Job Vacancy

Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) invites applications from Bangladeshi nationals for the following positions of “Women’s Voice and Leadership-Bangladesh (WVLB)” project, funded by Global Affairs Canada (GAC). The goal of the WVLB project is to support the capacity and activities of local and regional women’s organizations and movements seeking to empower women and girls, advance the protection of women’s and girls’ rights and achieve gender equality.

Assistant Manager (Grants) Post: 01

Responsibility:

The position for Assistant Manager-Grants will responsible to (1) Ensure smooth operation of financial activities of WVVLB Project ; (2) Monitor and review the grants awarded to the sub-grantees (PNGOs); (3) Oversee the financial management of the Sub-grantees (PNGOs) as required;(4) Provide capacity building support to sub-grantees; (5) Review the initial budgets of sub-grantees and confirm the overall budget as per MJF's policy and procedure for entering into Deed of Agreement (DoA) ;(6) Ensure the protecting of organization’s assets and properties (ware house & non-ware house property) through using internal control techniques and audit procedures, as required; (7) Provide comment on external audit reports and review and finalize those reports; (8) Assist the Manager Grants Control / Director F&A to oversee the performance of all reports.

Required Qualification and skill: The incumbent must have

  • Master degree in Accounting/ Finance and/or related field with minimum 7 years’ experience in the handling of project finances in particular NGOs of Bangladesh.
  • Knowledge and conceptual understanding on gender equality and know-how of preparing gender responsive budgeting.
  • Communication skill and ability to deal with grantees.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skill with good computer skills on windows operating system (MS Word, Excel, Access etc.);
  • Ability to train and build capacity of others;
  • Excellent interpersonal communication skill and ability to work on a team.
  • Proven working experience in GAC implemented project in Bangladesh will be added advantage.

Remuneration: Attractive Salary and other admissible benefits will be offered for the deserving candidates.

The position is based in Dhaka with minimum 60% of time travel outside of Dhaka in remote locations of Bangladesh.

Application procedure: Interested candidates with above requirements are requested to submit application through online http://manusherjonno.org/ecircular/. The deadline for submission of the application is March 30, 2019.  For technical difficulties email: tuful@manusher.org

Women are highly encouraged to apply.

Note:  ◪ Any persuasion will disqualify the candidature ◪ Only short listed candidates shall be invited for the interview ◪ Appointment of selected candidate will be determined by fund approval/availability.