Job Title: Community Service Officer (25 Fresh Graduate Jobs)
Organisation: Ministry of Internal Affairs
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Senior Community Service Officer
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
The incumbent will be responsible to the Senior Community Service Officer for performing the following duties:-
- Identifying possible offenders for Community Service Orders;
- Carrying out pre-sentence inquiries to provide Courts of Law with the relevant information to guide sentencing decisions;
- Inducting offenders about community service orders so as to ensure that they understand their responsibilities and obligations;
- Identifying placement institutions and seeking out opportunities for work projects that can enhance rehabilitation;
- Assessing suitability for institution or project placement and matching offender skills to an appropriate institution or project;
- Following up offenders both at placement institutions and home so as to enhance compliance and providing psychosocial support during and after sentence to foster the reintegration and rehabilitation process;
- Taking appropriate and timely enforcement action where an offender fails to comply with the requirements of the order;
- Conducting reconciliation between the offender, victim and the community;
- Making appropriate referrals to address offender-specific needs;
- Conducting training for key stakeholders;
- Providing technical support to stakeholders;
- Compiling and updating case management documentation;
- Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Applicants should be Ugandans in possession of an Honours Bachelor’s Degree in Law; or Social Work and Social Administration; or Social Sciences; or Development Studies from a recognized University/ Institution.
- Ethics and integrity;
- Good interpersonal, communication and computer skills;
- Proven ability to adapt to multi-cultural settings;
- Highly effective organizational and planning skills;
- Good time management skills;
- Good technical skills;
- Excellent report writing skills;
- Good negotiation skills;
- Capacity for teamwork;
- High degree of innovation and concern for results, quality and standards.
How to Apply:
Applications are invited from suitably qualified Ugandans to fill the vacant posts currently available in Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies.
Applicants are advised to: –
- Apply ONLINE;
- Scan, attach and submit on-line recent passport size photograph and relevant documents (O’ Level, A’ Level, Degree Transcript and Certificate only);
- Each attachment must not exceed a limit of 1MB and only portable documents format (PDF) is allowed;
Application Process:
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- Click on Jobs then Advertised Jobs in the menu. Select the Advert to view the jobs therein.
- Click on the job from the list of advertised jobs.
- View the job details and click apply.
- Review your application and submit.
- You can only apply for a maximum of two (2) posts.
Deadline: 24th January 2022
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