Lebanon: Head of Finance and Administration
Beirut, Lebanon

Closing Date : 2015-12-03
Duty Station : Beirut, Lebanon

Organization: Danish Refugee Council
Country: Lebanon
Closing date: 03 Dec 2015

Head of Finance and Administration

Beirut / Lebanon

Danish Refugee Council is advertising for an experienced Head of Finance and Administration in DRC Beirut, Lebanon to lead and develop our country programme, which is operating in the centre of a highly volatile and sensitive environment.

Who are we?

Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a leading protection agency and has been operating in the Middle East and North Africa for over a decade, running a combination of livelihood, protection, advocacy and relief projects. The Lebanon programme in part of DRC regional MENA setup with offices in Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Syria, Tunisia, Libya and Turkey.
DRC has been operational in Lebanon since 2005 and since 2011 mainly focused on the Lebanese response to the Syrian crisis with presence in the Beirut, Arkar, Tripoli, Baalbek, Zahle and Tyre. The DRC response is designed around 4 majors sectors: Food /NFI distribution, Protection, Shelter and Livelihood support. DRC is a leading protection agency in Lebanon in partnerships that include UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP, DANIDA,ECHO, BPRM and DFID.

Duties and Responsibilities

DRC Lebanon s HoFA will be directly responsible for ensuring that DRC programs in the country operate in accordance with DRC s operational standards as expressed in the Operations Handbook and other guidelines in the DRC Accountability and Quality Management system.

The HoFA will play a significant part in qualifying and implementing initiatives coming from the global and regional DRC organisational development and financial accountability initiatives.

Internal relations

DRC Lebanon s HoFA will report to the Country Director and be part of the senior management team, who will oversee and support the finance and administration department for the entire country operation and the field offices.

The HoFA will ensure timely and appropriate communication and support with Heads of Offices and relevant program staff concerning all issues related to finance, administration and human resources, and work proactively to resolve differences and prioritize time-sensitive issues.

The HoFA receives technical support from the Finance Department and the Operations and Policy Support Unit in DRC s Headquarters in Copenhagen plus relevant staff from Regional Office in Amman

External relations

The HoFA will support the Country Director and the Senior Management Team of DRC Lebanon in liaising with donors and government officials, especially as relates to issues of compliance, registration, and audit.

The existence and maintenance and on-going socialization of an accurate and timely Management Information System such as overall planning, budget and control of expenditures for shared operational costs, but also coordination of budgeting and expenditure related to programme implementation.

Supervision, audits and controlling of corrective actions related to the DRC standards for operations and oversee the establishment of logistics/ procurement procedures.

Training and training needs assessments as part of improving compliance with DRC standards.

Ensure that all administrative and legal-related systems are accurate and maintained and support the deployment of expatriate staff members.

Work to build the capacity of finance and administrative staff members throughout the DRC Lebanon operation through frequent in-service training sessions and mentoring support.

About you

To be successful in this role you must have advanced university degree or equivalent in management/ business administration or finance and at least 8 years of international practical experience in a senior financial/administrative management position for the private sector or for an international NGO. Furthermore you will have:

Proven experience in managing large budgets (over 20 million USD a year),

Good communication skills and team spirit,

Full proficiency in spoken and written English;

Ideally you will also have

Ability to work in Arabic

Work experience in the Middle East / North Africa region

Working experience with UNHCR, ECHO, WFP, DFID and BPRM guidelines.

We offer

DRC will offer the successful applicant a one year contract, renewable dependent on both funding and performance. You must be available to start work as soon as possible and be willing and able to work in Lebanon.

Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council s Terms of Employment for Expatriates; please refer to www.drc.dkunder Vacancies. This position will be placed at level A6.

Need further information?

For more details on this position please contact Mick Dyson, Deputy Director at drd@drc-mena.org.

Please note that applications sent directly to Mick Dyson will not be considered.

For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website www.drc.dk

How to apply:

Application process

Interested? We only accept online applications at www.drc.dkunder Vacancies >current vacancies. Click on the vacancy then on Apply at the bottom of the windowclicking on the apply button.

If you have questions or are facing problems with the online application process, please contactjob@drc.dk

Applications close 3 December 2015.