Finance and Support Services Officer

Overview

Location: Nampula, Mozambique

Contract: One-year fixed term contract (renewable subject to funding)

Working hours: 35 hours weekly, full timeSalary: Local Terms and Conditions apply

About the role Finance and Support Services Officer

Sightsavers are excited to be recruiting a new team member to join their Mozambique country office. The Finance and Support Services Officer reporting to the Interim Finance and Support Services Manager, provides finance management support for the Country Office.

Responsibilities

The post-holder will ensure financial management and risk mitigation are compliant with local regulations and adhere to the organisational Financial Framework by implementing financial controls, planning and budgeting. The role will lead support services for the country office by managing logistics of procurement supplies, manage payroll and work with programme and finance teams to review programme/project reports, planning and analysis, auditing of funds provided and grant management reporting.

Fluency/strong written and spoken English with current and ongoing right to work in Mozambique essential.

The FSSO s a highly varied and involved role and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills. Please see the job description for full details.

The deadline to apply is 22.30 21 April 2026 23.30pm British Summer Time.

The recruitment process will consist of a written task and face to face interview to be conducted at the Sightsavers country office Mozambique. Both elements will be conducted on the same day so please allow up to two hours for the process to complete.

We intend to conduct written tasks and interviews from 27 April 2026 onwards. Depending on the response to this vacancy we reserve the right to close this ad early.

 

Skills and Experience

If you hold a relevant professional accounting qualification and a degree (or equivalent) in finance, accounting or economics; have proven experience working in an INGO environment within finance management at Officer level or above; a good working knowledge of audit, data analysis and government organisations and strong financial management this is a great opportunity for you. Previous line management of a support services team is also required.

Next Steps

To apply please simply use the link provided. Please apply in English as this is our business language. We are particularly interested in understanding your reasons for wanting to work with Sightsavers.

As an equal opportunity Employer we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader therefore qualified people living with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.

Sightsavers is an employer that does not tolerate any form of harassment and has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse. All potential candidates will be subjected to rigorous background checks and controls.