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Job Title:         Accounts Assistant
Organisation: Ministry of
Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF)
Duty Station: Entebbe,
Uganda
Reports to: Commissioner
Agricultural Investment and Enterprise Development
About Us:
The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries established
an Agricultural Investment Unit under the Department of Agricultural Investment
and Enterprise Development. The major objective of the Unit is to assist in
coordinating and promoting agribusiness, with emphasis on value addition and
act as an initiative to link and create synergies between MAAIF (Public Policy
/ Regulation), the Private Sector and Development Partners on issues of
promoting agribusiness and value addition.
Job Summary: The Accounts
Assistant will support the Commissioner Agricultural Investment and Enterprise
Development and the Principal Accountant-MAAIF in overseeing the unit’s day to
day finances.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:  
  • Maintain the Vote Book through entering
    requisitions under respective items.
  • The incumbent will make a follow up of
    requisitions for the Agricultural Investment Unit.
  • Prepare the payroll for all staff under
    the Agricultural Investment Unit.
  • Follow-up on advances for the Unit and
    ascertain that they are accounted for.
  • Keep regular basic accounting records.
  • In charge of the submission of
    accountability and co-ordination of any public audit exercises.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience: 
  • The applicant for the Accounts Assistant
    job opportunity should hold a diploma in Accounts or Finance Management.
  • Possession of professional accounting
    qualifications are an added advantage.
  • A minimum of three years’ working
    experience as an Accounts Assistant from a recognized institution
  • Knowledge
    of the Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS)
  • Knowledge
    in financial / accounting procedures of Government of Uganda programmes /
    projects;
  • Computer
    literacy and be proficiency in Microsoft Office;
  • Good
    financial management and budgeting skills;
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
  • Good
    planning skills;
  • Team
    work;
  • Proactive
    with the ability to work with minimum supervision;
  • Ability
    to prepare and interpret financial statements and books of accounts;
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested Ugandans are encouraged to send a
filled Application Form/ Public Service Form 3 (2008), download here, in triplicate and
attach certified copies of academic documents and submit to the Permanent
Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, P.O. Box
102, Entebbe, Open Registry, Uganda
NB: Applicants
subsequently shortlisted for oral interviews and their names displayed on the
Ministry website or on the MAAIF Notice Board, shall be required to present
certified copies and originals of their academic transcripts and certificates
at the time of sitting the oral interviews. Applicants who shall not hear from
the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, on completion of
the selection exercise should consider themselves as unsuccessful.
Deadline: 3rd March
2017

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