Mineke Foundation works in Liberia. Our goal is to help people - especially young people and women - to become economically self-reliant. We focus on education and entrepreneurship. We have three ...
Controller & Treasurer
Contact person
Tonia Dabwe
#36781
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Summary
We are looking for a volunteer for the role of controller & treasurer to strengthen strategic financial expertise in both the Netherlands and Liberia.
Detailed description
We have used the Covid-19 lockdown to further develop our vocational training into social enterprises that will eventually operate financially independently. We therefore need to strengthen our team of volunteers.
We are looking for a volunteer for the role of controller & treasurer to strengthen strategic financial expertise in both the Netherlands and Liberia.
Tasks
- Preparation of annual budget Mineke Foundation. This includes the projects in Liberia and activities in the Netherlands
- Drawing up project budgets that form the basis for fundraising
- Advising on the (progress of) social enterprises in Liberia based on a business economic analysis of these social enterprises
- Drafting financial (progress) reports for the board and funds
- Monitoring progress & development of operational affairs of social enterprises against business case assumptions
- Monitoring progress & development of the micro-loan fund in Liberia and advising on this
- Coordinate with / advise Team coordinator Liberia on strategic financial matters
- Contributing to increasing knowledge of strategic financial insight and management of the management team in Liberia
Time commitment
16 - 20 hours a month
Requirements
- You are fluent in Dutch and English
- You are able to explain (complex) financial matters at MBO level
- You can handle cultural differences
- You think in terms of opportunities and possibilities
- You have 3-5 years of experience in the planning cycle and business economic analysis. If you have gained this experience in a production environment, that is an advantage!
Please note: this task has many ad hoc features, such as questions from Liberia that require an answer within a day.
What volunteers need
🗣️ Native language skills
What we will provide to volunteers
🤝 Extra support
About Mineke Foundation
Mineke Foundation works in Liberia. Our goal is to help people - especially young people and women - to become economically self-reliant. We focus on education and entrepreneurship. We have three projects:
== The Damiefa School offers affordable private education from kindergarten through the first three years of high school. We use the national Liberian curriculum, supplemented with an Art Education program developed by Dutch/American teachers and a Reading Comprehension program specifically developed for Liberia by American teachers. Our ambition is to grow the school into a full-fledged high school.
== Our Women’s Club offers an entrepreneurship program and a social education program. The entrepreneurship program includes short vocational courses, business training & coaching, and microloans. The educational program offers monthly workshops on topics such as (reproductive) health, women’s rights, leadership and sexual violence against women. There is also a savings club with peer-to-peer lending.
== The Resource Center is a multifunctional space with a small library/computer room where employability training for young people is also given. Before Covid, we also offered digital skills training to surrounding schools and (young) adults in the area. We will offer this again in due course.
Check our Facebook page for recent updates: www.facebook.com/MinekeFoundation
Mineke Foundation is an award-winning foundation known for its quality and professionalism. We are an accredited local Liberian NGO, vocational school and private school. A small, committed and motivated local team carries out our projects in Liberia.
The Dutch foundation consists of international volunteers and supports our team in Liberia, including fundraising, social media & communication and knowledge transfer. Both teams work closely together.
Our fun and enthusiastic volunteers will make you feel at home quickly! We all work from home and have regular Zoom calls, also with our team in Liberia. Volunteers living in the Netherlands usually meet twice a year. Good to know: we speak both Dutch and English, but usually speak English during calls & meetings.
Mineke Foundation was founded in 2009 by Tonia Dabwe to build on the work her parents started in Liberia in the late 1960s. The foundation is named after Tonia's Dutch mother who has been missing since the civil war in Liberia.
