Job opportunities at Rural Agency for Community Development and Assistance (RACIDA) Ethiopia

II. Organizational Context and Scope

Rural Agency for Community Initiatives Development and Assistance (RACIDA) is a National Humanitarian NGO established and working in Ethiopia for the last two decades and since then operating in the country through humanitarian relief, rehabilitation and development projects in collaboration with various local stakeholders. RACIDA is actively implementing projects in the area of agriculture, food security, livelihood, DRR, WASH, Education, Youth and Women Development and other social development projects.

RACIDA is looking for professionally confident, self-motivated, experienced, and committed team player to fill the Finance Officer position in Dollo Addo woreda, Ethiopia.

III. Roles and Responsibilities:

Financial Task

• Prepare and process all the financial data of the project office and ensure entries are accurately documented.
• Ensure the monthly financial closure of accounts are done timely and ensure hardcopies and electronic copies of financial reports are submitted to the Finance Manager.
• Provide support to Finance Manager throughout the project cycle to ensure compliance with RACIDA’s policies and procedures and any donor-specific requirements.
• Assist the Finance Manager in maintaining appropriate internal controls, control cash.
• Propose cash flows according to administrative activities/costs in the project office and ensure daily control of funds disbursed.
• Prepare staff payroll and ensure salaries are correctly allocated to project staffs. Ensure payroll is reviewed and approved by the Finance Manager as a bank signatory before bank transfers are done to the respective staff accounts.
• Make suggestions for procedural improvements in the relevant area of finance.
• Assist in preparing annual budget for the project office, monitor budget control and analyses variances between budget and actual expenditures.
• Assist with checking of invoices and ascertain that the equipment, supplies or services they refer to are duly received or provided;
• Preparation of monthly financial statements;
• Processing of operations / accounting returns for the project office.
• Prepare settlement of travel authorizations/perdiems and ensure that calculations in expense claims conform to RACIDA’s rules and regulations.
• Prepare of financial reports in accordance with the regulations of RACIDA and established procedures for the project office.
• Check and ensure that expenditures are requested in accordance with the predefined rules and regulations.
• Prepare appropriate receipt vouchers for the expenditures and insert these expenditures in the accountancy (Prima Nota).
• Follow up cheque payments and collect receipts and other supporting documents.
• Prepare payment vouchers as per authorized supporting documents.
• Give proper codes for payments.
• Prepare payrolls and the payment of the staff monthly salary on time.
• Prepare monthly Cash Disbursement Reports of the project.
• Collect cash and bank payments made by RACIDA Addis Ababa Office.
• Preparation of budget remittance request according to expenditures planned for the next month and at the beginning of every quarter.
• Keep records for medical refunds to the project staffs.
• Keep the custody of petty cash and receivable documents properly.
• Make monthly cash counts with the Finance Manager
• Review financial statements, budget versus actual expenditures and keep the Project Coordinator informed.
• Preparation of quarterly report (administration and financial part) as per project format.
• Facilitate inventory taking at the end of each fiscal year.

Administrative Task

• Ensure the daily e-mail checking and downloading of documents and their delivering;
• Receive and transmit local and international telephone calls, electric mails and faxes;
• Establish up-to-date filing and record keeping systems according to the RACIDA’s guide-lines, and file all documents in relevant folders;
• File and take care of all documents that should be kept in office; especially, keep confidential documents in safe place;
• Provide typing and clerical services as assigned (draft letters, Memos and related);
• Take and arrange appointment for branch Senior Staff;
• Responsible for handling and running of the office furniture’s and equipment’s;
• Perform similar duties when requested.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Area Program Coordinator.

I. Position Information
Position title	Finance Officer
Employment type	Full Time/Regular
Duty station	Dollo Addo (Liban Zone) with with frequent field trip
Salary	As per the Organization Scale
No of Position	01
Job Category	Accounting and Administrator
Contract Duration	Five months with possible extension with availability of fund
Posted	October 22, 2025
Application Deadline	October 28, 2025
Line of responsibility	The Finance Office is directly responsible to the Finance Manager with overall supervision of the RACIDA Program Coordinator

IV. Minimum Qualifications:

• BA/Diploma in Finance and Accounting.

EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of three (3) years work experience in International and National NGOs or more than 5 Years work experience in Government office
• For Diploma 5 years work experience in International and National NGOs and more than 7 year in Government
• Advanced knowledge and experience of working with Quick-Book and other functional packages
• Excellent command of written and spoken English, knowledge of Amharic
• An applicant should be a resident and a person from the surrounding areas of Liban and Afder.

Desirable: Experience of managing donor (s) funded projects; NGO experience and Knowledge of local language (culture and context) is preferable.

Desired Experience & Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively;
• Ability to do all essential accounting functions;
• Ability to handle additional tasks assigned;
• Posses’ personal qualities like willingness, honesty and integrity etc.;
• Open and easily approachable;
  Should manifest adequate knowledge in performing IT related works like, doing Microsoft Word, Excel, Adobe Acrobat; and related software including e-mail management systems.

The successful candidate is expected to demonstrate the following technical and behavioral competencies

Responsibilities & Accountabilities.

• Willing to Accept and give constructive criticism
• Follows all relevant procedures, processes, and policies
• Meets different work deadlines, quality requirements when doing authoring activities.
• Should be strict on doing own work and open for correction.
• Takes responsibility for meeting commitments and for any shortcomings

Should be open for continuous.

• Demonstrates interest in improving relevant skills and for skills acquired at other functional areas.
• Actively shares relevant information related to his profession.
• Clearly communicates, and listens to feedback on, changing priorities and procedures
• Writes clearly and effectively, adapting wording and styles to the intended audience during training sessions.
• Listens effectively and communicates clearly,

Creativity and Initiative

• Should actively develop new ways of improving program or services under his/her responsibilities.

Planning and Organizing

• Prioritize activities and assignments for self-engagements.
• Organizes the work documents to allow for planned and unplanned handovers
• Identifies risks and opportunities for making contingency plans.
• Adjusts priorities and plans to achieve goals
• Allocates appropriate times and resources for planned works.

Professionalism

• Identifies issues, opportunities, and risks for appropriate measures to be taken on due time.
• Treats all colleagues with respect and dignity
• Works effectively with people especially in the project target area in relation to their cultural context
• Knowledgeable to promote RACIDA’s core mandate policies.

Teamwork

• Actively contributes to an effective, collegial, and agreeable team environment
• Contributes to, and follows team objectives Seeks input and feedback from others
• Actively supports and implements final group decisions
• Committed to responsibility sharing in all team’s works