The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Finance and Administrative Assistant to support the general management of the office and country programs at Bangladesh country offices. This role is offered on a 1 year’ fixed-term contract, subject to availability of funding. You will be based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Candidates will ideally be available to start immediately.
About GAIN
The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is a Swiss-based foundation launched at the UN in 2002 to tackle the human suffering caused by malnutrition. Working with both governments and businesses, we aim to transform food systems so that they deliver more nutritious food for all people. In particular, we aim to make healthier food choices more desirable, more available, and more affordable. GAIN’s mission is to advance nutrition outcomes by improving consumption of nutritious and safe food for all people, especially the most vulnerable to malnutrition.
About the Role
Reporting to the Finance and Administration Manager, the assistant will work closely with all office colleagues. You will support office management and administration, procurement, logistics reporting and filing.
Key Responsibilities include;
- Supporting Finance Associate in monthly closing, ensuring all transactions for the month are recorded accurately and deadlines set by GAIN headquarter are met
- Responsible for the filing of confidential HR documents and regular follow up in terms of Insurance policy with the agencies
- Keeping agendas up to date, organising travel arrangements, IT and telephone management, etc.
- Making travel arrangement for the team, attend visitors, provide ICT support and arrange the project procurements, based on the authorization, guidelines and with the approval of the Finance and Administrative manager
- Completing Purchase Orders and processing Purchase Orders Payments for procurement of goods and services
About You
The ideal candidate should have a Bachelors’ degree or equivalent certification in Accounting and Finance or related fields and previous experience in Finance and Administration functions within a finance and office support role. You should have good working computer knowledge with proficiency in basic office software specially MS Office Excel. Candidate with experience in using QuickBooks accounting software is preferred.
The postholder should have good interpersonal and communications skills, good in spoken and written English. You should have the ability to prioritize, multi-task and work well under pressure with deadlines as well as highly flexible and willing to travel in challenging environments.
About our Offer
The starting salary on offer for this role is from BDT 613,680 – BDT 698,520 per annum, depending on experience.
GAIN has a fair and competitive salary structure that allows for annual progression subject to good performance. In addition, GAIN offers a total of 37 days holiday per year (including annual leave, public holidays and additional office closure days), an attractive pension scheme and competitive insurance cover including health, travel and life assurance.
We are committed to the health of our staff, especially in these challenging times, and have developed a programme of wellbeing that includes flexible working, additional leave allowances, wellbeing days, mindfulness coaching and access to independent and confidential counselling.
GAIN also has a strong commitment to professional development. We will support you to grow in your career through both formal and informal training, and are committed to providing opportunities through internal recruitment, secondments and promotion. All of this is delivered in a supportive and collaborative environment.
Our Working Culture and Environment
We provide a flexible working environment that includes a combination of home and office working opportunities through our global hybrid working policy. This encourages our staff to have a healthy work-life balance and increases staff motivation, enriches employee wellbeing, and improves performance and productivity.
All of our positions are based in one or more of GAIN’s designated offices as stated on our job advertisements. Successful candidates will be based in one of GAIN’s country offices and must have the existing right to live and work within a reasonably commutable distance of the relevant city / cities in which the role is advertised. Please note, that GAIN does not sponsor working visas and relocations.
GAIN reserves the right to withdraw an offer of employment for candidates who are considered to ineligible under the above conditions during or after the recruitment process.
Applicants must be currently based in the Dhaka, Bangladesh region to be eligible to apply for this position.
This advert closes on 20th October 2022. Early applications are encouraged. GAIN reserves the right to close this advert early should we receive suitable candidates ahead of the closing date.
The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition is committed to equality of opportunity and creating an inclusive environment where diversity is valued. We are keen to reflect the diversity of our society at every level within our organisation and therefore welcome applications from talented and committed people from all backgrounds, representing the diverse societies we operate in.
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