UNDP Finance Clerk Job in Kenya

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Position Information
Post Title: Finance Clerk
Contract Type: Service Contract
Band & Level: SB2
Supervisor: Finance Specialist
Duty station: Nairobi, Kenya
Date of Issue: 2 November 2012
Closing Date: 9 November 2012
Duration: 1 year

Background and Context

The Finance Clerk supports the finance unit by facilitating signing, collection and follow-up of payments to clients .

Duties and responsibilities

1. Facilitate signing of financial documents.
2. Issuance of cheques and follow-up with clients on collection of the same.
3. Manage the finance unit front desk by responding to routing queries.
4. Facilitate receipt of incoming/outgoing correspondence.
5. Retrieve, copy and file financial information from various sources.
6. Maintenance of a proper filing system for financial records and documents.

Qualifications
Education

1. Secondary Education.
2. Training in Accounting, Finance or related fields.

Experience

1. Experience undertaking similar functions.
2. Experience in clerical work will be an added advantage.
3. Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages and knowledge of spreadsheet and database packages.

Language requirements

• Fluency in English and Kiswahili.

Application Procedure

Interested and qualified persons should apply on the UNDP Kenya e-Recruitment portal located on the UNDP Kenya website
- http://www.ke.undp.org on or before 9 November 2012. Select “e-Recruitment Portal” under “Operations/Human Resources”. 

Applicants are required to fill and sign a Personal History Form (P11) Form and submit it together with their online application Applications received via other means will not be accepted.

Additional considerations

1. Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.
2. UNDP will only be able to respond to those applications in which there is further interest.
3. UNDP as a matter of practice does not charge any application, processing or training fee at any stage of the recruitment.

If you have any questions as to vacancy announcements you have received please refer to the UNDP website.

“UNDP is an equal opportunity employer which strives to achieve overall balance in its staffing patterns”.