Organization: AMAL HEALING AND ADVOCACY CENTER – AHAC
Employee Type: Regular
Employee Category: Full Time
Location: Gaziantep – Türkiye
Report to: Executive Director
About AHAC:
Amal Healing and Advocacy Center (AHAC) is an organization led by women specialized in empowering women and raising their capabilities. It aims to create a safe society for women in which they enjoy their full rights without discrimination or violence.
The organization seeks to achieve equality and prevent violence against women, whether within the family or within society as a whole, through the following:
- Contribute to making a change in the status of women in Syrian society and support them by increasing their awareness of their rights and opportunities through advocacy campaigns, awareness-raising sessions, and meetings with decision-makers and key and influential people, whether in the refugee community or inside Syria.
- Providing psychosocial support services by providing safe spaces for women, girls and children to carry out social activities that relieve life stresses due to asylum.
- Providing specialized services in the psychological and legal field for women affected by violence in all its forms. Especially in times of wars and crises, especially survivors of detention and sexual violence, families of victims of enforced disappearance and victims of human rights violations in all its forms.
- Carrying out capacity building activities and empowering women at all levels, whether in the political, legal, administrative or professional fields, to be able to truly participate in public affairs or at the family level.
The aim of establishing the organization is to contribute to building a Syrian society based on justice, equality and rights for all individuals, especially women and marginalized groups, including those with disabilities and those affected by violations, and responding in particular to their needs related to psychological and social support and legal advice.
The organization was established in 2014 in the Turkish city of Antakya, located near the Syrian-Turkish border, which hosts a large number of refugees from different regions in Syria.
Vision
Amal Healing and Advocacy Center strives for a world in which the voices of Syrian women are raised and heard to achieve equality in human rights and social justice.
Mission
Amal Healing and Advocacy Center works with and for Syrian women to advocate, network and empower women to build a peaceful society, where all people live in dignity and safety.
Value
Women’s leadership, democracy, empowerment, social justice, and equality.
Job Purpose
He/ She is responsible for supporting financial processes and reporting for activities implemented by AHAC and for the implementation of the finance and accounting policies and procedures.
Key Responsibilities
1. Main Tasks:
- To post and review all expenditures and every transaction according to program and projects budgets and ensure that reports produced from the accounting system reflect the true position of AHAC financial performance.
- To process payments and ensure that each payment/transaction complies with AHAC internal financial procedures, programs, and project budgets. This includes checking and ensuring the stamping and filing of all vouchers and documents is done.
- To perform monthly reconciliations of cash accounts.
- To ensure the availability of sufficient cash in the cash boxes.
- To prepare donors’ financial reports and any other financial management reports.
- To support the external auditor to ensure timely audit report statements.
- To apply accounting principles and procedures to analyze financial information.
- To process payables, expenses reports, and payroll.
- To maintain all necessary records and documentation of transactions and payments.
- To adhere to AHAC’s policies and procedures.
- To support and cooperate with Internal and External Auditors during their scheduled visits.
- To prepare, verify, and post daily journal entries and transactions: income, expenses, bank deposits, and transfers, as provided in the approved budgets, and ensure that proper authorization is obtained for all disbursement and that proper financial documents are used.
- To maintain all necessary records and documentation of transactions and payments.
- To set up new budgets or amend budgets in accounts software.
Sub-tasks related to:
- To supervise the process of training cadres in the branches and the field
- To submit a monthly report on the proper progress of work and its problems.
Note: the above-mentioned key responsibilities/accountabilities are illustrative ones. Other future responsibilities/accountabilities may be assigned to the job depending on the department’s organizational chart.
Qualification (Education/Work Experience/Languages)
How to apply
Essential:
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or any related field.
- 4 years at least of the same work experience – 3 years in NGOs.
- Good Command of the English Language (4 skills: Listening – Speaking – Reading – Writing).
- Good Command of the Arabic Language (4 skills: Listening – Speaking – Reading – Writing).
Desirable:
- Master’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or any related field.
- 6 years at least of work experience.
- Good Command of the Turkish Language (4 skills: Listening – Speaking – Reading – Writing).
- Turkish Nationals
- QuickBooks knowledge
Competencies
Core Competencies:
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Planning and Organizing
- Accountability
- Creativity, Flexibility
- Stakeholder Orientation
- Commitment to Continuous Learning
- Technological Awareness
Technical Competencies:
- Remote Management
- Good understanding of complex emergency interventions and crisis contexts.
- Proficiency in M.S Office
How to apply
AHAC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. AHAC considers all applicants based on merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
AHAC has a Zero-Tolerance commitment against any violations that are related to PSEAH, CSG, Fraud, Money Laundering, Terrorism, and other sensitive issues.
Women, minorities, and differently abled persons who fit the criteria are encouraged to apply. Applications in languages other than English will not be acceptable. Multi-sent CVs will be ignored (please send your CV & Cover letter only once at a time). No resume will be reviewed after the specified date for receiving a CV for the announced vacancy.
We thank all applicants; however, only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interviews. Should you not have heard from us within one week after the application deadline, please consider your application as being unsuccessful.
Interested candidates, please attach a Curriculum Vitae in English and a Cover letter (in a separate file of no more than one A4 page) describing how your experience and education relate to the skills and experience outlined in the terms of reference with your salary expected before 10 Oct 2023, stating “The vacancy name “in the subject line to: vacancies@amals-ac.org