Executive Secretary Employment Opportunity – Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board (UBTEB)



Job Title:     Executive Secretary
Organisation: Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board
(UBTEB)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Board Chairperson
Ref: UBTEB/HRM/001/03/2016
About US:
Uganda
Business and Technical Examinations Board (UBTEB) is one of the national
Examinations Boards in Uganda whose mandate is to streamline, regulate,
coordinate and conduct credible examinations and award Certificates and
Diplomas in the Business, Technical and Vocational professions. The Board
therefore conducts Business, Technical and Vocational examinations, including
Applied Science specialties such as Biological Sciences (Agricultural,
Fisheries, Wildlife, Forestry, Bee keeping and other related fields), Physical
Sciences (Meteorology, Surveys and Land Management, and other related fields),
Cooperative, Social Development, Hotel, Catering and Tourism.
Job Summary: The Executive Secretary will provide day-to-day
financial, overall operational, managerial and administrative support to the
Board.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • The jobholder should be the Chief Executive
    and Accounting Officer responsible to the Board;
  • The incumbent will be in charge of recording
    proceedings of the meetings of the Board and its Committees;
  • Provide advice to the Board on examinations
    and awards policy, implementation, monitoring and evaluation;
  • Develop and recommend to the Board the rules
    and regulations on the conduct of examinations;
  • Develop, recommend and issue technical and
    administrative guidelines to staff for implementation;
  • In charge of the development of human
    resource policies for UBTEB
  • Responsible for strategic planning and
    resource mobilization for the Board
  • The incumbent will recommend to the Board
    persons for appointment, confirmation and/or disciplinary action;
  • The jobholder will be the Chief custodian of
    the Board’s seal and resources;
  • Responsible for safety and security of
    examinations data bases, results, certificates, diplomas, and transcripts;
  • The incumbent will commission research
    studies for purposes of improving performance of examinations, and develop
    strategies for meeting the competitiveness of awards;
  • Responsible for safety and security of
    examinations data bases, results, certificates, diplomas and transcripts;
  • Commission research studies for purposes of
    improving performance of examinations;
  • Keep sequential record of examinations and
    its processes i.e. examinations database and results;
  • Prepare and send timely feedback of
    examinations and update to institutions on current examination policies
    and techniques;
  • The incumbent will develop strategies for
    meeting the competitiveness of quality awards;
  • Convene top management and prepare for local
    and international meetings of the Board;
  • Exercise the powers of the Board when the
    Board is not sitting subject to the final approval of the Board;
  • Perform any other such duties as necessary to
    achieve the objectives of the Board.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The ideal candidate should hold an honours
    Bachelor’s Degree in Education or in a field examinable by the Board from
    a recognised institution.
  • Possession of a Master’s degree in Business
    field or Technical or any other related field examinable by the Board from
    a recognised institution.
  • Possession of Post graduate qualification in
    Education; or a postgraduate qualification in Administration/Management will
    be an added advantage.
  • A minimum of ten years’ experience, seven (7)
    of which at senior management level and three (3) in managing
    examinations.
  • Previous exposure and experience in setting,
    moderating, and marking written technical, practical and applied
    knowledge/theoretical examinations
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Good creativity and innovative skills
  • Excellent supervisory abilities
  • Proven administrative skills with ability to
    make quick decisions
  • Mental alertness with high powers of observation
    and inquisitiveness
  • Ability to build strong and be able to work
    in teams
  • Sound coaching skills with ability to build
    strong Institutions
  • Critical thinking and high analytical skills
  • Ability to work independently
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • High level of integrity and professionalism
  • Computer literacy skills
  • Age: Between 40-55 years.
How to Apply: 
All
suitably qualified and interested candidates hand deliver three sets of
handwritten applications with detailed CVs and photocopies of academic
certificates, testimonials, transcripts and/or result slips; three (3) most
recent and clear passport size photographs, names and addresses of two
referees, a letter of recommendation from the current or most recent employer,
telephone contacts and emails of both the applicant and the referees. The Job
title and Ref. No. should be clearly written on the top left corner of the
envelope. The documents should be submitted in sealed envelopes to the address
indicated below;
The
Executive Secretary,
Uganda
Business and Technical Examinations Board,
Plot
7 Valley Drive, Ntinda,
P.
O. Box 1499, Kampala – Uganda.
Deadline: 31st March 2016
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