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Jobs – Software Developer at Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB)

Job Title:   Software Developer

The Uganda National Examinations Board is the national assessment body in Uganda. UNEB is a public organization that strives to maintain fair assessment in a bid to produce valid and reliable results. UNEB welcomes the various stakeholders in the fight against malpractice.

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Job Summary: The Software Developer will be responsible for the development of information systems by eliciting requirements, designing, developing, implementing, testing and maintaining software solutions.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

  • Define, review and validate technical requirements of key stakeholders requiring new software
  • Translate functional specifications into design specifications for use by programmers in collaboration with the Application re-engineering expert
  • Manage the Application development process and on a day to day guide programmer to ensure that uniform standards are enforced through, re-use of assets created and integration with existing applications
  • Provide full-life cycle architectural guidance and ensure quality technical deliverables
  • Develop code for identified business functionality and reports in line with good programming practices and object oriented development techniques
  • Instruct users on functions of designed computer programs or the off-shelf programs following guideline laid down in training manuals
  • Manage, develop and appraise the performance of subordinate staff in line with human resource manual

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

  • The incumbent should hold an Honour’s degree in either Computer Science or Computer Engineering or Statistics or Physics and Mathematics
  • Possession of Post graduate qualification in computer science, computer engineering or equivalent and professional certification such as Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD), Oracle Certified Developer (OCD), MCDBA or equivalent will be an added advantage.
  • At least two years’ experience of developing business applications for medium to large organisations.
  • Familiarity with operating systems such as Windows 2003 server, Windows XP, Unix/Linus, database platforms such as MS SQL server and Oracle RDBMS.
  • Excellent hands on working experience of developing application systems with Microsoft Visual Studio.
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Age Limit: 25 – 35 years

How to Apply for the job: 

All suitably qualified and interested Ugandan candidates should send their applications which should bear the title of the post, detailed curriculum vitae, photocopies of certificates and postal address and telephone contacts of three referees. Typed or handwritten applications on A4 paper should be submitted to:

The Executive Secretary, Uganda National Examinations Board, P. O. Box 7066, Kampala, Uganda. (All posts bear attractive packages which include housing allowance).

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NB: Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

Deadline: 24th April 2015 by 5pm

Non Jobs – Humanitarian Coordinator at Finn Church Aid (FCA)

Job Title:  Humanitarian Coordinator

Finn Church Aid is Finland’s biggest development co-operation organisation and the second biggest organisation in Finland working in humanitarian aid. Finn Church Aid is a member of the ACT Alliance (ACT), an alliance of faith-based development and humanitarian aid organisations forming one of the world’s largest aid organisations. Finn Church Aid is committed to continue working until people in need of assistance can make their own living and fulfil their basic needs. Finn Church Aid also campaigns for dignity and justice.

Job Summary: The Humanitarian Coordinator is responsible for managing FCA’s humanitarian activities both in the immediate emergency response and in the longer term humanitarian assistance in Uganda.  S/he shall significantly contribute to international fundraising and ACT Alliance activities in the country.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

  • Oversee FCA’s Education in emergency project in Adjumani, Uganda.
  • Offer technical support to FCA and partners staff in education in emergencies
  • Develop FCA’s country humanitarian strategy for Uganda in accordance with FCA’s policies and guidelines
  • Establish, coordinate and be responsible for high quality education in emergency programmatic work
  • Contribute to local and international fundraising
  • Map and assess existing and potential education in emergency partners and their capacity; identify and coordinate new education partnerships; build and coordinate overall partner cooperation
  • In charge of advocating for FCA education in emergency program in the country
  • Ensure coordination with other INGOs and local authorities
  • Perform any other duties as designated

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

  • The applicant should preferably have three years’ experience in working in humanitarian program related field operation or field activities in developing countries and having knowledge of education in emergency
  • Past exposure and experience in implementing Education in Emergencies especially Special Needs Education programs
  • Proven experience and capacity in humanitarian project management (PMER), including project financial management
  • Past experience with data collection, management, analysis and report production
  • Good knowledge and understanding of humanitarian approaches and standards
  • Proven skills in preparedness planning and LRRD approach
  • Gender analysis skills and an understanding of the practical significance of gender issues in humanitarian environment
  • Past experience in cooperating with local organizations, international actors and UN agencies
  • Good strategic and context analysis skills
  • Strong English writing skills to prepare reports, promotional materials and oral presentations
  • Proven team orientation skills and ability to work effectively in a team environment with both technical and non-technical staff
  • Excellent inter-personal and inter-cultural skills
  • Flexible and capable of working and living in difficult circumstances in a multicultural environment
  • Past experience in capacity building of local partners
  • Willingness to travel in the country (requirement of valid driving license)

