Country: Uganda
Closing date: 29 Jun 2018
Founded in 2008, The Water Trust has a ten-year track record in western Uganda helping more than 150,000 people enjoy improved access to water, sanitation, and hygiene. Recently, The Water Trust has pioneered an innovative approach to empowering rural communities to address the critical challenge of water point sustainability while transforming community hygiene and sanitation norms. This approach carefully adapts and sequences savings groups into a holistic WASH program to produce healthy, resilient, and empowered rural communities. We aim to scale this approach to more than 200,000 people in western Uganda over the next several years, while partnering with government and peer organizations to adapt and scale our model across East Africa.
As we look to grow, we are seeking a Project Assistant to backstop our senior management team across functional areas. This temporary position is for three months with the possibility to extend to six months by mutual agreement. This position is ideal for someone who can provide strong support while learning firsthand how a growing water and sanitation nonprofit operates.
Responsibilities include:
- Track project plans, tasks, and regularly check compliance of activities with plans and TWT policies.
- Support managers with regular reminders of policy and project plans and requirements to support timely completion and updates.
- Provide administrative and clerical support to senior management team as needed (e.g, taking meeting minutes, procuring supplies, arranging travel, etc.)
- Undertake and support special projects (such as migration of data to a new platform, evaluating a new software, creating training materials for staff, etc.)
- Assist in the the preparation of presentations, reports, and other materials
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree, master’s degree (in progress or completed) preferred
- Excellent technology proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Microsoft Excel
- Strong interpersonal skills and capacity to work across cultures
- Excellent self-management and organizational skills
- Clear communicator with good writing skills
- A “no task is too small nor too big” mentality
- Preferably experience with photo and video editing software, or statistical software
- Intellectually curious
- Passionate about our mission
Location: Kampala with regular travel to Masindi and Kiryandongo (business expenses covered.)
Compensation: 1M gross UGX/month. No additional benefits.
Term: 3 months (possibility for renewal)
Approval to work in the country or status as a resident required. If not authorized, volunteer opportunities may be available with business expenses covered.
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