Position Available : Junior Operations Officer based in Cape Town

The Organisation supports national and regional responses to climate change through policy and knowledge interventions, partnerships and deep collaboration. We do this by connecting people and information, enhancing capability and mobilising resources to respond innovatively to the challenges and opportunities that climate change presents. Being positioned in the Global South affords the Organisation a deeper understanding of, and connection to, the climate and development challenges facing the region. We enhance developing countries’ access to climate information by brokering climate knowledge through formalised exchanges among various stakeholders. We assist decision makers in delivering climate compatible development by informing policy formulation and implementation. We bring good governance to management of donor funds, technical assistance and project management.

The role of the Junior Operations Officer main purpose will be to support the technical and strategic implementation of the Organisation's operations and organisational workflow – whilst playing a pivotal role in the planning and implementation of the financial aspects of project implementation. The role also includes operationalising workflow systems, and the last-mile implementation and subsequent ongoing maintenance of the organisation’s financial architecture.

Roles and Responsibilities

Project Operations will include but not be limited to:
* Budget design, construction and implementation oversight
* Bid submission management
* Project resourcing
* Programme-level financial management
* Reporting on financial and operational deliverables

Organisational Operations and Workflow Management will include but not be limited to:

* The design, building, maintenance and analysis of systems and processes that collate and track project and organizational information with the goal of creating efficiencies and improving decision-making within every level at the Organisation.

Competences and personal qualities required:
* Problem solving and decision making skills
* Strong analytical and communication skills
* Ability to self-manage deadlines and workflows
* Exceptionally accurate and efficient in quantitative work
* Ability to work within a flexible and fluid work environment.
* Eagerness to learn new approaches to data handling.
* A grasp of general business accounting experience/ exposure.
* Patience, resourcefulness and a willingness to help others and work in a team

Additional/Desirable
* Prior experience using Sage Evolution, preferably as an advanced user in a supporting role, a Super User or a Certified Professional.
* Experience working on and with Macbooks and Apple OS.
* Experience with spreadsheet-based monitoring and reporting systems in MS Excel 2010 and later.
* Model-building and logistics planning experience.
* Experience with accounting packages and SARS reporting frameworks.
* Technical proficiency in MS Excel (including Pivot Tables and Dashboards, but excluding VBA).

Qualifications
* Relevant Degree; BBusSci and preferably 3 years or more of relevant work experience