Job Summary:
Organization: Doctors with Africa CUAMM
Country: Sierra Leone
City: Freetown
Office: Doctors with Africa CUAMM in Freetown
Start date: May 2025
Job position: Country Admin/Finance Coordinator
Location: Freetown, Sierra Leone
Duration: 12 months
Family duty station: YES
Application deadline: 31 March 2025
Company Description
Founded in 1950, Doctors with Africa CUAMM was the first NGO focused on healthcare to be recognized by the Italian government. It is now one of the leading organization working to protect and improve the well-being and health of vulnerable communities in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The NGO promotes long-term health cooperation projects, intervening also in emergencies to ensure that services are available to all.
Doctors with Africa CUAMM is currently active in 9 Sub-Saharan countries: Angola, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda.
The NGO supports public and non-profit hospitals, local districts, schools of nursing and midwifery, university faculties of medicine.
CUAMM’s action focuses on health system strengthening and targets the weakest population groups, particularly women and children. Interventions include prevention, screening and treatment programmes; development or strengthening of referral systems at community level; training of health staff; management support and technical assistance to local health institutions; field research.
CUAMM’s international and national staff work together on the front line to strengthen local health systems, in resource-limited contexts where the commitment and contribution of the individual can make a real difference.
Which is why we always need skilled and motivated people who are ready to join us to collaborate on our projects ‘with Africa’.
Purpose of the role
The Country Admin/Finance Coordinator is responsible for the proper administrative, accounting, and financial management of the Country Coordination Office and the proper administrative management of interventions in various project locations.
Key duties
- Coordinating, supervising and supporting the local administrative team responsible for maintaining the Country Coordination accounting records and the Country Budget
- Preparing quarterly funding requests for the Country Coordination Office with the Country Manager
- Ensuring compliance with current local regulations (tax, labor law, legal, and general administrative matters)
- Managing relationships with banks, supervising cash and bank accounts and providing for the transfers of funds to the projects
- Assisting the Country Manager in drafting budgets for new projects
- Recruiting and selecting national administrative-accounting staff
- Ensuring the administrative management of national staff in compliance with the country’s regulations (including preparing standard employment contract formats, defining contractual levels according to the salary grids, payment of salaries, social security contributions and insurance)
- Supervising administrative practices related to international staff
- Ensuring the operational execution of the Country Safety Plan in the event of an emergency
- Guaranteeing compliance with administrative procedures
- Ensuring the sound management of NGO’s real estate and property assets
- Participating in budgeting and controlling processes
Requirements
- Degree in Accounting, University Degree in Economics or equivalent title
- Excellent knowledge of English
- Good knowledge of Italian
- Solid experience in admin/finance management of international cooperation projects in fragile countries and/or low resources settings
- Previous experience as Country Admin Coordinator will be considered an asset
Terms of Contract
- Type of contract: collaboration contract
- Salary: TBD according to NGO salary grids and compensation policy (basic salary for the job position, with possible increase based on professional experience)
- Annual leave: 2.5 days for each month of work, for contracts longer than 4 months
- Flight tickets: one return flight for the first collaboration for up to 12 months
- Health issues: the NGO provides health insurance and covers vaccination costs
- Visa and permits: the NGO bears the cost and paperwork for visa, professional registration, work and residence permits
- Accommodation: provided by the NGO, it is generally individual, depending on the logistical situation and the availability of accommodation in the workplace
- Other costs: the NGO covers costs related to housing utilities and internet; food and personal expenses are covered by the worker
- Family policy: where the socio-political context and logistics allow it, international staff may be accompanied by their partner or family. In this case, the NGO provides a salary supplement and guarantees flights, health insurance, visas and permits for dependents and accompanying family members.
Due to the high number of applications, please note that our recruiting team will contact only short-listed candidates.
The selection process is based on non-discrimination criteria and candidates are taken into consideration without distinction of ethnicity, gender, political orientation, religion, personal opinions, sexual orientation.
Doctors with Africa CUAMM does not tolerate any abuse, exploitation or violence against vulnerable children and adults, nor other behaviour that does not respect human dignity from its own staff, partner staff or other staff associated with the NGO.
All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to the mission and values of the organization, non-discrimination policies and safeguarding principles.
