About the workplace
Stromme Foundation is a rights-based development NGO that workstowards a vision of a world free from poverty.Our most important interventions in the fight against poverty are education, economic inclusion / job creation and a strong civil society.This gives hundreds of thousands of people the opportunity to climb out of poverty, every year. We are a decentralised organisation. With offices in West Africa, East Africa and Asia consisting only of local employees, we work through local partners in11 countries.We implementour programmesthrough local partner organisations. Our Organisational Headquarters is in Kristiansand, Norway, and has a coordinating, capacity building and fundraising role. Around 35 staff work in Kristiansand, and a total of 150 staff work for Stromme Foundation worldwide. Stromme Foundation is a non-profit, value-based organization, and we want to create a culture where we both live and are motivated by our core values of dignity, justice, and solidarity. Stromme Foundation is a rights-based development NGO that works towards a vision of a world free from poverty. Our most important interventions in the fight against poverty are education & income and job creation. This gives hundreds of thousands of people the opportunity to climb out of poverty, every year. We are a decentralised organisation. With offices in West Africa, East Africa and Asia consisting only of local employees, we work through local partners in 11 countries. We implement our programmes through local partner organisations. Our Organisational Headquarters is in Kristiansand, Norway, and plays a role of a coordinating, capacity building and fundraising. Around 35 staff work in Kristiansand, and a total of 150 staff work for Stromme Foundation worldwide. Stromme Foundation is a non-profit, value-based organization, that strives to create a culture where we both live and are motivated by our core values of human dignity, respect, justice, and solidarity. Stromme Foundation strives to provide a safe and inclusive workplace and collaborative working environment, where staff are treated with dignity, and respect. We offer competitive compensation and benefits in line with the local market. In the spirit of the work we do, we do not aspire to be the salary driver in countries of our operations. We thus do not offer salaries in the top end of the labour market. We also provide learning and development opportunities.
Work tasks
• Review and quality assure budgets, interim reports and yearly reports from partners • Work closely with programme advisors and conduct comparison with financial and narrative reports • Assist and give guidance and advice in the financial running of the projects. • Regularly carry out financial checks and/or spot check in projects. • Carry out reviews/assessments of partners • Follow-up of Management letters and financial reviews/partner assessments • Attend and contribute to trainings/workshops. • Participate in travel activities and visits to partners • Conduct anti-corruption trainings and develop financial competence among partner staff. • Contribute to capacity strengthening of our local partners in the entire region. • Perform additional related duties as assigned by Strømme or the back-donors.
Qualifications
• Bachelors in accounting or similar with a CPA (U) certificate.
• Minimum 5 years of experience from similar position • Able and willing to travel in eastern Africa. • Fluent English, knowledge of Kiswahili an advantage
Scope of employment
Form of employment: Permanent employment
Scope: Full-time
100%
Other
This role will be providing support to the Forum for Women and Development (FOKUS) which is a knowledge and resource centre on international gender issues. It is an umbrella organisation for 43 organisations in Norway. The overall objective is to promote womens human rights and gender equality globally. This necessitates strengthening womens access to rights, resources and power, which FOKUS seeks to achieve through advocacy and international development cooperation. Stromme Foundation and FOKUS are committed to diversity and inclusion, and is certified as a gender equality workplace.
