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Company Head office Addis Ababa
Organic Liquid Fertilizer Producing PLC
Company Summary Organic Liquid Fertilizer Producing PLC (known by the trade name „Eco Green‟) is a legal entity registered in 2008 in accordance with Commercial Registration and Business License Proclamation number 980/2008 of the FDRE. As the name indicates, the Company produces 100% ORGANIC Liquid Fertilizer which is rich in microbes, improves soil fertility, increases the productivity and quality of the crop, and significantly cuts fertilizer costs. It has been bestowed different national and international awards including, but not limited to, “Prestigious Science Innovation Award in 2007 E.C.” from the hands of the former FDRE Prime Minister H/Mariam Desalegn, “Climate Innovation Prize in 2009 E.C” from Ethiopian Climate Innovation Centre, and “The Best Entrepreneurship of the year Award in 2015 G.C.” from UNDP. Let's get on to NATURE (ORGANIC FARMING AND FOOD) for long and healthy life.Duties and Responsibilities The Finance and Administration Manager report to the Deputy General Manager of the company. Under the general supervision and guidance of the Deputy General Manager, the Finance and Administration Manager manages general accounts, cost, budget division, and the overall administrative activities. Finance and Administrative Manager plans, organizes, directs, coordinates and controls the overall finance and administrative activities of the organization; initiates and formulates policies, strategies and objectives pertaining to same and submits to the DGM for approval; implements approved decisions. The major responsibility of finance and administrative Manager is making evidenced based planning, budgeting and efficient utilization for the aim of achieving high return on investment. For this purpose, the finance and Administrative Manager focus on modernizing financial and administrative planning, management and control in line with the desired company goals. Finance and Administration Manager is also responsible for acquiring financial resources from internal and external sources, allocating to functional units of the company through operational and capital budgets and following up implementation against budget to ensure efficient utilization of the same; installing and administering cash controlling procedures as well as accounting, costing and budgeting systems that could effectively capture and process financial data to ensure informed and sound decision making on matters of finance, budgeting and costing; periodically undertaking financial system review studies to keep up with contemporary requirements of technological advancements and other relevant internal and external changes in the business environment; monitoring the day-to-day financial activities of the company and making sure that interim and periodic financial reports are produced and issued for internal and external consumption; administering the preparation, approval and implementation of corporate budgets of operational periods; managing the accumulation, allocation and accounting of services and other operational costs, the determination of total and unit services costs and adjustment to changes in services costs and market demand; monitoring the timely collection of operational revenues and receivables as well as the disbursement of payables according to internal and external regulatory requirements; works in an advisory capacity for other work units and the whole company on matters of finance Moreover, Manager of Finance & Administration oversees the daily administration activity of the company. He/she also oversees many of the internal human resource tasks of the company. He works to ensure proper functioning of all administration processes, including employee salaries and benefits, and other internal processes. He/she also monitors employee records to ensure that employees are paid accurately through regular work pay, overtime, bonuses, and other benefits and allowances. He also works to make sure that this compensation is paid on time. Finance and Administration Manager Work collaboratively with other departments to develop and manage budgets for project and activities. He ensures that the funding is readily available and being appropriately assigned for the projects. It directly supervises finance, HR, Office Administration, General Services and Property Management Divisions.  