Summary
Date Posted: Monday, May 27 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Organization Background
• Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian non-governmental organization that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And its girls who are most affected. Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge. We have been building powerful partnerships for children for 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.
• Working in Zambia since 1996, Plan International Zambia’s development and humanitarian programmes focus primarily on Inclusive Quality Education, Skills and Opportunities for Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship, Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights, Early Childhood Development and Gender Responsive Child Protection. Child protection is key in all that we do. Plan International Zambia has Programme Areas (PAs) in; Central, Luapula, and Eastern Provinces including in Lusaka, where the Country Office is located.
• Plan International Zambia is seeking to hire a full time Internal Controller. The job purpose of the Internal Controller is to support the implementation of Plan International Zambia’s Strategy by providing assurance of risk management and monitored controls in country operations. The monitoring is done through developing and ensuring effective and efficient systems, internal controls, policies and procedures are in place and at all times implemented correctly. The role reports to the Country Director to be based at County Office in LUSAKA.

Do you have what it takes to be successful in this role?
Essential
• Degree in Accountancy, Chartered Accountancy, Business Administration or related discipline.
• Professional audit or risk qualifications.
• A minimum of 4 years work related experience in internal controls, risk or audit role.
• Membership with ZICA and/or IIA.
• Understanding of the various Donor rules and guidelines.
• Experience and knowledge of working in development sector.

Desirable
• Fraud examination skills.
• Auditing and risk management.
• Familiarity with project management.
• Development sector donor requirements.
• Ambitious, realistic and action oriented.
• Understands a range of strategies and approaches.
• Analyses issues and evidence in context – builds the evidence-base by analyzing issues in their context, using appropriate methods and relevant data sources.

Competencies
• Understanding issues, principles and strategies and their root causes and working with Plan International Zambia’s principles and a range of strategies and approaches to improve outcomes.
• Understands a range of strategies and approaches to proposal development logic, trends in own and related fields of work and a range of effective strategies, approaches and practices.
• Plan work, anticipate risks, and set goals within area of responsibility.
• Team player with problem solving skills, flexibility and adaptability.
• Excellent communication and analytical skills.

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months:

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
• Location: Lusaka, Country Office
• Reports to: Country Director
• Grade: D2
• Closing Date: 3 June 2024
• Interested and qualified? Click here to apply

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