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No specific training is required to become an administrator. We seek to give all candidates a chance, but skills and experience in managing human and financial resources are essential. Depending on the programme, administrator positions on our programmes outside France are either salaried posts in the country concerned, for which recruitment is carried out locally, or salaried expatriate posts.
"The figures tell me what’s happening on the ground."
The role of administrator for our programmes abroad or in France involves organising and ensuring the smooth and effective management of the administrative, financial, accounting, budgetary and human resource aspects of the programme.
Knowledge of SAGA financial management software could be useful. Depending on the programme, a qualification in administration for humanitarian projects may be an advantage. In addition, our administrators have often had prior experience in the humanitarian sector.
Because we are committed to long-term collaboration with our partners and believe that staff who have had practical experience on the ground are an asset for any organisation, we offer administrators who work with us the opportunity to progress to more senior roles, such as administrative coordinator, then site coordinator, followed by general coordinator or financial controller.
