Job Title: Accounts /Stores Assistant
Organisation: TASO Uganda
Duty Station: Gulu, Uganda
Reports to: Centre Program Manager
About Organisation:
The AIDS Support Organization (TASO Uganda), is an organisation contributing to a process of preventing HIV infection, restoring hope and improving the quality of life of persons, families and communities affected by HIV infection and disease.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Receive all cash and cheques to the Service Centre
- Make payments of approved cash requisitions and cheques
- Make prompt banking for cash and cheques
- Keep safe all cash, cheques and other valuables
- Take stock of cash and other valuables periodically
- Maintain financial records and carry out prompt filing
- Keep petty cash books up to date
- Keep appropriate petty cash levels
- Check all items brought into the store and receive them
- Issue items out of store against properly authorized requisitions
- Regularly update all stock cards and perpetual inventory
- Provide input in maintaining required stock levels
- Keep items in the store in accordance with prescribed health, safety and other standards
- Ensure cleanliness and neatness of stores
- Maintain adequate security in the stores
- Conduct stock taking of stores items on a monthly and quarterly
- Develop payment transaction reports on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis
- Prepare store reports on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis
- Ensure health, safety, and security in your area of operation
- Promote the vision, mission and the values of TASO as expressed in the policies, regulations & guidelines of the Organisation.
- Any other duty assigned by the Immediate supervisor
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Cash and cheques due to TASO received and paid out
- Safe custody of cash, cheques and other valuables ensured
- Cash books updated
- Store items received and issued
- Up to date stock cards and perpetual inventory maintained
- Items kept in store in accordance with set standards
- Report on stores situation and payment transactions
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Minimum Academic Qualifications: Diploma in Accounting, preferably UDBS, Diploma in Accounting & Finance, Accounting Technicians Diploma (ATD) or completed level I of ACCA or CPA.
- Additional Training: Training in Purchasing and Supply or Stores Management Minimum Experience and Exposure: 2 years in a busy Cash Office, store or yard
Special Knowledge
- Management of cash and cheques receipts and payments
- Knowledge of cash-handling regulations
- Secure filing of accounting records
- Purchasing and Supply knowledge
- Stores Management
- Knowledge of storage requirements for the specific items stored
Key Skills
- Book keeping skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Communication skills
- Records management skills
- Hands-on-computer skills
- Other Qualities/Attributes: Highest level of honesty and integrity, Appropriate degree of assertiveness, Speed and accuracy, result and Good Communication Skills.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates who meet all the above requirements are invited to submit their resume, copies of certified academic certificates, testimonials, and three referees, two of whom should be the present employer immediate supervisor or last employer if unemployed, or any other if it is the first employment being applied for. None of the referees should be a relative, friend, or business associate. All referees’ designations should be stated and contact details included i.e. physical address, telephone/ mobile numbers, and email contacts.
All interested Candidates MUST fully fill out the TASO Online Job Application Form, scan and save all the relevant documents as one document (labelled with the candidate’s full names), and forward only online applications with the relevant credentials to the link below.
Note:
- Also, note that only applications received online shall be considered.
- While TASO appreciates all interested applicants, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews. In case you do not hear from TASO Uganda One (01) month after the closing date, please consider yourself unsuccessful.
- Please note that any form of canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification.
Deadline: 26th November 2025
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Level of Education: diploma
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 24