Summary
Date Posted: 11th January 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full-Time , Currency: Ush

JOB DETAILS:
Uganda Tourism Board (UTB), a statutory organization established by Uganda Tourism Board Statute of 1994 and reconstituted in the Tourism Act 2008 Statutory objectives of UTB:
• To promote and contribute to the Development of Tourism sector both within and outside of Uganda.
• To coordinate with the Ministry responsible for Tourism and the private sector in the implementation of the National Tourism policy.
• Carry out any other activities as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the two objectives specifi ed above.
UTB an equal opportunity employer seeks to recruit suitably qualifi ed and competent Ugandan professionals to fi ll the following position;
JOB TITLE: Marketing Officer, Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Events (MICE)
DEPARTMENT: Marketing
DUTY STATION: UTB Headquarters
SALARY SCALE: UTB T5
REPORTS TO: Senior Marketing Officcer
OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE JOB:
To develop, implement, track and optimize Uganda’s Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Events (MICE) tourism strategy, marketing campaigns including its strategic direction and performance measurement.
Detailed Duties and responsibilities
• Responsible for high-level contact between public sector institutions, private sector stakeholders.
• Building partnerships with private sector tourism stakeholders and embraces key strategic initiatives that will help drive bidding and sales activities towards achieving MICE tourism targets.
• Develops and implements an aggressive pro-active bidding agenda.
• Develops a key strategic initiative that creates and delivers a potent internationally recognized MICE destination image / brand for Uganda, and the communication of that brand supported with appropriate collateral for marketing and sales promotion.
• Plays an important role in growing and supporting existing MICE product, providing leadership in the development of new products and services; identifying destination industry sector strengths and creating new MICE business opportunities.
• Targeting high-yielding source markets through sales tactics Creating and communicating a brand of distinction for Uganda’s MICE.
• Participate in client site inspection visits and familiarization tours.
• Performs any other duties assigned by the superiors from time to time.
PERSONS SPECIFICATIONS
(i) QUALIFICATIONS:
• Honors bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communication, Management Tourism, OR Leisure/ Hotel and Hospitality Management or the equivalent.
• A Master’s degree in preferably Marketing, or any of the above fi elds.
(iii) EXPERIENCE:
He/she should be a Ugandan with at least three years’ experience as a MICE marketing executive of a busy and successful and reputable organization.
COMPETENCES:
• Interest and understanding of the tourism and marketing fi elds.
• Self-starter, results driven and commercially aware.
• Innovative and creative.
The details of this job advert are on the UTB website:
visituganda.com

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Job application procedure
Interested and eligible Ugandans who meet the above requirements are invited apply.
Application with detailed CVs (with email, telephone contact and postal address), plus copies of all academic certifi cates and transcripts, testimonials, copy of valid identity card, contact details (telephone, postal and email addresses) of the three competent referees should be sent by courier or hand delivered to the address below latest 5:00pm Friday 15th February 2019
The Chief Executive Officer
Uganda Tourism Board
Plot 42, Rotary Avenue, (Lugogo Bypass)
P.O. BOX 7211
KAMPALA
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Any form of lobbying will lead to automatic disqualification.