• Country: El Salvador
• No of vacancies: N/A
  
• Salary: N/A
• Organization: IRC
• Gender: Both
• Deadline: N/A 

Job Description

Contextual background

The International Rescue Committee, one of the world’s largest humanitarian agencies, provides relief, rehabilitation and post-conflict reconstruction aid to victims of natural disasters, oppression and violent conflict in 42 countries. The IRC is committed to bold leadership, innovation and creative partnerships. Active in public health, education, livelihoods, women’s empowerment, youth development and rights protection and promotion, the IRC helps people against harm at home .

Context:

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are disrupted by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control of their future. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC works with people forced to flee war, conflict and disasters, and the host communities that support them, as well as those who remain in their homes and communities. In work today in more than 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity, and hope to millions of uprooted people struggling to survive. IRC leads the transition“From Harm to Home”.

In recent years, the region known as the Northern Triangle, comprising El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, has seen a dramatic escalation in violence by organized criminal groups. Homicide rates are among the highest ever recorded in the region and are as deadly as many contemporary armed conflicts such as Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. Disappearances, forced recruitment into gangs, and sexual exploitation of women and girls are also part of the pattern of violence. The overwhelming majority of survivors of sexual violence are between 10 and 19 years old. The scale and severity of the epidemic of violence has caused people to flee their homes and seek international protection in record numbers. 

In response, (after initial assessments to identify gaps in the areas of protection and partnership development), the IRC decided to open a country office and is launching an integrated protection program (with potential to expand later) to help meet the acute needs of people displaced by violence, as well as those returning to the country after deportation. This program will use innovative approaches to deliver humanitarian programs primarily in partnership with local civil society organizations.

Responsibilities:

Specific responsibilities

• Review the documents provided by the financial officers – accounting and by the Financial Manager – accounting and organize them according to filing policies and procedures.
• Keep documents organized for proper protection.
• Prepare information for requests for information related to internal or external audits.
• Classify, code, record and  file documents ensuring they are complete and correctly classified.
• Support in the reception and review of documents for accounting processing.
• Assist with the processing of files and payments.

Administrative duties

• Support the Financial Accounting Manager, as required.

Security / Communication

• Communicate with the main Finance office regarding security issues inside and outside the office with the guidance of the Financial Accounting Manager
• Report any irregularities occurring within the IRC office, staff complex and sites regarding policies and procedures to the Financial Accounting Manager.

Qualifications

• Academic training: student in accounting degree. Essential requirements. Indispensable requirements.
• Accounting knowledge
• Knowledge of accounting and legal regulations for the safeguarding of accounting and financial information.
• Excel management
• Excellent professional history with a minimum of 2 years of experience in similar positions.
• Ability to work as a team.
• Excellent interpersonal skills; Ability to work independently and within multiple teams.
• Ability to prioritize and generate high-level results.
• Advanced English (will be a plus)

PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS:

Standards of Professional Conduct:  IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values ​​and principles outlined in the IRC Way – Standards of Professional Conduct. These are integrity, service, responsibility and equality. In accordance with these values, IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Protection, Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Retaliation.

Gender Equality:  IRC is committed to reducing the gender gap in leadership positions. benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce, including parental leave, gender-sensitive safety protocols, and other supportive benefits and subsidies.

IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer : IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, offering employment opportunities for displaced people, returned emigrants, LGTBI population, people with some type of disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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