Finance Intern - Uganda Jobs

Department: Finance
Position: Finance Intern Contract duration: 6 months Location: Kampala, Uganda Starting Date March

I. Background on ACTED
ACTED is an independent international, private, non-partisan and non-profit organization that operates according to principles of strict neutrality, political and religious impartiality, and non discrimination.
ACTED was created in 1993 to support populations affected by the conflict in Afghanistan. Based in Paris, France, ACTED now operates in 32 countries worldwide, with over 200 international and 4000 national staff. ACTED has a 110 million € budget for over 370 projects spanning 8 sectors of intervention; including emergency relief, food security, health promotion, economic development, education & training, microfinance, local governance & institutional support, and cultural promotion. For more information, please visit our website at www.acted.org.

II. Country Profile
Capital Office : Kampala National Staff : 108 International Staff : 7 Areas : 2 (Northern Uganda, Karamoja) On-going programmes : 9 Budget : 2.4 M €
ACTED has been active in Uganda since May 2007, both in the northern region and Karamoja. In the North, ACTED supports the early recovery process with a specific focus on the needs of returning populations displaced by years of conflict. It also expands access, retention, equity and quality of primary education. In Karamoja, the focus is enhanced food security and resilience to disasters, especially droughts, as well as improving the primary education sector. ACTED focuses its intervention on strengthening livelihoods through improved resource management, conflict mitigation and capacity building. In Northern Uganda, as internally displaced persons (IDPs) have returned home and gained access to land, ACTED is working with farmers on infrastructure and capacity development to rebuild agricultural livelihoods. In the Karamoja/Pokot area, ACTED responds to severe food insecurity caused by the drought in the Horn of Africa, providing support to agro-pastoral communities to increase their purchasing power and protect their assets, reducing vulnerability to natural disasters. As part of its integrated cross-border strategy between Uganda and Kenya, ACTED maintains its community-driven disaster risk reduction (DRR) focus and promotes conflict mitigation to ensure peaceful and sustainable access to shared resources. In 2013, ACTED maintains a strong focus on this approach and looks at extending it further along the border with Kenya. ACTED continues working with community-level structures and initiatives such as the APFS, the CDMCs or the DEWS to continue building the communities’ resilience to disasters.

III. Position Profile
The finance intern works under the supervision of the Finance Officer and/or Country Finance Manager
His/Her responsibilities will be has followed:
• Control that operations respect existing financial procedures and manage accounting files for the Country Office; • Analyze financial data and create management indicators ; • Support Country Coordination through analysis of project running costs, follow-up on resource allocation, and finance training.

IV. Qualifications:
• Msc in Administration, Business Management or equivalent. • Finance and accounting skills required • Willingness to undertake serious responsibility and manage stress efficiently • Excellent communication skills, including advanced written and oral English.

V. Conditions:
Field Intern benefits include: a 300 USD per month living allowance, coverage of all accommodation, food, and travel costs, a luggage allowance of 50 kg., and the provision of medical, repatriation, and life insurance.

How to apply:

VI. Submission of applications:
Please send, in English, your cover letter, CV, and three references to stages@acted.org Ref : FI/UGA/SA
ACTED Att: Human Resources Department 33, rue Godot de Mauroy 75009 Paris FRANCE
Fax. + 33 (0) 1 42 65 33 46
For more information, visit us at http://www.acted.org

Closing date: 12 May 2013

Finance Intern - Uganda Jobs

Department: Finance
Position: Finance Intern Contract duration: 6 months Location: Kampala, Uganda Starting Date March

I. Background on ACTED
ACTED is an independent international, private, non-partisan and non-profit organization that operates according to principles of strict neutrality, political and religious impartiality, and non discrimination.
ACTED was created in 1993 to support populations affected by the conflict in Afghanistan. Based in Paris, France, ACTED now operates in 32 countries worldwide, with over 200 international and 4000 national staff. ACTED has a 110 million € budget for over 370 projects spanning 8 sectors of intervention; including emergency relief, food security, health promotion, economic development, education & training, microfinance, local governance & institutional support, and cultural promotion. For more information, please visit our website at www.acted.org.

