Head of Systems and Operations

Start date: April 2018

Duration: 24 months with the possibility of extension

Location: Myanmar, based in Yangon

People in Need (PIN) is Czech based NGO working in relief and development sectors. PIN helps people in emergencies, both in crises of war as well as in areas affected by natural disasters, and in places where it is hard for people to break out of the vicious circle of poverty without support. PIN deal with longer-term problems overseas such as the shortage of safe water, restricted access to good-quality education and health services or environmental degradation. Development cooperation and humanitarian work comprises efforts to help people in their attempts to escape poverty and ensure further development. People in Need often follows up on its humanitarian activities with development projects in order to help prevent future crises and mitigate their negative impacts.

PIN's Relief and Development Section operate in twenty-two countries, with permanent offices in fifteen of them. Every year it carries out projects worth millions of Euros for thousands of people born in less fortunate parts of our planet.

See more at www.peopleinneed.cz.

People in Need (PIN) (www.peopleinneed.cz/en) is an international, non-profit organization providing humanitarian and development assistance in twenty-nine countries around the world. In Myanmar, People in Need started to work in 2002, when it launched the financial assistance to civil society groups and independent media. After 2008, PIN provided humanitarian and relief aid to people affected by typhoon Nargis. Since 2012, PIN has been operating directly from Myanmar, working mainly in the good governance sector where we aim to strengthen local civil society initiatives. PIN´s main objective is to help build-up the capacity of local civil society through promoting partnerships, offering technical assistance and providing financial aid.

For projects in Myanmar please see more at https://www.clovekvtisni.cz/en/what-we-do/humanitarian-aid-and-development/burma-myanmar.

Main responsibilities:

• Responsibility for overall country program economy (preparation of operational budget and its regular update, proper budgeting, cash flow and cost efficiency monitoring, FX rate risk, etc.)
• Ensuring that PIN accounting practices, financial procedures and processes are in place
• Supervision of the compliance of the processes and documentation with the local legal and administrative measures, with donors’ regulations and PIN internal rules
• Responsibility for the financial and project reporting to the donors and HQ
• Overall responsibility for accurate, punctual and complete accounting data
• Working closely with Program teams on project financial management and other related financial issues
• Supervision, coordination and overseeing of logistics and procurement in all sectors, including logistics budgets and planning
• Supervision, coordination and overseeing of HR agendas
• Responsibility for correct use of financial/administrative management systems and provision of training and support to all staff
• Key role in annual and project audits
• Local team management (approx. 6 national staff) and capacity building based on personal development plans