Legal Resources Foundation Vacancies Closing 23 November
Legal Resources Foundation is looking for qualified and experienced candidates to join their team. Applicants are advised to check the eligibility criteria and apply for the vacancies
Office Assistant
Duties and Responsibilities
- Driving Centre vehicles
- Maintaining the vehicles under the policies of the organization
- Serve Court Papers to the Court, Sheriff’s Office, Messenger of Court Offices and other Law Firms.
- Banking and payment of the Centre’s obligations
- Maintaining records for closed files
- Files all closed files chronologically, or any other approved system
- Cleaning and maintaining all the organisation’s assets, facilities and premises,
- Performing messenger duties as assigned
- Performing library upkeep duties as assigned,
- Maintaining the general ambience of the organisation’s gardens and buildings,
- Ensuring that vehicles are well maintained and are properly registered,
- Preparing teas and eats for meetings and workshops.
- Any other duties that may be assigned by the supervisor.
Qualifications and Experience
- A clean Class 4 Driver’s licence.
- Defensive driving certificate
- Five (5) O Levels including English Language
- At least 5 years driving experience
- Ability to work under minimal or no supervision
- Knowledge of the Midlands province will be an added advantage.
Finance Officer
Duties and Responsibilities
- Preparing monthly, quarterly and mid- year donor financial reports for submission to the donor p
- Preparing and facilitating donor verification exercises, assisting in review of financial reports, backups and vouching of supporting documents
- Assisting with the preparation and coordination of internal and external audits; Participating in the budget preparation exercises
- Assisting in preparing and monitoring of donor monthly burn rates reports for various programs to ensure that the budget lines are not exceeded or under spent
- Preparing bank reconciliations on a monthly basis
- Maintain account payable accounts on a monthly basis
- Updating fixed asset register
- Assist in the preparation of management accounts and annual financial statements
- Assist in the preparation of annual budgets and budgetary control reports for donors
- Assist in the development of various accountability vouchers for use in the finance office
- Conduct correct posting of project expenditures on time, with quality into Pastel Evolution
- Regular field visits to all project areas to verify that resources are used optimally
- Reconcile and consolidate sub-grantee accounts before submitting consolidated reports to the donors as and when they are required; Co-ordinate and facilitate project audits
- Perform any other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications and Experience
- Degree in Accounting or its equivalent
- Relevant professional qualification(s) such as CIS, ACCA or CIMA
- Proven work experience as a Finance Officer in an NGO
- Solid knowledge of financial and accounting procedures
- Working knowledge of Pastel Evolution accounting package
- Excellent computer skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Excellent analytical and numerical skills, High level attention to detail and accuracy, ability to work independently and meet deadlines and team player.
- At least 3 years of relevant working experience in an NGO environment.
- Ability to work under pressure.
Finance Intern
Duties and Responsibilities
- Processing payments, filing documents, capturing financial transactions in the system, reconciliations, preparing supporting schedules for journal processing
- Preparing bank reconciliations
- Maintenance of financial records
- Assisting in preparation of donor expenditure reports
- Implementation of Financial Policies
- Participates in financial audits and donor compliance checks
Qualifications and Experience
- The Finance Intern must be a recent graduate of a bachelor’s degree in accounting and must have a basic understanding of any accounting package.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must direct their applications and CVs to: recruitcomms@gmail.com