By | May 9, 2023

AFREhealth 2023 Latest Vacant Position For Finance and Administrative Assistant

To be a responsive and leading African forum in the pursuit of excellence in health research, education and service provision.

AFREhealth’s Mission

To provide African leadership for responsive health professions education, training, research and service delivery through: (a) Partnership/Collaboration, (b) Networking, (c) Advocacy, (d)Resource mobilization, (e) Strategic communication, (f) Sharing best practices, (g) Capacity building, and (h) Transformation of responsive health professions education, research and healthcare deliver

AFREhealth is a young organization with immense potential and needs entrepreneurial people who are excited about the mission. We are currently looking for dynamic and passionate people to fill this position, based at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) campus in Kumasi, Ghana

Job Summary

The Finance and Administrative Assistant (FAA) will work closely with the AFREhealth Finance Manager and Human Resource and Administrative Officer. S/He will support the Finance Manager in handling day to day financial operations of the Secretariat office. The FAA will also assist the HR/Administrative Officer to ensure the smooth running of the Secretariat and the provision of administrative support to the AFREhealth secretariat and Office bearers.

Reports directly to: Finance Manager or as assigned by AFREhealth President

Duties and Responsibilities

Finance

Prepare petty cash vouchers and disburse according to approved policies
Maintain monthly petty cash journal accurately
Prepare cheque vouchers and cheques for payment to vendors.
Support the payment of approved cheques to respective Vendors/Payees
Ensure the completeness of supporting documents of all paid cheques and cash vouchers
Support to settle all utility bills
Ensure that all vouchers/documentations are properly filed
Retrieve all programme advances and related documentations for reconciliation
Assist in the preparation of monthly reconciliation statements.
Update various cash books.
Enter data into QuickBooks Accounting Software (e.g. staff advances, vendor payments, travel expense reports, etc.)
Support with the retrieval and verification of inventory and stores documents on a monthly basis
Assist with stock taking on a quarterly basis.
Assist in the preparation of end of year financial statements.
Receive approved advances and expense reports from program staff and record them in the log.
Ensure that financial documents are stamp ‘paid’ on timely basis.
Review travel expense reports and all financial documents from staff to ensure laid down processes are adhered to before processing.

Ensure that the Secretariat office is professionally presentable and that a l l equipment are maintained in good condition
Receive, initially respond and appropriately refer all correspondence and inquiries directed to anyone in AFREhealth
Support the HR & Administrative Officer to coordinate all travel arrangements for staff and guests (i.e. booking of flights and tickets, airport pick up, hotel accommodation etc.)
Assist in verifying all travel invoices and attach the relevant support documentation and submit to finance representative
Ensure that stationery for daily use in the stationery/printer cupboards is replenished regularly and request made for additional stocks as needed
Ensure proper usage and prompt replenishment of supplies and toiletries; and request for additional stocks as needed
Manage the asset register, materials, and supplies; ensuring that all assets are properly labelled/tagged
Ensure assets and inventories are well maintained and ensure physical verifications (quarterly and annually)
Support the HR & Administrative Officer to provide administrative support to the Executive Committee, Governing Council, Standing Committees, Technical Working Groups and other adhoc committee meetings
Filing and database management
Support HR & Administrative Officer to ensure completion of records for selected candidates.
Distribute Medical Insurance cards to new employees and help them in solving their queries related to medical reimbursement claims.
Coordinate with Insurance Company for processing health insurance claims
Work with the HR & Administrative Officer in the purchase of office supplies and stationery
Compile timesheets of staff and keep record of same on a monthly basis
Update Birthday List as new employees join the Organization.
Carry out any other responsibilities assigned from time to time
Required Skills or Experience

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Administration or their equivalent
Minimum of 4 years work experience in Finance and/or Administration will be an advantage
Knowledge and experience in QuickBooks or any relevant software
Good computer skills in MS Word, Excel, and Power point
Work experience with an international NGO is an advantage
Abilities/Skills:

How To Apply
Qualified persons are required to send their Curriculum Vitae (CV) and application letter to:

recruitment@afrehealth.org.

Deadline for the submission of applications: 30th June, 2023.
Please note that given the likely high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
NOTE: All staff members of AFREhealth, regardless of the level of their responsibilities are expected to:

Model the vision and mission stated above
participate in the business development processes
contribute to the knowledge sharing and transfer process
make responsible decisions that result in time and cost containment and clear accountability
participate in multiple teams, adopt team spirit, take responsibility for action items assigned and provide feedback as needed
multitask, be able to manage competing priorities and be able to prioritize in order to meet program and/or organizational objectives

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