Help. – Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe e.V is an international NGO established in 1981 in response to the Afghan refugee crisis. Our mandate is In line with its principle of assisting people towards self-reliance. Help works together with people in need, irrespective of their gender, age, political views, or religious beliefs, by providing immediate aid in the aftermath of catastrophes and by making sustainable contributions to reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts in all areas of life. Help has been in Iraq intermittently since 2003 and works in the Governorates of Erbil, Duhok, and Nineveh since 2014.

Main Purpose.

Assisting the Finance Manager in the financial monitoring of the local implementing partners, following up on their finance activities, and ensuring that all payments comply with Help policies, standards, and procedures to ensure documentary traceability as well as compliance with local and international accepted accounting rules.

Supporting and overseeing the procurement team of the partner, ensuring that all procurements comply with Help procurement procedures and Help’s and International’s procurement ethics.

Tasks and area of responsibilities

-Finance:

• • Act as finance focal point for partners and Help’s relevant staff. advice and guide the partners’ finance team in bookkeeping, fund requesting, reporting, and any other financial-related issues.
  • Ensure that partners’ finance teams comply with Financial Policies, regulations, and Procedures of Help.
  • Ensure that all financial transactions are recorded in the accounting system, all costs are in line with the project agreement, allocated to the relevant accounts, and described clearly as per Help’s standard booking text.
  • Review and verify all financial transactions of the partners, ensuring that a complete and accurate set of documents as per the Help Financial Support Document Guideline is provided.
  • Assist the Finance Manager and the Country Director at the end of project reporting
  • Assist the Finance Manager during all internal and external audits while it is also expected that the Finance Officer acts independently during audits and evaluations.

  -Procurement:

  • Perform as Procurement focal point for local implementing partners and Help’s relevant staff, providing support and consultancy to the partners in preparation and filling the procurement relevant documents.
  •  Provide support and consultancy to the procurement evaluation committee of the partners and act as observer during the evaluation.
  • Ensure accurate, organized, and up-to-date procurement filling of the projects by the partners. Maintains an up-to-date electronic record of all correspondence related to purchasing orders, requisitions, and receipt notes and records.
  • Carry out any other tasks related to Finance as requested by the Line Manager.

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or any other relevant degree.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Minimum 2 years of work experience in the Finance and/or Procurement field, preferably with NGOs.
• Flexible in applying and adapting procedures.
• Responds and acts constructively in conflictive situations.
• Computer skills (MS Office pack; Intermediate level Excel is a must).
• Trustable, committed, easy-going, and able to function well independently.
• Highly motivated, ready, and willing to take additional responsibilities and flexible.

Languages:

Fluency in English and Arabic is a must, and in Kurdish is preferable.

Interested candidates should send their (CV ) with the contact details of at least 2 referees of relevant former supervisors to recruitment.helpiraq@help-ev.de and write HIRQ-042 in the email subject line.

 CVs without this subject line will not be considered.

 Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.