Finance and Administration Intern

Duty Station: Nairobi

Contract Type: Full time (40 hours per week)

Contract Duration: 6 months: July to December 2024

Starting Date: 1st July 2024 or earlier

Permits required: Candidates are required to have the right to live and work in Kenya

Monthly Stipend: KES 35,000

Terre des Hommes NL

Terre des Hommes Netherlands (TdH NL) aims to protect children by preventing and stopping child exploitation and by empowering children to make their voices count. TdH NL focuses on sexual exploitation of children, forms of child labour, child trafficking and migration, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and on child protection in humanitarian crises. For each of these forms of child exploitation, TdH NL is developing and implementing projects and programmes through local partners, mainly in Asia and Africa. In Africa, TdH NL works in Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Madagascar and Tanzania.

The values of TdH Netherlands are: Responsible, Bold, Human-Centred and Playful.

For more information on the work of Terre des Hommes Netherlands, please visit: https://www.terredeshommes.nl/en/ .

Objectives of the internship

The objective of this position is to provide a learning environment for an aspiring Finance and Accounting professional, who will also contribute to the finance, administration and procurement functions at Terre des Hommes Netherlands.

Position in the organization

The Finance and Administration intern will work with the Kenya country team and will receive hierarchical leadership and support from the Finance and Administration Officer to whom he/she reports.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensure coordination of complete and accurate supporting documentation for all financial transactions;
• Assist in preparation of monthly financial reports in the approved Financial Reporting templates in Excel;
• Prepare Bank Reconciliations and maintenance of cash books;
• Preparation of payment vouchers for both operational and project expenses;
• Assist in review of Cash Requests and Expense Declaration Reports and ensuring all documents are complete and accurate as per TdH NL policies and procedures;
• Assist in the procurement processes for Projects and for the Kenya Country Office;
• Filing of all supporting documents and ensuring the filing system is up to date;
• Assist in preparing supporting schedules and retrieval of support documents for internal and external audits;
• Performing any other duty as may be assigned by the line manager.

Knowledge, skills and experience

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor’s or master’s degree program in Finance, Accounting or Economics or related field OR
• Recently completed (less than a year) a bachelor’s/master’s degree program in Finance, Accounting or Economics or related fields but with ongoing CPA qualification studies
• Proficiency in MS Excel/Google Sheets is essential

Competencies

• Self starter andInnovative
• Focus on results
• Cooperation and teamwork
• Time management
• Accuracy and great attention to detail
• Planning and organizing

Our Commitment to Diversity, Integrity and Child Safeguarding

We are not looking for just one type of person – we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas and challenge our thinking. We are especially interested in people whose lived experiences help us to see things we might otherwise miss, and enable us to do better work with and for children. Whether or not you meet 100% of the criteria, we want to hear from you, because we know that different voices, ideas, perspectives and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of children around the world.

TdH NL is particularly committed to keeping children and vulnerable individuals safe, and has zero tolerance on (child) abuse. Every TdH NL employee is bound by the TdH NL Code of Conduct that describes the expected behaviour by staff, in particular with regards to Safeguarding children and (young) adults in our programmes. Child safeguarding measures are part of our selection and recruitment process. By submitting your application you accept that TdH NL will conduct such pre-employment screening for successful candidates. TdH NL participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.