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PHILIPPINES | Volunteer Accountant @ NGO supporting indigenous communities | 4 weeks

Employer
A f I D (Accounting for International Development)
Location
Victoria, Philippines
Salary
4 week Pro Bono Consulting Assignment in Philippines
Closing date
Mar 22, 2019

Job Details

Are you an accounting professional looking to use your skills and experience to give something back to society and those less fortunate around the world? Perhaps swap London for Laos, Melbourne for Malawi or Boston for Belize!?

AfID offers every type of accountant, from anywhere in the world the opportunity to use their skills to support a broad range of non-profit organisations globally. Volunteer Accounting Assignments of between 2 weeks and 6 months form part of our ongoing strategy to build the financial management capacity of charities in over 50 countries. Click APPLY for more...

Background

Based in the scenic and mountainous region of Victoria, our partner supports indigenous communities in oriental and occidental Mindoro. They promote indigenous rights, provide health & education activities, capacity building, environmental protection of indigenous regions, health, cultural development and citizenship programmes. For example, they help families to secure birth certificates and land rights, which then enables them to engage in education, government and access health services. 

The organisation received support from AfID a year ago to start the implementation of a new accounts system and have requested further support to mentor, train and build the confidence of their finance team in making the most of the new system.

Your role

You will be reviewing their progress since the last AfID volunteer placement, evaluating how the local team has been implementing the new procedures and provide further training and guidance as needed. They have also requested support around:

  • Cost monitoring
  • Drawing and presenting figures and reports efficiently from budgets to management
  • Budgeting preparation and analysis
  • Formal cashflow forecasting
  • Use of purchase orders/accruals accounting
  • Tracking donations in kind

This broad and wide-ranging assignment is a great opportunity for accountants thinking about a career move to the international development sector to get an extensive insight in just a few weeks.

Feeling inspired?
Need a fresh challenge... to do something worthwhile?
Keen to volunteer & share your skills & experience?

If that's a YES (x3), please 'APPLY NOW' to express your interest and find out more about volunteering overseas. 

We are confident you’ll encounter a variety of new and exciting challenges, share new experiences with inspiring people and learn skills that will give you confidence to face challenges in other areas of your life. You’ll be inspired and get back so much more than you give!

Please click here to find out how we can individually tailor a volunteer placement that's right for you.

Company

Accounting for International Development (A f I D) offers accountants the opportunity to use their skills to make a genuine difference as volunteers and to gain invaluable hands-on overseas experience in the International Development sector.  Tailored volunteer assignments of 2 to 12 weeks form part of an ongoing strategy to build the financial management capacity and long term sustainability of small community based charities across Africa, Asia and South America. Our partners which include street kid centres, health clinics and rural schools are doing amazing work to tackle extreme poverty and inequality in their communities but are unable to access vital professional services. A f I D is now supporting almost grassroots charities in over 50 countries across Africa, Asia and South America and are keen to talk to more accountants willing to share their invaluable skills and experience. In only ten years we are pleased to announce the placement of our 1000th  volunteer. This will take the total hours of pro-bono financial management coaching by our volunteers to over 200,000. An extraordinary effort, that assisted the development, and in some cases survival, of some fantastic organisations. A f I D is a double award winning social enterprise supported by UnLtd & The Millennium Awards Trust (Funded by the National Lottery).

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