PLAN INTERNATIONAL Employer Reviews

I start my work everyday at 0800hrs with a review of what was done yesterday across the 12 countries I manage.

I offer any feedback requared and embark on my days tasks

Meeting with team members for any meeting organized.

The most enjoyable part of my life is meeting the board to brief them of the many issues affecting my docket.

I like looking for the reason why such or such fact. I had a very helpful co-worker who made me enjoy the job. We interview people and they feel so happy to talk to us.

child care as NGO
children from different geo
funding thru online system

The nature of the job included – writing and reading letters to and from Forster Parents to
The Forster Children, attending and Organizing Seminars on different topics and other office duties.

Productive , relaxing and very busy workplace, provides for exposure and learning opportunity.
A very busy day at work which starts from 8 and ends at 5pm. I have learn t to be proactive, time management and team work. Co worker work as any other employee. conducive working environment with lots of meetings during the week. The hardest part of the job – more... was that sometimes you had to put in extra hours in order to beat deadline for example. budget submission to regional Office and also the days when the payroll is run. – less

i enjoyed participation with other workers
i lent how to work with people

The hardest part of the job comes when internet becomes slow and you have a case load of more than 2000 Questionairs to be entered.The most enjoyable part is when internet is fast for me to do my job effectively....

Working Monday to Friday, eight hours a day with break time of 15 minutes and one hour lunch break.

Worked as a program support teammeber where I learnt al ot on programme managment, child rights programming and monitoring and support to project implimentation.

Blends office and field based experiences making it enjoyable by interacting with community – more... members especially children – less

Office to field work, learned howto interact with community people, with the full support of management, and work without supervision, most enjoyable part was to work with community people and educated them for new technique in construction.

During the past 3 years I have worked in the capacities of Senior Accountant in respected Organizations. Working as Country Accountant and National Office Accountant in Multinational Organizations like, Plan International and Habitat for Humanity International respectively made me versed with International Accounting Standards. As Accountant on a daily – more... basis, I review payment vouchers for consistency with respect to the quotations on the delivery note, review transactions encoded into the software by my assistant before approval, manage the overall treasury of the organization, prepare financial reports, manage the external audit exercise and follow up the implementation of recommendations by our external auditors. I have managed audits conducted by our external auditors, Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) and also Ernst and Young. The most difficult part of my job is managing the volume of transactions. With a significantly high volume of daily operations, .i.e approving payments to suppliers, managing advances to staff going on mission to the field, reporting to donors based on their time table, effectively closing the month and submitting reports on a timely basis to our Regional Office, processing the payroll and ensuring that staff accounts are credit on time, as Accountant, I find myself with a month fully occupied. To handle this, I prepare a work plan at the start of every month with what needs to be done and deadline. With a work plan, other daily transactions just fit in while the work plan serves a compass to me.
I enjoy most the area of financial reporting. My high proficiency in MS Excel makes me very comfortable playing with data and producing timely and accurate financial reports. – less

It is a child centred organisation that seeks to assist children realize their full potential. I have learnt to place children at the heart of everything i do. Putting children first is a best practice that i am even putting into practice at home. Fellow staff is very supportive and the team spirit is high. I enjoy working with children, as innocent – more... as they are, i have earned their trust and they also enjoy interacting with me. It is a challenge that i can not address all the challenges faced by orphaned and vulnerable children due to inadequate resources. – less

Meeting people from rural communities
I learned more about the needs of poor rural communities and how they could be assisted
Management was open to new ideas of people who wanted to do good things
The job required team effort which was indispensable to achieve the goals
Working with people who had their own agendas
Meeting people from rural communities – more... and see them enjoy the fruits of our common work – less

Plan International is a good NGO which thinks about their future projects and identifies the employees with the skills required.