Christian Aid exists to create a world where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty. We are a global movement of people, churches and local organisations who passionately champion dignity, equality and justice worldwide. We are the changemakers, the peacemakers, the mighty of heart.
Christian Aid are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, and recognise the value this brings in forming strong, creative and high performing teams. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, and from those with experience from outside of the voluntary sector. And no, you don’t have to be Christian to work here – we encourage people of all faiths and none to apply. We just ask that everyone lives out our values of dignity, equality, justice and love
Christian Aid value a good work-life balance, so we’re open to part-time and flexible working. We also offer hybrid working for our office-based colleagues and the option of being a homeworker for most of our roles too.
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About the role
Reporting in to the Partnership & Strategy Lead, the Government Liaison and Finance Officer will be responsible for establishing and maintaining key relationships with external counterparts in priority countries where this is necessary, building relationships based on openness and trust.
The post-holder will facilitate engagement and prepare relevant documentation with support from Head of Governance, Compliance and Risk (e.g. MOUs, legal requirements, statutory reporting and liaison activities) and Partnership & Strategy Leads, and will also support smooth operations on request, including but not limited to partner capacity assessments and support to finance specific roles.
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Some of the main responsibilities of the Government Liaison and Finance Officer include:
- Collaborate with Multi Country Cluster (MCC) Senior Management team and Head of Governance, Compliance and Risk to ensure that country specific government compliance are met to facilitate and maximise impact (e.g. paperwork for MOU’s, permits for field visits, visas, LoAs etc for registration).
- Establish, build and maintain positive relationships built on openness and trust with country/state/township level departments and ministries to facilitate programme delivery.
- Support financial operations in the dispersed office and help to ensure compliance to Christian Aid policies and procedures, local laws and regulations and reporting requirements for the local authorities are complied with and programme impact facilitated and maximised.
- Support with internal control systems compliance, financial management and budget control, Partners supported with Christian Aid’s Capacity and Risk.
- Assessment tool (POCRA), partners supported with budget development and financial management supporting with consistency, coherency and quality.
- Maintain links with the local bank and tax administration and reporting authorities in-country to ensure regulations are adhered to.
- Collaborate with the Programme colleagues to ensure optimal planning and delivery of program activities to maximise our impact
About you
Who we are looking for
Essential:
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (Law, Legal Studies, Finance, Accounting or Administration) or substantial equivalent professional experience.
- Substantial experience of liaising with government institutions on compliance and reporting in relevant country.
- Substantial experience of using computerised financial reporting tools.
- Developed ability to adapt and work flexibly.
Desirable:
- Certified Accounting Officer.
- Substantial experience of supporting humanitarian and development programmes.
- Substantial experience and understanding global finance standards financial compliance policies, processes and audits.
- Highly developed financial skills in budgeting, income tracking, budget monitoring and financial reporting.
- Substantial experience in financial management within the project management cycle.
- Substantial experience of working with partner organisational finance systems.
- Developed ability to provide clear guidance on back donor policies and procedures to other staff.
- Understanding of donor budget management, donor and institutional compliance.
