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Job Title: Project Coordinator
Employer: MRC/UVRI
Location: Entebbe, Uganda
Duties:
Provide full, effective and proactive administrative support
Build and maintain relationships internally and externally and provide a focal point; including ensuring effective cross project communications.
Work in liaison with senior Unit colleagues and MRC Management to make sure key deadlines are kept
Manage any other support activities
Actively contribute towards the work of the project by co-ordinating and managing meeting arrangements, including diary dates, meeting papers and minute taking, administrative duties, and other ad hoc tasks.
Act as the first point of contact for correspondence, queries, prioritise activities in order to effectively manage internal and external meeting scheduling and organisation, long term commitments, deadlines and visits.
Attend meetings to record the minutes and actions and ensure that meeting arrangements are satisfactory.
Ensure any relevant actions are followed up and feedback is provided to relevant colleagues
In charge of updating key project information e.g risk, issue, decision logs: adhering to the MRC standards of record keeping and management.
Education:
The applicant should have experience of minuting meetings and maintaining action logs
Experience
Previous experience of working in an office, using the full range of Microsoft products (including Project) to co-ordinate meeting dates and manage meetings
Prior exposure and experience working in the public sector or in higher education
Experience of working or running a Project Management Office
Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills
Good document management skills
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates should send their application letters, curriculum vitae including names, email addresses and telephone contact details of three (3) referees and copies of academic qualifications should be emailed to: recruitment@mrcuganda.org. Please quote the Position Title in the subject line.
Deadline: 30th July 2017
