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Wednesday 5 March 2014

Senior Manager: Strategic Planning - Tetra Tech Uganda

Vacancy: Senior Manager: Strategic Planning
Recruiting Company: Tetra Tech
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

About Us:
Tetra Tech is implementing a five-year project, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Its aim is to increase the availability of genuine quality agro-inputs to consumers and decrease the prevalence of counterfeit products.

Job Summary: The Senior Manager will lead a team in innovative approaches to researching and analyzing the consumer market and business performance trends in the agro-inputs industry. The Senior Manager will also contribute significantly to shaping the strategies and activities of Tetra Tech’s 5-year initiative to support performance improvements and growth of businesses in this sector. The position includes opportunities for professional advancement.

Qualifications,
The Senior manager should hold a good first degree: business degrees preferred

Marketeer Jobs - Water For People Uganda

Vacancy: Marketeer (2 Job Careers)
Recruiting Company: Water For People
Duty Station: Kampala
Country: Uganda,
Reports to: Chief Manager Human Resource (Service Delivery)

About Us:
Water For People is a global non-profit organization with headquarters in Denver, Colorado, USA, and country offices in Kampala, Uganda. Water for People aims at improving people’s quality of life by supporting the development of locally sustainable drinking water resources, sanitation facilities, and health and hygiene education programs. Water For People currently operates in 10 countries in Latin America, Africa and Asia. Currently, Water For People Uganda works in partnership with Local Governments western and eastern Uganda and is expanding operations in other districts yet to expand.

Job Summary: The Marketeer will work in close collaboration with Business Development Services providers and Sani-hub or Sanitation Greenhouse team to “take to the market and establish supply chain mechanisms for the Dura-San (Pour flush) and Tented Latrines and plastic flappers for retrofitting y existing latrine drop-holes to improve hygiene.
This will involve carrying-out market prospecting, promotion, publicity and segmentation of market
Actively participate in market researches, surveys and scoping studies

Public Relations Executive - Public Relations Executive Uganda

Vacancy: Public Relations Executive
Recruiting Company: Uganda Industrial Research In(UIRI)
Duty Station: Kampala, stitute
Country: Uganda
Reports to: Communications and Marketing Manager

About UIRI:
Uganda Industrial Research Institute is Uganda Government's lead agency for industrialization, established by an Act of Parliament of Uganda under the auspices of the Ministry of Trade Industry and cooperatives (MTIC). It is the country's main vehicle for implementing strategies and measures aimed at transforming industry in Uganda.

Job Summary: The Public Relations Executive will mainly offer technical support in the growth of a favorable brand image for the UIRI Institute as well as ensuring that objectives are achieved in line with the Institutes mandate.

Senior Accountant Jobs - Management Sciences for Health Uganda

Vacancy: Senior Accountant
Recruiting Company: Management Sciences for Health (MSH)
Project: USAID-supported District-based HIV/ TB Project (STAR-E)
Duty Station: Mbale,
Country: Uganda
Reports to: Senior Manager Finance

About MSH:
Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is an international non-profit, public health organisation with headquarters in USA, whose purpose is to strengthen health programs worldwide. MSH Uganda is currently running a number of USAID and other donor funded projects including STAR-E in Eastern Uganda. STAR-E a 5-year USAID-supported District-based HIV/ TB Project ending in March 2015, focuses on the prevention, care, and treatment of HIV/TB in health facilities and communities, headquartered in Mbale, with activities in Budaka, Bududa, Bukwo, Busia, Butaleja, Kapchorwa, Mbale, Pallisa, Bulambuli, Kween, Kibuku and Sironko districts.

Job Summary: The Senior Accountant supports the Senior Manager Finance to manage the accounts section of the project. S/he is responsible for ensuring efficient accounting support to the project. S/he ensures that all financial and ac-counting activities are done according to MSH regulations and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

IT Multipurpose - NFT Consult Uganda

Job Title: IT Multipurpose
Organisation: NFT Consult
Duty Station: Kampala,
Country: Uganda

About NFT:
NFT Consult, a leading HR Consultancy firm, seeks to recruit for it valuable client, a Hydraulic Engineering and Civil Engineering company with operations in 20 countries across the African continent.  NFT Human Resource Solutions are customer tailored per industry requirements and are geared towards increased cost savings, process improvement leading to improved efficiency and effectiveness yet simultaneously strengthening quality and control of resources.

Job Summary: The job holder will be responsible for a small IT stock and ensuring that the day to day activities are not suffering from IT shortages. S/he will also support users with small issue and guide them in the best way to use their computer.

Key Duties:
Ensure the installation of IT material
Manage IT Stock
Maintain, diagnostic and solve simple breakdown
Minimum knowledge of network
Helping users
Being in discussion with IT team in Headquarter
Manage general services (Phone, Fuel etc..

Qualifications,
The ideal candidate should hold a relevant Bachelors’ degree in IT or the related field

Skills and Experience:
At least two years’ experience
Excellent organizational skills
Ability to multi task
Good knowledge and understanding of the construction market

 Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates should visit the web link below and create a profile on the NFT Consult website by entering their e-mail addresses. Please visit web link below and click Apply now if convinced you have the job requirements. The applications/CVs should be prepared in English and submitted in either MS Word or PDF format will be considered.

