacy skills and a habit of reading among primary school children, and support girls to complete secondary school with the life skills they?ll need to succeed in school and beyond. Room to Read currently work in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Nepal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Vietnam, and Zambia. To learn more about Room to Read, please visit www.roomtoread.org.

Room to Read is working in Bangladesh since 2008.

Category: NGO/Development