East Africa Community Jobs Vacancies and Opportunities

Job Title: ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT (REF: CAS/HR/2010/004) - READVERTISEMENT
Grade: General Staff Category (G4)
Reports to: Principal Human Resources and Administrative Officer
Duty Station: CASSOA Headquarters Entebbe, Uganda covering the EAC
Partner States of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and
Tanzania
Main Purpose of the Job:
To provide secretarial and administrative services to ensure effective office management
Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Provide secretarial and administrative support services.
2. Maintaining office diaries, protocols and travel arrangements for the Agency.
3. Avail documents, briefing papers, reports and presentations necessary for meetings
or assignments.
4. Organising meetings and ensuring concerned officers/stakeholders are informed.
5. Devising and maintaining office systems, including data management, filing and
records system.
6. Attending to enquiries and correspondence and screening information handling them
as appropriate;
7. Receiving and directing customers/visitors accordingly.
8. Ensure security of office records, documents and equipment.
9. Carrying out specific research as assigned by the assigned manager/officer.
10. Perform any other related duties as may be required by the management.
Qualifications and Experience
A Diploma in Secretarial studies or equivalent with typing speed of at least 100wpm. A
minimum relevant experience of 7 years. A diploma in Business Management will be an
added advantage.
Skills and Competencies:
2
Good interpersonal and communication skills and proven integrity. Proficiency in the use of
office suite and desktop publishing tools.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE:
This is an established position within the CASSOA structure which has a tenable contract
term of five (5) years renewable upon satisfactory performance.
SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFITS:
The established positions offer a competitive salary and attractive fringe benefits including
house allowance, transport allowance, medical and insurance cover.
HOW TO APPLY:
Interested candidates should submit their applications together with curriculum vitae, copies
of both academic and professional certificates and testimonials, one recent passport sized
photograph, names and addresses of three referees, and day time telephone/cell phone
numbers, quoting the reference number of the position applied for by registered mail,
courier, or as attachments to an email (all attachments should be in Acrobat organised
in a zipped folder labeled with your name) and dispatched to:
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,
EAC CASSOA
P O BOX 873,
PLOT 41/43 CIRCULAR ROAD,
ENTEBBE,
UGANDA.
Email: recruitment@cassoa.org
TO REACH EAC CASSOA OFFICES BY FRIDAY 31ST DECEMBER 2010. PLEASE DO
NOT SEND YOUR APPLICATION VIA MULTIPLE ROUTES. APPLICATIONS RECEIVED
AFTER THE DEADLINE OR WITH ATTACHMENTS NOT IN REQUIRED FORMAT WILL
NOT BE CONSIDERED. CANVASSING WILL LEAD TO AUTOMATIC
DISQUALIFICATION.
The East African Community Civil Aviation Safety and Security Oversight Agency is an
equal opportunity employer; therefore female candidates are particularly encouraged to
apply. CASSOA will only respond to those candidates who are shortlisted.