Specific duties The Finance and Administrative Manager shall have the following duties and responsibilities:-  Performs the treasury functions such as cash and liquidity management, corporate financial planning and operations, financial risk management, stakeholder relations and corporate financial governance. Work closely with top management to achieve profit objectives those ultimately create value for the shareholders by focusing on quantitative analysis of internal and external data. Assists top management for projection of the company's annual profit plan, and develop monthly financial forecasts.  Provides an efficient and effective accounting services for the company and implement appropriate financial control and review system involving corporate and branch accounts.  Provides financial reporting and analysis for business units of the company. Provides support in the preparation of the business units‟ annual budget and the analysis of performance versus budget periodically.  Develops and implements pre-audit and review systems of all disbursements to ensure compliance with existing laws, rules and regulations.  Ascertain that accounts receivable are collected on appropriate time  Ensure that credit sales are collected as per the contractual agreements made with customers.  Installs and implements an efficient and effective budget management, monitoring and control systems including verification of financial transactions.  Provides efficient and effective general accounting services involving corporate accounts through the systematic recording of financial transactions, maintenance of general ledger and preparation of related financial reports.  Periodically review and evaluate the present accounting system to determine further improvements to make the system more responsive to the needs of the company. Formulate and implement systems and procedures to ensure effective management, control and recording of collections as well as the disbursement of company funds in accordance with set rules and procedures, geared towards company targets.  Involve and follow-up in Recruitment, selection, Placement, orientation, training, promotion of staffs within the company  Prepare replacement plans for key positions in the organization.  Coordinate all audits and work with internal teams to meet operating goals. Direct profit forecasts, expense budgets, and accounting analyses.  Direct daily management of budget and human resources.  Advice and support the DGM administrative and Finance matters;  Co-ordinate and direct the overall administrative affairs of the Company; Facilitate the employment, promotion and evaluation of administrative personnel and pension scheme of the Company employees  Prepare the annual plan and budget of the administrative division and execute the plan upon approval; Submit periodic reports to the Deputy General Manager as required; Studies, develops, proposes and when approved installs effective systems, rules and procedures of financial planning, management accounting, budgetary control and cost accounting for all units of the department. Cash forecasts based on long-term and short-term plans of the company and through identification of sources of financing.  Directs the maintenance of detailed accounting records for all transactions and for each property of the company in a manner adequate to provide up-to-date information of purchases, sales, transfers, disposals, write-offs and general expenses. Supervises collections, deposits, disbursements and transfers of company's funds.  Signs payment vouchers, cheques jointly with designated signatories according to delegations given there on.  Enters into loan agreements according to delegations given there on.  Follows-up and coordinates the timely preparation of financial statements.  Directs and accomplishes the analysis of financial statements through ratios and other measurements and the preparation of reports thereon for the purpose of evaluation of performances and the making of appropriate management decisions. Supervises and coordinates the proper accounting of the company's property in terms of the acquisition, utilization and disposal of fixed assets including equipment in collaboration with both the issuing and user organizational components.  Checks that cost and budgetary control system are correctly applied by the operational arms of the company and analysis made there on. Monitors and controls the orderly clearance of payable and receivable.  Secures management approval for the liquidation of unclaimed liabilities and/or irrevocable claims (bad debts). Arranges for and submits to regular audit the company's general accounts by independent external auditors; responds to both external and internal auditors.  Evaluates the performance of the staff of the department: Proposes and when approved follows-up the implementation of staff training programs. Carries out other similar activities as may be assigned by the Deputy General ManagerRequired posts: - 1 

