Housekeeper is needed at Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development

Job Title:   Housekeeper

Organisation: ACTED (Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development)

Duty Station: Moyo, Uganda

Reports to: Area Finance and Administration Officer

About ACTED:

ACTED (Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development) is a non- political and non-confessional international NGO founded in 1993 and headquartered in Paris, France.  The organization’s vocation is to save lives, assist vulnerable populations and bring hope to those in need for a better future.

Job Summary: The Housekeeper is mainly responsible for ensuring that all the assigned areas are clean, neat and tidy.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:   

Cooking Tasks:

• Prepare lunch and dinner on time;
• Buy fresh quality food every day guaranteeing correct market prices;
• Keep an accounts book on the market expenses;
• Wash dishes;
• Clean the kitchen and the kitchen utensils;
• Ensure the purchase of the food in coordination with the secretary;
• Inform the logistics team when the gas bottles are empty;

Cleaning Tasks:

• Clean all rooms on a daily basis with appropriate cleaning materials as well as polishing the furniture and emptying the waste bins.
• Dispose of garbage on a daily basis;
• Clean bathrooms and toilets on a daily basis;
• Arrange beds on a daily basis;
• Ensure provision of cleaning material in coordination with Logistics
• Change and wash bed sheets on a weekly basis
• Wash expatriate clothes whenever necessary

Stock supplies:

• Keep an inventory of stock supplies and ensure these supplies are well stocked.
• Replenishing supplies such as soap, hand wash and Toilet paper in the washrooms

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

• The ideal candidate for the ACTED Area Housekeeper job placement must hold an O’ level certificate with Post secondary Education or Diploma.
• Flexible approach to work
• Ability to use initiative
• Ability to read and understand English.
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• High degree of flexibility and adaptability

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their applicationsaccompanied by detailed curriculum vitae, three work related referees and daytime contacts to kampala.hr@acted.org. Please kindly indicate the position you are applying for clearly on the subject line. You may also hand deliver to Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development. P.O. Box 37665, Plot 1102 Nsambya Road Kampala.

NB: CVs will be shortlisted on on-going basis and ACTED reserves the right to hire prior to the application deadline Please note that only the shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Deadline: 28^th July 2017 by 5:00pm