II. Country Profile
Capital Office : Kampala National Staff : 108 International Staff : 7 Areas : 2 (Northern Uganda, Karamoja) On-going programmes : 9 Budget : 2.4 M €
ACTED has been active in Uganda since May 2007, both in the northern region and Karamoja. In the North, ACTED supports the early recovery process with a specific focus on the needs of returning populations displaced by years of conflict. It also expands access, retention, equity and quality of primary education. In Karamoja, the focus is enhanced food security and resilience to disasters, especially droughts, as well as improving the primary education sector. ACTED focuses its intervention on strengthening livelihoods through improved resource management, conflict mitigation and capacity building. In Northern Uganda, as internally displaced persons (IDPs) have returned home and gained access to land, ACTED is working with farmers on infrastructure and capacity development to rebuild agricultural livelihoods. In the Karamoja/Pokot area, ACTED responds to severe food insecurity caused by the drought in the Horn of Africa, providing support to agro-pastoral communities to increase their purchasing power and protect their assets, reducing vulnerability to natural disasters. As part of its integrated cross-border strategy between Uganda and Kenya, ACTED maintains its community-driven disaster risk reduction (DRR) focus and promotes conflict mitigation to ensure peaceful and sustainable access to shared resources. In 2013, ACTED maintains a strong focus on this approach and looks at extending it further along the border with Kenya. ACTED continues working with community-level structures and initiatives such as the APFS, the CDMCs or the DEWS to continue building the communities’ resilience to disasters.

III. Position Profile
The finance intern works under the supervision of the Finance Officer and/or Country Finance Manager
His/Her responsibilities will be has followed:
• Control that operations respect existing financial procedures and manage accounting files for the Country Office; • Analyze financial data and create management indicators ; • Support Country Coordination through analysis of project running costs, follow-up on resource allocation, and finance training.

IV. Qualifications:
• Msc in Administration, Business Management or equivalent.
 • Finance and accounting skills required
• Willingness to undertake serious responsibility and manage stress efficiently • Excellent communication skills, including advanced written and oral English.

V. Conditions:
Field Intern benefits include: a 300 USD per month living allowance, coverage of all accommodation, food, and travel costs, a luggage allowance of 50 kg., and the provision of medical, repatriation, and life insurance.

How to apply:

VI. Submission of applications:
Please send, in English, your cover letter, CV, and three references to stages@acted.org Ref : FI/UGA/SA
ACTED Att: Human Resources Department 33, rue Godot de Mauroy 75009 Paris FRANCE
Fax. + 33 (0) 1 42 65 33 46
For more information, visit us at http://www.acted.org

Enterprise specialist, Uganda - Uganda Jobs

RGENT: 10 week short term volunteer placement for an enterprise specialist based in Uganda
Background Through secure livelihoods, VSO aims to ensure that poor and marginalised people are able to access their right to a sustainable livelihood. VSO Uganda is currently developing a business plan with partners to develop a light engineering factory in northern Uganda that will seek to provide employment opportunities for youth benefitting from our livelihoods programmes and also contribute to the economic development of northern Uganda. As the Enterprise Specialist you will undertake market assessment in northern Uganda as part of VSO’s wider secure livelihoods programme development work.

What does the role involve?
Undertake a market assessment of northern Uganda in terms of light engineering products and agri-services, including:
• identifying appropriate sectors, products and markets that are suitable to the skills base of our target beneficiaries (youth who have received vocational training)
• identify and look at ways for overcoming the barriers and market failures preventing the target group from accessing value chains or gaining a greater share to them
• validate the research findings and proposed interventions with key stakeholders and produce a full written report, and to input into the development of the business plan for the factory • document the tools and processes used and train selected programme and partner staff on how to carry out market assessments.

Skills, qualifications and experience required
You’ll have a relevant degree in the field of Business Administration, Financial management or other related degree. You’ll have a minimum of 10 years working experience in enterprise/business development including the development of strategic plans, feasibility studies and business plans. You’ll need to work with minimum supervision, be able to explain complex ideas and have a high level of cultural sensitivity. Prior experience in developing counties is desirable, and ability to ride or willingness to learn to ride a motorbike would be useful although not essential. And the rest.... During your 10 week placement you’ll be based at the office in Gulu. In return, we’ll give you comprehensive financial, personal and professional support. We’ll provide you with extensive training before your placement, and our financial package includes a local living allowance, return flights, accommodation, insurance and more. When you return to your home country, we'll support you to resettle.

How to apply:

To find out more about volunteering with VSO visit www.vsointernational.org or to apply go to http://www.vsointernational.org/volunteer/ and reference UX043/0009/0001 in your application.

