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About Lapis Afghanistan

Lapis is a leading media, education, research, project management and strategic communications company, operating throughout the Middle East, Northern Africa, South and Central Asia. Lapis supports local and global efforts to bring about positive change in frontier markets and challenging environments. From delivering education projects to strategic communications and project design, for nearly two decades Lapis’ work has framed how individuals, communities and nations see their world. We employ an unparalleled understanding of complex media and sociopolitical environments. We stay on the forefront of changes in audiences’ media and technology consumption, and combine this systems-level knowledge with our on-ground expertise to tailor carefully analyzed and creatively engaging products. Our clients include governments, foundations, international organizations, and the private sector.

Job Description

Administrative Tasks:

We seek exceptional candidates for Finance and Admin Officer role who have the passion and intellectual acuity to help with implementation of our projects. Finance and Admin Officer will be responsible for day-to-day coordination of the tasks and deliverables with different project stakeholders. In addition to finance and accountancy, he will also help with administrative and coordination tasks assigned to him by the project managers and the rest of the team.

• Provide logistical and administrative support for site visits, meetings, or external stakeholder visits. This may include, but is not limited to making hotel reservations, booking flights, distributing email invitations, ordering and ensuring the delivery of meals, etc.
• Provide administrative and operational support such as purchasing office supplier, coordinating with vendors as requested, among other tasks.
• Prepare documentation required for the recruitment and help in the recruitment process including advertising ToRs, scheduling interviews, and others. 
• Maintain an office filing system and assist in archiving.
• Carry out any other duties as may be required by the project team and instructed by the Program Director.

Finance:

• Prepare expenditure request forms and other documentations for project expenditures.
• Ensure that all project expenditure is compliant with policies and procedures and all supporting documentations and authorization is properly obtained.
• Create and process monthly salaries and coordinate with the central finance team for disbursement.
• Develop weekly and monthly cash requirements for the project.
• Maintain and update project files, including project expenditure, progress reports, workplans and budgets in compliance with policies and procedures.
• Prepare monthly and other periodic reports.
• Assist in the project audit.
• Maintain close relationship with the central finance team and provide updates as needed.
• Perform any other activity as required by the Program Director.

Skills Required

• Management

Submission Guideline:

Send your resume and a brief cover letter to jobs@lapis-communications.com.Please submit all attachments as PDFs, and ensure that the document title includes name your first and last name as well as the position for which you are applying.
Jobs@lapis-communications.com 

Submission Email:

Jobs@lapis-communications.com