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Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Plan International: Administration Assistants

Plan is an international child-centered development organization with no religious or political affiliations. Plan strives to achieve lasting improvements in the quality of life of children through processes that unite people across cultures and add meaning and value to their lives. The organization is an equal opportunity employer currently seeking to recruit competent persons to fill the following vacant positions:

Administration Assistants (Ref: AA) - Positions are available in Luwero, Lira, Tororo & Kamuli
The successful candidates will be innovative, creative and eager to listen and learn. They must be persons of high integrity, committed to meeting deadlines with interest in addressing children, family and community development issues.

Specific Responsibilities
Reporting to the Administration Coordinator, the successful candidates will:
Provide supportive roles in handling logistics, local purchases and general administration
Handling of petty cash responsibilities and issuing of checks to suppliers
Coordinating events/meetings, staff travel and accommodation
Attend to all issues regarding health and safety for staff at the office, i.e. ensure facilities are in excellent condition, also follow
up on staff welfare issues at the office.
Follow up and ensure timely payments for utilities both for office and expatriates residences.
Managing the front office and ensure the general office ambiance is excellent
Ensure timely maintenance and repair of office equipment is done

Qualifications, Experience and skills
Must have a minimum of an Honors Degree Social Sciences, Arts or other related discipline. Additional professional qualifications
in CIPS/Procurement or Fleet Management will be an added advantage
Must be computer literate with working knowledge and experience in all MS office packages.
A Minimum of 2 years working experience as either Logistics/Procurement, Accounts or Administration Assistant in
a busy organization preferably in an NGO.
Excellent front office management skills Monitoring & Evaluation Coordinators (Ref; M&E) -
Positions are available in Luwero, Tororo & Kamuli The successful candidates will be required to travel extensively
within the programe areas and will report to the Monitoring and Evaluation Manager. Their main responsibilities will be as follows:
Facilitate consistent planning, monitoring and evaluation in Plan-supported Communities.
Support the utilization of the corporate M & E system within the
Programme Area.
Support effective use of Program & Projects Module (PPM)
Provide leadership in action-research, reflection, learning and documentation
Demonstrated capacity to work with partners at various levels
Demonstrated skills in the use of participatory approaches and rights-based programming.
Capacity for training and coaching in planning, monitoring and evaluation
Well developed team building, interpersonal, and analytical skills.
Experience in data management systems
Excellent oral and written communication with ability to use MSWord, Excel and PowerPoint.

Required Competencies:
Experience and skills in monitoring and implementation of Projects
Excellent skills in report writing and project evaluation
A University degree in Statistics or other related discipline
At least 3 years working experience in a relevant field
Experience in working with NGOs would be an added advantage
Good communication and interpersonal skills

Suitably qualified candidates should submit a handwritten letter of application (indicating preferred location for all positions) together
with a CV, contact telephone numbers, copies of additional relevant certificates, names and contact details of three references, plus
salary history, to the undersigned not later than 9th June 2010.

People & Culture Manager, Plan Uganda
P.O. Box 12075, Kampala.
Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply.
Only Short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Please consider your application unsuccessful in case you do not hear from us by mid August, 2010.

As a child centered development organization, Plan strives to ensure that children are kept safe in all the areas we operate.
The organization further has a child protection policy that every staff is required to sign. Potential candidates will be required to provide information confirming whether or not they have ever been convicted of any child abuse crimes.

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