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Amhara, Hawassa, Tigray and Oromia
Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA)
Position:                           Senior Project Officer II – Horticulture Production and Processing Entrepreneurship Officer Term of Employment:   One year with possible extension Duty Station(s):              Oromia (Based in Addis Ababa), Bahir Dar, Mekelle, and Hawassa. Required Number:         Oromia (1), Amhara (1), Tigray (1) and SNNP (1)  Application Deadline:    May 19, 2024 Please Note: ‘’PLEASE MENTION THE SPECIFIC DUTY STATION/LOCATION THAT YOU ARE APPLYING FOR, BUT IF YOU DON’T MENTION THE SPECIFIC LOCATION YOUR APPLICATION WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED”     “We highly encourage competent FEMALE Candidates.” BACKGROUND:   The Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Institute (ATI) is a strategy and delivery-oriented government Institute created to help accelerate the growth and transformation of the country’s agriculture sector. The ATI envisions to be the leading center of innovative solutions for the transformation of Ethiopian Agriculture by 2030. The Institute focuses on two primary national approaches to catalyze agricultural transformation. First, we support the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), its affiliate institutions, and other partners to identify and address systemic bottlenecks within an Agricultural Transformation Agenda. Second, we support Regional Governments to accelerate the development of high-priority commodity value chains in clearly defined geographic clusters, through the Agricultural Commercialization Clusters (ACC) Initiative. Our major activities include conducting strategic and analytical studies, providing technical implementation support, coordinating platforms to better integrate partners and projects, and designing and directly leading a number of implementation projects. Our headquarters are in Addis Ababa, and we have regional offices in Amhara, Oromia, SNNP, Sidama, South-West, and Tigray regional offices, allowing us to work closely with a wide range of public, private and development sector partners across the country. Our Culture We have an exceptional team of highly competent employees with a proven track record of success in managing complex activities and achieving transformational results.  Our culture is one where talented, dedicated and adaptable individuals are committed to doing their best and exhibit great teamwork to achieve excellent results.  At ATI, we provide an exceptional platform for people who want to achieve their highest potential and make a meaningful contribution in changing the country’s agricultural sector.  We offer rewarding work in a young, fast-paced growing organization with passionate, committed, motivated colleagues and excellent career development and training.  We recognize our most valuable assets are our staff and are committed to providing our employees with the tools, training and mentorships necessary to achieve their career goals PROGRAM AND POSITION SUMMARY: ATI has designed a program called “Agriculture-focused Dignified Employment for Youth in Ethiopia” (ADEY) to address youth and women unemployment and increase the participation of young people in the labor market, particularly in the agriculture sector. ATI has mainstreamed youth employment, gender equality, climate-smart, and nutrition-sensitive agriculture in all its programs and projects with the primary objectives of increasing access to sustainable and inclusive job opportunities for youth, inclusivity, and the sustainable use of natural resources while building resilience capacities to shocks at all levels.  Currently ATI is working with smallholder farmers engaged in the Agricultural Commercialization Clusters (ACC) and digital agriculture programs designed to improve smallholder farmers’ production and productivity while supporting other actors along the value chain.  The Horticulture Farmers Production Cluster (HFPC) Project within ATI has been established to improve the income of smallholder farmers (SHF) by helping them to increase agricultural yield and achieve greater commercialization. Taking ATI’s reputable experience, ADEY program was designed to create inclusive and dignified work opportunities in ACC woredas and Somali region for over 600 thousand youth. The program will focus on several streams such as agriculture and Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to strengthen access to agricultural input and output markets and finance; improve the competitiveness of youth-owned MSMEs through capacity-building activities; enhance the skills and mindsets of young women and men through technical and business skill development and create an enabling environment for work opportunities through policy interventions. Like ACC, ADEY will operate along the commodity value chain, largely using ACC infrastructures and complement the different ACC outcomes in general. The project on horticultural crop production and processing value chain will be implemented in seven regions (Oromia, Amhara, Tigray, Sidama, South Ethiopia, Southwest Ethiopia Peoples’, and Samali).  