A loving home for every child

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

SOS Children's Village International in Bangladesh (www.sos-bangladesh.org) is a non-governmental social devolvement organisation provides care for the children who have lost parental care or who are at risk of losing parental care and deprived of caring family environment. SOS Children’s Village International is probably the largest private child welfare humanitarian organization working more than 130 countries and territories in the world. In Bangladesh, we started our operations in Dhaka in 1972, and since then we have expanded our activities from here to Rajshahi, Khulna, Bagerhat, Chattogram, Bogura and Sylhet.

Our Programmes contribute to delivering on SDGs with a special focus on our target group to improve national social protection system, fighting inequalities, promoting access to quality education, strengthening youth employability and ending violence against children.

SOS Bangladesh is seeking competent candidates for the smooth operation of the following position.

Position: Project Officer-Finance and Admin

Location of Job: Any SOS Location in Bangladesh

Nature of Job: Fixed Term Contract (Yearly renewable based on performance)

Area of Key Responsibilities:

  • Support day-to-day financial operations, including voucher preparation, payments, and recordkeeping.
  • Maintain accurate financial records and ledgers in accordance with organizational and donor requirements.
  • Prepare monthly and quarterly financial statements, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
  • Ensure compliance with internal controls, financial policies, and audit requirements.
  • Assist in the preparation and monitoring of project budgets and forecasts.
  • Support consolidation of financial reports from consortium partners.
  • Track expenditures against approved budgets and flag variances for management action.
  • Prepare and submit financial reports in coordination with the management.
  • Support procurement activities, ensuring adherence to donor procurement policies and procedures.
  • Maintain an up-to-date inventory of project assets and supplies.
  • Oversee office logistics, fleet management, and asset tagging.
  • Provide administrative support to project staff, including travel arrangements, meeting coordination, and logistics.
  • Maintain organized filing systems for project correspondence, contracts, and financial documents.
  • Coordinate event logistics such as workshops, training sessions, and field visits.
  • Ensure compliance with organizations and donor regulations, tax laws, and statutory obligations.
  • Support preparation for internal and external audits by providing required documentation.
  • Follow up on audit findings and support implementation of corrective actions.
  • Collaborate with consortium finance teams and partner organizations for financial data exchange and harmonized reporting.
  • Support communication between finance, procurement, and program teams to ensure smooth project operations.

Qualification & Experience:

  • Minimum Graduation degree in any discipline (preferably in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or Economics) with CACC. At least 2nd Division/Class or equivalent in all public examinations.
  • Minimum 5 years’ experience in finance, accounting, and administrative roles, preferably in development or donor-funded projects.
  • Knowledge of financial management principles, procurement procedures, and institutional donor compliance frameworks
  • Strong proficiency in MS Office, accounting software (e.g., Tally, QuickBooks, ERP systems,  D365 and spreadsheet analysis.)
  • Adequate knowledge and skills in computer applications, especially MS Office packages, digital communication tools, and flexibility to work with project management software.

Salary & Benefits: As per Organisation Policy (Negotiable for highly competent candidates).

SOS Children’s Villages provide equal employment opportunities to all employees & qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, ancestry, national origin, age, disability, marital status, or class. SOS Children´s Villages complies with all applicable laws governing non-discrimination in employment. We strictly follow the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and zero-tolerance neither on sexual exploitation, harassment and abuse nor fraud and corruption, amongst other safeguarding aspects. All co-workers must understand, respect and follow the rights of children to live without fear of abuse. The organization cherishes a non-smoking working environment.

Application through the prescribed form is mandatory. An application without the prescribed form will be automatically rejected. Competent women are encouraged to apply.

SOS Bangladesh reserves the rights to accept or reject your application at any stage and only short-listed candidates will be called for Interview.

Interested Candidates are requested to apply online through e-mail at jobs@sos-bangladesh.org  (mentioning the Position Name applied for in the subject of the e-mail) with a Cover Letter along with our prescribed “Employment Application Form” (please download from www.sos-bangladesh.org/download) in PDF format & rename in your full name & e-mail to “Director-HR, SOS Children's Village International in Bangladesh” on or before 16 November 2025