The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) wants to recruit employees in the following vacant positions the details of which are mentioned bellow.

About the Ethiopian Red Cross Society

The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) was established in 1935 and is one of the oldest and largest humanitarian organizations in Ethiopia. ERCS provides services to communities affected by natural and manmade disasters through the provision of emergency responses, ambulance and first aid, family reunification, essential drugs, water and sanitation, and other humanitarian services. ERCS also runs disaster risk reduction programs with the aim of creating resilience households and communities. Currently the ERCS has a structure consisting of 12 Regional Offices, 34 Zonal Branches and 131  District/Woreda Branches, 599 Woreda Red Cross Committee  and 5871 Kebele Red Cross  committees.

ERCS also runs disaster risk reduction programs relating to food security, climate change adaptation, livelihood diversification, and institutional capacity building interventions, with the aim of creating resilience households and communities. ERCS works in partnership with the Ethiopian Government, International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC), International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), partnering National Societies, members, volunteers and the communities we serve.

Key performance Areas  

• Checks payment requests against adequate budget coverage and verifies correctness of arithmetic accuracy for approval;

• Follows up on the transfer or increment of budget and the regular and project budget execution;

• Checks and verifies payment requests against availability of budget and presents same to the senior accountant for further treatment;

• Reconciles accounts with bank statements; Prepares monthly statements of bank reconciliation and adjusting entries; 

• Follows up timely collection of receivables and payments of liabilities and other government obligations, reports on long outstanding receivables;

• Follows up any deductions from employees’ salaries are paid to concerned parties in accordance with their prior commitments or court decisions;Verifies and registers receivable/revenue and disbursement accounts.

• Follows up and registers provident/pension funds of employees; ensures timely deposit and withdrawal;

• Facilitates payments of accumulated provident fund to employees terminating employment contract; 

• Collects bank statements on provident fund and makes the necessary adjustments and reconciles disparities and notifies employees; Manages the movement and utilization of cash;

• Follows up and ensures that receiving and paying documents are collected from property administration, banks and other work units in due course;

• Verifies correctness, completeness and appropriateness of accounting documents transmitted from branch offices and receives/collects same for further treatment;

• Follows up settlement of outstanding accounts and reports to superior in cases of default; Follows up and ensures that receiving and paying documents are collected from property administration, banks and other work units in due course;

• Verifies correctness, completeness and appropriateness of accounting documents transmitted from branch offices and receives/collects same for further treatment; 

Work Unit: Account Division

Reports to: Account Division Manager

Terms of employment:  Contract for one year   

Job Requirements

Qualification Requirements:

• Second/First degree in in Accounting/ Accounting & Finance/ & Accounting Software and 4/6 years related work experience.  

How to Apply

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 Qualified women are strongly recommended to apply!