Bridge Hope Health Organization (BHHO) is a non-Profit and Non-Political community-based organization established by People who use drugs (PWUD) in May 2015.

Bridge Hope Health Organization (BHHO) was founded as a network for people who use drugs. BHHO’s remit has now expanded to include key populations affected by HIV and people living with HIV. The development of the network is informed by a community consultation undertaken with over 400 people who inject drugs and other key populations in May 2015. In addition, a situation assessment was undertaken to help BHHO understand the Afghan systems for planning and delivering harm reduction, drug treatment and wider HIV prevention services. This has helped inform the focus and remit of BHHO both as a community organization representing people who inject drugs, other key populations and people living with HIV. BHHO provide harm reduction service for key affected and effected population.

BHHO’s approach long-term sustainable health, economic, social life and development of men, women empowerment who use drugs. BHHO facilitates the clarification of local concerns followed by support to planning and implementation of local heath development initiatives. We have three core principles: Basic services to reinforce livelihoods, health, human rights and harm reduction and strengthen emergency assistance.

BHHO is implementing a project in partnership with UNODC in East Region (Laghman, Nangarhar and Nuristan provinces), the main purpose of the project is to improve quality of life, health, and livelihoods of children, men, women, adolescents, girls, and families at risk or affected by drug use and other negative health and social consequences.

Main task for this position 

BHHO is looking for a person who has university degree in the field of finance, business administration or a related field is required. The Admin/Finance Officer is a key part of the team in Laghman province. He/she works closely with the project coordinator to ensure that administrative and financial matters and documents complies with the organization and donor/UNODC requirements, guidelines, and policies.

Key Responsibilities:

Admin/Human Resource tasks

1. Properly handle all the administrative issue of the project, considering organization policies and donor’s requirements
2. Work closely with the Head Office Admin/Finance Manager regarding project’s administrative
3. Prepare employment and other contracts for project staff according to the approved format of the Main Office upon instructions of the Head Office Admin/Finance Manager and Executive Director
4. Ensure that each project staff has a Tax Identification Number (TIN) to identify all taxes withheld on the employee’s behalf
5. Maintain and update the local subsidy contracts expenditure archive according to BHHO and donor’s guidelines

Finance tasks:

1. Properly handle all the financial issue of the project, considering organization policies and donor’s requirements
2. Use Quick Book software for the financial system management, recording and reporting
3. Prepare the salary vouchers and make salary payments for all project staff (including DIC and DTCs in Laghman and Nuristan provinces) according to signed contracts
4. Carry out monthly accounting and closing of the books according to the timelines issued by the Project Coordinator intended to comply with deadlines
5. Act as the project cashier in terms of disbursing project funds for payment of project and pillar activities according to approved and signed procurement requests and advance forms
6. Receive cash transfers from the Head Office either through the present hawala system or bank transfer in the future
7. Follow up on settlement of outstanding cash advance to project staff and contractors
8. Assign the correct cost center accounting code for each voucher entered
9. Ensure that tax withheld from payments to Contractors wherever specified in the contracts and make the corresponding payments to the MoF bank account
10. Prepare monthly income tax list for payment of withheld taxes to the Ministry of Finance. At the end of each solar year, prepare the annual summary of taxes for each Bridge national employee for submission to the MoF
11. Ensure the payment of employee income taxes monthly to the MoF bank account

Procurement and Logistic tasks:

1. Properly handle all the logistic and procurement issues of the project, considering organization policies and donor’s requirements
2. Check that all vouchers charged to project funds comply with organization policies and donor/UNODC requirement, UNODC Internal Control requirements. This includes ensuring that all required supporting documentation attached to each voucher
3. Review and monitoring of expenditures under local subsidy contracts in terms of conformance with donor’s internal control requirements, budgetary compliance and expense eligibility criteria as stated in the contracts before approving the procurement request by project coordinator and executive director  
4. Updating the expenditure information in the project registry/ database on a timely and regular basis
5. Maintain an updated archive for financial documents in both hard and digital copies. This involves scanning of all vouchers monthly. The archive must conform to donor guidelines
6. Maintain and update the BHHO registry of fixed assets, including the physical assignment of inventory numbers

Other tasks:

1. Responsible for the stock management
2. Other duties of an equivalent level as assigned by the direct supervisor and Admin/Finance Manager of Head Office

• University degree in finance, business administration or a related field is required.
• At least 3 years’ experience working in a similar field and level of responsibility
• Demonstrated experience with projects operating in insecure and difficult environments
• Excellent team coordination, organizational and communication skills
• Good IT skills will be an added value
• Capacity to work professionally and autonomously
• Strong analytical, coordination and reporting skills
• Capacity to prioritize and to work under pressure
• Ability to work in a team
• Afghanistan’s official languages (Pashto or Dari) are required.
• Knowledge in written and spoken English is required.
• Ability to travel to other provinces

Qualified applicants who are suitable with above criteria are requested to send their applications (Cover Latter and CVs) and clearly mention the job title and vacancy number in the subject line, otherwise their application will not be considered.

Bridge Hope Health Organization strives to promote diversity as well as provide an equal employment opportunity to each candidate, regardless of age, color, disability, ethnicity, gender, language, marital status, origin, political affiliation, religion, sex, or social statuses. Bridge Hope Health Organization is an equal opportunities employer.