Accountant

Deadline 29 December 2023

Terms of references for recruiting project staff in the Nyungwe Agroforestry project

1. Background

Initiative pour la Promotion de la Famille et du Genre (IPFG) is a women led organization established in 2002 and legally registered by the ministerial Order N0 17/11 of 31 January 2006 which was published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Rwanda O.G N0 10 bis of 15 May 2006. It is based in Gasaka Sector-Nyamagabe District- Southern Province. IPFG has a vision is to aspire a democratic society where both women and men are aware of their problems, complement one another and actively participate in the actions of the entire development. The mission of IPFG is to promote and reinforce complementarity between man and woman as well as their participation in the actions which aim to achieve social and economic development based on fairness. To achieve this mission, IPFG focuses its interventions across 3 main areas: i) agricultural production chains, climate change adaptation and mitigations; ii) youth and women empowerment (economic and leadership); and iii) citizen participation.

2. Context

From January 2024, IPFG in partnership with Livelihoods funds is starting to implement “The Nyungwe Agroforestry Project”, a 20 years’ project aiming to make a positive impact on 13,000 hectares of farmland, involving 23,000 smallholder farmers across the eastern border of the Nyungwe National Park in Nyamagabe and Nyaruguru Districts. The Nyungwe Agroforestry Project wants to improve the resilience of the farmers through rehabilitation of ecosystem services and increasing their adaptation capacities to climate change. Specifically, the project will help implementing communities:

From January 2024, IPFG in partnership with Livelihoods funds is starting to implement “The Nyungwe Agroforestry Project”, a 20 years’ project aiming to make a positive impact on 13,000 hectares of farmland, involving 23,000 smallholder farmers across the eastern border of the Nyungwe National Park in Nyamagabe and Nyaruguru Districts. The Nyungwe Agroforestry Project wants to improve the resilience of the farmers through rehabilitation of ecosystem services and increasing their adaptation capacities to climate change. Specifically, the project will help implementing communities: To grow agroforestry trees for various advantage, promote and improve good agricultural practices (GAP), reduce soil erosion, avail forest products such as timber and fuelwood at farm level, to improve soil fertility; and to increase income opportunities within implementing communities.

In this regard, IPFG is seeking applications from competent, dynamic and self-motivated individuals to fill the following position:

2.1. Accountant (1)

Task and responsibilities

• To Prepare budget forecasts and manage all project accounting transactions
• To track payments to internal and external stakeholders
• To Ensure all transactions are in line with the project activities
• To review supplier invoices for the project in charge and prepare the payments for the approved invoices
• To prepare the project financial reports
• To compile information for internal and external auditors, as required
• To ensure all transactions are supported by adequate documentation, and approval and that documentation is filed and retained in a suitable way
• To make sure project taxes return are adequately monitored and paid in due time (Declaration and payment of PAYE, WHT, RSSB)
• To ensure project Assets inventory and register in project asset register and inventory documents
• To Keep daily correctly the cash book and check if all signatories have affixed their signature on the documents authorizing the outflow of funds
• To manage petty cash for project related transactions

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or a closely related field
• At least 3 years of relevant working experience in accountancy within an NGO
• Hands-on experience with accounting software packages, such as “sage 100” and “Manager Accounting Software”
• Experience in communicating financial information to a non-financial audience
• Strong accounting technical skills, including knowledge of International/national Financial Reporting Standards
• Proficient in Microsoft office, specifically MS Excel and has ability to navigate within accounting systems and other databases
• Strong verbal/written communication skills

3. Submission of documents

The interested candidates who fulfill the above requirements should submit/send their application documents which must include the following information:

• Motivation letter of your interest in the above posts
• Updated CV/resume
• Copy of ID
• Copy of Driving license where requested
• Certificates or any other documents that proves your experience
• Contact information for at least three professional references
• Copy of academic documents

Successful candidates will be expected to comply with country labor law and various organizational policies. IPFG is committed to gender equality and suitably qualified women candidates are encouraged to apply.

Interested and qualified candidates should submit above mentioned documents in English to the following email: ipfg.recr.proc@ipfg-rwanda.com (the email attachment should have the maximum size of 2 MB and should be a PDF file. Please quote the Job title in the subject. Candidates should submit their documents not later than the 29th December 2023, at 5.00 pm.

Note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for exams

Done at Nyamagabe on 18/12/2023

UWIZEYE Therese

Chairperson and Legal Representative /IPFG