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Thursday 27 March 2014

Learning and Information Management Volunteer - Educate Uganda

Job Title: Learning and Information Management Volunteer

Organisation: Educate!

Duty Station: Kampala,

Country: Uganda



About Educate!:

Educate! is seeking an enthusiastic and passionate Learning and Information Management Volunteer to lead and facilitate the internal research and learning process at Educate! Uganda. Educate! is scaling up to work in 10 new districts and over 200 new schools in Uganda. To effectively inform program design at the stage of scale-up, methodological as well as technical research is of ever increasing importance.



Job Summary: This Learning and Information Management volunteership is a challenging opportunity to get engaged into promoting organizational learning processes as well as developing sustainable information management solutions for a thriving and growing youth development NGO.



Key Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Learning and Research Design:

·         Carry out Learning and Research Needs Assessment on technical or methodological topics within Educate!

·         Design and structure internal learning and research cycles within the M&E Team

·         Propose and design continuous learning and research agenda for the M&E Team

IT Risk & Assurance Staff - Ernst & Young (EY)

Vacancy: IT Risk & Assurance Staff - UGA00008
Organisation: Ernst & Young (EY)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda


Job Summary: The IT Risk & Assurance Staff will be part of the Risk and Assurance team and contribute technically to IT Risk and Assurance client engagements and internal projects. The incumbent will be to actively participating in establishing internal and external relationships. The candidate must also identify potential business opportunities for Ernst & Young within existing engagements, and escalate these as appropriate. Similarly, you'll anticipate and identify risks within engagements and raise any issues with senior members of the team.

 Responsibilities:

Actively participate in IT Risk and Assurance engagements
Work effectively as a team member, sharing responsibility, providing support, maintaining communication, and updating senior team members on progress
Participate and assist in preparing for meetings with target management teams
Help prepare reports and schedules that will be delivered to clients and other parties
Develop and maintain productive working relationships with client personnel
Build strong internal relationships within Ernst & Young Advisory Services and with other services across the organization
Actively contribute to people-related initiatives including recruiting and retaining IT Risk and Assurance professionals

Technical Specialist (Global Pulse Lab) - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Vacancy: Technical Specialist (Global Pulse Lab)
Recruiting Organisation: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Project: Global Pulse
Duty Station: Kampala,
Country: Uganda
Reports to: Lab Operations Manager

About Pulse Lab Kampala:
Global Pulse is establishing an innovation hub for real-time monitoring in Kampala. The Lab will function as an open innovation space where policy experts together with UN development practitioners and other partners experiment with new types of data and emerging technologies to evaluate their potential to enhance both public policy decision-making and community resilience. Following the development of useful approaches, Pulse Lab Kampala will support institutional adoption of these innovations into policy and practice.

Job Summary: The Technical Specialist will apply data mining techniques (anomaly detection, association learning, cluster detection, classification, and predictive modeling) to create actionable insights from a broad range of structured and unstructured data that is growing rapidly in scale. The UNDP Data Scientist will be responsible for the acquisition, analysis and visualization of data from a variety of sources in order to i) help understand emerging human vulnerabilities to socio-economic shocks, ii) detect and highlight patterns that could indicate how people are coping with emerging hardship, and iii) gather evidence of changes in behavior and perception correlated with public sector policies and programmes.

Compliance Monitoring Officer - Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited

Vacancy: Compliance Monitoring Officer (CMO)
Recruiting Organization: Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL)
Duty Station: Kampala,
Country: Uganda
Reports to: Principal Investments and Compliance Officer (PICO)

About UEDCL:
Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) is a limited liability company incorporated in Uganda under the Companies Act. UEDCL owns the 33KV and below voltage Electricity distribution network and all the operational assets associated with the business currently leased to Umeme Ltd. The company monitors Umeme Ltd investment, generation and distribution of thermal power in the districts of Moroto, Moyo, Adjumani and Kalangala, operation of the pole plant at Lugogo and execution of some rural electrification schemes and projects on behalf of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.

