JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
U.S. Mission Uganda
Announcement Number: Kampala-2025-001
Position Title: Refugee and Migration Affairs Specialist
Opening Period: 01/03/2025 – 02/03/2025
Series: 1550
Grade: FSN 10/FP-5
Salary: UGX 122,605,368
For More Info: KampalaHR@state.gov
Who May Apply: All candidates / All Sources(Actual FS wage decided by Washington D.C.)
Security Clearance Required: Public Trust- Background Investigation
Duration Appointment: Indefinite topic to profitable completion of probationary interval
Marketing Statement: We encourage you to learn and perceive the Eight (8) Qualities of Overseas Employees earlier than you apply.
Summary: The United States’ Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration’s (PRM) Great Lakes Office, primarily based within the U.S. Embassy in Kampala, Uganda is searching for certified candidates to change into their Refugee and Migration Affairs Specialist.
The work schedule for this place is:
• Full Time, 40 hours per week
Start date: Candidate should be capable of start working inside an affordable time frame (4 weeks) following receipt of company authorization and/or clearances/certifications or their candidacy might finish.
Supervisory Position: No.
Duties: PRM’s Great Lakes workplace oversees the U.S. State Department’s refugee help in Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Burundi. The Refugee and Migration Affairs Specialist is PRM’s on-the-ground lead for NGO funding in Rwanda, Tanzania, and Burundi – the one that observes PRM-funded applications within the subject, evaluates grantee efficiency, and advises PRM on find out how to make their funding as efficient as potential. They will journey ceaselessly to all three nations, conducting grant monitoring, cultivating networks of contacts within the humanitarian neighborhood, and advising on U.S. refugee funding and coverage selections. They will assist the Regional Refugee Coordinator, who’s their direct supervisor, in addition to PRM’s DC-based grants staff, who points all NGO funding. The place calls for wonderful writing and organizational abilities, in addition to the flexibility to guage particular person grants whereas additionally understanding the broader coverage context wherein they function. PRM’s workplace is small, so candidates ought to be ready to cowl no matter duties are required, together with administrative duties when essential. The United States is the biggest humanitarian donor on the earth, so in case you care about refugees and wish to have an effect, that is the job for you.
Download: detailed Position Description | PD – Refugees Migration Affairs Specialist
Qualifications and Evaluations
EDUCATION: Bachelor’s diploma in Political Science, International Relations, Law, Social Work, or Public Administration is required.
Requirements:
EXPERIENCE: A minimal 5 years of full-time work expertise with the U.S. authorities, international governments, NGOs, or worldwide organizations – with a portfolio expertise within the areas of refugees, inside displacement, migration, or humanitarian help, together with not less than one yr of program administration expertise, are required.
JOB KNOWLEDGE: Must have good data of refugees, migration, inside displacement, and humanitarian help. Must have primary data of worldwide humanitarian regulation, worldwide organizations, and regional refugee and inside displacement devices. Must have complete data of refugee points in Africa, humanitarian points, and the United Nations businesses and NGOs. Thorough data of host nations’ establishments and techniques, monitoring and analysis mechanisms and program administration.
Evaluations: (This could also be examined)
LANGUAGE: English: Fluent; talking/studying/writing, might embrace the flexibility to translate.
SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Advanced analytical abilities and Fluent English-language writing abilities are required. Advanced on-line and educational analysis abilities are required. Intermediate laptop abilities in Microsoft Word and Excel are required. Contact outreach and cultivation abilities are required. Appropriately prioritize problems with coverage significance to trace, analyze, and report on. Ability to prepare and keep budgetary and programmatic information in keeping with workplace document holding procedures. Ability to develop and implement grant monitoring and analysis plans.
Qualifications: All candidates into consideration might be required to go medical and safety certifications.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY (EEO): The U.S. Mission offers 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 desire classes are prolonged a hiring desire within the order listed under. Therefore, it’s important that these candidates precisely describe their standing on the application. Failure to take action might lead to a willpower that the applicant shouldn’t be eligible for a hiring desire.
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 replica 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 anticipated to be discharged or launched from active-duty service within the armed forces beneath honorable circumstances inside 120 days after the certification is submitted by the applicant. The certification letter ought to be on letterhead of the suitable navy department of the service and comprise (1) the navy service dates together with the anticipated discharge or launch date; and (2) the character of service. Acceptable documentation have to be submitted to ensure that the desire to be given.
** This degree of desire applies to all Foreign Service workers 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 forth?) and for extra employment concerns, please go to the next hyperlink:
How to Apply:
- All candidates should be capable of get hold of and maintain a Local Security Certification or Public Trust clearance. All functions have to be submitted on-line. Applicants shall be required to register beneath the careers web page for U.S. Embassy Kampala following directions on the hyperlink under:
- 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:
In order to qualify primarily based on training, you MUST submit the requested diploma and / or transcripts as verification of academic requirement by the time limit of this announcement. If you fail to offer requested data, or the data you submit is inadequate to confirm your eligibility, you’ll not be thought of for this place.
- Bachelor’s diploma in Political Science, International Relations, Law, Social Work, or Public Administration is required.
- Proof of Citizenship (National ID or Passport)
Eligible Family Member Applicants:
- Copy of Orders/Assignment Notification (or equal)
- DD-214 – Member Copy 4, Letter from Veterans’ Affairs, or different supporting documentation (if relevant)
- SF-50 (if relevant)
What to Expect Next: Applicants who’re invited to take a language or abilities check, or who’re chosen for an interview might be contacted by way of e mail.
For additional data: the whole place description itemizing the entire duties, duties, required {qualifications}, and so forth. could also be obtained by contacting the Human Resources workplace.
Thank you to your application and your curiosity in working on the U.S. Mission in Uganda.
