Job Title: Declaration Officer
Organization: HRM Connection
Ltd
Ltd
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Uganda
About US:
HRM Connection Ltd has been serving a wide variety of industries as a
human resource advisor, consultant, and on-site human resources department
since 2010. They are recruiting for a valuable client.
human resource advisor, consultant, and on-site human resources department
since 2010. They are recruiting for a valuable client.
Job Summary: The Declaration
Officer will accurately prepare and process error free customs entries on
behalf of the company within the laid down legal and statutory requirements for
the customs clearance procedure.
Officer will accurately prepare and process error free customs entries on
behalf of the company within the laid down legal and statutory requirements for
the customs clearance procedure.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
- Promptly procure customers’ manifests from
the airline handling centers for airfreight and the shipping lines for sea
freight through the Client Services department, Mombasa Operations Team or
any other source as applicable. - Compare and ensure manifested details
tally with the shipping documents - Ensure stock of bonds are managed and
tallied effectively and cancellation monitored daily. - Ensure the Customs entries are prepared
with Zero errors - Prepare and make declarations of customs
entries within agreed service levels - Promptly communicate discrepancies/ issues
to Operations Manager when necessary - Ensure data has been entered accurately
into the Asycuda system - Ensure taxes payables have been captured
correctly - Follow up and ensure taxes have been
prompt paid - Monitor and ensure entries have been
processed at the Document Processing Centre once payment has been made - Perform quality assurance on work
processed - Identify and escalate recurring or
consistent problems with systems functionality - Regularly provide advice to Clients,
Client Services team on Tax estimates as per the KPIs - Effectively handle all issues arising from
disputes over tariff and valuation at any stage of clearance - Maintain professional working relationship
with internal and external customers and colleagues. - Ensure departmental and individual
objectives are achieved - Plan, schedule and actively participate in
departmental meetings - Establish, prioritize and present
departmental action plans for meeting - Effectively liaise with Stakeholders,
Clients, Customs, URA, Shipping lines and staff from same and other
departments to ensure accurate entry and procedures - Effectively handle customer queries and
disputes and proactively follow through to resolution - Promptly investigate and resolve
customers’ complaints and escalate if appropriate to the Operations
Manager. - Establish and process the required permits
as required - Provide advice to clients on the required
permits and processes - Any other duty as assigned.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
Experience:
- The applicant must hold a Certificate or
Diploma in clearing and forwarding - Training and certification in the Asycuda
System - A minimum of two to three years’
experience with Ugandan customs clearance process and requirements. - Experience in Transit clearance and
forwarding - Excellent Interpersonal skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Information management skills
- Attention to detail
- Must be Ugandan
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested Ugandan candidates should send their
updated CVs to [email protected].
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
updated CVs to [email protected].
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Deadline: 6th October 2017
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