Organisation : Accounting for International Development (AfID)
Location : Victoria
Time required : 35 hpw
Duration of project : 2- 3 Months
Sector : Arts & Culture, Children, Community Development, Community Engagement, Community Support Services, Disabilities, Education & Employment, Education & Training, Families, Health – General, Other, Overseas Aid & Development, Women, Youth & Young People
About the role
Are you an accounting professional looking to use your skills and experience to give something back to society and those less fortunate around the world? Perhaps swap London for Laos, Melbourne for Malawi or Boston for Belize!?
AfID offers every type of accountant, from anywhere in the world the opportunity to use their skills to support a broad range of non-profit organisations globally. Volunteer assignments of between 2 weeks and 12 months, &/or longer permanent placements, form part of our ongoing strategy to build the financial management capacity of charities in over 50 countries. Click APPLY for more…
Our partner is a Ugandan NGO working to safeguard and provide for vulnerable children and their families living in urban slums. They provide support through education, health and livelihood initiatives.
They start their engagement at an early age, running a nursery school for ages 3-5. Once the children begin primary school they stay involved with the children’s welfare, health and education, providing a child sponsorship scheme. They also provide specialist assistance and education to children with disabilities.
On this assignment your role will be to conduct an internal review of their existing accounting systems, policies and controls, making and starting to implement recommendations for best practise.
They are currently using two systems, Tally in Uganda and QuickBooks in the UK (for fundraising purposes), which has become complicated to maintain. You will be helping to identify one system which includes both the Ugandan and UK entities to continue with, preferably with online access for international transactions.
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How to apply
Applications not allowed for this volunteering opportunity.
Please quote in application: Volunteer Accountant | UGANDA via Pro Bono Australia.