We are looking for enthusiastic, dedicated development professionals interested in long term careers with a major international children’s NGO.

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children. Plan, one of the world’s largest children’s INGOs, works with children and poor communities in 50 countries.

Currently we work in Vientiane Capital, Bokeo, Oudomxay, Luang Prabang, Saravan, Champasak and Vientiane Provinces, in basic education, early childhood development, health and nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene, adolescence development and participant, and skills and opportunities for youth employment and entrepreneurship. Plan International has no religious or political aims or affiliations. Visit www.plan-international.org for more information.

Plan is an equal opportunity employer. We strongly encourage applications from women, members of ethnic groups and people with disabilities and LGBTQIA+ colleagues. Plan offers competitive salaries and long-term employment opportunities for all posts.

Plan International Laos is looking for a Lao National for the following position:

 

Project Assistant – Accountant

 

Contract Type: Service Contract.

Duration: April 2026 – March 2029.

Location: based in Ministry of Education and Sports Office, Vientiane Capital.

 

Name of the Project: PESIG Program Laos (Partnership in Education and Skills for Inclusive Green Growth)

 

The project is grounded in the broader framework of EU – Laos cooperation. It aligns fully with the 1997 Cooperation Agreement between the EU and Laos, reflects jointly identified priorities, and supports relevant national development strategies. The overall project objective is shaped by these shared commitments and reflects the EU’s long-standing partnership and continued dedication to development cooperation with Laos.

 

The Project Assistant – Accountant is responsible for the smooth running, coordination and supervision of the project office, as well as maintaining the project accounts and monitoring expenditure. S/he will work under the supervision of the Team Leader and the Backstopping Team at GOPA HQ.

The tasks of this position are not limited to the list below. Throughout the duration of the project, the Project Assistant-Accountant will responsibly and professionally cover all measures necessary to ensure the effective and efficient implementation of the project. S/he will be responsible for the efficient and transparent management of project accounting and expenditure tracking in accordance with EU and GOPA regulations

 

Duties and responsibilities will include:

Administrative management and operation of the project office:

• Responsible for the smooth running, coordination and supervision of the Project Office;
• Liaises with potential suppliers/service providers;
• Assists the project team in carrying out their responsibilities and tasks;
• Ensures the flow of information between the project team and GOPA Backstopping staff.
• Ensures the scheduling of appointments and work meetings;
• Prepares meeting minutes and assists experts in finalizing reports (formatting and printing);
• Provides secretarial support, manages agendas and schedules, filters information and calls and organizes the office;
• Ensures the distribution of mail, prepares replies, drafts correspondence;
• Keeping secretarial records, filing and storing documents;
• Assists in updating the knowledge management and archiving system;
• Responsible for the collection of timesheets and distribution to EUD once validated by the TL and BS;
• Organizes orders and manages equipment and supplies;
• Provides language and administrative support to the team of experts.

Accounting

• Ensures that monthly expenditure forecasts are communicated to the Finance Department for conversion into a project fund request if necessary;
• Ensure the management of the office’s petty cash and the availability of the minimum amount of cash required to cover all expenses;
• Assist the Team Leader and Backstopping in the preparation of reports and invoices;
• Maintain the project accounts: bookkeeping and daily maintenance of expenses, operations and transactions in the WINPACCS accounting software; ensure that payment amounts and records are accurate and that all transactions are recorded on the appropriate budget lines and kept up to date;
• Manage the bank account(s); receive bank statements, cash withdrawals and any other bank relations;
• Prepare filing and documentation of all invoices, receipts, tenders and other accounting documents;
• Monitor budget and expenditure and contribute to budget reviews;
• Prepare all documents required for audits, such as timesheets and expenditure of administered funds (invoices, remittance slips, contracts with suppliers, quotations, participant lists, boarding passes) and upload them to GOPA SharePoint on a monthly basis;
• Organize advance payments for the local project team and short-term experts as required.

Logistics management and support for the organization of activities

• Prepares and organizes local expert travel: books taxis or bus tickets and any other means of transport for experts who need to travel outside Vientiane, organizes hotel reservations;
• Prepares and organizes the various institutional meetings: convocations, preparation of preliminary documents;
• Manage the logistics of organizing project events (conferences, seminars, workshops and training courses) in and outside Vientiane;
• Supporting the implementation of communication activities and ensuring compliance with EU visibility rules in the context of activities.
• Performs any other related activities, which may arise over time and/or as required by line managers.

 

Qualifications, Experiences:

 

• Higher education diploma (Bac+3). Asset: degree in administrative management, accounting, finance or event management, or other relevant diploma.
• Minimum of three years’ experience in administrative project management, including secretarial tasks (report writing), accounting and coordination/logistics.
• Experience in supporting the organization of activities such as: training, seminars, conferences.
• Knowledge of the national territory and modes of transport.
• knowledge of Winpaccs software.

 

Skills:

• Good command of computer tools.
• Fluent in English and Laotian, written and spoken.
• Good inter-personal and communication skills essential – speaking, writing, presenting.
• Problem solving and negotiation skills.
• Systematic thinking.

 

FOR ALL PLAN POSITIONS:

• We strongly encourage equally qualified female candidates to apply.
• Strong commitment to the equal rights and participation of girls and women is essential.
• Strong commitment to the Rights of the Child is essential.
• Plan does not tolerate child abuse. All Plan staff are selected and employed in line with the conditions of Plan’s Child Protection Policy. These include appropriate reference and background checks.
• Applications will not be acknowledged. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. No correspondence or telephone calls will be entered into.
• Short listed candidates will be required to attend panel interviews and other selection procedures.

 

 

Herewith the Job Description (JD): JD_Project Assistant – Accountant_Mar’2026  

 

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: by midnight on Sunday, 29^th March 2026

 

TO APPLY FOR THIS POST: 

Send your resume/CV, and cover letter. In the cover letter please state on a separate page your preferred start date, names and contact details of three referees and your salary expectations for each position, to Plan International Laos, Vientiane, Lao PDR, or to  PlanLaos.JobVacancies@plan-international.org

Please state in cover letter how you learned about the job – through emails, INGO Directory, 108 Jobs, or friends.