Position: Program Finance Officer (Oxfam)__Deadline:08Aug

For Fostering an Inclusive and Shock-Responsive Social Protection System in Cambodia (FIRST) of Voice for Change Program

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

Internal Job Grade	D1 National
Contract type	Fixed-term for 1 year with possibility for extension
Reporting to	Voice for Change Program Manager, Oxfam in Cambodia
Staff reporting to this post	No
Locations	Cambodia
Annual Gross Salary	N/A
Annual Budget	TBC

Shaping a stronger Oxfam for people living in poverty

INTRODUCTION
Oxfam is an international confederation of 19 organizations networked together in 97 countries. As part of a global movement for change, we are working together to end world poverty and injustice. We work with thousands of partners in countries around the world and employ staff in a wide variety of posts. We work directly with communities, and we work with the powerful to enable the most marginalized to be improve their lives and livelihoods and have a say in decisions that affect them.

Working at Oxfam is so much more than just a job. As an Oxfam employee, consultant, or volunteer, you will join a team of dedicated and passionate professionals working to save lives, help people overcome poverty, and fight for social justice. Oxfam is putting women and gender equality at our heart of everything we do – we expected that the person who come for this post with the strong interest in promoting of women and gender transformative leadership.

JOB PURPOSE
Oxfam in Cambodia is looking for a dynamic finance person to provide financial and risk management, as well as operational support to FIRST Project, under Voice for Change Program. FIRST is a 3 years project funded by EU aiming to enhance more inclusive, rights-based and shock-responsive in  design and delivery of social protection in Cambodia. The project will work very closely with the National Social Protection Council, government agencies, EU, UN agencies, and development partners.

Program Finance Officer (PFO) will work directly with Voice for Change Program Manager, business function team, country operation team, consortium members, and relevant key stakeholders with overal responsibility for the financial management and for providing operational support to the team and Voice for Change Program. 

 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop a financial management framework for the implementation of the grants and partnership agreements incorporating all local partners
• Proactive support and advice to the PM, other programme staff and partners in relation to

finance issues/activities.

• Participate in the selection of partners ensuring their sound financial management capacity with systems in place that meet generally accepted financial practices compliant with national laws and regulations.
• Analyze financial aspects including financial reports, variance on budgets, grant management, partnership agreements, control mechanisms and financial audits ensuring proper accountability and transparency.
• Monitor partners' financial management systems, as well as the implementation of project activities and outcomes in close collaboration with the Project Manager.
• Conduct monitoring visits to partners to check financial and audit reports and the status of their project activities.
• Carry out compliance checks with partners and their activities and provide written reports to the Project Manager.
• Advise on, train and enforce compliance to mandatory procedures and ONL’s systems (ADOBE, PASTEL etc.).
• Review and advice on partnership agreements and partners’ financial reports
• With support from the Project Manager ensure consolidation of reports from partners and preparation of timely high-quality donor reports
• To ensure that partner’s financial procedures are monitored and their internal financial systems are credible. Provide advice and capacity building as appropriate
• Provide timely financial reports to the donor as well as Program Manager
• Prepare grant monitoring report by every quarter as per the instruction from FOM

SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE:

Essential and desirable:

• A minimum of five years of experience using multiple project financial management systems, with a proven track record of management, preferably with international organisations;
• A degree in Finance, Accounting and/or Business Administration, or equivalent combination of education, training and experience.;
• Good knowledge of accountancy software and excellent computer skills;
• Excellent inter-personal skills and a good team player able to work in multi-cultural environments;
• Understanding of gender and diversity issues and commitment to promoting gender and diversity equity;
• Flexible and able to work independently and under pressure;
• Experience with EU project will get preference.
• Able to travel frequently and for long periods of time;
• Fluent in English (reading and writing).
• Commitment to Oxfam’s vision and mandate

Key Attributes

• Ability to demonstrate sensitivity to cultural differences and gender issues, as well as the commitment to equal opportunities
• Ability to demonstrate an openness and willingness to learn about the application of gender/gender mainstreaming, women’s rights, and diversity for all aspects of development work
• Commitment to Oxfam’s safeguarding policies to ensure all people who come into contact with Oxfam are as safe as possible

Organizational Values

• Accountability – Our purpose-driven, results-focused approach means we take responsibility for our actions and hold ourselves accountable. We believe that others should also be held accountable for their actions
• Empowerment – Our approach means that everyone involved with Oxfam, from our staff and supporters to people living in poverty, should feel they can make change happen
• Inclusiveness – We are open to everyone and embrace diversity. We believe everyone has a contribution to make, regardless of visible and invisible differences

Key Behavioural Competencies (based on Oxfam leadership model)

Competencies	Description
Decisiveness	We are comfortable to make transparent decisions and to adapt decision making modes to the context and needs.
Influencing	We have the ability to engage with diverse stakeholders in a way that leads to increased impact for the organization We spot opportunities to influence effectively and where there are no opportunities, we have the ability to create them in a respectful and impactful manner.
Relationship Building	We understand the importance of building relationship, within and outside the organization. We have the ability to engage with traditional and non-traditional stakeholders in ways that lead to increased impact for the organisation.
Mutual Accountability	We can explain our decisions and how we have taken them based on our organizational values.  We are ready to be held to account for what we do and how we behave, as we are also holding others to account in a consistent manner.
Agility, Complexity, and Ambiguity	We scan the environment, anticipate changes, are comfortable with lack of clarity and deal with a large number of elements interacting in diverse and unpredictable ways.
Systems Thinking	We view problems as parts of an overall system and in their relation to the whole system, rather than reacting to a specific part, outcome or event in isolation. We focus on cyclical rather than linear cause and effect. By consistently practicing systems thinking we are aware of and manage well unintended consequences of organisational decisions and actions.
Strategic Thinking and Judgment	We use judgment, weighing risk against the imperative to act. We make decisions consistent with organizational strategies and values.
Vision Setting	We have the ability to identify and lead visionary initiatives that are beneficial for our organization, and we set high-level direction through a visioning process that engages the organization and diverse external stakeholders.
Enabling	We all work to effectively empower and enable others to deliver the organizations goals through creating conditions of success. We passionately invest in others by developing their careers, not only their skills for the job.  We provide freedom; demonstrate belief and trust provide appropriate support. We give more freedom and demonstrate belief and trust, underpinned with appropriate support.

 By August 08th, 2022 at 5:00PM-Cambodia Time

Applications should include their updated CV and a covering letter, no more than two pages, stating their motivation for the post and how they think their experience would enable them to undertake this post.

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