Back Consultant - Administrative & Finance Assistant

Term of Reference

Recruitment of a Short-term Administrative & Finance Assistant

This position is a limited-term position for 6 months with the possibility of extension. Existing work authorization is required at the time of application submission for the country office designated. WRI is not able to sponsor work authorization for this position.

Summary of Recruitment:

World Resources Institute (WRI) seeks to hire Administrative & Finance Assistant with a short term contract to be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia who will support the WRI Africa Cities Program team with overall administrative and finance support & coordination.

This will include providing administrative support for financial management, grants & contracts execution, team coordination, and event logistics, international and domestic travel arrangement support. Additional duties may include communications support review work plans, support recruitment efforts, and other appropriate duties as assigned.

About the World Resources Institute:

WRI is a trusted partner for change. Using research-based approaches, we work globally and in focus countries to meet people’s essential needs; to protect and restore nature; and to stabilize the climate and build resilient communities. We aim to fundamentally transform the way the world produces and uses food and energy and designs its cities to create a better future for all. Founded in 1982, WRI has nearly 1,800 staff around the world, with country offices in Brazil, China, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Mexico and the United States and regional offices in Africa and Europe.

About the World Resources Instituten Cities Programme:

In Africa, WRI’s cities programme covers several initiatives in various African cities. Mobility, Urban Water Resilience, Cities For Forests and Air quality are among these initiatives. The urban mobility program works in key solution areas including sustainable integrated public transport, road safety, walking & bicycling, new mobility, transport demand management, mobility planning and accessibility.

The WRI Urban Water Resilience initiative works with city stakeholders to help address their water risks and vulnerabilities through research, spatial analysis, technical assistance, capacity building to undertake strategic planning and identify place-based interventions and securing funding and financing resources to implement solutions. The Cities4Forests Initiative is a global alliance of more than 90 cities acting to conserve, restore, and sustainably manage nature, especially the world’s forests, for human well-being. Our member cities catalyze major nature-friendly policy changes, facilitate the flow of finance for nature-based projects, and advocate for gender and social equity, tropical forest conservation, and restoration on the global stage. Together these initiatives partner with cities and experts to enhance capacity and demonstrate solutions (policy, program and infrastructure solutions), and support collective action to improve enabling environments. As a key component of this work the initiative aims to help cities better utilize and coordinate public sector funds and climate development aid to leverage private finance to increase access to safe water services and reduce exposure to water and climate hazards. The African Cities Water Adaptation Fund (ACWA Fund) and the NBS Accelerator are two sub-programs jointly initiated by the Urban Water Resilience program and the Cities4Forest program dedicated to help cities improve and scale financing for building climate resilience.

The Air Quality initiative of WRI focuses on the identification of the sources of pollution as well as suggesting solutions. Clean air Catalyst is one of the initiatives of the WRI’s Air Quality work. Clean Air Catalyst is a global consortium of organizations that complements traditional efforts to strengthen air quality management capacity. The project achieves this by tackling two critical bottlenecks that hinder clean air action: the gap between recognizing a problem and awareness of the solution; and the often-high cost of reducing emissions, with is unevenly distributed alongside the benefits of action.

SCOPE OF WORK AND OUTPUTS/DELIVERABLES:

The scope of work for the Administrative & Finance Assistant are as follows;

Administrative Support to the Cities team (50% time):

• Support the Cities program team across all relevant administrative support tasks
• Assist in organizing and coordinating Cities program team internal and external meetings
• Capture detailed notes and key-take-aways from internal and external meetings, and organize follow-up steps
• Record minutes of Cities program team meetings and ensure appropriate follow-up of all internal and external engagements
• Use simplified and automated appraoch office software to create drafts and summaries, including meeting pre-briefs and de-briefs
• Manage the process of collecting and distributing weekly internal team updates
• Support WRI Africa Cities Program Director to accomplish priority “to-do” list
• Assist in liaising with external partners and WRI colleagues across programs and countries
• Coordinate recruitment and manage onboarding of new staff members and interns, as needed.
• Support WRI Africa cities Director and other project managers with fundraising and development efforts Administration,
• Support project managers in coordinating with external partners and provides close liaison with WRI program and operational staff in WRI Africa and WRI Global offices.
• Develop and update a systematic and organized file-sharing system and keep project documents updated and centralized

  Finance, Grants and Contracts support (30% time):

  • Support processing of contracts, work orders, and other formal documentation for project commitments.
  • Support monitoring of program/project performance against contract requirements.
  • Support documentation for project commitments (i.e., agreements, contracts, payment requests and invoices)
  • Processes invoices and pay applications for projects in compliance with established governance

    Conference, Event & Travel Logstics Support (20% time):

    • Coordinate conference and event logistics for domestic and international meetings and workshops, including venue and catering, invitation dissemination, equipment or translators, travel and visa support for team.
    • Coordinate event participant travel, accommodation, and any per diem support, including the proper documentation and compliance with any grant terms.
    • Support organization of internal and external meetings, workshops, conferences and other dissemination activities
    • Update event trackers and support coordination and planning of events
    • Support Cities Program team in international and domestic travel arrangements including visa processing and bookings
    • Other duties may be assigned.

      Job Qualifications

      Education:

      • Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, administration, management or related

        Experience:

        Minimum 3 years of relevant full-time work experience is in administrative management, project coordination support, Conference and event management or other nonprofit operations

        • Must be adaptable to rapidly changing priorities and have the ability to manage varying deadlines
        • Attention to details particularly regarding grant compliance and contract relationships