The Administration and Accounting Officer will work closely with the Senior Admin Officer to
streamline effective administrative including: procurement and logistics, filing, and accounting
processes.
The successful person in this role should be a highly motivated person with readiness to learn
and adapt to circumstances as and when they arise. The person should be able to independently
perform assigned tasks and bring ideas to implementation as well as ability to multi-task,
prioritize, problem solve and keen attention to details. The person should have an interest and
ability to work in remote environments. An awareness of and sensitivity to culture and local
traditions is critical.
The Administration Officer will provide Administrative, Accounting, Procurement, and Logistics
support.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Administration
 Provide office support services for the management of office reception, receive, and
attend to visitors and direct them as appropriate.
 Attending to all incoming and outgoing office telephone calls to ensure office
telephones are used appropriately.
 Monitor and control office supplies and consumables and ensure that proper records
are maintained.
 Maintain and update fixed asset register and carry regular asset verification exercise.
 Support establishment, and maintenance of a filing system and ensure all financial and
administrative documents are properly filed.
 Prepare procurement requests for goods and services.
 Provide administrative support during trainings, workshops, and meetings
Finance
 Ensure timely preparation and processing of payments by ensuring that all payments
are reasonable and, allocated to the project and ensuring the payments are adequately
supported.
 Manage petty cash and petty cash transactions in line with AWR policies and
guidelines.
 Work with Senior Administration officer and Finance Officer to address all report
review comments including providing feedback for missing vouchers and outstanding
information following review of payment documentation.
 Work with the Senior Admin Officer to maintain close coordination with AWR
program staff on financial matters and advise them, as appropriate, on matters
requiring their attention.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
 Bachelor’s degree in B.COM, BBA, and/or any other relevant field,
 At least two years of experience in administration and accounting with an NGO

Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal, and presentation skills in English Excellent
skills and a proven ability to establish and maintain interpersonal and professional
relationships.
 Knowledge of MS office packages like Excel, Word, and PowerPoint is desired.
How to Apply:
Interested applicants who meet the above requirements should address their application
letters clearly including their CV’s, 3 reference contacts and daytime telephone contacts to;
The Human Resources Officer AWR either by hand to the AWR Head Office, P.O Box
1374, Gulu District or by email to awr@africanwomenrising.org
Due to the large number of inquiries we receive, only candidates who have met the required
experience & qualifications for this position will be contacted.
Deadline for receiving applications is June 13, 2025
Female candidates are encouraged to apply
AWR is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.
We Value and seek diversity in our workforce.
AWR IS COMMITTED TO OBSERVING SAFEGUARDING AND
PROTECTION MAAINSTREAMING PRINCIPLES.