🇸🇱 Job Vacancies @ SOS Children’s Village – 2 Positions

SOS Children's Village is recruiting to fill the following positions:

1.) Compliance Coordinator
2.) Kindergarten Teacher

See job details and how to apply below.

1.) Compliance Coordinator

JOB ADVERTISEMENT 

COMPLIANCE COORDINATOR

SOS Children’s Villages was established in Sierra Leone in 1974. We work with government and partners in communities to help families care for their children or to provide an alternative family for children who have no one to care for them, or who have lost parental care or are exposed to risks of neglect, abandonment, abuse and exploitation. Located in Freetown, Bo and Makeni, SOS Children’s Villages Sierra Leone has a wide range of programmes, in which the love of a caregiver is essential, to ensure children grow in a loving home and become their strongest selves.

Our Vision: Every child belongs to a family and grows up with love, respect and security.

Our Mission: We build families for children in need, we help them shape their own futures, and we

share in the development of their communities.

Our Values: Courage

Commitment

Trust

Accountability

Programmes include Alternative Care settings, Interim Care Centres, Youth care programmes that support more than 530 children and young people leaving in villages and in communities. In addition to quality care, we advocate for children, young people and women’s right, protection, safeguarding and empowerment. SOS Children’s Villages also provide quality education to over 4,000 students through its Herman Gmeiner International Schools, Kindergartens and Technical Vocational/ Employability and Entrepreneurship Training Centre in support of care-exit strategies and reintegration processes. Other projects include the Youth Innovation challenge & Youth-Can! which support young entrepreneurs with their businesses and young people on their quest to employment. The emergency programmes aid vulnerable families cope with the impact of COVID-19 and the economic downturn to prevent family separation.

SOS Children’s Villages Sierra Leone is recruiting a Compliance Coordinator to execute risk-based audit procedures designed to assess the adequacy and effectiveness of internal controls. She/he will ensure effective measures are in place for the management, control, monitoring and mitigation of all risks within SOS Children’s Villages in Sierra Leone.

She/he will review and evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of operations, adequacy of internal controls, reliability of financial reporting, compliance to applicable laws and safeguarding of assets within SOS Children’s Villages Sierra Leone.

Provide technical support to functions/departments/programmes in order to ensure efficient internal control systems are in place within the National Association.

Support, maintain and strengthen partnership with relevant government bodies on Child Rights, Protection and Safeguarding.

She/he will develop, recommend and implement standard compliance audit procedures to be used throughout SOS Children’s Villages in Sierra Leone. Develop a compliance scoring system, based on results of compliance tests, and implement

Conduct periodic review on the programmes and implementing partner financial data and documents, operation and programme delivery to assure accuracy, completeness and compliance with policies, and procedures and applicable government regulations, donor requirement and others.

Stay abreast of changes in regulatory environment related to donor/grant compliance; updating field level policies and procedures as necessary, with the approval of the National Director.

Plan, perform and report back on internal audits to ensure that financial control, financial guidelines of donor organizations and other control procedures in place are properly implemented and managed.

Identify vulnerability and risk within current grants and proactively suggest and together with the management, develop corrective actions.

Oversee grant administration including modifications, annual planning coordination, compliance monitoring and reporting, and compliance management.

Analyse procurement requests, authenticate Service Providers, and evaluate information regarding vendor’s performance in the areas of quality, prices, and delivery of goods in view of the Organization’s best interests.

Work with management to resolve internal audit findings and establish controls and mitigation measures to avoid similar findings in the future, providing regular updates to management on progress towards such controls.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in relevant field (e.g. Audit, Finance, Accounting, Management, etc.).
• Five years relevant professional experience in the area of compliance or audit (preferably with International NGOs and UN agencies).
• A generalist with strong familiarity with various business controls (e.g. HR, Finance, Procurement, I.T, and Programme).
• Proven knowledge of and success in providing audit, compliance, or risk oversight of donor-funded programmes, in an international environment.
• Good knowledge of donor regulations.
• Solid experience with Excel, Word and Power Point.
• Demonstrated attention to detail, ability to follow procedures, meet deadlines and work independently and cooperatively with team members.
• Effective verbal and written communication, multi-tasking, organizational, and prioritization skills.
• Fluency in written and spoken English is required.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions independently.
• Extremely flexible, and have the ability to cope with stressful situations.
• Strong time management and organizational skills with willingness to adapt quickly to arising deadlines, and respond urgently to needs.
• Experience of solving complex issues through analysis and problem solving
• Ability to influence key decision makers and build a network within an organization