How to Apply for the job: 

All suitably qualified candidates who wish to join the Finn Church Aid (FCA) in the aforementioned capacity are encouraged to Apply Online at the web link below.

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Deadline: 12th April 2015

Graduates of Information Technology can apply for jobs at UNEB

Job Title:   Business Continuity and Systems Administrator

The Uganda National Examinations Board is the national assessment body in Uganda. UNEB is a public organization that strives to maintain fair assessment in a bid to produce valid and reliable results.

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UNEB welcomes the various stakeholders in the fight against malpractice.

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Job Summary:  The Business Continuity and Systems Administrator will provide technical support in the implementation and maintenance of Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Plans and Procedures; and installing and configuring system hardware and software; establishing and managing user accounts; and upgrading software.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

  • Maintain, implement and support all automated UNEB business systems, maintain a high level of disaster preparedness and business continuity.
  • Offer timely technical operation system and end user support to rolled-out business systems per set ICT policies.
  • Implement and support best practice ICT standards and policies to data security disaster recovery and maintenance at the ICT infrastructure at the Data centre.
  • Study the performance of Business continuity and disaster recovery plans and report to ICT management for remedial action and improvement.
  • Oversee, develop and appraise the performance of subordinate staff in line with human resource manual.
  • Provide professional technical support with respect to systems administration, business continuity, industry standards and methodologies, and advise management and staff.
  • Implement and continuously assess compliance to set service and quality standards and generate reports to ICT management.
  • Provide, continuously assess and document both technical and operational user support including training as per set ICT standards and policies to ensure proper usage of ICT equipment at the stations.
  • Manage station information systems including all hardware while keeping the station inventory up to date.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

  • The applicant should hold an honour’s Bachelor’s degree in computer Science or Information Technology.
  • Professional certification such as VMWare, NetApp, Security, MCDBA, MCSE, CCNA, CCNA Security or equivalent will be an added advantage.
  • A minimum of three or more years’ experience working with large database systems, systems administration and should be familiar with Operating systems such as Windows Server 2008/2012, the TCP/IP protocol, and managing corporate network environments using tools like Microsoft Active Directory.
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  • Practical experience with virtualised environments such as VMWare and vSphere, unified storage using NetApp, unified threat management, and managing routers and managed switches will be an added advantage.

Age Limit: 25 – 45 years

How to Apply for the job: 

All suitably qualified and interested Ugandan candidates should send their applications which should bear the title of the post, detailed curriculum vitae, photocopies of certificates and postal address and telephone contacts of three referees. Typed or handwritten applications on A4 paper should be submitted to:

The Executive Secretary, Uganda National Examinations Board, P. O. Box 7066, Kampala, Uganda. (All posts bear attractive packages which include housing allowance).

NB: Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

Deadline: 24th April 2015 by 5pm

3 Job Vacancies – Branch Sales Managers at Platinum Credit (U) Ltd

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Job Title:  Branch Sales Managers (3 Career Placements)

Platinum credit is a leading Regional Micro Finance Company, a subsidiary of Platcorp Holdings Ltd, providing emergency loans to employed individuals in Eastern Africa. We have a wide spread branch network in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. Currently, Platinum provides loans to Civil servants and employees of the Private sector, and will soon roll out asset finance products.

