Job Title: URA Internship
Program (Several No Experience Jobs) Administration and Secretarial support,
Accounting and Finance, Public Relations, Procurement, Auditing. Engineering,
Law, Tax Investigations, Human Resource, Service Management, Statistician,
Economics, Information and communications Technology

Organisation: Uganda
Revenue Authority (URA)

Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda

About URA:

The Uganda Revenue
Authority (URA) was established by the Uganda Revenue Authority Statute of 1991
and set up in September of the same year as a central body for assessment and
collection of specified revenue, to administer and enforce the laws relating to
such revenue and to provide for related matters. This statute incorporated all
the laws that were in force then regarding tax collection. The new organization
(URA) amalgamated the three tax administration departments that were
responsible for all the taxes collected by the Central Government of Uganda.

Job Summary: Uganda Revenue Authority runs an and students
should be pursuing the courses in the Qualifications sections below.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

The applicants for the Internship platform should be students in
these areas;
Accounting and Finance: Accounting is commonly utilized in the collection and support
departments of URA. This is a profession that deals with analyzing,
measurement, disclosure, and provision of financial information that helps
the tax authority in the assessment of taxes and allocation of resources
within the Authority. This may take study programs like Accounting and
Finance and any other business program with specialities in accounting and
finance.

Auditing: This is
a systematic and independent examination of the books of accounts and
other statutory documents to ascertain how far they are a true reflection
of the concern. Auditing is actually a branch of accounting.
Service Management
is a domestic taxes function whose mandate is to provide quick solutions
and relevant tax information to walk with clients especially about their
tax obligations and procedures. This may require all business-related
programs as well as people related courses like social work and Social
Administration, Psychology, and economics.
Human Resource:
This is concerned with talent management within the Authority. Its mandate
is to ensure that the Authority attracts, selects, deploys, develops,
engages and motivates a highly talented workforce to enable the Authority
to meet her strategic objectives through quality people.
Administration and Secretarial support: This cuts across the business areas to
support the business leaders to smoothly execute their mandate. They are
usually the front desk managers of the different offices and stations.
Consideration is given to administrative and secretarial science,
Information management and administration.
Statisticians: The
mandate of the Authority requires a high utilization of data in all
business sectors of the economy for planning and decision making.
Economists: By the
virtue of our mandate to collect revenue collection, it goes without
saying that we advise the government on tax policies and any other matters
of the same relationship. Taxation thrives on the economy and as such the
productive forces that guide economic growth are very relevant the
taxation especially in a bid to ensure that everybody pays his part of the
tax obligation. Study programs like Economics, Quantitative Economics,
Statistics, and Development Economics.
Information and Communications Technology: In a bid to serve the public better,
the Authority has leveraged technology to refine our internal processes
but at the same time provide quick and faster solutions to our clients
Tax Investigations:
This business area covers a multiplicity of professions but its main
mandate is to ensure that all persons that are obliged to pay taxes to pay
what is due to them. They support the authority is providing information
in relation to fraud with intent to avoid tax obligations. Study programs
in Auditing, accounting are relevant to the business area.
Law: The authority
runs an internal law firm with a team of experts in charge of litigation
and prosecution but as well as in charge of policies and rulings. This
gives an avenue to professional lawyers to do an internship in the
business area.
Engineering: The
Authority has an estates section in which a few Engineers both at the
Degree and Diploma levels can seek to do their internship. Study programs
like electrical, civil and construction engineering may be relevant to the
business area.
Procurement: This
business area is intended to ensure that the Authority obtain the goods
and services required for all our operations within the relevant laws of
the county. Procurement related disciplines are relevant to the business
area.
Public Relations:
This business area is intended to enhance the relationship between the
Authority and all our stakeholders including the general public. This is
the mouthpiece of the Authority. Mass communication and other public relations
disciplines.

How to Apply:

All internship
applications going forward will be submitted online and no hand delivered
applications will be accepted.

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