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Job Title:
Assistant Administrative Officer
Employer:
Kenya Ports Authority (KPA)
Location:
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Contract Type:
Full-time
Job Category:
Administrative jobs
Number of Positions:
1
Deadline:
Tuesday, 30 July 2024

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Assistant Administrative Officer job at Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) | Apply Now

Kampala, Uganda

Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) is a statutory body established to manage, operate, and maintain the ports in Kenya, with a mission to provide world-class port services and infrastructure that contribute to the growth and development of the region’s economy. The authority is widely recognized for its excellence in port management and logistics, earning a strong reputation as a key player in facilitating trade and international business in East Africa. KPA fosters a collaborative work culture that prioritizes innovation, efficiency, and continuous professional development, offering employees opportunities to grow within a supportive environment.

Since its establishment in 1978, KPA has evolved into a critical component of Kenya’s transport and logistics sector, expanding its operations across several major ports, including the Port of Mombasa, which is one of the busiest in Africa. Its business model focuses on enhancing port infrastructure, adopting new technologies, and streamlining operations to meet the increasing demands of international trade. With a large and growing workforce, KPA operates across multiple ports and has a far-reaching influence in the region, driving both local and regional trade growth. The company is guided by core values of professionalism, accountability, integrity, and sustainability, and is deeply committed to corporate social responsibility initiatives that focus on environmental conservation, community development, and education. For more information, visit www.kpa.co.ke.

Are you looking for Administrative jobs in Uganda 2024? If yes, then you might be interested in Assistant Administrative Officer job at Kenya Ports Authority (KPA)

Full-time

Deadline: 

30 Jul 2024

Assistant Administrative Officer job at Kenya Ports Authority (KPA)

Kenya Ports Authority (KPA)

Job Description

Duties, Roles and Responsibilities

Qualifications, Education and Competencies

Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) is a Commercial and Strategic State Corporation mandated to maintain, operate, improve and regulate all sea and inland waterway ports in Kenya. KPA aspires to position the Port of Mombasa as a competitive regional hub. The Port of Mombasa is the Gateway to East and Central Africa and is one of the busiest Ports along the East African coastline. The Port provides direct connectivity to over 80 ports worldwide and is linked to a vast hinterland comprising Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Northern Tanzania, Southern Sudan, Somalia, and Ethiopia. To enhance institutional capacity to deliver strategy, KPA is seeking to recruit highly motivated and results oriented individuals to fill the following exciting and challenging positions.

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  • Provide administrative support to the liaison office team

  • Perform reception duties for customers and other visitors meet and greet) and handling customer queries. Coordinate requisition, procurement, storage and esuance of all materials, spares, parts, tools and stationery in the liaison office.

  • Maintain primary electronic and manual records including cash balances, ledgers, vote books electronically and financial regi

  • Monitor and evaluate expenditure budgets to ensure the expenditure is within the approved budget and propares Bucket Actuals Variance report for decision making.

  • Prepass responses in respect of accounting and audit queries that may be raised.

  • Maintains the office imprest accounts, classination, recording and monitoring of expenditures as a basis for budgetary control in the Liaison office.

  • Intes timely replenishment of the imprest to ensure consistent availability of sufficient funds for timely implementation of a wide range of activities under the Liaison office

  • Receipts port charges submitted through the liaison office.

  • Reconciles revenue collections at the liaison office

  • Ensures payment of rent, PAYE, NSSF and other statutory deductions and ensures the medical and car Insurance covers are up to date and general office maintenance

  • Prepares bank reconciliation statements in US Dollars and local currency accounts monthly to ensure comectness of transactions posted

  • Schedules and records meeting proceedings through minutes.

  • Supervises the Liaison office cleaning and the computer equipment maintenance contracts

  • Initiates general office correspondences concoming staff making follow up on staff payroll matters and compiling evidence for performance reviews

  • Implements, monitors and reports on the developed duty rosters (Annual leave and weekly rosters) for the Liaison Office staff

Assistant Administrative Officer job at Kenya Ports Authority (KPA)

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INDUSTRIAL

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RESIDENTIAL

  • Diploma in Business Management, or its recognized equivalent

  • Proficiency in computer applications.

  • Minimum five (5) relevant experience

  • Membership to a relevant professional body

  • Demonstrated competence in work performance,


Skills & competencies

  • Customer focus.

  • Planning skills.

  • Communication and presentation ski

  • Report writing skills.

  • Interpersonal skills.

  • Self-drive and working with minimum supervision.

  • Team player.

  • MIL Creativity and innovativeness

  • Successful candidates in Uganda will be required to satisfy the following requirements: -

  • Certificate of Good Conduct from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations Uganda.

  • Clearance Certificate from the Uganda National Examination Board.

  • Tax Compliance Certificate from the Uganda Revenue Authority (KRA) Clearance from The Inspectorate of Government (IGG) and Report from The Inspectorate of Goverment (GG).

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