Job Summary:  The Branch Sales Managers will be responsible for total branch performance in accordance with the company policies and procedures.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

  • Leading successful and ambitious teams.
  • Responsible for conducting market intelligence and industry developments in the market.
  • Successful resolution of customer related issues/complaints in a timely/professional way.
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Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

  • The applicant should preferably hold a Degree or Diploma in a relevant field.
  • At least two years’ experience in a similar position preferably in a financial institution.
  • The incumbent should have proven sales skills, by demonstrated success in consistently meeting sales goals.
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  • Excellent track record in recruiting, retaining, working with and growing teams to solve specific challenges and accomplish tasks.
  • Computer knowledge.
  • Possess leadership and supervisory skills.
  • Excellent numerical and analytical skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

How to Apply for the job: 

All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their applications with detailed CV and testimonials via E-mail to the address below;

The Administration Officer;

Platinum Credit (U) Ltd

Send your application to: info@platinumcredit.co.ug,

Data Scientist Job opportunity at Fenix International

Job Title:  Data Scientist

Fenix International is a for-profit corporation and the creator of affordable, Pay-To-Own renewable energy products that empower those living off-grid. Over 34m people in Uganda are off-grid, which equates to 6.2m households who have no access to power and instead depend on kerosene for light and local businesses for phone charging. To address this, Fenix International has developed ReadyPay, a new Pay-To-Own Solar Power System. Coming in a range of kits, ReadyPay Power Systems are designed to provide clean light, phone charging, entertainment and more for those living off-grid.

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Each ReadyPay is unique in that it contains lock-out technology, and, together with MTN Mobile Money, it allows a customer to take a solar power system home for a small down payment from just $15. Customers then “top up” their ReadyPay through MTN Mobile Money payments (starting from $0.40 per day). Each time a payment is made via Mobile Money, their ReadyPay Solar Power System is unlocked for a set period of time.

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Customers will then eventually own their ReadyPay systems after making continuous mobile money payments for a period 18 months.

Job Summary: The Fenix International Data Scientist should possess leadership experience to contribute to our management team by driving improvement and innovation in data gathering, interpretation, reporting, and incorporation of learnings into our business strategy. He / she  will report to the East Africa Data and Strategic Initiatives Director and will work cross-functionally with our customer service, product development, operations, sales, marketing, and technical teams on the ground to design, test, execute, analyze, report, and refine data processes at Fenix. This position offers an incredible opportunity to work with an elite team of business professionals and engineers and directly contribute to the success of a Silicon Valley startup operating in the East African social enterprise space. All candidates must have a passion for entrepreneurship, renewable energy and sustainable development in frontier markets.  As a Data Scientist, you will be based in Kampala, Uganda working on critical projects with real and immediate impact and will have the opportunity to travel domestically to understand Fenix’s customer base.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

  • Create standard systems and processes to work with Fenix management and key stakeholders to gather data needs.
  • Source the data analytics platform and visualization software to tap directly into our backend database.
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  • Work closely with business leaders to design and ultimately develop interactive dashboards and reports to be used by our executive teams and field teams alike to make key strategic decisions.
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  • Set up and conduct A/B tests and perform statistical analysis on the results to drive necessary business insights around sales, portfolio health, and more.
  • Actively collaborate with software team on database architecture and data collection methodologies.
  • Develop cutting edge new metrics and analyses to evaluate customer repayment behavior and the health of Fenix’s outstanding loan portfolio.
  • Special projects to analyze Fenix’s cost centers, optimize logistics and inventory supply chain, and more.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

  • The ideal candidate should hold a Bachelor’s degree. Possession of a Master’s degree is an added advantage
  • At least three years minimum work experience in data analysis / science, statistics, financial analysis, etc.
  • Past leadership and project management experience: we are looking for entrepreneurial candidates who have started or contributed significantly to a particular project, team, or new company and we especially value candidates who have seen projects through from start to finish, from design to scale up phase.
  • Significant experience with survey design, analysis, and interpretation of qualitative and quantitative data.
  • Past experience with data analysis and visualization software tools and familiarity with the various offerings.
  • Interactive report design and implementation expertise.
  • Proficiency with a statistical analysis program (e.g., STATA, R).
  • Commitment to live and work with Fenix in East Africa for at least 1 year.
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  • Ability and drive to work independently.
  • Thrives on teamwork.
  • Previous experience analyzing loan repayments is desired
  • Past education and/or work experience in East Africa is an added advantage

How to Apply for the job: 

All candidates are encouraged apply at the web link below.

