JOB DETAILS:
• Salary Scale: U5
• Department: Finance
• Vacancies Available: 1
• Reference No: SIR/DSC/EXT/4/2025
• Location: Sironko District

Job Summary:
The Senior Assistant Accountant will provide higher-level financial oversight within the district, focusing on managing and coordinating complex financial reports, supervising junior accountants, and ensuring the financial integrity of the district’s operations.

Key Responsibilities:
• Supervise and train junior accountants.
• Manage financial transactions and prepare detailed financial reports.
• Review and analyze financial data to ensure accuracy and compliance.

• Assist in the preparation of budgets for various departments.

• Ensure adherence to financial policies and procedures in the district.

Qualifications:
• A degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Professional certification in accounting (e.g., CPA, ACCA) is preferred.
• At least three years of experience in accounting or finance, with supervisory experience.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Sironko District Local Government
Sironko District Service Commission
P.O. BOX 34, SIRONKO
• External Job Advert No. 1 Of 2025
• Applications are invited from suitably qualified Ugandans to fill the under listed vacant posts that exist in Sironko District Local Government.
• Applications must be submitted in triplicate on PSC Form 3 (Revised 2008), and on ESC Form 3 (1998) (Revised) for teachers and addressed to, The Secretary, District Service Commission, Sironko District, P.O. Box 34, Sironko.
• The application forms can be obtained from any District Service Commission offices countrywide, or from Public Service Commission website: www.psc.go.ug  and should bear the title and its reference number.
• Applicants must attach certified copies of all academic certificates and transcripts; registration certificates; practicing licenses, a photocopy of the National Identity card, CV, three (3) recent coloured passport photographs, and any other relevant documents.
• Serving officers must route their applications through their responsible officers who should be informed of the closing date to avoid delay. Applicants who are not currently in the civil service should be below 50 years of age. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Applicants who will not hear from us on conclusion of the recruitment exercise should consider themselves unsuccessful.

• For all posts, equal job Women and Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) are encouraged to apply.
• For detailed information on each post, please refer to the Job Descriptions and Person Specifications for jobs in Local Governments 2024, the HSC Guidelines for Recruitment of Health Workers in Local Governments, June 2020 and the scheme of service for teaching personnel in primary schools, June 2013 which can be obtained from Ministry of Public Service website www.publicservice.go.ug , all District Service Commission offices country wide and Sironko District Notice Boards.
• Note: Teachers who previously applied for the Education Assistant I position, as advertised in December 2024 under Ext. Advert No. 2 of 2024 do not need to apply.
• Note: Recruitment into the Service of Sironko District Local Government is free. Applicants are warned against paying bribes or offering inducements to any in connection with the recruitment process. Giving or promising or offering anything to members of the District Service Commission, the staff or any other leader of the District is a serious criminal offense and any bribe from a job applicant should be reported to the relevant Government Agencies like IGG, SHACU, RDCs, or Ministry of Public Service. We stand Zero tolerance to Corruption.
• SECRETARY, DISTRICT SERVICE COMMISSION - SIRONKO DISTRICT