Job Summary: The Compliance Monitoring Officer will conduct monitoring and evaluation of UEDCL assets in the concession in accordance with requirements in the Lease and Assignment Agreement

Key Duties:
Carry out scheduled and unscheduled inspections and report on the state of the leased assets and others owned or introduced by UEDCL, hence assess compliance with the Lease and Assignment Agreement (LAA);
Work in liaison with Concessionaire to collect data on a continuous basis and assist in building and monitoring the asset inventory in the Distribution System in line with the asset management policy;
Perform system studies as and when required;

Front Desk Officer - The Parliamentary Commission of Uganda

Job Summary:  Front Desk Officer
Organisation: The Parliamentary Commission of Uganda
Duty Station: Kampala,
Country: Uganda
Reports To: Principal Assistant Seargeant-At-Arms
Salary Scale: PC 4

About Us:
The Parliamentary Commission of Uganda serves the following functions;
To appoint, promote and exercise disciplinary control over persons holding public office in Parliament;
To review the terms and conditions of service, standing orders, training and qualifications  of persons holding office in Parliament;
To provide a Parliamentary reporting service;
To provide such other staff and facilities as are required to ensure efficient functioning of the Parliament;
To cause to be prepared in each financial year, estimates of revenue and expenditure for the next financial year; and
To make recommendations to Parliament, or with the approval of Parliament, determine the allowances payable and privileges available to the Speaker and Members of Parliament.

Job Summary: The Front Desk Officer will manage the Parliament front desk.

Responsibilities:
Conduct front desk administrative duties and offer good customer care services to both internal clients
Routinely collaborate with Parliamentary security personnel on control of access and adhering to security procedures
Offer general help desk services
Receive and direct visitors
Maintain a front desk visitor’s register
Actively participate in organizing parliamentary ceremonies and events
Deliver internal mail and personal documents services
Supervise and appraise subordinate staff
Perform any other duties as may be assigned from time to time

Field Administration/ Cashier - Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development Uganda

Vacancy: Field Administration/ Cashier
Recruiting Organisation: ACTED (Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development)
Duty Station:  Karamoja/Kapenguria,
Country: Uganda

About ACTED:
ACTED (Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development) is a non-political and non-confessional international NGO food security, health promotion, economic development, education, microfinance, institutional support and regional founded in 1993 and headquartered in Paris, France. ACTED’s vocation is to save lives, assist vulnerable dialogue as well as cultural promotion. For its programs in Northern Uganda, Karamoja and Kampala, ACTED is looking populations and bring hope to those in need for a better future. ACTED is active in 20 countries in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Central America and develops about 150 projects yearly in diversified activities such as emergency relief, food security, economic development, health promotion, education, microfinance, regional dialogue, institutional support as well as cultural promotion.

 Responsibilities:
Adhere to existing financial and administrative procedures and send all accounting documents to the Area Office.
Be accountable of his/her area accountancy;
Responsible for FLAT Management in the area level;

Accountant jobs - Danish Embassy in Kampala Uganda

Vacancy: Accountant
Recruiting Organisation: Danish Embassy in Kampala (DANIDA)
Duty Station:  Kampala,
Country: Uganda
Reports to: Chief Financial Officer

About Danida:
Denmark is one of the leading and long standing bilateral partners to Uganda in social, economic and political development. The overall objective of Denmark’s development cooperation is to combat poverty and promote human rights, democracy, sustainable development, peace and stability.

Job Summary: The Danish Embassy Accountant will be primarily responsible for managing the day to day operations of our Accounts Office.

