Manager, Planning and Investments Job Vacancy at UETCL in Kampala, Uganda

Wednesday 21 May 2014

Job Title:  Manager, Planning and Investments

Job Location: Kampala, Uganda

 Employer: Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL)

Reports To: Managing Director/CEO

About UETCL:

Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) is responsible for bulk purchase of electricity from the generating companies and selling the electricity in bulk to the distribution companies throughout Uganda. UETCL is also responsible for all exports and imports of electricity to Uganda. Our Vision is: “To become a leading strategic business partner in the transmission and Single Buyer Business and to support sustainable energy development in Uganda.”

Job Overview:  

The incumbent will majorly be responsible for the coordination of planning and investment on the transmission infrastructure to secure and optimize usage of power in Uganda and the Eastern Africa region.

Job Duties:  

1. Main System Planning Design:

• Forecast the energy and peak demand outlook for usage and make generation and transmission plans to match future system capacity to the load.
• Make sure that system developments are effectively designed and specified to meet approved corporate plans.

2. Policies and Standards:

• Ensure the progressive development and implementation of effective transmission policies and standards for the development of all transmission and sub-transmission activities.

3. Budget and Cost Control:

• Produce budgets and monitor costs of Transmission activities in the Planning and Investments Department.
• UETCL Transport and Spares
• Ensure provision of transport and spares for UETCL fleet.

4. Environment:

• Ensure assurance that all installations and work undertaken by UETCL is compliant with all relevant and required environmental standards.
• Safety
• Make sure that there is audit of safety rules/codes of practice for compliance

5. System Development:

• Ensure that systems meet with users' approval and are consistent with UETCL policy and business strategy.

6. System Operations:

• Guarantee an operations service that meets prescribed deadlines and standards.
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

• The candidate should hold a Bachelor's (Honours) Degree in Electrical Engineering. Master's Degree or Post Graduate Qualification in related field shall be an added advantage.
• At least ten (10) years of Professional Working Experience in Electrical Power System Planning of which five (5) years should have been at Middle Management Level.
• Professional registration with relevant body.
• Comprehensive knowledge of power plant and transmission network technology landscape.
• Detailed knowledge and understanding of power plant and transmission and network operations.
• Excellent leadership Skills.
• Good Project Management Skills.
• Excellent analytical Skills.
• Good Decision making skills.
• Excellent report writing skills.
• Good negotiation skills.
• A person of high integrity and is motivated, innovative and result oriented and a committed team player. 
• Age must be between 35-50 years.

Deadline Date:  26/05/2014.

 

How to Apply: 

All suitably qualified applicants should send their applications enclosing photocopies of academic qualification certificates and testimonials along with their curriculum vitae indicating contact postal address, daytime contact telephone, fax or e-mail and giving three (3) referees to:

The Manager,

Human Resource and Administration,

Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL),

P.O. Box 7625,

Kampala, Uganda

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African Rural University Job Vacancies; Librarian

Job Title: Librarian

Job Location: Kibaale, Uganda

Employer: African Rural University (ARU)

About ARU:

The African Rural University for Women provides transformational education to create effective change agents within an African development context. ARU applies theoretical learning, innovative instruction, and field practice, so that ARU graduates can create conditions for people to improve their lives, transform their communities, awaken inherent leadership and increase their capacity for self- generating and sustainable change.

Job Duties: 

• The Librarian will serve as a Member of Senate and Research committee
• Responsible for the implementation and enforcement of the Library Policy.
• Planning, budgeting and reporting on the Library
• Networking with relevant associations and institutions to advance the Library
• Oversight of Library collections
• Mentor and supervise subordinate staff
• Orient students and support the wider community to access the Library resources, physical and electronic.
• Manage the library database
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned by management

Job Requirements: 

• The Librarian should ideally hold a Master’s degree in Information systems or Achieves, information science, library science or related field.
• Five or more years’ experience in related field, evidence of research and publications in renowned journals and experience in use of automated library information management systems
• Highly knowledgeable in university systems and structures.
• Excellent verbal and communication skills
• Excellent Understanding of Quality Assurance Programmes nationally and regionally
• Computer literacy skills

Deadline Date: 09/06/2014

How to Apply: 

Please send your application via post or email accompanied by an updated CV and a cover letter explaining your suitability for the vacancy and how you meet the above expectations; with three professional referees' one of whom is your most recent employer including photo copies of academic certificates to the address above Addressed to:

The University Secretary, Kagadi Campus, 

P.O. Box 24, Kagadi, Kibaale, Uganda 

or 

Kampala Office, Plot 617, Rubaga Kibuga Block 4, 

Right off Southern Gate City Parents, Basiima Campus, 

P.O. Box 16253, Kampala, Uganda.

