Executive Administrator Careers at Impact Management Solutions Africa in Uganda

Job Title:  Executive Administrator

Employer: Impact Management Solutions Africa

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Application Deadline:30th Jan 2015

Job Description:

 Duties and Responsibilities:

• Actively coordinate management meetings, create & distribute pertinent documentation including reports, minutes, agendas etc
• Prepare and modify documents including correspondence, reports, drafts and emails
• Maintain all calendars/diaries, schedule appointments and take responsibility for meeting room management and ensure that the Senior Manager is well prepared
• Offer timely & accurate operational support on behalf of the Manager to maintain day to day efficiencies in the office
• Develop/provide input to briefing notes, reports and presentations for external and internal communication

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicants should hold a Degree in Business Administration or related field
• At least four to five years working experience in a similar role
• Possess the ability to ‘get things done’ in a hands-on manner
• Excellent short hand and audio typing skills
• Excellent customer service, interpersonal and relationship management skills
• Possess excellent administrative skills
• Excellent communication skills including written, oral and presentation skills

How to Apply:

If you are up to the challenge, possess the necessary qualification and experience; please send an updated CV (PDF) only quoting the job title (Executive Administrator - Kampala) in the email subject to:  jobs@impactsolutionsafrica.com

Please don’t attach Certificates.

N.B: Impact Management Solutions Africa does not charge any fee for receiving your CV or for interview. Only candidates short-listed for interview will be contacted.

Recruitment Division,
Impact Management Solutions Africa ltd,
P.O. Box 22152, Kampala, Uganda.
Tel:  +256 776 887373, +254 718 493160

Albertine Rift REDD Programme Manager Career Opportunity at Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)

Job Title:   Albertine Rift REDD Programme Manager

Employer: Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Application Deadline: 23^rd Jan 2015

Job Description:

The Albertine Rift REDD Program Manager will be responsible for the development of REDD projects along the Albertine Rift in Uganda, DRC, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania including project design, data collection, technical analysis and drafting project documents, (e.g. PDDs for the voluntary carbon market and ER-PINs for partner countries of the FCPF).

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicants should hold a PhD degree in forestry or conservation biology
• At least ten years of professional experience in forestry or related fi eld with proven track record in REDD project development, extensive knowledge of voluntary and compliance carbon markets, particularly the FCPF and UN-REDD.
• Skills in Remote sensing, modeling, fieldwork, statistical analysis skills, project management, and budgeting and planning
• Proven experience in developing biomass inventories, ground truthing land use classifications and designing and implementing socio-economic surveys Required: Knowledge of current climate change policy globally and in Uganda, and emerging protocols and strategies (e.g. NAPAs, NAMAs, UNFCC, REDD+ emerging safeguards)
• Past fundraising experience, proposal writing and budget development from government/agency and private sources
• Significant work experience in Uganda, knowledge of Uganda environmental and conservation political issues
• Past experience working in multicultural environment of an international NGO is an added advantage
• Fluent English and French Preferred:

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send a cover letter, updated CV and at least three references (with contact information including phone numbers) by email to: wcsugandajobs@gmail.com

Information Technology Officer at Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa (OSIEA) in Uganda

Job Title:  Information Technology Officer

Employer: Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa (OSIEA)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Application Deadline: 23^rd Jan 2015

Job Description:

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Offer timely technical guidance, support and training to OSIEA staff
• Develop Scope of Work and manage outside consultant to provide user support services for other OSIEA country offices

• Oversee project schedules and budgets. The scope of the work includes all tasks from conception of projects to final implementation
• In charge of making Information Systems recommendation on network, server, CLOUD and telecommunication standards and guidelines

• Actively monitor local area network and backend server operation to develop performance baseline for future project planning and develop proactive support planning to improve service quality and reliability
• Administrate Microsoft Windows domain security and design. Grant Management System application server administration

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The best candidates should possess a Related / IT Degree preferred and / or demonstrated advancement of further tertiary education
• A minimum of five or more years’ experience in computing or related area with a focus on Microsoft Windows Operating System, SQL application server and VMware Virtualization platform and Cisco networking
• Possession of Microsoft Windows Server and other application server certification and VMware certification is also desired
• The ideal candidate should have significant experience in managing end-to-end IT (servers, networks, voice, desktop)
• Extensive knowledge implementing Information Technology security policy and structure in Microsoft Windows, Wired and Wireless Network Access Protection and Control
• Past exposure and experience working with Microsoft Windows and SQL Server
• Working knowledge working with VMware server virtualization platform
• Knowledge implementing and supporting CLOUD application
• Significant experience working with Cisco networking equipment in layer 2 and 3 network configuration and Cisco PIX/ASA VPN Firewall configuration and troubleshooting

How to Apply:

Please express you interest by sending your resume and cover letter to: jobs@osiea.org