Junior Associate, Finance and Administration

About the Role

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is seeking a Junior Associate, Finance and Administration to support the financial, administrative and office management activities at GAIN Bangladesh office. This role will be offered on a 2 years’ fixed-term contract basis, subject to availability of funding. You will be based in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Reporting to the Head of Operations, Bangladesh, the Junior Associate will support the project team in ensuring the financial and administrative operations are carried out efficiently to achieve project’s objectives.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Collecting and verifying bills/invoices, vouchers, accounts receivables, accounts payable, accounting records, financial statements, and other financial reports cash flow to assess accuracy and status
• Handling petty cash payments, advance requests and transactions following the correct procedures and keeping petty cash safe all the time
• Preparing financial statements and reports related to day-to-day business operations
• Inputting tax related information to Electronic Tax Deduction at Source (eTDS) system, deposit tax amount to Government Revenue Account and generating A-challan from Electronic Tax Deduction at Source (eTDS)
• Assisting in the preparation of VAT and Tax ledger, monthly Tax report and submission of the report
• Preparing renewal of operational contracts including office rent, vehicle rent, internet services, etc. of GAIN Bangladesh Country Office.
• Maintaining and updating the office assets stock registers/database as per the prescribed format ensuring proper recording of consumables items
• Ensuring partner’s documents are properly preserved the GAIN custody for future references and partner’s payment are completed on time
• Supporting internal meetings, training, workshops, seminars and other events logistics when required
• Assisting staff members to prepare purchase requests for all kinds of materials/equipment and get necessary approval after checking the necessity and availability of budget and funds.

About You

The ideal candidate will have proven track record in the areas of finance and administration in INGO/NGO. You will have experience of handling and working with donor requirements.

In addition, you should possess sufficient knowledge of statutory compliances including VAT, Tax and Non-Government Organization (NGO) Affairs Bureau related tasks and strong knowledge of finance and administration related tasks.

You will have good interpersonal and communication skills and willing and able to work in multicultural and multi-lingual environments. You will be highly flexible and willing to travel in challenging environments. In addition to this, you will have ability to manage and prioritise multiple tasks and work under pressure.

A bachelor’s degree or Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance, Business Administration or related field. You will be IT literate with excellent MS Office skills and possess fluent written and spoken English and Bangla.

About our Offer

The starting salary on offer for this role is from BDT 885,216 – BDT 1,008,744 per annum (gross salary), 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.

About GAIN

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is a Swiss-based foundation launched at the United Nations in 2002 to tackle the human suffering caused by malnutrition. Due to COVID19, conflict in Ukraine and climate change, malnutrition and hunger have worsened significantly since 2019, reversing a decade of progress. There is growing recognition that our food systems need to change if we are to reverse these trends.

GAIN’s Strategy aims to transform food systems to make healthier diets from sustainable food systems accessible to all people and especially those whose are most vulnerable to shocks. By 2027, we aim to improve the access of 1.5 billion people to nutritionally enhanced staple foods, improve the access of 25 million people to healthier diets, and support positive food system change in 10 countries. This is bold and complex, and the only way to achieve this is to work together with partners including governments, businesses, and civil society at the country and global level. These goals, and the ways of achieving them, build on our twenty-year legacy of transforming people’s lives with improved nutrition through concerted action and effective policy change.

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 and have the existing right to live and work in the Dhaka, Bangladesh region to be eligible to apply for this position.

This advert closes on 29th November 2024. 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.