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Apply for Job opportunity of Finance and Administration Manager at PREFA

Job Title:     Finance and Administration Manager

Protecting Families against HIV/AIDS (PREFA) is an indigenous Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) that was formed to contribute to Uganda’s efforts in enhancing access to quality HIV/AIDS prevention, care, treatment, and support services to families with a historical focus on Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission (eMTCT) of HIV.

Job Summary:  The Finance and Administration Manager will be responsible for the effective functioning of all financial and administrative resource operations and systems in support of PREFA’s programs and activities. The incumbent will formulate, monitor and review PREFA’s financial resources management and utilization. He/She will also ensure the formulation and review of administrative policies and procedures

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

  1. Financial:
  • Effective and up-to-date Financial and Accounting Manual highlighting policies, systems and procedures available to all PREFA staff.
  • Strategic and annual budgets made in a way that facilitates easy extraction and compilation of quarterly and monthly budgets.
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  • Standard forms appropriately designed to facilitate submission of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial returns to various supervisory authorities, donors and other stakeholders.
  • Statements of reconciliation and balancing of various accounts in place.
  • Ensure timely, consolidated financial returns and the derivative management reports submitted to and received by the concerned supervisory authorities, donors and other stakeholders.
  • Elaborate response to internal and external auditors’ queries, reports or letters.
  • Valid technical advice on financial matters provided to the Board of Directors, management, members of staff and any other stakeholders who may need it.
  • Cash flow projections properly and effectively done.
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  1. Administrative:
  • Administrative plans, policies and systems in place
  • Systematic and effective goods and services, procurement policies and guidelines in place.
  • Legal issues effectively handled.
  • Ensure technical support provided to line managers/officers on general organizational management.
  • Inter and intra communication systems in place.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

  • The ideal candidate should preferably hold a B.Com/BBA (Accounting) or BBA (Finance),
  • Full professional qualification in ACCA, CPA or CIMA,MBA.
  • A minimum of ten or more years working experience, five of which should have been at senior management level as Chief Accountant, Financial Controller or Operations management in an NGO environment.
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  • Proven knowledge of donor financial accounting procedures and clear understanding of Government of Uganda accounting requirements.
  • Working knowledge of computer application and conversant in word processing, spreadsheet and at least two accounting packages.
  • Demonstrated experience in managing multi-disciplinary workforce, preferably in an NGO setting.
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  • Skills in Policy and Strategy Development
  • Good Leadership, Team Building and Communication skills

How to Apply for the job: 

All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send a current detailed CV, application letter, copies of testimonials and certificates; and three professional references with telephone and email contacts. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

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The Executive Director, Protecting Families against HIV/AIDS (PREFA), Plot 71 Lithuli Avenue Bugolobi, P.O Box 25769, Kampala, Uganda

Deadline: Thursday, 16th April, 2015

Job Opportunities for Customer Service Advisors at MTN

Job Title:  Customer Service Advisor (5 No Experience Careers)

MTN Uganda is the leading telecommunications company in Uganda, providing payphone, fixed lines, fax/data, Internet, mobile and financial services.

Job Summary:  The MTN Customer Service Advisor will be responsible for managing client communications through interacting directly with potential, new and existing clients. He/she will work to provide quality customer service while increasing the company’s revenues through increased sales.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

  • Processing all enquiries
  • Answering incoming calls
  • Offering customers products and services
  • Performing administrative functions
  • Updating client accounts
  • Processing customer correspondence

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

  • The ideal candidates for the Customer Service Advisor jobs should hold a Diploma as a minimum academic qualification
  • The applicants must also have a typing Speed of 30wpm
  • The ideal candidates should have the one of the following language Skillset; English, Luganda and Luo (Acholi and Langi)
  • Computer literacy skills in MS Word, Excel and Internet or email.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Self-motivated
  • Ambitious
  • Driven by goals and targets
  • Inspiring to others
  • High levels of accountability and ownership
  • Can take personal responsibility under minimum Supervision
  • Ethical, Confidential, Mature with high levels of Integrity

How to Apply for the job:

All suitably qualified candidates should visit the web link below and create a profile on the NFT Consult website by entering their e-mail addresses. Please visit web link below and click Apply now if convinced you have the job requirements. The applications/CVs should be prepared in English and submitted in either MS Word or PDF format will be considered.

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