Belgium

Person Specification Essential - Entrepreneurial and inspirational leader that is committed to our values and mission - Ability to perform under pressure, and lead and motivate others - A minimum of 10 years work in the development and/or humanitarian sector including significant experience of direct management of country programmes. - MA/S or equivalent in international development, political or social science management or other relevant field. - Over 10 years’ programme operations experience including direct “hands-on” skills in programme development, strategic planning, programme implementation and evaluation; - Over 10 years’ team management experience including staff supervision, mentoring, and development; training; team building; finance and administration; donor relations; and inter/intra-agency communications. - Demonstrated proficiency and experience with US, EC, UK, UN and other public and private donors, government grant and financial management requirements - Very strong organisational, leadership and administrative skills including a focus on detail and quality assurance. - An ability to analyse complex organisational issues & propose innovative solutions - Exceptional programme and project conceptualisation and design skills - Proven experience of leading and managing transformation in a complex and rapidly-changing environment - Ability to prioritise and deliver on a diverse range of sometimes conflicting priorities. - Highly developed organisational awareness and the ability think creatively and strategically to overcome challenges - Strong communication, and influencing skills (written, verbal and presentations) - Willingness to travel overseas, occasionally at short notice - Fluent written and spoken English Desirable: - Fluency in a second language, preferably French, Spanish or Arabic. Reporting to: General Manger Our package includes a competitive salary, 22 days annual leave and the possibility to join our Health care scheme. Additional benefits are available after 12 months of service. Salary range for this role will be shared upon application. Candidates must be entitled to work in Ireland at the time of application. GOAL has a Staff Code of Conduct and a Child Protection Policy, which have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants and children from exploitation. GOAL also has a confidentiality policy ensuring the non-disclosure of any information whatsoever relating to the practices and business of GOAL, acquired in the course of duty, to any other person or organisation without authority, except in the normal execution of duty. Any candidate offered a job with GOAL will be expected to adhere to these policies any job offer made is also subject to police clearance. GOAL is an equal opportunities employer. This Job Description only serves as a guide for the position available. GOAL reserves the right to change this document. Any published closing dates are estimated. Due to the nature of GOAL’s work we aim to fill vacancies as quickly as possible. This means that we will close adverts as soon as we have found the right candidate and this may be before the published closing date. We would therefore advise interested applicants to submit an application as early as possible.

GOAL is an international humanitarian agency established in 1977 and currently operational in 15 countries world-wide. GOAL has an annual budget of approximately €115m and is supported by a range of donors including the Irish Government, UK Government, USAID and the European Union. Position Summary: Reporting to the General Manager, and a member of GOALs Senior Management Team (SMT), the Director of Operations is responsible for Operational management of GOALs’ country programmes and grant portfolio. The Director of Operations will directly manage the Regional Directors, who manage the GOAL Country Directors and country programmes teams, and HQ Operations team.. He/she will ensure all country programme operations are of the highest quality and standards and result in desired impact. Key Responsibilities Working closely with the other HQ departments, the Director of Operations will: - Ensure the supervision of programme direction and coherence with organisational mission, strategies and policies; - Contribute to global strategic planning, and co-ordinate and oversee the management of country level strategic planning, development and implementation - Manage and coordinate the development and submission of concept papers, proposals and other funding opportunities to ensure a strong pipeline for GOALs’ countries of operation. - With HQ, regional and country-level leaders strategically position GOAL for new opportunities, and foster innovation, identify and develop new programming. - Ensure on-time, on-budget, on-target programme implementation, provide trouble-shooting and guidance on issue management per GOAL’s standard processes and approaches - Administer and coordinate a broad portfolio of grants and programmes and work closely with the Head of Strategic partnerships to manage external communications with GOAL’s donors and partners; - Work with Operations team, Group Services, Ethics and Compliance, Internal audit, and Programme Quality and MEAL team to resolve operational challenges, and promote continuous quality improvement of Country programmes - Provide support, where requested to Head of Investigations, to review and resolve country investigations. - With the Regional directors, oversee the management and resolution of audit findings, risk register action points and mitigations, and technical recommendations to country programmes. - Ensure security systems and processes are in place and maintained and liaise directly with the Global Security Advisor and Regional directors on the management of in-country/region security. - In the event of Humanitarian emergency, work closely with Head of Programmes and Humanitarian manager to ensure timely, effective response. - Serve as the primary representative of country offices in HQ, representing the Country programmes’ interests in relevant processes, fora and in response to ad hoc information requests; - Ensure efficient and effective communication, optimising the flow of data between the field and HQ and supporting the internal coordination of information across a range of HQ departments. - Encourage, support and facilitate a culture of learning and staff development within the organisation. - Take ownership for other key organisation-wide projects as assigned by the General Manager

• Qualified accountant, with knowledge of Belgium’s accounting rules & regulations
• Minimum 2 years of work experience
• NGO experience, and experience in grant/donor financial reporting is a plus
• Fluent in French & English, Dutch is an asset
• Coachable: easy to work with. 
• Flexible: proactive problem-solving attitude, able to deal with tight deadlines and flexible to adapt to changing circumstances. 
• Self-starter & proactive, able to work remotely 

WeForest is fast growing international non-profit association with headquarters in Belgium and projects in Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Tanzania, and Zambia: it is demonstrating through the restoration of entire regions that well-planned reforestation can be the solution to today’s biggest challenge: global warming.  