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

WORK CONDITIONS

STARTING DATE: 1st November 2023

DURATION OF CONTRACT: One year with a possibility of an extension based on performance  and/or availability of funding

Number of positions: One

LOCATION: Freetown

Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply

To apply: submit a letter of interest, with Curriculum Vitae, photocopy of certificates, and three (3) professional references with at least one (1) from a direct supervisor, by email only to [email protected]  Please indicate in the subject line the position and location you are applying for, for example: “Application for the Position Compliance Coordinator ”.

Closing date for the submission of applications is Thursday 24th August, 2023

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

In accordance with the organisation’s child protection policy, all employment is subject to applicable background checks, including criminal record checks.

What We Stand For:

SOS Children’s Villages is committed to creating and maintaining a caring and protective environment, which promotes its core values, and prevents and addresses child abuse and exploitation. We strongly condemn all forms of child abuse and exploitation, be it within or outside of our organisation, and always respond to any case of proven, alleged or attempted abuse within our sphere of influence according to its nature. Efforts ensure that mechanisms are in place to raise awareness, aid prevention, encourage reporting and ease response. They range from human resource development actions such as training and counselling to measures such as suspension, dismissal, and legal action.

2.) Kindergarten Teacher

JOB ADVERT 

KINDERGARTEN TEACHER

SOS Children’s Villages was established in Sierra Leone in 1974. We work with government and partners in communities to help families care for their children or to provide an alternative family for children who have no one to care for them, or who have lost parental care or are exposed to risks of neglect, abandonment, abuse and exploitation. Located in Freetown, Bo and Makeni, SOS Children’s Villages Sierra Leone has a wide range of programmes, in which the love of a caregiver is essential, to ensure children grow in a loving home and become their strongest selves.

Our Vision: Every child belongs to a family and grows up with love, respect and security.

Our Mission: We build families for children in need, we help them shape their own futures,

and we share in the development of their communities.

Our Values: Courage

Commitment

Trust

Accountability

Programmes include Alternative Care settings, Interim Care Centres, Youth care programmes that support more than 530 children and young people leaving in villages and in communities. In addition to quality care, we advocate for children, young people and women’s right, protection, safeguarding and empowerment. SOS Children’s Villages also provide quality education to over 4,000 students through its Herman Gmeiner International Schools, Kindergartens and Technical Vocational/ Employability and Entrepreneurship Training Centre in support of care-exit strategies and reintegration processes. Other projects include the Youth Innovation challenge & Youth-Can! which support young entrepreneurs with their businesses and young people on their quest to employment. The emergency programmes aid vulnerable families cope with the impact of COVID-19 and the economic downturn to prevent family separation.

SOS Children Villages in Sierra Leone is seeking to recruit qualified teacher for the following subjects at SOS Kindergarten in Freetown:

Kindergarten Teacher

WE OFFER:

• Attractive Salary
• A supportive team working environment
• Opportunity to work for a well-respected and recognised INGO

To apply submit a letter of interest, with Curriculum Vitae, photocopy of certificates, and three (3) professional references with at least one (1) from a direct supervisor, by email only to [email protected]  Please indicate in the subject line the position, the location and the subject area desired, for example: “Kindergarten Teacher ”.

Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply

Closing date for the submission of applications is Thursday 24th August, 2023

Only the successful candidates will be contacted.

In accordance with the organisation’s child protection policy, all employment is subject to applicable background checks, including criminal record checks (police clearance).

What We Stand For:

SOS Children’s Villages is committed to creating and maintaining a caring and protective environment, which promotes its core values, and prevents and addresses child abuse and exploitation. We strongly condemn all forms of child abuse and exploitation, be it within or outside of our organisation, and always respond to any case of proven, alleged or attempted abuse within our sphere of influence according to its nature. Efforts ensure that mechanisms are in place to raise awareness, aid prevention, encourage reporting and ease response. They range from human resource development actions such as training and counselling to measures such as suspension, dismissal, and legal action.