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Job Title:  Operations Officer (Fresher Jobs)  

Organisation: VVOB International

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

About the Company:

VVOB is an international NGO with Programmes and projects in 10 countries worldwide. Our head office is based in Brussels, Belgium. When you join VVOB, you become a key player in VVOB’s mission to ensure quality education as a key enabler for achieving the sustainable development goals. We implement our programmes and projects with one shared passion: to ensure the improvement of quality education. Our teams of national and international experts achieve this by providing technical assistance to governmental and other education actors. In doing so, worldwide we ensure capacity building of governmental and other education actors.

Job Summary:  We are looking for an Operations Officer who will operate from our country office in Kampala Uganda. The Operations Officer will take initiative whenever necessary to provide quality financial, administrative, and logistical support to the VVOB projects and team

As an Operations Officer take initiative whenever necessary to provide quality financial, administrative, and logistical support to the VVOB projects and team.

The Operations Officer reports to the Operations Manager. You are part of and work closely together with members of the operations team in your country. Furthermore, you work closely together with the other departments in your country.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide administrative and logistical support to the projects, including travel arrangements, arranging meeting venues and other related tasks and you indicate areas for improvement where relevant.
• Ensure good office management, including managing office supplies, database management, arranging messenger services and other related tasks and you indicate areas for improvement where relevant.
• Provide financial support to the projects, including bookkeeping, reporting, procurement implementation and other related tasks and you indicate areas for improvement where relevant.
• Support in the financial, logistical, and administrative capacity building of partners.
• Provide where relevant HR, Communication or M&E support to the projects.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Office Administration or related field or equivalent experience
• Experience in a similar position, preferably in the non-profit sector
• Excellent computer skills in MS office
• Fluent in English both verbal and written

Matching competences

VVOB core competences:

• Results and goal oriented
• Lifelong learning and improvement
• Cooperation within a team and with other stakeholders
• Function specific competencies:
• Reliability
• Accuracy
• Planning and organisation
• Communication Skills
• Problem Analysis & Judgement

How to Apply:

All candidates should upload their motivation letters detailing your match with the profile as well as your motivation behind applying for the vacancy and a detailed CV. Please use the webform to apply for this vacancy at the link below.

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Deadline: 22nd September 2024

NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be invited for a written test (home assignment), and selected candidates will be invited for a face-to-face interview. Reference checks will be conducted before a final offer of employment.

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