{"id":8296,"date":"2026-05-04T10:02:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T10:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/zambia\/job\/assistant-accountant-administration-at-higher-education-loans-and-scholarships-board-helsb\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T10:02:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T10:02:27","slug":"assistant-accountant-administration-at-higher-education-loans-and-scholarships-board-helsb","status":"publish","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/zambia\/job\/assistant-accountant-administration-at-higher-education-loans-and-scholarships-board-helsb\/","title":{"rendered":"Assistant Accountant \u2013 Administration at Higher  Education Loans and Scholarships Board (HELSB)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Employment Opportunity<br \/>\nThe Higher Education Loans and Scholarships Board (HELSB) is a statutory body established by the Higher Education Loans and Scholarships Act No. 31 of 2016 to provide for the administration, granting, investment, payment, and recovery of student loans; provide for the administration and granting of scholarships; facilitate the mobilization of financial resources for loans and scholarships, and provide for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing.<br \/>\nHELSB is inviting competent, enthusiastic, and qualified candidates to apply for the underlisted positions to be based in\u00a0Lusaka, Southern Province (Choma), North-Western Province (Solwezi), and\u00a0Western Province (Mongu)\u00a0on permanent and pensionable terms.<br \/>\nAssistant Accountant \u2013 Administration (Lusaka); (1) Position<br \/>\na. Job Purpose<\/p>\n<p>Reporting to Accountant-Administration, undertakes implementation of policies and strategies that ensure effective utilization of financial resources in order to ensure prudent utilization and accountability of funds.<br \/>\nb. Principal Accountabilities<\/p>\n<p>Undertakes effectively the collection of revenue in order to safeguard public funds.<br \/>\nUndertakes timely, provision of input submission to facilitate monthly payroll in order to meet conditions of service.<br \/>\nUndertakes timely, provision of input to facilitate preparation of financial and management reports in order to facilitate informed decision making.<br \/>\nUndertakes periodically, maintenance of the asset register in order to safeguard public assets, payments and maintains up to date record.<br \/>\nUndertakes resource mobilisation activities in order to enhance growth and sustainability of the Fund.<br \/>\nUndertakes timely development of work plans in order to facilitate monitoring and evaluation of performance.<\/p>\n<p>c. Qualifications and Experience<\/p>\n<p>Grade Twelve (12) School Certificate with five (5) credits or better, including Mathematics and English.<br \/>\nDiploma in Accountancy or its equivalent.<br \/>\nMinimum of one (1) year related job experience.<br \/>\nMember of the Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants.<br \/>\nProficiency in MS Office and MS Excel.<\/p>\n<p>Local business advertising<\/p>\n<p>d.Skills and Attributes<\/p>\n<p>Able to write technical and analytical reports.<br \/>\nFluent in English communication.<br \/>\nPossesses confidentiality skills, interpersonal skills, integrity, tact\/diplomacy, and computer literacy.<\/p>\n<p>Sharing is Caring! Click on the Icons Below and Share<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_promoted":"","_job_location":"","_application":"http:\/\/recruitment@helsb.gov.zm","_company_name":"Higher Education Loans and Scholarships Board (HELSB)","_company_website":"","_company_tagline":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job_listing_region":[11],"job-types":[12],"class_list":{"0":"post-8296","1":"job_listing","2":"type-job_listing","3":"status-publish","4":"hentry","5":"job_listing_region-zambia","7":"job-type-full-time"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/8296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_region?post=8296"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=8296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}