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Position: Finance & HR Assistant

About Union Aid

Union Aid (UA) is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-political humanitarian and development organization established by Dr. Toryalay Nassery (an Afghan scholar) in July 1979 in Peshawar, Pakistan. It was formed in response to the influx of refugees from Afghanistan and was the first/pioneer organization to serve the Afghan refugees in Pakistan. Union Aid implemented its activities mainly in refugee camps that later became villages, which was one of the biggest refugee camps in the world at that time. UA initiated its activities in Afghanistan in the 1981 and gradually expanded its services all over Afghanistan. UA started its activities with two doctors and two paramedical staff that gradually expanded to various programs, including:

Health Care & Nutrition: Establishment and management of hospitals and clinics, maternal and child health services, nutrition programs, family planning, as well as full sponsorship and specialized treatment of patients in European countries including Germany, Spain and Italy.

Food Security: Distribution of food items throughout the country.

Education: Literacy initiatives, school management, scholarships for students, and teacher training programs.

Livelihoods & Vocational Skills: Technical training, handicraft production, and employment generation activities to strengthen self-reliance.

WASH & Shelter: Provision of clean drinking water, sanitation facilities, hygiene promotion, and emergency shelters.

Emergency Response: Life-saving interventions including food and non-food distributions, winter relief packages, and rapid health responses during crises.

Agriculture & Environment: Tree plantation and afforestation initiatives to support sustainability and environmental resilience.

Protection: Women empowerment projects, orphanage centers, and demining project.

Cash Assistance: Continuous financial support for needy families and internally displaced persons (IDPs).

Job Description:

Union Aid requires Finance / HR Assistant for the project of “Basic Health Centres in Herat Province, “funded by AFV Germany.  The Finance / HR Assistant will be responsible for assisting in implementation of rules and regulation and maintains efficient and effective financial and HR documentations under the supervision of Health Supervisor.

 

Main Responsibilities:

Finance

  • Preparing of vouchers and properly recording in QuickBooks system.
  • Keep accurate records for all daily transactions.
  • Reconciling of daily, monthly and yearly transactions in the QuickBooks.
  • Prepare Bank reconciliation on monthly base.
  • Track bank deposits and payments
  • Review and implement financial policies.
  • Checking of all expenses according to the approved budget lines.
  • Recording financial transactions of the site in primary books of accounts (Company Cashbook and QuickBooks).
  • Ensuring final check and verification of financial documents before payment of cash.
  • Make sure that all original financial documents are filed and kept in a safe place.
  • Make sure the asset (fixed assets and material) of the project is well recorded.
  • Manages the bank accounts and cash flow
  • Responsible for opening new bank account for newly hired staff.
  • Keep soft and hard copies of financial records for all over financial activities and transactions.
  •  Ensure all bills, vouchers and any other documents related to financing have been signed and approved at the appropriate date and kept recorded.
  • Cash clearance with health facility based on advance received on monthly base.

Human Resource

  • Align all activities of HR in accordance to applicable HR policies of Union Aid,
  • Responsible for preparation and management of timesheets,
  • Responsible for preparation of monthly attendance report,
  • Responsible for preparation of monthly payrolls, 
  • Responsible for management and maintenance of personnel files,
  • Responsible for keeping updated leave database and leave forms,
  • Responsible for constructive and timely performance evaluations within the probationary period and at the end of the year,
  • Responsible for orientation of newly recruited staff,
  • Responsible for maintaining travel and mission report in update file,
  • Managing the recruitment, interviewing and hiring of qualified job applicants, collaborates with management, 
  • Handling discipline and termination of employees in accordance with Union Aid policy,
  • Ensure the organizations human resource policies to be practiced on recruiting, retention, and planning, 
  • Providing support and guidance of HR to the management and other staff, providing investigating report as a proof in case of terminations, 
  • Overseeing employee disciplinary meetings, terminations, and investigations, 
  • Maintaining compliance with government policies & employment laws and regulations to ensure Union Aid practices aligned with Government policies,
  • Maintaining management guidelines by preparing, updating, and recommending human resource policies and procedures, 
  • Identifying and recommend areas of improvement to internal standard operating procedures, including team restructuring and morale, 
  • To perform any other tasks assigned by line manager.

 

Job Location: Herat
Nationality: Afghan
Category: Nonprofit-Social Services
Employment Type: Full Time
Salary: As per scale
Vacancy Number: UA-71/AFV-H/Herat/2023/F&HA
No. Of Jobs: 1
City: Herat (only local residents should apply)
Organization: Union Aid
Years of Experience: Two years
Contract Duration: One year
Gender: Male/Female
Education: BBA in finance
Close date: 2023-11-15

 

 

Job Requirements:

  • BBA in finance
  • Two years practical working experience in finance with local NGOs or International NGOs,
  • Professional is using QuickBooks,
  • Good written and fluent verbal communication skills in Pashto, Dari and English.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office program and QuickBooks.
  • Good communication skills, team work spirit and capability to respond challenging conditions.
  • Proactive, persuasive, and ability to work under stress and with deadlines.
  • Disciplined, professional, hard-worker
  • Flexible regarding working hours.
  • Proactive, persuasive and ability to work under stress and with deadlines

ONLY LOCAL RESIDENTS OF HERAT SHOULD APPLY

 

Submission Guideline:

  • Please write the Job title/Vacancy Number on the subject line of your email.
  • Aplications received after the closing date will not be considered
  • ONLY SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED 
 

Submission Email:

hr@unionaid.org

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