Vacancy title:
Senior Human Resource Officer

Jobs at:
National Population Council

Deadline of this Job:
13th April, 2017

Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda

Job details:
Reports to: Director, Finance and Administration
About US:
The National Population Council is mandated to carry-out promotion, co-ordination, Advocacy, Monitoring and Evaluation of the implementation of population programmes and activities in Uganda.

Job Summary: The Senior Human Resource Officer will provide Human Resource Management support to the Secretariat

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
• Responsible for interpreting various aspects of the current personnel policies, rules and regulations;
• Providing staff guidance and counseling;
• The incumbent will implement the institutions recruitment strategy through workforce planning and employment;
• Provide support in the preparation of draft estimates of expenditure and staff proposals;
• Tasked with processing all appointments, confirmation, promotions, dismissals, retirements and transfers for the Secretariat;
• Managing the establishment and staffing control information systems;
• Administering the payroll in liaison with the Accounts Section;
• Coordinating staff appraisals, management development and training programmes;
• Coordinating with all departmental heads on matters of manpower planning, technical and professional training;
• Manage the employee welfare function
• Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
• The applicants should be Ugandan serving officers in possession of qualifications in the following fields: an Honours Bachelor’s Degree in either Human Resource Management or Social Sciences or Social Work and Social Administration or Public Administration and Management or Business Studies/Administration/Commerce (Management/HRM Option) or Arts or Development Studies or Organizational Psychology or Education or any other relevant equivalent qualification with HRM/Personnel Management as one of the course units from a recognized University/Institution plus a minimum of a Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management or Public Administration and Management or Administrative Law from a recognized University/Institution.
• Possession of a Master’s Degree in Human Resource Management or Business Administration (Human Resources Management option) or Public Administration and Management or Development Studies shall be an added advantage.
• He/she should possess the following competencies: Human Resource Management, Records and Information Management skills. effective communication skills. managing employee performance, flexibility skills, ethics and integrity.
• At least five years relevant working experience which should have been served in the field of Human Resource Management of working experience from a reputable organization.
• Age; Above 35 years

Job application procedure
All applications with detailed CV, copies of certificates transcripts and national identity card should be addressed and hand delivered to;

The Director General,
National Population Council,
Statistics House,
P.O. Box 2666,
Kampala Uganda