Specifically, the job creation opportunities for youth, dominantly female youth, are through engaging on seed/seedling multiplication, production and aggregation of potential horticultural crops (e.g., Tomato, Onion, Avocado, Banana, potato, mango etc ); supporting youth female to engage in small and medium agro-processing and market linkage, and promoting and supporting youth female focused small scale business from horticultural crop value chains ( e.g  fruit processing, tomato processing, potato processing and  etc).  The SPO II is expected to have strong skills and experience in horticulture husbandry, irrigation horticulture and/or agronomy, project management, stakeholder management and coordination, desire for improving the lives of youth women, and a deep familiarity with Ethiopia’s agricultural research system with particular emphasis to increase the production and productivity of the prioritized ATI horticultural commodities in the regions.  The regional senior project officer II (SPO-II) is also responsible for implementing and coordinating the overall interventions planned in ADEY program at each ATI’s agricultural transformation center for the achievement of its planned results to a high level of quality and in a timely manner. To achieve this, the SPO II will be responsible for planning, implementation, monitoring/supervision, and coach the intervention implemented by other local partners in the region. The SPO II will integrate youth (80%female) job creation with horticulture production activities, such as seed & seedling production, horticulture nursery establishment, roadside horticulture market shed. He/she will organize youth groups/associations / MSMEs comprising about 80% females on job creation activities.   SPO II will report to the regional project manager. SPO II will closely work with all ACC project leaders, other ADEY’s senior project officers. Besides, SPO II will closely work primarily with Regional Bureaus of Agriculture, Bureau of Labor and Skills, Cooperative Promotion Agencies and partners implementing ADEY program in the region based on the direction given from regional project manager, ACC’s director, and regional senior director. The SPO II will also report and/or compile all activities, outputs, and outcomes progress reports. MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:  Duties and responsibilities for the regional SPO II include, but are not limited to the following activities:  Provide high level technical/expertise support to the horticulture value chain activities in each region.   Actively engage in the Development Strategy for Horticulture Farmers Production Cluster (HFPC) and detailed implementation plan.   Proactively identify, assess, and promote potential and viable agri-business ideas on youth’s job creation, dominantly for female youth Ability to establish common interest groups (CIG) of youth to engage them in different agribusiness entities (seed/seedling multiplication, production, aggregation, and value addition, and processing)Strategize to ensure collaboration with key partners/stakeholders to develop functional working relationships to support youth.Provide guidance to youth and female on horticultural crops production and agri-business opportunities in rural agriculture domain.Provide business advisory services to entrepreneurs to help improve their skills and knowledge in business and sustainable operation of agri-business and support to improve their capacity on business plan development and management options.  Provide support in updating, producing, and disseminating capacity development materials to enhance the skills of project partners to promote business entrepreneurship across horticulture value chains.Support youths to develop actionable and business-oriented plans in collaboration with the local ADEY’s implementing partners and stakeholders.Plan, implement, and monitor cost driver activities, prepare, and review period progress reports, and submit to the regional project manager.Support to provide policy and technical support to service providers including government agencies for the promotion of youths’ agribusiness. Support youths on linkages to different service providers and input suppliers Ensure the gender and youth mainstreamed in every horticultural crop value chain-based agri-business opportunity.Make sure the SPO II work with formal and informal young female groups, associations, cooperatives to predominantly benefit the female youth. Develop a detailed project quarter and annual work plans and budget and follow up on its implementation. Ensure that horticulture value chain activities are implemented according to the schedule and according to the ADEY result framework targets. SPO II should ensure the project budget and follow utilization are according to the plan. Proactively participate in facilitating all relevant types of training carried out in each region.  Flag any delay activities and other problems to the regional project manager in a timely manner and ensure the delay is converted in timely implementation and the problem is properly addressed and resolved.  Oversight and tracking of relevant ATI-owned interventions implemented by other ATI teams. 

