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Executive Assistant to SMT Job at Save the Children International
Save the Children International
Job Description
Join us to lead sustainable change for children:
- Be part of a GLOBAL and DIVERSE technical community
- Get EXPOSURE in many different contexts
- Test and scale up INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS
- Influence policies that affect MILLIONS OF CHILDREN
OVERVIEW
Are you passionate about being an advocate for children? Do you want to use your expertise to bring about lasting change for children and be a part of an inspiring, dynamic global movement?
THE ROLE
The Executive Assistant to Senior Management Team (SMT) offers professional, executive and expert administrative/secretarial support services the SMT and its individual members. The position oversees the daily running of the Kampala office complex, ensuring externally contracted services are providing adequate support. He/she supports the administration of the CO through handling all incoming bills for payments of utilities, residence, telecommunications, etc. The position provides overall support (travel, visa, accommodation, in-country logistics) to international visitors and supports (inter)national conferences/workshops organized by the CO.
The Executive Assistant will also take on any other critical tasks as and when assigned, to facilitate the SMT in delivering their work effectively.
The Executive Assistant to SMT acts as the Child Safeguarding Focal point for the Kampala office.
Sounds interesting? Read more below
Duties, Roles and Responsibilities
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
- Manage the diary and weekly schedule of the SMT and CD for all official duties and visits, coordinating where necessary with staff.
- Offer secretarial services, support and minute-taking for weekly and monthly SMT meetings, as well as quarterly ESMT meetings.
- Ensures write up and correction of all official correspondences to be signed by the CD, ensuring accuracy of content, spelling, general presentation and brand compliance.
- Handle all bills for payments to include, telephone, garbage collection, water, electricity, residence bills, among others.
- Maintain and update information on Save the Children visitors, ensure they are adequately supported in travel, pre-departure information, accommodation, visa and logistics and update staff as necessary.
- Provides day to day supervision of the externally contracted team of office cleaners and oversees other externally contracted services when required.
- Ensure full time availability of office consumables and cleaning supplies for the Kampala country office and monitor to ensure timely replenishment.
- Assist the SMT, especially the CD in organizing their administrative workload, recommending items to be dealt with in order of priority, and ensuring timely responses within required timelines.
- Handle all confidential correspondence with discretion and confidentiality.
- Ensure the maintenance of clear and effective filing, records, and other systems for key correspondences.
- Maintain a high degree of confidentiality regarding any SMT information accessed by virtue of this position.
- Timely prepare and process the monthly prepaid airtime and CUG for all staff.
- Coordinate and support effective planning for SMT travels, accommodation and transport (both vehicles and flights).
- Support in processing per Diems (in/out of the country) and any other claims for the SMT members and expatriate staff.
- Provide support to expatriates for their temporary accommodation and permanent residence dentification and maintenance.
- Prepare/review corporate agreements for tenancies, amongst others.
Qualifications, Education and Competencies
See all details of the qualifications, competencies and education for this role under the "How to Apply" section below.
Application Information:
Please apply using a cover letter and up-to-date CV as a single document not exceeding 5mbs to https://hcri.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com. Please also include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations.
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
Application closes on March 7, 2026, at midnight Uganda time.
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