VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Umuhuza is a Non-Governmental Organization established in 2005 and was registered by the Rwanda Governance Board in 2013. The organization has worked with the aim to foster a culture of peace through education focusing on positive parenting with the goal to promote improved childhood development and to create peaceful citizens. Umuhuza is assigned the legal personality by the recognized no. 104/2014 as published in the official gazette no. 50 bis of 15/12/2014.

Whereas in the initial stages, the organization focused on peace education and family literacy as the main program areas. Overtime, as a result of the lessons learnt, the organization has also expanded her programming to areas such as economic empowerment and protection of the vulnerable with a focus on women and children.

Umuhuza NGO seeks to hire qualified, committed, and experienced staff available to start immediately to fill the following position below;

Main Function:

The Administrative Assistant will be responsible for maintaining the general office administration, HR and logistics, ensuring that all guidelines, procedures and routines of Umuhuza in the areas of admin, HR, and logistics are followed so as to provide effective support for all of Umuhuza’s programme activities.

Essential Qualifications & Experience 

• Bachelor’s degree in secretarial sciences, administration, communication, or a related field.
• At least 3 years’ experience in administration, experience in support functions to HR and procurement and logistics. Working for national and/or international NGOs is an added advantage
• Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint;
• High level of both spoken and written Kinyarwanda and English, knowledge of French is an added advantage.
• Strong social and communication skills, flexibility and a positive attitude;
• Willingness to work within a team on diverse tasks and activities;
• Commitment to the organisation’s mission and goals.