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Administrative Assistant - National Planning Authority Uganda

Vacancy: Administrative Assistant (Security)
Recruiting Company: National Planning Authority (NPA)
Duty Station: Kampala,
Country Uganda
Reports to: Senior Administrative Officer
Salary Scale: NPA-OS-7

About NPA:
The National Planning Authority (NPA) is the Principal Statutory Agency for management of national and decentralized development planning in Uganda. The NPA is tasked with a mandate to produce comprehensive and integrated development plans for the country, elaborated in terms of the perspective Vision, long and medium–term plans in the move to propelling sustainable socioeconomic transformation of Uganda. The Authority strives to: Strengthen planning systems and, develop comprehensive, participatory, inclusive and integrated development plans and frameworks; Provide evidence based public policy advice and inform public policy debates; Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness and impact of development policies, plans and programmes, and performance of the economy of Uganda and Strengthen the capacity to effectively and efficiently deliver its mandate; among others things.

Job Summary: The Administrative Assistant (Security) should ensure safety of National Planning Authority (NPA) premises, property, assets including but not limited to vehicles, tools, equipment and staff.

Accountant Jobs - Ministry of Education and Sport Uganda

Vacancy : Accountant
Recruiting Company: Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES)
Project: Reform Task Force Secretariat Skilling Uganda
Funding Source: World Bank and Government of Belgium
Salary:          UGX 5 million shillings per month
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Executive Secretary

About MoES:
The Government of Uganda represented by the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) and supported by World Bank  and the Government of Belgium initialed a process to formulate a ten year BTVET Strategic Plan (Skilling Uganda) in 2009. This denotes a paradigm shift for skills development in Uganda with the overall aim of transforming the BTVET system from an Educational Sub-Sector into a comprehensive System of Skills development for employment, enhanced productivity, and growth. The main purpose will be to create employable skills and competencies relevant to the labour market instead of educational Certificates. It will embrace all Ugandans in need of skills, not only primary and Secondary School leavers. Skills will enable the Country to expand and grow. Employers in Uganda often complain about skills shortages that constrain production and expansion. Large segments of the population, including those working in the informal sector, lack skills they need to raise themselves out of poverty. The
economy faces critical skills gap that threaten to limit the growth of key sectors, including agriculture and energy.

Messenger/Driver for Defence - South African High Commission Uganda

Vacancy : Messenger/Driver for Defence (LRP 3)
Recruiting Company: South African High Commission
Duty Station: Kampala,
Country Uganda

About Us:
The South African High Commission is the diplomatic mission from South Africa to Uganda. The first democratic elections in South Africa were held on the 27 April 1994, and on 31 May of that year, the country rejoined the Commonwealth, 33 years to the day after it withdrew on becoming a republic. Along with the country's diplomatic missions in other Commonwealth countries, the mission once again became a High Commission.

President Nelson Mandela appeared on the balcony of South Africa House in 1995, as part of his Official State Visit. In 2001, Mandela again appeared on the balcony of South Africa House to mark the seventh anniversary of Freedom Day, when the system of Apartheid ended.

Key Duties
The Messenger will also be responsible for secretarial /administrative duties
The applicant will be performing driving duties for the Defence Advisor.

Office Attendant - Ministry of Education and Sports Uganda

Vacancy : Office Attendant
Recruiting Company : Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES)
Project: Reform Task Force Secretariat Skilling Uganda
Funding Source: World Bank and Government of Belgium
Salary:          UGX 1.5 million shillings per month
Duty Station: Kampala,
Country Uganda
Reports to: Administrator

About MoES:
The Government of Uganda represented by the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) and supported by World Bank  and the Government of Belgium initialed a process to formulate a ten year BTVET Strategic Plan (Skilling Uganda) in 2009. This denotes a paradigm shift for skills development in Uganda with the overall aim of transforming the BTVET system from an Educational Sub-Sector into a comprehensive System of Skills development for employment, enhanced productivity, and growth. The main purpose will be to create employable skills and competencies relevant to the labour market instead of educational Certificates. It will embrace all Ugandans in need of skills, not only primary and Secondary School leavers. Skills will enable the Country to expand and grow. Employers in Uganda often complain about skills shortages that constrain production and expansion. Large segments of the population, including those working in the informal sector, lack skills they need to raise themselves out of poverty. The economy faces critical skills gap that threaten to limit the growth of key sectors, including agriculture and energy.

Human Resources Manager - PAE Uganda

Vacancy : Human Resources Manager
Recruiting Company: PAE
Duty Station: Kampala,
Country Uganda
Job ID: 12014-7588

About PAE:
PAE is a leading provider of integrated global mission services to the U.S. Government and its allied partners. For over fifty years, PAE has provided training, logistics, operations and maintenance services to support complex missions for customers around the world. PAE employs approximately 15,000 people in over 60 countries supporting some of the most meaningful and exciting missions in the world.

Job Summary: The Human Resources Manager (HR Manager) will support PAE’s Africa Programs from Kampala, Uganda.

Key Duties
Partner with management to develop, implement, and document program specific people programs, policies, processes, and systems.
Offering guidance in areas that address business issues related to development, engagement and retention.
Support the managers with performance management issues and the creation and implementation of performance improvement plans, processes and systems.