Thursday 10 May 2012

Secretaries Jobs at The National Council for Higher Education


Job Title: Secretaries

About this Job:
The National Council for Higher Education was established under “The Universities and Other Tertiary Institutions Act, 2001″ for (a) regulating and guiding the establishment and management of Institutions of higher learning and (b) regulating the quality of higher education, equating of qualifications and for advising government on higher education issues.
The following positions are available at the National Council for Higher Education. All the positions are for a three-year contract, renewal on good performance and on mutual agreement.

Position 2: Secretaries (2 Posts)

Duties
(i) Provide administrative and secretarial support to staff, including special projects, office workflow, appointments, correspondence, manuscripts, grant proposals, budgets, data compilation and records control. May perform duties of a sensitive and confidential nature;
(ii) Coordinate special projects and events, office activities and committee meeting;
(iii) Maintain calendar, schedules appointments and meeting rooms;
(iv) Prepare manuscripts, grant proposals, statistical reports, tables, and charts;
(v) Locate and compile information and formats reports, graphs, tables, records and other courses of information;
(vi) Maintain records through filings, retrieval, retention, storage, compilation, coding, updating and destruction;
(vii) Any other assignment by the Executive Director.

Requirement:
Qualifications
(i) A bachelors degree from a recognized university is preferable but candidates with work experience of ten years or over with “A” or “O” level and secretarial qualifications will be considered;
(ii) High Computer literacy levels in secretarial studies.
(iii) Very good typing/inputting speed of at least 80 w.p.m;
(iv) Five years work experience in a credible organization;
(v) Good shorthand and dictation note taking skills.

How to apply:
For all positions:
(i) Remuneration
The National Council for Higher Education pays an attractive consolidated package comparable to those of other statutory agencies.
(ii) Submission
Interested persons should personally deliver an application with all the necessary attachments of photocopies of certificates, awards, transcripts, names of three references, email and telephone contact numbers to the address below. Indicate on envelope the position applied for. Closing date is 21st May 2012.
The Executive Director
National Council for Higher Education
34 Cavers Crescent
P. O. Box 76 KYAMBOGO