OPPORTUNITY : Project Officer

Who are we?

We are a company based in Yaounde, running multiple projects across agriculture, fashion, real estate and education sectors.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

Finance and Taxation:

• Collect and consolidate financial data on company activities on Excel sheets.
• Manage account operations, maintain cash registers and receipts.
• Prepare financial statements, monthly and annual accounts, and tax returns.
• Follow up on tax and social security obligations (with guidance from the legal counsel).

Administration:

• Run administrative operations and errands.
• Perform digital and physical archiving of documents.
• Prepare employee pay slips.
• Manage suppliers and inventory (orders, delivery invoices and regularisations).

Marketing:

• Create and manage social media outlets for the company.
• Collect content (video, images, audio) on key activities.

Operations, Liaison, Reporting and Meetings:

• Run errands.
• Manage operations.
• Visit field sites.
• Develop weekly and monthly reports.
• Run daily and weekly project meetings.

Other duties:

• Perform other duties assigned by supervisor(s)/manager(s).

Your Profile/ Skills

• A bachelor’s degree in Management, Finance, Accounting, Law, Business Administration, Project Management, Marketing, Computer Science or a related field is required.
• A minimum of 3 years of professional experience in project management, administration, and finance is required.
• Strong knowledge of Cameroonian banking process and business and tax procedures.
• Strong computing skills and mastery of Microsoft Excel, Word, OneDrive, and teams…)
• Good knowledge of key social media outlets and marketing.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English is required.
• A good knowledge of French is required.
• Must be based in or willing to relocate to Yaounde and willing to travel within Cameroon.

Contract Duration

• 12month contract (with a 3-month probation), to be renewed subject to satisfactory performance.

Working Modalities and Relationships

Initial Contract:

• 12month contract (with a 3-month probation), to be renewed subject to satisfactory performance.

Working days:

• Monday Afternoon (15 pm),
• TuesdayFriday (8am-5 pm),
• Saturday Morning (8am1pm)

Supervision:

• Onsite manager: Yaounde
• Remote supervisor

Benefits

• Salary of 100,000 FCFA per month distributed as follows:
  • 50,000 FCFA base salary
  • 30,000 FCFA transportation allowance
  • 20,000 FCFA internet allowance

Key deliverables required from the Project Officer for monthly salary payments are as follows:

1. 1. A weekly activity report (financial and operational) must be submitted every Friday at 5 pm.
   2. A monthly activity report (financial and operational) must be submitted every last Friday of the month at 5 pm.
   3. An audio update must be shared daily.
   4. A video update must be shared at least once a week.
   5. Weekly pictures on the progression of field activities must be shared at least once a week.
   6. A weekly team meeting must be organized (ideally every Saturday morning) and key action items must be reviewed, assigned, and recorded.
   7. Monthly payslips must be produced.
   8. A monthly contact list of key stakeholders must be maintained shared.
   9. A monthly inventory tracker must be maintained.
   10. All receipts must established/collected, scanned, and archived online.
   11. All documentation must be printed and archived electronically on a OneDrive folder.

How to Apply

• A motivation letter, CV, and copy of your university degree, and the contacts of 3 professional references (names, phone numbers, email addresses, job titles) should be sent to greentastyproducts@gmail.com with subject: Application for Project Officer.
• Deadline for applications: Sunday 21 January 2023 at midnight.

Thank you in advance for your interest in this position. Please note that only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted for a technical test and subsequent interview (both will be in English and French). If you have not been contacted 2 weeks after the closing date, consider your application unsuccessful.