African Women’s Development Fund Intern Recruitment

African Women’s Development Fund Intern Recruitment

Job Title: Finance Intern

The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) is a foundation that supports local, national and regional women’s organisations working towards the promotion and realisation of African women’s rights. Specialising in grant-making, technical assistance and other focused, tailored movement-building programmes, the AWDF works to strengthen and support the work of African women’s organisations and feminist movements.

Through amplifying and celebrating African women’s voices and achievements, AWDF supports efforts that combat harmful stereotypes and promote African women as active agents of change. AWDF is not an endowed foundation, and as such raises all the funds for its operational and programmatic work.

Background

AWDF requires the services of a Finance Intern to support the work of the Finance Department. The intern will have the opportunity to learn as well as support the finance team to achieve its set objectives. We are looking for an intern who is dynamic, curious, innovative, conscientious, and believes in the true value of effective and efficient financial management.

The Finance intern will report to the Finance Manager and will have responsibilities of supporting key financial management processes including planning, transaction processing and reporting and risk management. The Intern will be responsible for receiving, reviewing, recording, uploading, filing documents for processing documentation and any other duties assigned.

Purpose of the Assignment

The aim of the internship is to provide support to the Finance Department.

The roles and responsibilities are as follows;

• Support transaction processing – receive and review all payments due by uploading the information
• Support filing of all supporting documents
• Send payment notifications and follow up on receipts and upload receipts
• Provide support for the preparation of financial reports as needed
• Record minutes of departmental minutes
• Perform any other duties as assigned

Location: AWDF House, Accra – Ghana, Justice Sarkodie Addo Avenue East Legon

Deliverable

To provide a monthly report of work accomplished as outlined in the TOR.

Consultant’s Profile

The Consultant Should Have

•  University degree in accounting or finance related field
• Relevant experience in the public or private sector

Competencies

The Intern Should Have The Ability To

• Basic understanding of double entry book keeping,
• Able to Analyse basic finance data
• Ability to handle sensitive information in an appropriate manner, including maintaining high levels of confidentiality.
• Ability to review invoices or other finance schedules and identify mistakes
• Able to write clearly about finance related issues identified
• Able to contribute to the improvement in process using experience and knowledge of financial processes
• Excellent team spirit, presentation and interpersonal skills;
• Strong sense of integrity and continuous demonstration of honesty, transparency and accountability
• Excellent writing skills, command of written and spoken English including ability to document processes.
• Must be self-confident and willing to learn
• Prioritize work to meet goals and objectives within the acceptable timeframes.
• Have excellent interpersonal skills
• Handle stressful situations with ease and composure
• Have commitment to principles of Women’s rights and gender equality
• Demonstrate commitment to AWDF’s values of feminist leadership, accountability, diversity, respect and solidarity.
• Duration of the Assignment

The assignment is for a duration of 1 year and the Intern will be working from Monday to Friday.

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Applications for the vacancy should reach AWDF no later than Tuesday 10 January 2023. Due to our limited capacity, only short-listed candidates will be contacted for additional information and interviews.

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