Announcement Number: Kampala-2024-058
Position Title: EFM Political/Economic Management Assistant (Office Management Assistant)
Opening Period: 12/04/2024 – 01/03/2025
Series/Grade: FP-08
Salary: USD 37,896 (Actual FS wage decided by Washington D.C.)
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For More Info: KampalaHREFMServices@state.gov
Who May Apply: Current Employees of the Mission – U.S. Citizen Eligible Family Members (USEFMs); Eligible Family Members (EFMs) or dependents of U.S. Personal Services Contract (USPSC) who’re assigned beneath COM – All Agencies
Security Clearance Required: Secret safety clearance.
Duration Appointment: FMA to not exceed 5 years.
Marketing Statement: We encourage you to learn and perceive the Eight (8) Qualities of Overseas Employees earlier than you apply ( )
Summary: The U.S. Mission in Uganda is in search of eligible and certified candidates for the place of Political/Economic Management Assistant.
The work schedule for this place is: Part-time, 30 hours per week.
Start date: Candidate should be capable to start working inside an affordable time frame (4 weeks) following receipt of company authorization and/or clearances/certifications or their candidacy could finish.
Supervisory Position: No
Duties: The Political/Economic Office Management Assistant is a key member of the 13-person POL/ECON Section. The place’s direct supervisor is the Deputy Political Counselor. The place is primarily chargeable for supporting the POL/ECON Counselor and Deputy Counselors for Political and Economic Affairs, but in addition assists the opposite officers within the part as requested and time permits. S/he performs a full vary of workplace administration, administrative, information, logistics and protocol duties. The incumbent backs up the Human Rights Officer on overseeing all Leahy vetting features in his/her absence.
Qualifications and Evaluations
Education: Completion of Secondary School is required.
Requirements:
EXPERIENCE: Three years of clerical, administrative, workplace help, occasion or journey administration in an workplace setting is required.
JOB KNOWLEDGE: The incumbent should change into conscious of pertinent U.S. authorities laws and Embassy insurance policies, understanding and accurately making use of them. The incumbent should additionally shortly grasp the fundamentals of the part’s substantive work sufficient to offer wanted help for these features.
Evaluations:
LANGUAGE: Level 4 (Fluent) talking/studying/writing of English is required.
SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Excellent analytical, problem-solving and interpersonal expertise, tact, and diplomacy are required. The following are required: capacity to forecast wants for sources, and to plan and assess issues and develop sensible options; anticipate all scheduling and logistical wants for the Counselor and the Deputies to make sure the graceful functioning of their schedules; capacity to tactfully and effectively work with American officers and Locally Employed Staff in order that the Pol/Econ part gives the best high quality help to the Mission; capacity to tactfully handle different part’s contributions to the Leahy Vetting course of so as to course of requests in a well timed vogue. Basic typing expertise required. Must be capable to receive Secret clearance.
Qualifications: All candidates into account shall be required to cross medical and safety certifications.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY (EEO): The U.S. Mission gives equal alternative and honest and equitable therapy in employment to all individuals with out regard to race, colour, faith, intercourse, nationwide origin, age, incapacity, political affiliation, marital standing, or sexual orientation.
Other data:
HIRING PREFERENCE SELECTION PROCESS: Applicants within the following hiring choice classes are prolonged a hiring choice within the order listed beneath. Therefore, it’s important that these candidates precisely describe their standing on the applying. Failure to take action could end in a willpower that the applicant is just not eligible for a hiring choice.
HIRING PREFERENCE ORDER:
(1) AEFM / USEFM who’s a preference-eligible U.S. Veteran*
(2) AEFM / USEFM
(3) FS on LWOP and CS with reemployment rights **
* IMPORTANT: Applicants who declare standing as a preference-eligible U.S. Veteran should submit a duplicate of their most up-to-date DD-214 (“Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty”), equal documentation, or certification. A “certification” is any written doc from the armed forces that certifies the service member is predicted to be discharged or launched from active-duty service within the armed forces beneath honorable situations inside 120 days after the certification is submitted by the applicant. The certification letter needs to be on letterhead of the suitable navy department of the service and include (1) the navy service dates together with the anticipated discharge or launch date; and (2) the character of service. Acceptable documentation should be submitted to ensure that the choice to be given.
** This stage of choice applies to all Foreign Service staff on LWOP and CS with re-employment rights again to their company or bureau.
For extra data (i.e., what’s an EFM, USEFM, AEFM, MOH, and so on?) and for extra employment concerns, please go to the next hyperlink: https://careers.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/VA-Definitions-and-Additional-Employment-Considerations.pdf
FURTHER, THE FOLLOWING APPLY TO EFMs, USEFMs, and AEFMs ONLY:
- Current staff who used a hiring choice to realize employment who’re inside their first 90 calendar days of employment usually are not eligible to apply.
- Candidates with a hiring choice who’ve already accepted a conditional supply of employment could NOT be prolonged a second conditional supply of employment except and till they withdraw their candidacy for the primary place in writing.
- The following may be thought-about when figuring out profitable candidacy: nepotism, conflicts of curiosity, finances, and so on.
- If chosen, EFMs are anticipated to serve within the place for a minimum of one 12 months from the date of rent, and their sponsor’s tour of obligation should permit ample time for this.
How to Apply: All candidates should be capable to receive and maintain a Secret safety clearance.
All purposes should be submitted on-line. Applicants shall be required to register beneath the careers web page for U.S. Embassy Kampala following on-line recruitment service hyperlink beneath.
ELECTRONIC RECRUITMENT APPLICATION (ERA)
- For additional help name 0414-306001
- You will obtain affirmation of registration and proceed to apply.
- On completion of this course of, you’ll obtain an auto response by way of your e-mail.
Required Documents: Please present the required documentation listed beneath together with your software:
- Copy of Education Transcript/Certificate
- Copy of Sponsor’s Travel Orders/Assignment Notification (or equal)
- Passport copy (Proof of Citizenship)
- DD-214 – Member Copy 4, Letter from Veterans’ Affairs, or different supporting documentation (if relevant)
What to Expect Next: Applicants who’re invited to take a language or expertise take a look at, or who’re chosen for an interview shall be contacted by way of e-mail.
For additional data: the whole place description itemizing the entire duties, obligations, required {qualifications}, and so on. could also be obtained by contacting the Human Resources workplace.
Thank you on your software and your curiosity in working on the U.S. Mission in Uganda.