Program Director (Head of Mission) - Grassroots Reconciliation Group

The Grassroots Reconciliation Group (GRG) seeks a Program Director (Head of Mission) to head the office in Northern Uganda. GRG works on innovative peace-building and livelihood projects for the reintegration of former child soldiers and combatants. We are looking for a person with visionary ideas and someone who can take the lead in making the organization grow.
The Program Director (Head of Mission) will have the overall responsibility for implementation of programs in rural communities, as well as financial management, fundraising, and coordination with development partners and the local government.
Duties will include the following:

1. Managing the office with 3-4 other permanent staff and 2-3 international and local volunteers.
2. Managing livelihood and peace-building projects in 10-20 rural communities in northern Uganda, entailing weekly field visits. The job will be about 50% office-based and 50% field-based.
3. Financial management, budgets, and cost control.
4. Regular networking and outreach to other NGO partners, foundations, and other donors.
5. Leading GRG’s monitoring, evaluation and learning system, providing regular reporting for internal learning, donors, and others.
6. Working on grant proposals and fundraising activities.
7. Setting up GRG projects in new locations.
8. Supporting the design of projects and methodologies for field engagement.
9. Supporting GRG’s communications strategy including blogging, video uploads, etc.

The Grassroots Reconciliation Group (GRG) helps former child soldiers and combatants in war-torn northern Uganda reclaim their future through locally designed projects with the twin aims of reconciliation and small-scale development. Building directly on a previous 3-year USAID reconciliation program, GRG projects bring together former combatants of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and local community members to plan out their own paths to reintegration and reconciliation. This involves a broad range of locally designed interventions, from livelihoods, to trauma support and peace-building activities. By supporting these projects, GRG encourages the long-term social and economic rehabilitation of the war-weary people of northern Uganda. Registered as a 501c3 non-profit organization, GRG has worked with over 1100 people since 2007, and currently works with over 600 people in 12 communities between Gulu and the border with South Sudan. See www.grassrootsgroup.org for more information of our work.
Requirements: We are looking for a person with at least 2-3 years of experience with project management in a developing country (preferably in Sub-Saharan Africa), preferably with a background in conflict resolution and international development.
Key competencies:

1. High degree of self-motivation and proven ability to work independently
2. Project management skills, particularly on international development, livelihoods, and peace-building projects
3. Good cross-cultural communication skills
4. Good writing skills
5. Knowledge of sustainable development issues and conflict resolution
6. Grassroots community mobilization experience a plus.
7. Knowledge of northern Uganda a plus.
8. Excellent networker
9. Proven fundraising experience, in particular on grants.
10. Knowledge of multi-media, including web design, blogging, etc a plus

We offer a two year contract with initial salary of $1000-$1200 per month, depending on experience, along with health insurance. The Program Director will be expected to cover their own transport costs to the office in Gulu.

How to apply:

To apply, please send a CV/resume and cover letter to Kasper Agger, GRG co-founder at kasper@grassrootsgroup.org Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Please note in the subject line if you are already in Uganda.
Deadline for applications: 3 May 2013
Interviews will be conducted the following week. Candidate should be able to start in Uganda mid-June 2013 (recommended date: 17 June)

Senior Internal Auditor Job at Mukono Municipal Council - Uganda

Jobs at: Mukono Municipal Council

Vacancy title: Senior Internal Auditor

Deadline of this Job: Monday 4th/March/2013
Job details: Salary Scale: U3

Reports to: Chairperson, Urban Local Council

Responsible for: Internal Auditor

Job Purpose:

To pre-audit payments to ensure compliance with accounting principles and regulations; and monitor and examine financial operations to ensure value for money.

Key Functions:

i) Reviewing financial and accounting systems and procedures to ensure efficiency;

ii) Auditing procurement and payment procedures to facilitate efficient and effective transaction in the Urban Council;

iii) Auditing manpower in line with the budgets and laws;

iv Conducting Stores Audit for safe custody, efficiency and economic usage of resources;

v) Undertaking council audits in liaison with the Auditor General;

vi) Planning, coordinating and monitoring Departmental programmes and

vii) Preparing and submitting annual and quarterly departmental work plans and budgets.

Person Specifications:

i) Qualifications

EITHER an Honors Bachelors degree in Accounting or Auditing from a recognized University plus full Professional qualifications in Accounting or auditing from a recognized Institution.

OR full Professional qualifications in Accounting or Auditing from a recognized Institution plus a minimum of Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Management or Business Administration from a recognized Institution.

(ii) Experience

At least 3 years working experience at the level of an Internal Auditor in a public or reputable Organization.

(iii) Competencies

• Financial management

• Planning, Organizing and Coordinating

• Information Technology

• Coaching and mentoring

• Accountability

• Ethics and integrity

• Concern for quality and standards

Job application procedure
Applications are invited from suitably qualified Ugandans to fill the vacant posts currently available in Mukono Municipal council

Applications should be submitted in triplicate on Public Service Form No. 3 (2008) to the Secretary, District Service Commission, P.O. Box 110, Mukono to be received not later than Monday 4th/March/2013.

The application forms are obtained from the Public Service Commission Offices, 2nd Floor, Farmers House, Parliament Avenue, Kampala, Ministry/ Department Headquarters and District Service Commission offices.