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Assosa, BGRS
The Pharo Foundation
Accountant – Pharo Diagnostics and Clinical Services
Assosa, Ethiopia 
 
Overview
Pharo Foundation (“the Foundation”) is a mission-driven, non-profit organisation that designs, funds, and operates economic development programmes to achieve its vision of a vibrant, productive, and self-reliant Africa. Over the next decade, our goal is to create maximum impact towards three critical missions:

Empowering the next generation: Our education mission is to ensure that all students have an opportunity to access a high-quality, affordable education, and become productive citizens of a rapidly-changing world.
Eliminating barriers to employment and productivity: Our productivity mission is to identify and eliminate health, financial, and structural barriers to employment and productivity for working people.
Solving water scarcity: Our water mission is to ensure that people and communities across Africa have access to a safe and affordable source of water.

Pharo Diagnostic Centre (PDC) started to provide advanced medical laboratory services in June 2022 in Assosa town of BGRS. Since its opening, it has provided laboratory services to more than 8000 patients and published more than 40,000 lab results.  As of August 2023, expanding its services, Pharo Foundation has started to provide clinical services integrated with the PDC under the auspices of Pharo Diagnostics and Clinical Services (PDCS).
 
We are a diverse, multicultural, and passionate organization, with over 500 employees in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, and Somaliland. Our headquarters are in Nairobi, Kenya, and we have a liaison office in London, UK, which is home to our parent organisation, Pharo Management.
 
Position Summary
The Accountant prepares and keeps track of written and electronic financial transactions, oversees the inflow and outflow of cash, and handles the sale of goods and services.
The Accountant's main duties include ascertaining the quantity of money on hand at the cash counter before starting work. She/he tallies the total amount of cash collected at the end of the day and report and maintain accounting records and documentation. Additionally, she/he supports the Pharo Diagnostic and Clinical Services (PDCS) by providing reliable financial information. Furthermore, she/he contributes towards sound financial management of the PDCS.
The Foundation is interested in hiring a competent and dedicated Accountant who is passionate about our work and finds fulfillment in making a real impact.
 
Job Title:  Accountant
Location:  Assosa, Benishangul Gumuz Regional State (BGRS)   
Contract type: Fixed Term                                                          
Reporting to:  Pharo Diagnostics and Clinical Services Manager         
Functional Relationships: Finance team (Programme Office and Country Office), Procurement and Logistics team, Storekeeper, Receptionists, and other health team members.
 
Key Duties and Responsibilities

Accounting


Receive cash, return the change to the customers, and handle all financial matters at Pharo Diagnostic and Clinical Services (PDCS).
Ensure the PDCS revenue collected is with the appropriate voucher; deposits cash collections intact within 24 hours to the bank account; maintains the recording in LIS Q-Afya (Laboratory Information System) daily; performs the necessary reconciliations; and reports to the concerned officials.
Balance and maintain logs of daily remittance claims by insurance companies and arranges all the credit supporting documents as per requirement and performs payment and credit settlement follow-up.
Maintain the PDCS daily financial report, recording, reconciliations, and produce a review note.
Participate in the PDCS stock take, reconcile physical count with Bin card and Q-Afya and produce PDCS margin reports.
Prepare the PDCS petty cash payment request and petty cash payment voucher (PCPV) and affect the approved cash payment up to the petty cash limit.
Perform other work-related duties as assigned by the supervisor.

 
   2. Administration

Ensure the confidentiality of all patient information throughout PDCS.
Adhere to safety standards and policies of the PDCS.

 
Qualification Requirements

BA in Accounting and at least four years work experience in similar positions.
Competent in relevant computer skills (MS Office Suite, emails, and databases).

 
Personal Attributes

Strong and charismatic individual with solid pedigree and experience of working for and leading the HR function in significant organisations.
Superb management skills: able to manage and motivate a wide variety of employees from diverse backgrounds in a professional and compelling manner.
Problem solving and creative thinking skills: the ability to get results in unstructured environments, solid track record for growing businesses and implementing best practice policies and processes.
Self-assured, internally motivated, and passionate individual with outstanding communication skills driven to succeed and make a difference.
Must possess high levels of integrity, resilience, accountability, commitment, and determination.
Data-driven and at the same time people oriented in decision-making. 
Respect and understand the local culture and values and yet embrace and can work within international work ethics and standards.

 
Application Procedure: 
 
Review of applications will begin as soon as they are received, and only complete applications will be reviewed. In the event that an outstanding applicant is identified early on in the search process, we reserve the right to appoint before the deadline. For this reason, we encourage interested and suitably qualified candidates to apply at the earliest possible opportunity.
 
Application Requirements: 
 

A detailed CV & Cover Letter, other credentials like degree, student copy, and work experience.  In your cover letter, please include what are the most important qualities for a successful Accountant to possess, and how do you demonstrate these qualities in your work? Also state where you heard about this position or saw it advertised (through our website, jobs board).
A one-page list of three references with current addresses, phone numbers, and email contacts.