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Job Summary

Job Title:
Administrative Assistant
Employer:
Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)
Location:
Country:
Uganda
Contract Type:
Full Time
Job Category:
Administrative jobs
Number of Positions:
1
Deadline:
Sunday, 19 January 2025

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About the Organisation

Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) is an independently governed institute within the College of Health Sciences at Makerere University and has the mission “To strengthen health systems in Africa, with a strong emphasis on infectious diseases, through research and capacity development.” IDI has operations across Uganda as well as in a number of other African countries and has a staffing of over 1,000 managing multiple projects in research, clinical services, public health and training.

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Kampala, Uganda

The Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) is a Ugandan not-for-profit organization whose mission is to strengthen health systems in Africa, with strong emphasis on infectious diseases, through research and capacity development. IDI has six operational areas through which it works to achieve its mission: Prevention, Care and Treatment; Training, Research, Laboratory services (including the CAP-certified IDI Core Lab & Translational Lab), Global Health Security and Health System Strengthening.

Are you looking for Administrative jobs in Uganda 2025 today? then you might be interested in Administrative Assistant job at Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)

Full Time

Deadline: 

19 Jan 2025

Job Title

Administrative Assistant job at Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)

Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)

Job Description

Job Title:  Administrative Assistant (1) (No Experience NGO Jobs)

Organisation: Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Study Coordinator

The ENCORE study is a multisite study that is evaluating the effect of an enhanced package of care for advanced HIV disease

Duties, Roles and Responsibilities

Qualifications, Education and Competencies

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Deadline: 19th January 2025

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How to Apply

  • Administer agreements and contracts with multiple partners; this may include negotiating term contracts for project-related services (e.g. transportation services, patient care logistics etc)

  • Ensure the procurement, shipping, storage and installation of project related goods and materials (working with relevant IDI staff, through the IDI procurement system)

  • Assist in project financial management:

  • Maintain appropriate documentation of project financial management policies and procedures as well as project transactions

  • Support budget preparation and monitoring

  • Provide monthly and quarterly expenditure forecasts, especially petty cash floats.

  • Support timely expenditure approval and payment processing

  • Ensure that appropriate expenditure documentation and information is transmitted to the finance department on a timely basis.

  • Assist in preparation of reports for internal and external use; assist in meeting reporting obligations to study principal investigators and sponsors.

  • Support the communication and resolution of staff related administrative requirement between study staff and the other IDI departments, these include annual renewal of practicing licenses, contract renewal, queries with staff enumeration etc

  • Coordinate all project logistics including procurement, transportation, shipping , storage and maintenance.

  • Administer agreements and contracts with multiple partners including project service providers

  • Support the submission of study related regulatory documentation and liase with the various regulatory bodies to attain the required approvals.

  • Other duties as may reasonably be assigned

  • Handling meetings and follow up of Action points

  • Ensure timely procurement of supplies

  • Ensure that all sites have

Administrative Assistant job at Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)

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INDUSTRIAL

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Academic Qualifications

  • Bachelors in social works, BBA or any related field


Person Specification

  • Bachelor degree in any relevant field

  • Self-driven

  • Good organisation skills


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