Hand written applications are also acceptable. Applicants should attach three (3) SETS OF CERTIFIED photocopies of their academic certificates and testimonials, plus three (3) recent passport photographs.

Those already in Government Service should route their applications through their Head of Departments who should be informed of the closing date to avoid delay.

Applicants who shall not hear from the District Service Commission on completion of the selection Exercise should consider themselves unsuccessful.

Data Mananger Job at Crane Survey project Uganda

Jobs at:
Crane Survey project

Vacancy title:
Data Mananger

Deadline of this Job:
Friday, February 15, 2013
Job details:
The Crane Survey project is a health surveillance project of Makerere University School of Public Health in collaboration with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Ministry of Health. The IT- based surveillance system collects, analyses and reports HIV and other STI-related strategic information about key populations in Uganda. The project seeks to recruit qualified, competent and professional individuals for the following positions:

Data Mananger

Key responsibilities
Electronic data collection, management and reporting
Assisting study participants when doing computer interviews
Designing electronic data capture forms and applications
Development data analysis tools using General IT support.

Requirement:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Statistics.

Experience/competence/skills:
Design/development of computer databases/ applications
SQL-based programming for data manipulation and reporting
Production, processing, and storage of forms Excellent programming skills with visual studio, VB.NET
Good knowledge of data management, quality control and data analysis -
Good knowledge of data analysis software (SAS/ SPSS/ST ATA
Good organization and documentation skills
Internal motivation and team player Reliable and flexible
Proficiency in English and Luganda. Swahili and French is a plus.

Job application procedure

Interested applicants should email their applications to cranesurvey@gmail.com addressed to the Project Manager.

Include: a cover letter, CV, scanned copies of academic credentials and letter from one referee not later than Friday, February 15, 2013.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Principal Human Resource Officer Job at MAYUGE DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT - Employment Opportunity in Uganda

Jobs at:
MAYUGE DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Vacancy title:
Principal Human Resource Officer

Deadline of this Job:
28th /02/2013
Job details:
No. of vacancies: 01

Salary Scale: U2

Reports to: Deputy Chief Administrative Officer

Type of appointment: Permanent

Responsible For: Senior Human Resource Officer and Records Management Staff

Age limit: 30-50

Duties at post:
Initiate, develop and implement Human Resources policies, regulations and practices in the Local Government.
Preparing plans and budgets for the recruitment, retention and exit of the human resource.
Should have knowledge of civil service regulations governing human resource management and the ability to interpret them.
Should have developed interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to coach and develop subordinates effectively
Manage, in liaison with salary section, the payroll and staffing control system;
Prepare submissions for the appointment, confirmation discipline, transfer and exit of staff.
Supervising the update, safe custody and management of human resource and other relevant records in District Local Government.
Organize and coordinate staff development programmes
Provide advice lo the technical departments on the interpretation of Public Service Standing Orders, human resource policy, staff regulations and other relevant human resource issues.
Counseling staff and arbitrating in labour or employment related issues.
Processing submissions for terminal benefits of staff.
Advise and counseling staff on career development
Providing technical support to departments on the implementation of Public Service standing orders, HR Policy, staff regulations & after relevant human resource issues
Managing and maintaining the Payroll and staffing control system in the Local Government

Requirement:
Honors Bachelors Degree in Human Resources Management or (ii) Social sciences or Arts or Commerce or Business Administration with a - recognized bias in HR field such as HRD or HRM OR Organizational Development studies; plus a post graduate diploma in Human Resource management or Master degree in Human Resource studies or Business administration or public Administration or any related field is a requirement;
Training in financial management is desirable

Experience:
At least six years in the field of Human Resource Management three of which should have been at the level of Senior Human Resource Officer.
Should have knowledge of civil service regulations governing human resource management and the ability to interpret them.
Should have developed interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to coach and develop subordinates effectively.

Experience: 6

Job application procedure

Applications are invited from suitably qualified Ugandans for the posts below which exist in Mayuge District. Applications in triplicate filled in own hand writing and accompanied by certified photocopies of academic transcripts and certificates, curriculum vitae and other relevant documents plus three pass port photographs should be submitted to the Secretary, District Service Commission P. 0. BOX 1317 Mayuge to reach not later ‘ than 28th /02/2013. interest persons should obtain application forms (PSF 3 Form) from Secretaries District Service Commissions or Public Service Kampala. Applications who are already in serving Officers MUST route their applications through their Heads of Departments, who should be informed of the closing date to avoid delay.

Applicants who will not hear from Mayuge District Service Commission on completion of the selection exercise should consider themselves unsuccessful.