Position Title: Administrative Officer
2025-05-22        Farah       Full Time        34
Job Location: Farah
Nationality: National
Category: Admin-Clerical
Employment Type: Full Time
Salary: As per MdM Salary Scale
Vacancy Number: 25AFG018
No. Of Jobs: 1
City: Farah
Organization: Medecins du Monde - France
Years of Experience: Minimum 4-6 years’ experience in similar positions in humanitarian organization. (preference & priority will be given to local applicants residing in Farah and near by provinces)
Contract Duration: 12 months (ECHO Funding)
Gender: Male/Female
Education: Bachelor’s degree or Master’s in the relevant field.
Close date: 2025-05-22


About Medecins du Monde - France:

Médecins du Monde - France (MdM-F) is an international humanitarian organization whose mission is to provide medical care for the most vulnerable populations, the world over, including Afghanistan. It seeks to stimulate voluntary commitment from doctors, other health care providers, and from those whose expertise in other fields is needed for its activities, to enlist all competent support required for the achievement of its projects, and to seek at all times to encourage close working relationships with populations in its care.

Job Descriptions:

Main Responsabilities :


-    To ensure the administrative, accounting and HR management of the mission.
-    To ensure compliance with MdM procedures, local legislation, donor rules and deadlines.
-    To provide technical support to operational staff on HR, Accounting and financial management.

Human Resources
     Recruitment:

•    Coordinate recruitment process for local positions and relevant assigned roles.
•    Coordinate the interview process with the recruitment panel and ensure evidence-based hiring decisions.
•    Ensure the collection of recruitment related documents from the hiring panel.
•    Provide advice and support to the hiring managers on recruitment policies and processes. 
•    Ensure recruitment practices are compliant with recruitment policies, procedures, and legal requirements. 
•    Ensure that all key staff (hiring managers, program Officers/Advisors, Coordinators, technical teams etc.) are trained in recruitment policy and procedures.
•    Draw up contracts within local legislation and MdM compliance


    On boarding and Off boarding

•    Manage full candidate journey to ensure a positive experience for all applicants to MdM  
•    Review current Onboarding policy, coordinate orientation activities, address any issue and share feedback with line manager. 
•    Coordinate off boarding (separation paperwork, payments, entitlement, exit interviews etc.).


    Human Resources information system (Salary Database)

•    Administer/ Update HR data in Salary Database on regular basis and at least on monthly basis (absences, overtime, night shift, etc).
•    Provide staff monthly salaries through Salary Database.
•    Produce HR reports as required – leave, retention, turnover, absence, etc.
•    As required ensure that all approved HR policies, procedures, checklist are available to staff and disseminate accordingly. 
•    Maintain Service Contract-related databases for all the staff.

    Payroll & Benefits

•    Provide and ensure that pay slips are distributing, signed, and collected monthly.
•    In close collaboration with Finance team, process monthly payroll for staff.
•    Ensure a proper follow up with the Finance Department on payments and deductions on monthly basis (withholding taxes, employer charges, etc).
•    Provide payroll processing backup support when required. Coordinate with Finance Department to maintain the payroll database.

    Employment relations

•    Provide support with managing disciplinary case (writing letters, legal advice, etc). 
•    Provide basic interpretation of HR policies and procedures when required.
•    Recommend employee relations practices necessary to establish a positive employer-employee relationship and promote a high level of employee morale and motivation.
•    Advise managers and supervisors on the steps of the organizational progressive discipline system. Consult with managers on employment issues.
•    Ensure the rights of the employees and the organization are in accordance with the Human Resources policies, governmental laws, and regulations.


Finance

    Budget

•    Ensure the implementation of MdM and donors' finance rules.
•    Participates to the yearly budget and revised budget construction with the AdminCo.
•    Ensures the budget monitoring (real cost analysis, budget forecast) for the Coordination project with the support of the AdminCo.
•    Contribute to the preparation of donor proposal and reports


    Accountancy

•    Ensure the respect of accounting rules set as per MdM standards.
•    Review and check all SAGA registrations (recording, codification).
•    Ensures the good quality of all accounting documents (receipts, vouchers, purchase procedure) in accordance with MdM standard.
•    Prepares the bank statements and reconciliation.
•    Proceeds with regular cash counts during the month as well as the month-end cash count.
•    Ensures there is no cash difference or that there is a clear explanation if this happens.
•    Send the monthly closure to the AdminCo.

    Petty cash
 
•    Ensure that the cash management (inventories, management of foreign currencies, bank, etc) is in line with MdM standards & procedures.
•    Monitor with the support of the AdminCo the cash flow of the mission.

General Administration
    International staff

•    In collaboration with the administrative coordinator, ensure the administration for international staff at their arrival, during their stay and for their return (visa, work permit, legal documentation, flight bookings, holidays, etc).
•    Update, when requested the Expat follow-up tool.

    General

•    Contribute towards updating HR and financial procedures, proposal for adjusting the internal management framework.
•    Monitor the legal framework (employment law, taxation, etc).


    Archiving

•    Ensure all HR documents (personnel files, leaves, recruitment, etc) are completed, filed, and kept in the admin department.
•    Ensure all finance documents (income taxes, SAGA, etc) are completed, filled, and kept in the admin department.
•    Ensure that MdM archiving procedures (HR & Finance) is well implemented.

Team Management & Coordination
•    Is the supervisor of Admin/HR assistant, Admin Log Assistant (50%)
•    A strong coordination with Finance & HR officers in coordination office Kabul.

Job Requirements:

•    A minimum of 4-6 years’ experience in similar position with NGOs & INGOs
Bachelor’s degree or Master’s in the relevant field

•    Know and apply accounting, financial and HR rule and procedures
•    Identify and look for accounting errors and the reasons for them, and regularize them
•    Understand and interpret a legal framework
•    Ability to use Excel and the Microsoft Office Pack
•    Know how to use a piece of accounting software (i.e., SAGA)
•    Organize the priorities of the relevant activities, adapt planning according to priorities and hazards
•    Read, analyses and monitor a budget
•    Support a partner (identify needs, technical supervision, checks)
•     Adapt communication to the audience
•    Work in a multidisciplinary team and with partner teams
•    Draft professional documents
•    Identify, analyses and summaries important information to be reported and information in the relevant area
•    Master the language of the coordination English, Dari & Pashto. 
 

Submission Guidelines:

The interested candidates should submit their applications with the updated CV, motivation letter, including references details to the following email – vacanciesmedecinsdumondeaf@gmail.com – no later than the closing date. The reference "Administrative Officer" must be stated in the subject of the email you will send to MdM. If you do not clearly state the position for which you are applying, your application may not be considered. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Please note that MdM does not reimburse transportation cost if applicants are asked for interview or a test.

MdM does not charge fee at any stage of its recruitment process. All applications are free for all candidates, and no one should require any payment or compensation during the recruitment process.

Submission Email:

vacanciesmedecinsdumondeaf@gmail.com

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