• Job number: SRH04897
• Domaine de competence: Administrative and finance management
• Statut: Salarié
• Type de poste: Overseas missions
• Country: Mozambique
• Contract Type: Short term contract

About us

Desired start date: ASAP
Duration of the mission: 6 months
Location: Mueda, Mozambique

SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL (SI) is an international humanitarian aid association which, since more than 40 years, has been providing assistance to populations affected by armed conflicts and natural disasters by meeting their basic needs for food, water and shelter. Particularly committed to the fight against diseases linked to unsafe water, the leading cause of death in the world, SI’s interventions provide expertise in the field of access to drinking water, sanitation and hygiene promotion, but also in the essential area of food security and livelihoods. Present in some twenty countries, the SI teams – 2500 people in total, made up of expatriates, national staff, permanent staff at HQ, and a few volunteers – intervene with professionalism and commitment while respecting cultural norms.

About the mission

Solidarités International intervened in Mozambique in March 2019 for a few months following the passage of Cyclone Idai, which hit the Province of Sofala and the city of Beira hard. Operations were suspended after the emergency phase and the mission closed. The evolution of the situation in Cabo Delgado province, hit by several cyclones and severely affected by the violent actions of armed groups claiming to be IS, which caused the displacement of nearly 800 000 people, led to an assessment in May 2021 and to the reopening of the mission. The assessment, carried out in the most affected district highlighted needs, particularly in the WASH sector, and the lack of emergency actors. The mission is opening in a complex security and administrative environment, where access will be a major issue.

Solidarites International was one of the first INGO actors to respond to the growing crisis in Cabo Delgado, leading emergency response and distributions in hard-to-reach areas. SI has completed its opening phase, and is massively scaling up in 2022. A new field base is planned for the first half of 2022, and multiple new projects are opening including a 5 M USD BHA project. The Mueda field base has expanded considerably in the first half of 2022, and the growth is still on for the second half of the year, the admin manager will be a critical role in this process.

Type and content of program

Multisector programs including emergency response and humanitarian activities in camp, non-camp, and conflict-affected settings as well as more sustainable projects (infrastructure rehabs). The area of intervention is Mueda, Nangade, Muidumbe districts, in the north of Cabo Delgado Province. Activities are encompassing WASH (both emergency and infrastructure works), RRM, Shelter, FSL and CCCM. They are covered under several different donors and grants (UNICEF, SDC, ECHO, UNHCR, IOM, CDC, BHA). Key program activities include non-hardware WASH components such as latrine construction, water trucking and hygiene promotion; rehabilitation and construction of water infrastructures; supporting assessments and response in new emergencies; general food distribution; and camp management on 7 official camps and additional informal ones. In addition, the BHA project starting in summer 22 is including a food security component, which will be the first one for SI in Mozambique.

Budget

The mission is planned to have 8M for the year 2022 most of the funds being dedicated to response implemented through Mueda base.

About the job

General objective:

Under the supervision of the administrative coordinator, the administrator carries out administrative, accounting, financial and HR management of his/her base, in compliance with donor and SOLIDARITES International procedures.

He/she supervises accounting operations and cash management and carries out budget follow up in conjunction with the program managers.

He/she is also one of those charged with ensuring that Solidarités International’s Human Resources policy is properly implemented at the base.

He/she supports monitors and trains the members of the administrative team.

Specific stakes and challenges:

• The base has been scaling up quickly – in terms of financial volume (multiple donor budgets, complex financial coverage) and team set up (important amount of recruitment, challenges of set up / onboarding / team organization, target organigram at 100 staff members). The volume is still growing while the processes/structure on the base are not yet fully stabilized.
• The base remains a young base with issues of processes implementation and enforcement, administration (and other teams) capacity building
• Cash management and payment system to be strengthen (independence of the base, delegation of transactions preparation to assistants…)
• Significant amount of documents to be continuously processed for archive

Management:

Number of persons under direct management: 1 person; (full admin team is 8 people)

Your profile

Education:

• Bachelor degree in a field related to finance and/or HR management

Experience:

• 2 years minimum experience required in administrative management (field base) or 1 year in a similar size base
• A significant experience of management and in capacity building

Skills:

• Autonomous, organized, ability to prioritize and to work under pressure
• Strong computer skills essential (excel)
• Knowledge on SAGA and HOMERE software are a plus

Languages:

• Portuguese (or fluent in Spanish or Italian) and English are mandatory.

SI will offer you

A salaried post:
According to experience, starting from 1800 euros gross per month (+ 10% annual leave allowance paid monthly) and a monthly Per Diem

SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL also covers accommodation costs and travel expenses between the expatriate’s country of origin and the place of assignment.

Social and medical cover:
Expatriates benefit from an insurance package which reimburses all healthcare expenses (including medical and surgical expenses, dental care and ophthalmological expenses, repatriation) and a welfare system including war risks. Essential vaccination and antimalarial treatment costs are refunded.

Application process

Do you recognize yourself in this description? If so, please send us your CV and cover letter!

Applications containing only CVs will not be considered.

Solidarités International reserves the right to close a recruitment before the deadline of the announcement. Thank you for your understanding.

To learn more about Solidarités International: www.solidarites.org