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Background: The position is for an international development project working to deliver social infrastructure across Pakistan.

Position Summary: This position is responsible for identifying programme related capacity gaps amongst PTC/SC members and CCSI members and working with School Support Team colleagues to provide technical assistance, training and other capacity building interventions to the project Customers.

Location: Peshawar, Charsadda, Mardan

Reporting and Supervision: This position reports to District Team Manager.

Specific duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Customer Relationship Management

  • Establish good interpersonal relationships within the SST by helping people feel valued, appreciated, and included in discussions;
  • Proactively build effective working relationships with District Education Officers, PTC Members and CCSI members;
  • Create a win-win environment by gaining agreement from partners and/or Customers before taking partnership-oriented actions.

Training Delivery  

  • Participate in the delivery of Introduction Cluster Training for PTC/SCs, DEOs and CCSIs.

Provision of Finance Specialist Assistance to Schools

  • Provide finance specialist assistance, including cross-cutting, as required to all allocated schools at each stage of the infrastructure building and capacity building processes.
  • Ensure that allocated schools understand the requirements of the Financial Management and Procurement Manual and, in particular, are able to produce all the documentation required according to these procedures, and otherwise provide the necessary technical support.

Collection and Input of School Level Financial Data

  • Ensure that finance related documentation is complete and accurate for all allocated schools, and will provide a suitable basis for monitoring the financial position of the school within the programme, and otherwise provide the necessary technical support.
  • Ensure that completed forms are promptly sent to the district office, and that the data is input into the FMS on an accurate and timely basis.

Finance Specialist Activity Reporting

  • Provide accurate and timely activity based reporting as per project SOPs: weekly, monthly, quarterly etc.
  • Provide informative, timely and effectively presented written reports/numerical data as required.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

  • Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in a finance related subject with (or with evidence of working towards) an additional finance related qualification being desirable;
  • Written and spoken English (business conversation) as well as local language(s);
  • IT Literacy: able to use MS Word, Powerpoint and Excel at an intermediate level plus has knowledge of Smartphone/tablet applications
  • Understanding of local community and related cultural sensitivities is vital; and
  • Minimum of three years’ experience working in a finance related position.
  • Three years’ experience in the Infrastructure Development is desirable.