E-mail to: application@aru.ac.ug

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Finance Manager Career Opportunity at Entrepreneurs Financial Centre in Kampala, Uganda

Job Title:  Finance Manager

Job Location: Kampala, Uganda

Employer: Entrepreneurs Financial Centre (EFC)

About EFC: 

EFC Limited is a new microfinance institution in Kampala located in Ndeeba at Master Wood Plaza. Already well-established in Zambia and Tanzania, the Entrepreneurs Financial Centre model is a proven market leader providing specialized lending services in amounts up to UGX 50 million to existing micro and small enterprises. The purpose of the Entrepreneurs Financial Centre (EFC) is to provide increased access to specialized financial services for entrepreneurs while contributing to wealth creation, improvement of living conditions and development of the Ugandan private sector.

Job Requirements: 

• The candidates should have financial service industry experience
• He/ she should also possess a good bachelors Degree in Accounting or Finance;
• Professional Certified Public Accountant (CPA) qualification;
• At least three years’ finance and accounting experience in a financial institution;
• Good knowledge of financial and accounting IT systems;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English;
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills.

Deadline Date: 30/05/2014

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified candidates should send their applications with a detailed CV at our head offices in Ndeeba on Master Wood Plaza or email only CV and application to: HR_OFFICER@efcug.com.

NB: Only qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview.

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Secretary Job Vacancy at The Inter University Council for East Africa

Job Title: Secretary
Job Location:  Kampala, Uganda
Employer: The Inter University Council for East Africa (IUCEA)
Reports to: Principal Human Resource and Administration

About IUCEA:
The Inter University Council for East Africa (IUCEA) is a strategic institution of the East African Community (EAC) responsible for coordinating the development of human resources and research in the region. IUCEA is located in Kampala, Uganda. It is charged with a number of responsibilities, among them being to coordinate higher education support systems in the EAC Partner States ( Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda ), which include student and staff exchange programmes, research support programmes, quality assurance, and other higher education harmonization systems. The vision is for IUCEA becoming an EAC strategic institution responsible for promoting, developing and coordinating human resources development and research in the region. IUCEA operates under the Inter-University Council for East Africa Act 2009.

Job Overview:
The Successful candidate will mainly offer secretarial services in IUCEA Divisions

Job Requirements:

•      'O' Level Certificate in addition to a Diploma in Secretarial Studies and Certificate in Computer Studies covering Microsoft Office
•     A minimum of five years’ experience, with minimum one year of experience managing a departmental Office
•     Skills in typing of at least 40 wpm and shorthand 60 wpm are necessary
•     Excellent communication skills with good command of English and Kiswahili, outgoing, interpersonal relations and customer oriented.
•     She/he should be a team player, proficient in the use of computer application packages and able to withstand pressure of work.

Job Duties:

•     Oversee office and secretarial services, such as typing and operating computers; checking typed work for correctness and proper layout; drafting letters and other correspondences
•     Maintain supervisor's dairy and calendar and respond to correspondences as agreed by the supervisor
•     Quickly respond to and direct incoming/outgoing calls and mails;
•     Liaise with Registry in regards to incoming and outgoing mails/ correspondences
•     Arrange for timely requisition of office supplies and stores
•     Proactively facilitate information sharing between various Divisions/Units/Sections
•     Coordinate departmental functions with other offices/sections
•     Receive and attend customers/visitors and direct them appropriately
•     The Secretary will operate photocopier, fax machines and other office machines
•     Maintain good customer relations with Divisions/Units/Sections employees, customer and the general public
•     Arrange appointments and meetings as directed by the Supervisor
•     Create and maintain appropriate records and filing sub-system for the Office
•     Maintain and update names, addresses and telephones numbers of clients
•     Take dictation, transcribe and draft correspondence and memoranda etc.
•     Follow-up on deadlines, commitments made, actions taken and coordinate collection and submission of reports to the supervisor
•     Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Management from time to time

Key Performance Areas:

•     Travel and office supplies records
•     Timely response to customers/visitors/ employee enquiries/ needs
•     Office diary well maintained and updated
•     Draft responses to correspondences as agreed with the supervisor
•     Logs of appointments and meetings arranged and facilitated; filling sub-system for the Office in place
•     Incoming and outgoing correspondences registered

Deadline Date: 15/06/2014

How to Apply:
The applicant should prepare 6 copies using the EAC Format, see here, which should be submitted together with curriculum vitae, copies of both academic and professional certificates and testimonials, names and addresses of three referees, and day time telephone/cell phone numbers, quoting the reference number of the position on the envelope. The complete applications can be sent by registered mail, by hand or courier and dispatched to the undersigned.
Executive Secretary Inter - University Council for East Africa 3rd Floor,
East African Development Bank Building Plot 4 Nile Avenue,
P.O. Box 7110, Kampala, Uganda.

