Administrative Assistant (No Experience Jobs) – Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP)

Job Title: Administrative Assistant

Organization: Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP)

Duty Station: Mpigi, Uganda

Reports to: Cluster Coordinator

About US:

Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP) is a collaborative bio – medical research and service delivery organization. RHSP strives to improve the quality of life of the local population through a combination of community-based research, curative services and prevention strategies in the districts of South-central Uganda.

Job Summary:  The Administration Assistant should be able to assist management, staff and all visitors to the organization by handling office tasks, providing polite and professional assistance via phone and email, making space reservations for meetings, and generally being a helpful and positive presence in the workplace. He/she will further be responsible for photocopying, binding, laminating etc and take good care of the office machines such as photocopiers, printers, computers among others

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist with all aspects of administrative management, directory maintenance, logistics, equipment inventory and storage
• General office management
• Carrying on clerical work
• Handling official communications
• Management of the program secretarial bureau
• Responsible for maintaining both regulatory and personal files
• Attending meetings and taking minutes
• Make travel arrangements for executives
• Maintain welfare of office and visitors
• Assists in the preparation of activity budgets, expenses and accountability
• Coordinate logistical supplies for the respective offices
• Any other official duties as may be assigned by management

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The ideal candidate must have relevant qualifications, skills and experience

How to Apply:

All interested candidates possessing the above attributes can send their; applications including a cover letter, updated CV with 3 referees, and copies of academic qualifications/certificates, addressed to the HR Manager to jobs@rhsp.org . Kindly indicate the job title in the subject line of the email. Only online applications will be considered.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Any form of lobbying and canvassing will lead to disqualification.

Deadline: Tuesday 4^th August 2020 at 5: 00 pm