21 jobs found in central region

Do you want to join an industry with a profound impact on the lives of millions of people globally? Maersk Uganda is currently looking for an experienced Accountant to join the team. The Position will provide country support to the Country Accounting Manager, East Africa Area teams in terms of coordinating timely, accurate, reliable financial reporting and compliance with approved authority Matrix. We offer At Maersk, you’ll be part of a global team motivated by bringing food and commodities to people in every corner of the world. We do this through close partnerships with our valued customers, who trade everything from seafood and fruits, to clothes, electronics and cars! No matter our role in the Region our end goal is to simplify the lives of our customers. This is done through seamless processes, best in class digital solutions, and great customer service! Our diverse team of passionate and dedicated colleagues are empowered and supported to grow by their...

Description: Program / Department Summary The $41 million USAID Food for Peace Activity (Apolou) and the $5 million USAID Resilience Challenge Fund (RCF) Activity support agriculturalists, agro-pastoralists, and pastoralist households living across the districts of Amudat, Kotido, Kaabong, Karenga, and Moroto in Karamoja. Apolou is implemented by a consortium of actors led by Mercy Corps, including Save the Children, Whave Solutions, four local partners (KAPDA, NARWOA and Riam Riam), TUNADO, FIDA Uganda, Strong Minds and Tufts University’s Feinstein International Centre (FIC). Apolou’s goal is to “improve the overall food and nutrition security of vulnerable households in Kaabong, Kotido, Moroto and Amudat districts within the Karamoja region,” and has major 4 objectives as follows: Inclusive and effective governance contributes to food and nutrition security Adolescent girls, Pregnant and Lactating Women, and Children under 5...

Description Program/Department Summary Mercy Corps Uganda is implementing a five year USAID funded Activity named ‘Apolou’ in the Eastern Districts of the Karamoja sub-region of Uganda. The Activity is implemented in five Districts of Karamoja: Karenga, Kotido, Kaabong, Moroto and Amudat. The Activity has four strategic objectives: Inclusive and effective governance contributes to food and nutrition security Adolescent girls, Pregnant and Lactating Women, and Children under 5 are nutritionally secure Reduced incidences of WASH related diseases Improved livelihoods and income support household food security The RCF program works in the districts of Kaabong and Amudat, with the goal to “Improve the veterinary governance and increase public and private investment in disease prevention, surveillance, control and response systems to strengthen productive assets for improved resilience in Karamoja.” RCF has the following...

Job Description   Background/IRC Summary: PlayMatters aims to strengthen  play-based learning for 800,000 children across Ethiopia, Uganda and Tanzania. . PlayMatters is inspired by LEGO Foundation’s call to challenge the status quo, to offer children the quality education they dream of. Children are not gaining the skills they need, teachers are under-supported and parents are overwhelmed. The systems built to serve them are failing them. PlayMatters proudly offers something different. It will be delivered by a coalition with a track record of thinking and delivering differently.  The Senior Researcher will be a critical member of the PlayMatters regional project team, based in Kampala, Uganda.  The position will oversee research activities in diverse settings across Uganda, Tanzania, and Ethiopia.   Job Overview/Summary:  Reporting to the Senior Director for Education, the Senior Researcher...

Job Description The Cash Officer will coordinate all cash related activities and contribute to the design and implementation of cash-based interventions in the IRC urban program and other area of IRC operation. The officer shall carry out activities including, organize and manage cash transfers, handle cash transfer issues between IRC and beneficiaries, conduct market assessments, post distribution monitoring, market price monitoring, handling complaints related to cash programming and providing relevant feedback to clients. Key responsibilities include: Duties and Responsibilities Conduct cash transfer feasibility and market assessments Oversee the identification, registration, and verification of cash transfer beneficiaries. Support in cash transfer baseline and end post distribution monitoring surveys with support from the monitoring and evaluation team. Provide guidance and ensure coordination of cash transfers across the different IRC...

 FACILITIES ASSISTANT (1) Job Summary The Facilities Assistant is responsible for aiding effective operation of company offices. Reports to:  Senior Administration Officer Salary Scale:  KS6 (1) Key Functions Cleaning office premises and ensuring that the offices are opened and locked in a timely manner; Collecting and delivering office items, documents, mail and parcels as instructed; Preparing and serving tea, meals and refreshments whenever required to do so; Movement of office furniture, equipment, tools, supplies, correspondences and other errands as instructed; Logging and reporting all technical faults and arranging for and supporting maintenance and repair of office furniture, equipment and tools, and Any other duties assigned by the Senior Administration Officer Person Specifications:   (a) Academic Qualifications  Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) having Passed both English and...

