Office Assistant(Uganda Management Institute)-Job opportunities in Uganda

Job Title:  Office Assistant
Post(s):2 Vacancies 
Organisation: Uganda Management Institute (UMI)
Location:  Gulu and Mbale, Uganda
Salary Scale:           UM 8b
Deadline: Friday 6th, December 2013 by 5.00pm
Reports to:            Centre Administrators

About UMI:
Uganda Management Institute (UMI) is a Management Development Institution with a mission “To Excel in Developing Practical and Sustainable Administration, Leadership and Management Capacity”.  It provides management training, consultancy and research services in response to the demands of the public, private, and NGO sectors.  In addition to short performance improvement management skills development courses, the Institute offers high quality career development management courses at Certificate, Diploma, Postgraduate Diploma and Higher Degree Levels.  The Institute’s activities are currently carried out at the main campus in Kampala and its Outreach Centers in Mbarara, Gulu and Mbale.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
    Providing support for Secretarial services including collecting and delivering documents, photocopying and collecting stationery from the stores
    Ensuring office refreshments are served on a regular schedule
    Ensuring office and lounge furniture is cleaned on a regular basis
    Performing other duties as may become necessary for the smooth running of the Department or Institute as a whole

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
    The applicant should possess an O-Level Certificate with a pass in English
    Certificate in Office Management or its equivalent
    Two years relevant experience in a busy organization handling similar assignments


Job Terms: 
All successful candidates will, on being confirmed in appointment, be offered five-year renewable contracts, a competitive basic salary complemented by housing allowance, medical allowance, transport allowance and an attractive gratuity scheme. Staffare also provided with support for continuous personal development.

How to Apply:
Hard copies of applications with comprehensive typed CVs, two passport size photos, certified copies of transcripts and certificates together with the applicant’s telephone contact, names, addresses and telephone numbers of three referees should be received at the address below;
The Human Resource Manager
Uganda Management Institute
Plot 44 - 52 Jinja Road
P. O. Box 20131, Kampala. Uganda.
Tel: 259722/ 265139/ 265140/265138