Administration Officer – (1) position)
Organization Save the Children
Country Uganda
City Kasese
Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organization for children and has program presence in over 120 countries in the world. Save the Children envisions a Uganda in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. We strive to create impact for children by delivering our Programmes through partnerships, by being innovative, by acting as the voice for and of children, and by achieving results at scale. In Uganda, we implement programmes in six thematic programme areas of Child Protection, Child Rights Governance, Education, Livelihoods & Food Security, Health, Nutrition and HIV/AIDS in development and emergency contexts. Save the Children delivers programs in over 36 districts in the North, Rwenzori, North-Eastern and Central regions of Uganda, Currently, Save the Children has a staff complement of over 190 persons. We save children’s lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential. In 2012, we reached more than 100 million children around the world.
Save the Children seeks to fill the following vacant positions and applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced Persons.
Duty Station; Kasese
Job Purpose:
The Administration Officer provides professional, efficient and effective administrative services for the office; handles bookings and confirmations for travel, functions and hotels reservations. The person also provides support in stores, facilities maintenance, repairs for office and residential property and attends to residential services. He /she in addition provides timely, efficient and effective filing management and archiving system, manages the resource centre and handles all incoming and outgoing mails. The Officer may be called upon as and when necessary to support the emergency team in cases of humanitarian crisis.
Requirement:
Academic back ground and Experience; - A minimum of a Bachelors' Degree in humanities. - At least 3 years of accrued working experience in office administration or management with an international NGO dealing with child and/or youth-focused interventions
How to apply:
Application information;
Application letters with detailed CV indicating 3 referees, two of whom should have been direct supervisors should be submitted to:
The Director of Human Resources & Administration Save the Children
Plot 68/70, Kira Road, P. O. Box 12018, Kampala
Or on email: uganda.recruitment@savethechildren.org
Important to note:
Testimonials/certificates should not be attached to applications that are submitted online.
The closing date for receiving applications is 4th October 2013. Candidates are therefore encouraged to apply at the earliest opportunity.
Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer, persons with disabilities and female candidates are encouraged to apply.
