JOB DETAILS:

Background

Uganda Heart Institute (UHI) is established by The Uganda Heart Institute Act 2016 as an Autonomous Government Entity to undertake and coordinate the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease in Uganda.

UHI intends to recruit competent people in various departments to enhance its human resource capacity for the performance of duties in the Institute.

Responsibilities

• Carry out HR information update to maintain up-to-date HR information in the Institute.
• Arrange meetings and take the meeting minutes of the HR division.
• Compile data for human resource planning.
• Initiate payroll changes for Human Capital Management System (HCM).
• Analyse payroll information to foster compliance and guide payment of salaries.
• Initiate submissions for payment of pension and gratuities.
• Collect data for the development of annual leave plans and monitor compliance with leave rosters.
• Ensure the availability of supplies in the HR division.
• Arrange training activities and participate in the delivery of training programmes.
• Supervise junior staff in the HR division and appraise their performance.

Qualifications

• An honors Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resource Management OR Social Sciences or Arts or Commerce or Business Administration or Industrial Psychology with a recognised bias/specification in the human resource field, such as human resource development or human resource management or organizational development studies, from a recognised institution.

Experience

• Experience in human resource management will be added advantage.

Applications are invited from suitably qualified Ugandans to fill the under-listed posts. Eligible persons should address their applications, including a cover letter, copies of their academic/professional certificates and transcripts, certificates of registration and practicing licenses where applicable, curriculum vitae (CV) and evidence of work experience where required, to the

Executive Director,

Uganda Heart Institute,

P.O. Box 37392,

Kampala.

Applications can also be hand-delivered to Uganda Heart Institute Headquarters, Mulogo –Kampala. Online applications should be sent. All applications must be received not later than 27 February 2025.

The serving Public Officers who are employed in Government entities are required to provide their applications through their respective Responsible Officers for endorsement. For the online applications, signed/ endorsed cover letters should be scanned and attached