Overview

Title : HR & Administrative Assistant

Reports to : Tax and Accounting Manager

Duty station : Jinja

Available number of positions : 2

Deadline of application : 31 January 2021

About us:

WASSHA Africa Uganda Ltd is a fast-growing start-up solar energy company in Uganda offering alternative energy solutions to people who have no or limited access to power. We empower them by offering affordable and clean energy service to enhance their businesses and/or improve their standards of living.

Our company vision is “Unlock Humankind’s Limitation” and aim to change what was “unable” to “able”.

We are part of the WASSHA group with presence in Japan, Tanzania and with expansion prospects to several countries in Africa. We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to achieve the vision together.

Responsibilities & Duties: 

• Overseeing and supporting all office administrative duties to ensure smooth operations

• Assisting with the administrative tasks related with WASSHA’s human resource function

• Ensuring that the independent consultants including field workers are well taken care of, and their disbursements are raised and approved on time to avoid any delays

• Obtaining necessary information from operational level new staff, printing out their contracts and making sure they are fully signed, stamped, scanned and shared with the Tax & Accounting Manager

• Performing receptionist duties such as welcoming and screening visitors

• Coordinating logistics including but not limited to: scheduling, travel arrangements and hotel bookings, for the staff and visitors related to trainings and meetings

• Proactively managing office supplies, requisitioning when deemed necessary and generally managing the office budget

• Managing the cleaning staff to ensure a high standard of hygiene is maintained at the office premises all times

• Receiving and managing the hard copies of signed documentation and electronically filing them

• Be proactive and responsive in performing any other duties and responsibilities as assigned by Tax and Accounting Manager
  

Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in any field

• 2 year working experience

• Excellent interpersonal skills

• Excellent written and spoken communication skills in English; 

• Good IT skills including, but not limited to, Outlook, MS Word and MS Excel 

• Ability to work quickly and effectively under pressure

• A team player towards the common vision of the company

• Be honest, disciplined and with integrity

How to apply:

• Send CV, Application Letter and academic transcripts, CIPS certificate in PDF to recruitug@tz.wassha.com not later than 31st January 2021 at 18:00 (EAT)

• Prompt applicants will be contacted first

• Ensure to indicate the JOB TITLE in the SUBJECT HEAD of the email.