Responsibilities:
The Accountant will be handling approved bills and invoices for payment
Responsible for Bank, cash and general ledger account reconciliations
Support in the monitoring Danida programme disbursements against budgets and commitments
Ensure timely compliance with relevant statutory regulations incl. those of the URA
Ensure proper filing of all accounting records and documentation

Project Assistant, SGBV - Danish Church Aid (DCA)

Vacancy : Project Assistant, SGBV
Recruiting Organisation: Danish Church Aid (DCA)
Funding Source: European Union grant (EuropeAid)
Duty Station:  Kampala, Moroto
Country: Uganda
Reports to: Programme Coordinator

About Project:
The To Protect and Promote Women and Girl’s Rights through Prevention and Response to Sexual Gender Based Violence among Female Genital Mutilation Practicing Communities in Southern Karamoja” is a two-year project funded by a European Union grant (EuropeAid). The project activities will take place in Amudat, Moroto and Nakapiripirit Districts in Karamoja among the Tepeth and Kadama communities, and will be implemented in a DCA-led consortium comprising three other organizations namely Italian Cooperation and Development (C&D), Reproductive, Educative and Community Health (REACH) and the Human Rights Network (HURINET).

Job Summary: The primary responsibility of the Project Assistant, SGBV is to support DCA Programme Officer and Programme Coordinator in the overall field coordination in the implementation and coordination of the EuropeAid project.

Key Duties:
Support the Regional Representative in branding and communications efforts and in managing the content of media work in Uganda and internationally with particular focus on Denmark.
Technically guide and build capacity on communication and media to DCA programme staff and partner organisations, including in relation to advocacy campaigns.
Build and maintain relations with media, communities and others in order to plan and facilitate visits and the production of stories.

Research Analyst Job - World Venture Uganda

Vacancy: Research Analyst
Recruiting Company: World Venture
Duty Station: Kampala,
Country: Uganda

Job Summary: World Venture desires that the people of Uganda become well-educated and contributing citizens of integrity, godly family members, and globally-focused church leaders, in order to impact all sectors of society and the world for the glory of God. This will be realized through academic, vocational, and spiritual training of excellence. The Research Analyst will be analyzing programs and projects focusing on outcomes to help WorldVenture, the church and others be better servants of Christ, building his kingdom more effectively and efficiently.

 Responsibilities:
Sequentially: Learn language and culture (depending on time commitment).
Develop appropriate and effective research techniques. Implement studies and make recommendations.
Work with a team of other missionaries and committed nationals to deliver spiritual and physical care.

Qualifications,
The ideal candidate for the World Venture Opportunity must hold an MA in research or statistics, PhD possible.

Business Executive - Contract Printing - Monitor Publications Limited Uganda

Vacancy: Business Executive - Contract Printing
Recruiting Company: Monitor Publications Limited (MPL)
Duty Station:  Kampala,
Country: Uganda
Reports to:  Production Manager

About MPL:
Monitor Publications Limited, a Nation Media Group Company is Uganda’s most influential media house, operating The Daily Monitor and Sunday Monitor newspapers, 93.3KFM, 90.4 Dembe FM, Nation Couriers and the Monitor Business Directory.

Key Duties:
Proactively grow contract printing business by conducting daily Sales visits to potential and existing clients.
Coordinate the production of client's adverts and get their approval
Collect dues on all Contract printing sold on credit with in agreed timelines
Maintain sales contacts with appropriate representative of major clients and to follow-up and resolve any complaints.

Area Finance and Administration Officer - Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development Uganda

Vacancy: Area Finance and Administration Officer
Recruiting Company: ACTED (Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development)
Duty Station:  Moroto,
Country: Uganda

About ACTED:
ACTED (Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development) is a non-political and non-confessional international NGO food security, health promotion, economic development, education, microfinance, institutional support and regional founded in 1993 and headquartered in Paris, France. ACTED’s vocation is to save lives, assist vulnerable dialogue as well as cultural promotion. For its programs in Northern Uganda, Karamoja and Kampala, ACTED is looking populations and bring hope to those in need for a better future. ACTED is active in 20 countries in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Central America and develops about 150 projects yearly in diversified activities such as emergency relief, food security, economic development, health promotion, education, microfinance, regional dialogue, institutional support as well as cultural promotion.

 Responsibilities:
The Area Finance and Administration Officer will support ACTED activities across Karamoja.
Responsible for the accountability in the whole Karamoja  region,
Also, s/he will supervise the field based cashier/administrator. With respect to ACTED financial and administrative procedures