Office manager

Chemonics International Inc, a leading international consulting firm seeks experienced Ukrainian professional to fill in the vacancy of Office Manager for the USAID Local Investment and National Competitiveness Project in Ukraine (LINC) project in Simferopol.
Competitive candidates will possess the following qualifications:
• Degree in relevant field preferred
• At least three years of experience in relevant area
• Experience working on international donor funded projects
• Strong management, leadership and communication skills
• English language proficiency
• expertise in general office administration

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintains personnel records for local and expatriate staff, drafting employment contracts and ensuring compliance with local employee handbook and local labor laws to the maximum extent possible.
• Interacts with bank and other officials on an as-needed basis.
• Acts as point of contact for LINC-Crimea staff members, vendors and others with issues or problems and work to resolve them. Ensures that administrative staff perform efficiently and that staff members and visitors to the office are served courteously and in a timely manner at all times.
• Manages project logistics and procurements and ensures procurement files are complete.
• Ensures the efficiency of project communications, logistics, and office maintenance.
• Maintains daily communication by e-mail, fax or telephone with the Chemonics home office, identifying issues needing action or of potential concern or interest and acting on such concerns raised by the Chemonics home office.
• Works with project accountant and Kyiv-based Director of Finance and Administration to establish and maintain uniformity and accuracy in field accounting procedures and ensure that all field accounting practices adhere to USAID and Chemonics International regulations and policies.
• Manages project office’s petty cash.
• Performs weekly review of office-based operational funds (pre-registration).

Send resumes (in English) to электронный адрес скрыт as soon as possible and no later than November 23, 2009. Only the strongest candidates will be contacted.