Finance and logistics support load (e)
Who are we ?
Inter helping is an association specializing in the realization of concrete development aid programs, led in rural areas to particularly poor families. In 2025, Inter Aid manages 49 programs in 7 countries for a total budget of around 11 million euros.
Inter Aid for rural development of Sierra Leone since 2007. The work of the association has aimed at improving access to drinking water and food security in four districts in the north and northwest of the country. In total, the Sierra Leone Inter helping team has around 80 people.
- The water, hygiene and sanitation team is in charge of the construction and rehabilitation of around twenty water points per year as well as the improvement in latrine coverage.
- A specific team works on a major preventive maintenance program for water points, covering more than 3,000 wells via a network of independent technicians, thus improving the functionality of water points in the intervention area.
- The Household Water Treatment team develops homewater treatment solutions for communities that do not have access to a drinking water point.
- The agricultural team is working to improve production techniques and on new culture systems.
To these four programs teams is added a support department under the responsibility of the country coordinator, which provides transversal support to the programs.
Inter helping 3 offices in Sierra Leone located respectively in the cities of Makeni (IA headquarters in SL), Kamakwie and Port Loko.
Small West African country of 8 million inhabitants, marked by a modern and difficult modern history, Sierra Leone is today a peaceful country where different traditions and religions coexist. Its historical heritage still marks the country which presents very low development indicators on a national scale and even more in rural areas.
Our area of intervention, in the north of the country, is one of the areas where populations are the most vulnerable, especially in terms of food security and water access. The position is based as close as possible to the projects, in Makeni, the middle city of the country’s North Center-North, relatively well connected to the rest of the country, located at 2:30 am from Freetown, and involves regular visits to rural intervention areas and other offices, in Kamakwie and Port Loko.
The mission:
You will be under the direct responsibility of the country coordinator, based in Makeni.
You will have the main interlocutors:
- The field administrative manager, and her team of three assistants;
- The administrative and financial manager for Sierra Leone, based at the Inter -Aid headquarters in Versailles;
- The four programs managers, based in Makeni and Kamakwie;
- The sector head of programs, based at headquarters.
To understand the financial challenges of the structure and familiarize yourself with the tools, you will benefit from one week training at the inter -help headquarters in Versailles, prior to your departure in Sierra Leone.
You will contribute to the following missions, in support of the country coordinator and programs:
Accounting and financial monitoring
- Control of compliance with accounting and administrative procedures;
- Follow -up of the lifts of field accounts within the deadlines at headquarters;
- Update of internal accounting software for local teams and control of the archiving of parts;
- Participation in program management control.
Relations with program managers and members of the logistics and administrative team
- Personalized support for the administrative manager, local administrative assistants and logisticians to ensure their skills rise;
- Organization of office training in office (Pack Office) for teams according to the needs evaluated on site.
Administrative and logistics monitoring of projects and improvement of procedures
- Support to the country coordinator for the application and verification of purchasing procedures, and particularly tenders;
- Monitoring and improvement of logistics procedures (inventories, monitoring of stocks and equipment, etc.);
- Upgrade of administrative, logistics teams and program managers on procedures;
- Participation in the monitoring of administrative and legal files.
Profile sought:
You have bac +4/5 training in management, finance or accounting, preferably related to international solidarity;
You have a first professional experience;
You have a good command of English (working language);
You have rigor, taste for figures;
You are able to work in a changing environment by managing priorities and respecting deadlines;
You have a real motivation for the object of the association;
You like the field in an intercultural context;
You wish to evolve towards a coordination function following the experience acquired in the position.
Conditions:
12 -month VSI status mission (renewable)
Monthly compensation of 1,100 EUR + field allowance
Complete health coverage (CFE + Mutual) and repatriation insurance
A plane ticket A/R at the start and end of the home mission or mission location + an annual aircraft ticket from the mission location to the headquarters in the event of renewal.
How to apply
If our structure and the responsibilities of this mission interest you,
Remember to send your CV and LM to recruitment@interaide.org
by imperatively indicating in the subject of the email the reference Support/end/SL/2025
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