Description
Job Description
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Job title: |
Finance Officer |
Work Location: |
Freetown/Kono |
Department: |
Finance |
Report to: |
Finance Manager |
Line Management |
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Organisation Profile |
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Partners In Health (PIH) is an international health organization relentlessly committed to improving the health of the poor and marginalized. PIH partners with local governments to build local capacity and works closely with impoverished communities to deliver high-quality health care, address the root causes of illness, train providers, advance research, and advocate for global policy change. Our delivered services in the field are based in our partnership with the Governments and Ministries of Health and the support to education, training and mentorship to Health care workers and students is one of our pillars for the Health care system strengthening.
PIH currently has implementation programs in Haiti, Rwanda, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Peru, Mexico, Russia, Sierra Leone and Navajo Nation. Through our partnership with Harvard Medical School and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, we support a wide range of programs in dozens of other countries around the world.
Our Work In Sierra Leone: Partners In Health (PIH) began supporting the government of Sierra Leone in response to the Ebola epidemic in October 2014. Recognizing the large need for continued investments in the health system after Ebola, PIH is committed to long-term health system strengthening in support of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MOHS), guided by the same principles as our emergency response and our work around the world: public sector accompaniment, integrated and comprehensive services, social justice, nimbleness and flexibility, partnership, community ownership, and evidence-based interventions. In the aftermath of the epidemic, PIH is committed to supporting the delivery of comprehensive health services in Sierra Leone, from the community level to the health centre and to referral hospitals. |
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Position Overview |
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The Finance Officer will be responsible for supporting the Kono finance team to produce accurate and timely reporting of Kono’s monthly expenditure. The Finance Officer will be responsible for supporting the Kono finance team to maintain overall compliance with PIH’s grant agreements as well as internal finance and procurement policies. The Finance officer will be responsible for processing all petty cash requests. The Finance Officer will also take on responsibility as the primary finance contact for the Wellbody Clinic and KGH in Kono District. As a critical member of the Sierra Leone PIH finance team, the Finance Officer will play a lead role in educating program staff on PIH finance policies and ensuring they are strictly adhered to: |
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Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
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The Finance Officer will be responsible for supporting the Kono finance team to produce accurate and timely reporting of Kono’s monthly expenditure. The Finance Officer will be responsible for supporting the Kono finance team to maintain overall compliance with PIH’s grant agreements as well as internal finance and procurement policies. The Finance officer will be responsible for processing all petty cash requests at the Clinic. The Finance Officer will also take on responsibility as the primary finance contact for the Clinic in Kono District. As a critical member of the Sierra Leone PIH finance team, the Finance Officer will play a lead role in educating program staff on PIH finance policies and ensuring they are strictly adhered to. Specific Responsibilities:
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Education and Work Experience Requirements: |
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Commitment to Safeguarding and Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Sexual Harassment |
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At Partners In Health, we are committed to ensuring that those who benefit from our work- including our patients, families and community members – as well as our staff are treated with dignity and respect and protected from sexual exploitation, abuse and sexual harassment. A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Partner In Health’s PSEAH policy. Partner In Health will request information from applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures. |
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