Note: If you do not hear from us by 31st July 2014, please consider yourself unsuccessful. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted

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United States Mission Jobs in Uganda; Mail Room Clerk

 Job Title: Mail Room Clerk
Job Ref:  FSN-130
Job Location:  Kampala, Uganda
Employer: United States Embassy in Uganda (US Mission)

About US Embassy:
Welcome to the United States Embassy in Kampala, Uganda.  The United States has enjoyed diplomatic relations with Uganda for over 30 years.  Ambassador Scott H. DeLisi currently heads the U.S Mission to Uganda.  The Mission is composed of several offices and organizations all working under the auspices of the Embassy and at the direction of the Ambassador.

Among the offices operating under the U.S Mission to Uganda are:

    United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
    Centers for Disease Control
    Peace Corps

Job Overview: 
The U.S. Mission Mailroom processes thousands of parcels of mail annually, both incoming and outgoing, and disburses to various departments and agencies in a timely and efficient manner. The jobholder performs mail clerk duties with a primary responsibility for the overall receipt, inspection, distribution, and dispatch of diplomatic pouch mail, courier service, and local mail. Mail service is provided to 6 agencies i.e. DOS, USAID, CDC, NIH, PC, DOD resident at Post. The incumbent also serves as backup receptionist/telephone operator at the Chancery.

Job Duties:

•     Effectively and professionally, interface with customers responding to all issues, complaints, concerns and questions that arise.
•     Check outgoing mail for authorized use, proper addresses, adequate postage, enclosures, weight limits and return address.
•     Seals pouches, wraps, or otherwise prepares official mail for mailing.
•     Keeps logs of incoming and outgoing correspondence and packages.
•     Prepares the documentation and contents for the diplomatic pouches and registers outgoing mail.
•     Assist in receipt and delivery of courier packages, monitor and order the mailroom expendable supplies.
•     Carry out on-line pouch tracking responsibilities, data entry, filing, sorting and distribution of letter-mail.
•     Deliver mail to employees, often using carts to carry the mail between offices. Use a computer to keep records of incoming and outgoing items and prepare mailroom logs and workload counts.
•     Perform a broad range of messenger and delivery duties to ensure timely distribution of messages, mail, fax, printed materials and various supplies to departments and other agencies.
•     Process all outgoing mail according to postal and internal rules and regulations. File, photocopy and perform other clerical duties to insure smooth running operation. Unload, move and store incoming supply shipments.
•     Perform any other duties as assigned by supervisor.
•     Guarantee continuous and efficient operation support for all members and employees.
•     Maintain special mail services, supplies, and records.
•     File and maintain "inactive" mail records.
•     Support in the maintenance of photocopying and duplicating machines and provide photocopying services.
•     Processes, cleans offset press at conclusion of runs and oils, greases and performs minor maintenance as necessary.
•     Collates, assembles, staples or binds multi page duplicating jobs.
•     Fills ink reservoir, filling paper magazine and making complex adjustment to produce good quality copies.
•     Operates minor maintenance of photocopying machines.
•     Continually observes the proper use of photocopiers.
•     Perform other Administration Department related business errands and duties as required

Job Requirements:

•     The ideal candidate for the US embassy career opportunity should have completed both secondary school (both ‘O’ and ‘A’ levels)
•     At least one year of mail handling experience is required.
•     Detailed knowledge of Department of State mail handling instructions, organization, functions, personnel and practices of agency mission in which employed is required.
•     Good familiarity with the ability to interpret and adhere to the FAM and Diplomatic Mail policies and procedures.
•     Must be familiar with processing inbound and outbound shipments utilizing the Integrated Logistical Management System (ILMS) software.
•     Working knowledge of computers and word processing functions is required. Level 1 typing - 40 w.p.m. is required.
•     Ability to lift and carry up to 50 lbs is required as well as strong organizational skills.
•     Previous packing experience helpful.
•     Possess the ability to work well under pressure and attention to detail is a must.

Language Proficiency: 

• List both English and host country language(s) by level and specialization.
• Level III English ability (Good working Knowledge) in both written and spoken English is required.

Deadline Date: 29/05/2014

How to Apply:
All those interested in working with the US mission in Kampala should send their applications and strictly adhere to the following:

    Universal Application for Employment as a Locally Employed Staff or Family Member (DS-174) Download it Here
    A current resume or curriculum vitae.
    Candidates who claim US Veterans preference must provide a copy of their Form DD-214 with their application.  Candidates who claim conditional US Veterans preference must submit documentation confirming eligibility for a conditional preference in hiring with their application.
    Any other documentation (e.g. essays, transcripts/certificates, awards) that addresses the qualification requirements of the position as listed above.

Submit Application To:
Human Resources Office
By email at KampalaHR@state.gov.

NB: Only electronic submissions will be accepted and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Please clearly indicate the position applied for in the subject area of the email submission.

Please use standard file types such as Microsoft Word (.doc) and Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) and please send all documents in one file attachment.

Telephone:  0414-306001/259-791/5

The US Mission in Kampala provides equal opportunity and fair and equitable treatment in employment to all people without regard to race, color religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, political affiliation, marital status, or sexual orientation.  The Department of State also strives to achieve equal employment opportunity in all personnel operations through continuing diversity enhancement programs

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