About US:
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is mandated by the UN general assembly to advocate for the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. Together with our partners, we work in 190 countries and territories to translate that commitment into practical action, focusing special effort on reaching the most vulnerable and excluded children, to the benefit of all children, everywhere.

Job Summary: The Programme Assistant will support UNICEF in the collection of information, maintenance of records and preparation of documentation and correspondence pertaining to Education programme activities.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
· The incumbent collects data and other information on development of programme activities.
· Maintains, updated manual and electronic database in prescribed format for programme records and for subsequent use.
· Prepares background material, working papers and tables for briefing and review sessions.
· Processes and examines the information and data in accordance with instructions received, making necessary abstracts and computations.
· Conduct specific budget operational/control tasks for activities related to programme implementation in VISION.
· Quickly responds to routine requests or queries and arrange travel for section staff members, as well as follow up to obtain documentations to complete travel file after trip completion.
· Offers administrative/logistics support during meetings/workshops and other operational activities for programme implementation.
· Performs any other duties, as required by the Chief of Fort Portal Office.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
· The ideal candidate for the United Nations UNICEF Programme Assistant career opportunity should have completed secondary education. An added value if supplemented by relevant courses in Business Administration/Management/project administration/ database management.
· A minimum of five years of office experience, including record-keeping and processing of information.
· Fluency in English and another working knowledge of another UN language is an asset.

Personal Competencies:
· Core Values (Required): Commitment; Diversity and Inclusion; Integrity
· Core Competencies (Required): Communication; Drive for Result; Working with People
· Functional Competencies (Required): Analyzing; Learning and Researching; Planning and Organizing; Following instructions and Procedures

NB: UNICEF is committed to gender equality in its mandate and its staff; qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. UNICEF is a smoke free environment. All candidates who had previously applied need not apply again.

How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested Ugandan Nationals who wish to join the United Nations UNICEF must send their applications accompanied by an updated CV and P11 form, download here, as well as two of the most recent performance evaluation report.
The Email applications should be sent in this format to name your file attachments: Firstname_Lastname followed by document e.g. Gold_MukasaP11 or Gold_MukasaCV or Gold_MukasaApplication.

The applications should be addressed to:

Human Resource Manager,
UNICEF Kampala, Uganda,
Plot 9, George Street,
P.O. Box 7047, Kampala Uganda
Email to: ugderecruit@unicef.org

Deadline: 28th January, 2016