Finance Assistant

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child but know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood and we enable children to prepare for and respond to crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries.

We won’t stop until we are all equal.

The Opportunity 

The position holder will be responsible for handling the daily administrative and HR duties of an organization. He/she will provide clerical support to the staff and the department to support effective and efficient operations of the organization’s human resource department.

Accountabilities Include;

Petty cash management, organizing, and archiving Financial documents with necessary support documents 

• Responsible to handle Gambella Office petty cash fund and work advances as required
• Responsible for managing a petty cash fund properly and replenishing it when the fund reaches the Key allowed limit.
• Responsible for collecting all debit or credit advice from all banks and submitting for recording.
• Remind the finance officer of the maximum fund balance on Bi-weekly bases and collect a justification for unspent cash.
• Ensure all Financial documents are chronologically arranged and filed.
• Ensure that all financial documents are scanned and uploaded to OneDrive
• Responsible for paying all cash payments when required.
• Any other assignment by the line manager as required.

Support the Program Area Finance Officer 

• Support the Program Area Finance Officer in paying tax issues to the relevant tax authority.
• Conduct a monthly summary of pension, Income tax, and withholding tax, and submit to the finance officer to facilitate the payment
• Facilitate all payment transfers to suppliers, partners, and other stakeholders as required.

Ensure the safety of financial documents and adhering the organization’s policy 

• Keep filling systems in which documents could be readily available, easily traced, and ensure that all documents fulfil the appropriate source documents
• Report the soonest she/he identifies any potential and/or actual risk
• Support other staff on the finance-related issues
• Support the Program Area Finance Officer in Audit Facilitation.
• Others, as the need arises and is instructed by the immediate supervisor.

Qualifications/ Experience/Skills Essential:

• Diploma in accounting/business management with at least 2 years of experience in a similar position.

Excellent English, both written and verbal

Preferential

• Safety issues in cash management.
• Best way of handling transactions.
• Bookkeeping and interpersonal skills.
• Basic computer skills to process various document settlements, such as Excel.
• Ample knowledge of currency denominations and counting.
• Advanced computer skills, especially in Excel, Word, and the use of email
• Ability to communicate at all levels, & in difficult circumstances,
• Ability to work under pressure within a diverse team of people, and be dynamic, tenacious, and   committed
• Multi-cultural people who respect and treat various people coming for her/his service.
• Honesty.
• Polite and courtesy and consider his/herself as a team member.
• Very good written & spoken English;
• Very good communication skills with all levels of staff
• Willing to travel to field sites.
• High commitment to confidentiality
• Gender sensitivity

Languages required:

• Fluency in the English language is essential
• In addition to Amharic, other local Knowledge or languages are preferable

Safeguarding Children and Program Participants (Safeguarding) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI)

• Understands and puts into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding and GEI policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), ensuring that concerns are reported and managed per the appropriate procedures.
• Ensures that all staff in the unit/function/department are properly inducted on and understand their role in upholding Plan International’s safeguarding and GEI policies.Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in day-to-day work.
• Ensures that Plan Ethiopia contributes to Plan International’s global efforts to ensure safeguarding and GEI, including making sure that relevant reporting and data are submitted.

Location:        Gambella Program Area Field Office

Type of Role: Finance Assistant

Reports to:    Finance Officer

Grade:             B2 

Closing Date: June 29, 2026

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International’s Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.