Job Summary: The Senior Business Analyst is responsible for reviewing Kiira Motors Corporation business processes from end-to-end to identify opportunities to improve efficiency and address any operational, financial and technological risks. Responsibilities will include a full range of activities from leading small to mid-size projects to assisting other project managers on larger more complex projects related to operational business functions of the Company that affect team members and providers at the market level. Reports to:  Business Development Manager Salary Scale:  K5 Key Functions Develop new business strategies and business models, taking all aspects into consideration and providing insight into how these strategies will benefit the company. Demonstrate up-to-date expertise in Information Systems and apply this to the development, execution and improvement of action plans by providing advice and guidance to others in the...

Reporting to the Program Manager as your immediate supervisor, the jobholder will be responsible for record keeping and management, monitoring of petty cash transactions, handling bank transactions within the limit and supervise the Accounts Assistant and all the School Bursars. The jobholder will be part of HEED CHILDREN staff and will support and provide financial services in budgeting, accounting, disbursements and reporting and ensure thorough accounting; accounting staff perform their duties, delivering their assignments efficiently and timely. The jobholder is expected to be innovative and work beyond the normal working hours, when needed. The jobholder will always be required to travel to our village operation locus to give supportive supervision to staff. The jobholder will monitor and supervise saving groups. He or she is expected to be innovative and dream as well implementing strategies for organizational self-reliance mainly all our schools.   Job...

Overall purpose of the role: For the present vacancy, the Communications Intern will support Communications and the Information Management Officer in DRC Country Office in Kampala. His/her contribution will be extremely valuable to communicate difference and impact the organization makes in the country and the region. This is a great opportunity for those who look to engage in a new sector such as humanitarian and development affairs at global level. KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Preparing and updating DRC Uganda information on DRC EAGL regional Facebook and Twitter pages Writing short stories, posts or success stories from the field for a requested media platform such as DRC website, DRC EAGL newsletter, and newsletters to donors Preparing audiovisual material for the projects, communication campaigns, and events Coordinating with Regional Communications office Coordinating with external media Preparing internal newsletter Verifying...

About Us: Sokowatch is transforming communities across Africa by revolutionizing access to essential goods and services. By connecting small shops to the digital economy, we fix inefficient supply chains and provide services that were previously unavailable. Sokowatch aims to provide everything a retailer needs, no wholesalers or banks necessary. Thousands of retailers across Kenya, Tanzania, and Rwanda use Sokowatch's mobile ordering and delivery platform to receive the goods they need as quickly and cheaply as possible while also accessing growth financing for the first time. We’re looking to grow our team with highly talented and motivated employees who are excited to work in a fast-paced and dynamic startup environment. We are searching for a stellar Country Finance Managers to be based across our office in Kampala. They will undertake all aspects of financial management for Sokowatch at a country level, including financial reporting, local tax compliance...

Job Description: IRC is seeking a Grants and Partnership Manager for a five-year project, “PlayMatters”, funded by the LEGO Foundation. This position will be a part of the larger PlayMatters initiative to increase play-based learning opportunities for nearly 1 million pre-primary and primary school aged refugee and host community children impacted by the humanitarian crises in East Africa and living in Tanzania, Ethiopia and Uganda. This project aims to build children’s social, emotional, cognitive, physical and creative skills through play in their homes, schools, and communities and will be implemented in partnership with War Child Holland, Plan International, Ubongo, Behavioral Insights Team and Innovations for Poverty Action. PlayMatters applies behavioral science and human-centered design as well as adult behavior change theories to transform parents, caregivers, teachers, and policy makers into change agents of playful learning, leading to improved...

Job Description: IRC is seeking a Senior MEAL Manager (PlayMatters) for a five-year project, “PlayMatters”, funded by the LEGO Foundation. This position will be a part of the larger PlayMatters initiative to increase play-based learning opportunities for nearly 1 million pre-primary and primary school aged refugee and host community children impacted by the humanitarian crises in East Africa and living in Tanzania, Ethiopia and Uganda. This project aims to build children’s social, emotional, cognitive, physical and creative skills through play in their homes, schools, and communities and will be implemented in partnership with War Child Holland, Plan International, Ubongo, Behavioral Insights Team and Innovations for Poverty Action. PlayMatters applies behavioral science and human-centered design as well as adult behavior change theories to transform parents, caregivers, teachers, and policy makers into change agents of playful learning, leading to...

