2 Fresher USAID Administrative Assistant/Receptionist Job Opportunities – Send a Cow (SAC) UK

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Organisation: Send a Cow (SAC) UK
Project Name: USAID Sustainable Outcomes for Children and Youth
(SOCY) Project
Duty Station:  Uganda
Reports to: Project Coordinator
About US:
Send
a Cow (SAC) was founded in the UK in 1988 to help transform lives, by helping
African families and orphans to grow enough food to eat, sell their produce and
develop small businesses that last. They have provided livestock, seeds,
training and ongoing support, to help over a million lives and their families
that live in abject poverty. The Send a Cow Group currently constitutes Country
Programmes in seven African countries plus the UK and USA, together with a
Group Executive which is based in the UK.
About USAID SOCY Project:
Send
a Cow will be implementing a Sustainable Outcomes for Children and Youth (SOCY)
project targeting Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Rakai and Mityana
districts, funded by the United States Agency for International Development
(USAID) through Catholic Relief Services (CRS). The SOCY project interventions
shall be focusing primarily on OVC Case Management and household economic
strengthening through savings groups and associated interventions and
parenting/caregiver programs.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • The Administrative Assistant/Receptionist
    will offer technical support to the administrative function at the Field
    Office by providing secretarial and related administrative support to the
    Field Office.
  • Provide courteous front-line services for the
    Field Office and Send a Cow Uganda and ensure effective operation of the
    switchboard so as to enhance the good image of the Field Office and Send a
    Cow Uganda.
  • The incumbent will set up and maintain a
    filling system for all departments at the Field Office.
  • In charge of tracking communication within
    the Field Office.
  • Assist the Project Coordinator in organizing
    Field Office meetings and take minutes thereof.
  • Support managers and staff to make official
    telephone calls and where applicable respond to communication.
  • Draw up lists and budgets of office supplies
    requirements and submit them to administration.
  • Making follow-ups of the manager’s programmes
    and activities.
  • Typing of reports and other official
    documents for the managers.
  • The incumbent will receive incoming and
    outgoing telephone calls as and when required.
  • Keenly review monthly telephone bill and
    apportion the telephone bill according to users.
  • Receive and attend to visitors whilst they
    await appointments.
  • The incumbent will receive documents, which
    may be delivered to the office, ensuring that these are distributed to the
    respective addressee.
  • Manage the maintenance of the switchboard
    system, notifying the service providers immediately of any problems with
    the telephone lines or with the operating system.
  • Ensure that the reception area and the entire
    office is kept neat and tidy so as to maintain the good image of the
    organisation.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The applicants for the USAID SOCY Project Administrative
    Assistant/Receptionist Job Opportunities should hold Bachelor’s degrees in
    secretarial studies or any related field or an equivalent
  • A minimum of two years’ experience in a
    related field
  • Working knowledge of office switch board
    systems is desirable
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Be a good team player.
  • High degree of flexibility
  • Applicants should also have empathy with Send
    a Cow’s Christian foundation and core values
How to Apply:
All
candidates are encouraged to submit the following documents as they apply:
Send
the completed documents to: applications@sendacow.org
Deadline: 29th April, 2016 by 5PM

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