URGENT RECRUITMENT IN WIDOWS AND ORPHANS EMPOWERMENT ORGANIZATION (WEWE) – FINANCE VOLUNTEER, RIVERS STATE

URGENT VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT IN WIDOWS AND ORPHANS EMPOWERMENT ORGANIZATION (WEWE) – FINANCE VOLUNTEER – RIVERS STATE

Widows and Orphans Empowerment Organization (WEWE) is a legally registered incorporated Trustees, a women-led, a local not-for-profit, faith-based Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) is seeking applications from qualified candidates to fill in the position of Finance Volunteer for her Rivers State Office.

WEWE’s core ideology is to be one of the most financially compliant and clean NGOs in Nigeria and Africa and we want to improve the lives of millions of widows and orphans in Nigeria and Africa.

WEWE wishes to recruit a talented and God-fearing Finance Volunteer who believes in local organizations, that not all Nigerians are corrupt but instead believes in the ingenuity of the Nigerian and that the best of the Nigerian can be better than the rest. Someone who shares these ideologies and who sees helping vulnerable populations such as widows and Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) as a calling from the Almighty God.

Position:                  Finance Volunteer

Location:                The successful candidate will be based in Rivers State

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• The Finance Volunteer will assist with the processing of financial transactions.
• Ensure that financial transactions and reconciliations are processed in line with relevant policies and procedures.
• Ensure financial reports are timely provided according to financial guidelines.
• Maintain financial records and monitoring systems to record and reconcile expenditures, balances, payments, statements, and other data for day-to-day transactions and reports.
• Select and enter data from a wide variety of documents, verifying accuracy by checking sources, making necessary calculations, and assuring the inclusion of all relevant data.
• Advice and assist staff members on all aspects of travel claims and other financial matters, calculate and paid after authorization of due for claims and services.
• Perform other related duties as required.

The compensation for this position: It is a fixed fee of Fifty Thousand Naira (NGN 50,000) only per month, which will be prorated to the number of days worked and subject to statutory deductions.

QUALIFICATION, REQUIREMENTS, AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
• Minimum of one (1) year of accounting and finance experience.
• Working knowledge of Quick-book accounting package.
• Candidate must have 2.1 or Upper Credit in Accounting.
• Ability to travel and work in difficult settings, including remote rural areas of the state.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint, or similar software.
• Well-organized, with the ability to track multiple activities and deadlines.
• Experience in providing administrative leadership and support to work teams.
• Applicants must be based in Rivers State.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified applicants should send their comprehensive curriculum and cover letter in ONLY one attachment (MS Word document) explaining suitability for the job to fv2023@weweng.org  on or before Tuesday, February 28, 2023.

Applicants are advised to provide their functional emails/mobile phone numbers on the application letter as well as three professional references.

Applications will be reviewed in batches on a first-come first served basis. WEWE reserves the right to conclude this recruitment process when a suitable candidate is selected.

“WEWE is an equal opportunity employer, which promotes diversity and does not discriminate based on tribe, state of origin within Nigeria, religion, age, sex, race or on different physical ability”.

“WEWE’s organizational culture promotes the principles of safeguarding and high moral values. WEWE’s Safeguarding Policy 2022 promotes an environment where no staff, associates, volunteers, case workers, consultants, board members, and partners engage in a sexual relationship, harass, or exploit anyone under the age of 18 or vulnerable adult, especially our beneficiaries”.

“WEWE’s organizational culture also has zero tolerance for corrupt practices. Therefore, for any of our job vacancies, we advise that applicants do not offer or accept any request for money, favors, or gifts from anyone to facilitate an employment opportunity with WEWE. Applicants found engaging in such practices could jeopardize their chances of being selected. If anyone contacts, you with such an offer please report this immediately to WEWE management on this WhatsApp line 09037811024”.