The organization is promoting Forest Landscape Restoration best practices, creating a movement, engaging the greatest brands and their millions of customers to act.

The activity is growing exponentially, and the organization is urgently looking for a part-time (50%), home-based, accountant to reinforce its central team. 

Reporting to the Chief Finance & Administration Officer (CFAO), the accountant will help the organization ensure that its finances are robust and accurate, and that we provide financial transparency to our donors and sponsors.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage accounts receivable (issue invoices to donors and sponsors, and follow-up on payments)
• Record and pay supplier invoices
• Bank reconciliations
• General Ledger postings (e.g. liabilities, asset depreciation, and salary postings)
• Update of the financial information in our Customer Relationship Management tool
• Quarterly VAT reporting
• Preparation of grants financial reporting
• Annual audit preparation
• National bank reporting

TERMS & CONDITIONS

• Ideal start date: early September
• Part-time employee position (50%), open-ended contract with flexibility on specific days and hours worked.  
• Competitive salary for the sector (remember WeForest is an NGO) with hospitalisation insurance + group insurance
• Work location is flexible, preferred one is Belgium. The candidate will work from his/her home office and will not need to relocate. The team meets regularly in Belgium. 

APPLY

• By way of application please send a motivation letter + a CV/resume including 2 recent references to contact@weforest.org, ideally before July 12th, 2018.
• Due to the anticipated number of applicants, we will not have the resources to respond to every inquiry. We thank you in advance for your interest. The opportunity will remain open until a suitable candidate is found.

• Vous avez une connaissance parfaite du Néerlandais, du Français et/ou de l’Anglais. La langue d’arrivée correspond de préférence à votre langue maternelle.
• Vous souhaitez vous engager dans une organisation au rôle social et êtes intéressé(e) par les projets éducatifs et la coopération au développement.

 

 

RCN Justice & Démocratie recherche des traducteurs/trices bénévoles (FR-NL ; FR-ANG ; NL-FR ou NL-ANG)

 

Organisation :

RCN J&D est une ONG belge qui mène depuis 1994 des projets de reconstruction de l’Etat de droit dans différents pays en transition ou en développement. RCN J&D intervient actuellement en RDC, au Rwanda, au Burundi, au Maroc et en Europe.

La mission du Programme Europe se concentre plus particulièrement sur les actions d’Education à la Mémoire et d’Education à la Citoyenneté Mondiale et Solidaire. A travers une série de témoignages de personnes ayant vécu des crimes de masse, RCN J&D vise à lutter contre l’oubli et contre les violences extrêmes, tout en favorisant l’émergence d’une citoyenneté active, critique et engagée chez un public de jeunes et d’étudiants.

Des informations sur RCN Justice & Démocratie sont accessibles sur le site www.rcn-ong.be. 

 

Fonction : Traducteur/trice bénévole

 

RCN Justice et Démocratie est à la recherche des plusieurs traducteurs/trice bénévoles. Nous avons principalement besoin de personnes pour effectuer des traductions vers les langues suivantes :

• du Français vers le Néerlandais ;
• du Français vers l’Anglais ;
• du Néerlandais vers le Français, 
• du Néerlandais vers l’Anglais.

Tâche principale :

• Traduction de textes (voir les combinaisons de langues ci-dessus) pour publication dans des brochures, sur notre site web et/ou nos média sociaux.
• Vous pouvez travailler à domicile. Vous n’êtes pas obligé de vous déplacer au siège à Bruxelles. Si vous préférez travailler à notre bureau, vous êtes bienvenu, indemnisation des frais de transport.
• Vous déterminez le début et la durée vous-même. De préférence dès que possible.

 

 

Êtes-vous la personne que nous recherchons ?

Une brève lettre de motivation, accompagnée de votre CV, doit être adressée par email à Patricia Kela, job@rcn-ong.be, en mentionnant « Traducteur/trice bénévole » dans l’objet du mail. 

 

 

Le candidat idéal/La candidate idéale

• A un diplôme universitaire en communication, journalisme, lettres, traduction ou équivalent.
• Maîtrise parfaitement le français et l’anglais. La connaissance du néerlandais est un atout.
• Est intéressé par la thématique des droits humains dans des pays fragiles.
• Est particulièrement à l'aise avec l'outil informatique. - A une pratique des réseaux sociaux, et de manière générale, une pratique en techniques de communication, journalisme, community management... (capacités rédactionnelles, recherches et traitement d’informations, sensibilité aux supports photos, etc.).
• La connaissance des logiciels Wordpress et Mailchimp est un atout.
• La connaissance de logiciels de montage vidéo est un atout.
• S’adapte facilement et apprécie de prendre des responsabilités.

Le/la stagiaire travaille sous la supervision de la chargée de Communication.

Il/elle collabore principalement aux projets suivants :

• Gestion du site internet, de l’intranet, du blog, de la newsletter électronique et des comptes Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Linkedin et Issuu d’ASF ; rédaction d'articles et mise en ligne.
• Suivi des dons et des cotisations.
• Soutien aux initiatives de fundraising.
• Relecture d’études et de publications.
• Tâches administratives occasionnelles.

Si son profil le permet, le/la stagiaire se verra également confier des traductions (principalement du français vers l’anglais) de documents : résumés exécutifs d’études et notes de positionnement, procédures administratives, financières, logistiques et en ressources humaines, fiches-projet, rapports destinés à nos bailleurs, rapports de réunions, etc.