Job Title: Parish Supervisor (One per Parish, countrywide)
Employer: Electoral Commission
Duty Station: Countrywide
Application Deadline: 7th December, 2013.
Job Description
Terms: Contract
Remuneration: Attractive and competitive
Key Responsibilities:
- Administering all Electoral activities in the Parish.
- Conducting voter education in the Parish.
- Issuing out voter identification cards.
- Updating the voters’ register.
- Mobilizing people to turn up for registration and to check their particulars during the display exercise.
- Responsible for the supervision of nominations, campaigns and polling day activities.
- Making election activity reports to the
Other responsibilities:
- Maintaining Electoral Commission equipment.
- Recruiting and training registration, display and polling day officials.
- Assisting in mobilizing voters during electoralactivities.
- Ensuring that materials reach polling stations in time and equipping polling stations.
- Conducting publicity of electoral activities.
- Providing information and statistics on voter registration, voting and elections.
- Supervising electoral activities.
Person specification:
- High moral character and proven integrity.
- Should be resident in the Parish for at-least five (5) years.
- Should have demonstrable experience in handling Public Affairs.
- Should be a registered voter.
- Should have a crime-free record (attach Police report).
- Possession of Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) or its equivalent will be an added advantage.
Preferred skills and experience
- Ability to command respect.
- Considerable knowledge and exposure to the challenges involved in electoral activities.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and team-work skills.
- Capacity to work with senior personalities in different occupations.
- Analytical and problem solving skills.
- Past or current experience in teaching or community mobilization.
- Ability to train.
- Ability to work under tight deadlines.
How to Apply
Application procedure: Application forms can be picked from the offices of the respective District Registrars/Returning Officers. They can also be downloaded from the Electoral Commission website at www.ec.or.ug. Duly filled application forms should be returned to the office of the District Registrar/Returning Officer not later than Saturday, 7th December, 2013. The date for conducting interviews will be communicated to you through the office of the District Registrar/Returning Officer and through announcements on local radios. A short-list of candidates to appear for interviews will be pinned at the office of the District Registrar/ Returning Officer in your district. Successful candidates will be informed through the same office and will be issued appointment letters. Copies of academic certificates, a comprehensive CV with 2 referees and day time telephone contact, and two passport size photos should be attached to the application form.