ThaiNGO

Position: Accountant

Application Deadline: 24 August 2016

Start Date: 1 September 2016

Location: terre des hommes Germany, Bangkok, Thailand, with required travel within the Southeast Asian region if and when necessary.

About Our Rivers Our Life (OROL) Campaign: 'Our Rivers Our Life' (OROL) is a regional river and life protection campaign initiated by the seven-member Regional Working Group on Biodiversity (RWG-BioDiv), partners of terre des hommes (Germany) in the Southeast Asian region. This regional working group consists of Burma, Lao PDR, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines.  The OROL campaign works to introduce children to the political debate; develop OROL’s networks in ASEAN countries; and enforce specific measures to protect the ecosystems and biodiversity of rivers and the livelihoods of people living along the rivers. The OROL campaign aims to: 1) Awareness raising among children, youth and communities on ecological child rights, biodiversity and river protection; 2) Consolidation and building of ecological children’s and youth groups (River-Watch–Groups); 3) Media reporting on ecological child rights through children and youth; 4) Influencing policies for the protection of ecological child rights through children, youth and supporters; 5) Regional, national and international network strengthening.

About the Position: The OROL campaign needs an Accountant who will responsible to manage the accounting of the project. As a team member of the regional secretariat, he or she will be working closely with the project coordinator and the monitoring expert to manage project grants, finance and reporting, in close cooperation with the country focal points of the RWG-BioDiv (in the seven member countries), the terre des hommes country coordinators, and the terre des hommes Southeast Asian regional office in Bangkok.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Responsible for the accounting program (account management, documentation, coordination)

Internal financial control and monitoring

Provide input to monitoring and evaluation of program activities

Make necessary trips to the project countries for the implementation of financial monitoring and guidance of the participating organizations.

Support for the program coordinator in fundraising activities

Prepare financial reports and financial statements

Provide all data for external audit

Communicate with finance managers of participating organizations from other SEA countries.

Required Experience, Qualifications, and Attitudes and Personality:

University degree or diploma in accounting

Experience in bookkeeping and accounting for at least 3 years

Can communicate in English

Based in Bangkok and is able to travel to other countries

How to apply:

Any interested applicant should send their curriculum vitae (CV) and cover letter expressing their interest together with current and expected salaries to wsittirin@yahoo.com as soon as possible or by August 24, 2016 at the latest. Shortlisted candidates will then be contacted by email to arrange a date, time and place for an interview in person or on Skype.