Essential Duties : Oversee and manage the full award cycle for SIF subawards, procurement, and USAID/Uganda B4R’s required cost share, including conducting market research, ensuring technical requirements are accurately captured in the solicitations, responding to questions, organizing and leading technical evaluation committee and cost reasonableness reviews, preparing approval documents, assisting technical leads with implementation management, ensuring monitoring and evaluation and learning agenda requirements are captured in subawards, providing capacity building support to non-traditional partners in subaward administration, and ensuring proper subaward closeout Development of the SIF with the input and oversight of the COP, DCOP, Finance and Compliance Manager, and RTI’s Contracts Office Oversees SIF subaward management process & subcontracts for local organizations, including SIF proposal tracking, review, and approval process Maintains...

Essential Duties : Develop and disseminate an Activity Communications Strategy to raise awareness of the Activity to all stakeholders; Manage implementation of the  Activity Strategic Communications Plan and collaborate with the technical team on their roles in communications and stakeholder engagement; Ensure USAID and Activity marking and branding guidelines and plans are adhered to internally and externally by all project partners and stakeholders; Support technical activities related to social behavior change communications advocacy with communications and social media outreach; Develop communication tools (newsletters, pamphlets, project briefs) as needed and provide news releases to radio, television, and electronic media and liaise with media personnel to publicize; Prepare case studies and other Activity-related documentation, press releases, project summaries, fact sheets, social media posts, and other communications materials to...

Job Description The Environmental Health coordinator will hold the overall responsibility for all Environmental Health (EH) activities of the COVID-19 Response in Uganda. These include; risk assessment of proposed health and other sector activities, EH program strategy, COVID-19 infrastructure design and construction, EH staff recruitment, management and capacity building, developing EH guidelines and SOPs and internal as well as external representation and coordination. He/she will work closely with the Health Coordinator and or Health Manager to ensure that COVID-19 triage and isolation facility and all program services meet IRC Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) protocols. The Environmental Health Technical Advisor for the region will be available to provide any technical guidance and support remotely when needed. This position will enter the red zone of the COVID-19 facilities to ensure that all standard protocols are adhered to. Primary Responsibilities...

Description Program/Department Summary Mercy Corps is an international non-profit organization which implements high-quality, analytical development programs in very difficult places. Mercy Corps has been operating in Uganda since 2006. It has and continues to implement programs in Kampala City, Acholi, Karamoja and West Nile sub regions. Mercy Corps is taking a community-led, market driven approach to address poverty and food insecurity needs through interventions that get to the root causes and contributing factors of economic vulnerability. Donors include the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), DFID, MasterCard Foundation, WALMART Foundation, Coca Cola Africa Foundation, China Fund for Poverty Alleviation (CFPA), Western Union and Canadian High Commission. General Position Summary The Administration Officer will be responsible for the management of administrative support for Mercy Corps programming in Kampala Office, assist in the...

Company Description SNV Netherlands Development Organization is a not-for-profit international development organizational founded in the Netherlands in 1965; and currently maintains a global presence in 30 countries; across Africa, Asia and Latin America. SNV has been present in Uganda since 1989 and currently undertakes donor funded programming within 100+ districts across the country. As an organisation, SNV focuses on the  Agriculture, WASH and Energy sectors  and maintains the belief that no one should have to live in poverty; and that all people should have the opportunity to pursue their own sustainable development. SNV contributes to programming within the Agriculture, WASH and Energy sectors by strengthening the capacities of targeted partners and communities at the field level; in order to realize increased skill sets and sustainable performance; reduce poverty levels, expand employment; improve food security; while paying special attention to...

Job Description PATH is a global organization that works to accelerate health equity by bringing together public institutions, businesses, social enterprises, and investors to solve the world’s most pressing health challenges. With expertise in science, health, economics, technology, advocacy, and dozens of other specialties, PATH develops and scales solutions—including vaccines, drugs, devices, diagnostics, and innovative approaches to strengthening health systems worldwide. We are a global team of innovators working to accelerate health equity so all people and communities can thrive. We advise and partner with institutions, investors, and businesses of all sizes to solve the world’s most pressing health challenges. Because better health moves humanity forward.   Job Description The Finance Officer will be an integral part of the Country office finance function primarily focusing on supporting the month end financial reporting and enforcing...

About Us : Sokowatch is transforming communities across Africa by revolutionizing access to essential goods and services. By connecting small shops to the digital economy, we fix inefficient supply chains and provide services that were previously unavailable. Sokowatch aims to provide everything a retailer needs, no wholesalers or banks necessary. Thousands of retailers across Kenya,Uganda, Tanzania,and Rwanda use Sokowatch's mobile ordering and delivery platform to receive the goods they need as quickly and cheaply as possible while also accessing growth financing for the first time. We’re looking to grow our team with highly talented and motivated employees who are excited to work in a fast-paced and dynamic startup environment. Position: Sales Agent in Kampala Sokowatch is searching for Sales Agents who will work in our offices managing regional sales and deliveries. The Delivery Agent will also help the customers whenever they have difficulties....