9 Job Positions at UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA: (Deadline 23 August 2023)

Sport and Culture Officer Rukara Campus- Rukara Campus Under Statute at UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA: (Deadline 23 August 2023)

Job description

Post Level: 5.II
Planning and organization of sports activities for staff and students

 Promotes sports activities for both staffs and students.
 Acts as spokesperson as far as games and sports activities in college are concerned.
 Manage safely games and sports’ equipment.
 Assess the conditions of playgrounds and provide reports and recommendation for improvement.
 Organize and administer sports and games within college.
 Advise on purchase of sports gear and other equipment.
 Report on progress of sport activities.
 Organize the activity of coaching games and sports.
Planning and organization of cultural activities in the college.
 Promotes culture activities for both staff and students in college
 Acts as spokesperson as far as cultural activities in College are concerned
 Manage safely students’ cultural troops’ equipment
 Organize and monitor cultural activities within the college
 Advise on purchasing of culture gear and other equipment
 Report on progress of culture activities

Accountant Rukara Campus- Rukara Campus Under Statute at UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA: (Deadline 23 August 2023)

Job description

Post Level: 5.II

Planning and implementing accounting operations
 Ensure daily management of accounting operations;
 Ensure if the payment is done within reasonable time;
 Supervise, monitor and evaluate subordinate accounting professionals involved in routine accounting operations;
 Ensure quality of accounting records in accordance with accounting standards and principles;
 Implement audit recommendations;
 Verify and reconcile actions for all expenditures and receipts;
 Receive and check all invoices and requests and forward them for payment;
 Implement risk management strategies, by protecting accounting records from unauthorized access and inadvertent loss of information;
 Advise the Director of finance on proper way of fair management in accounting operations.
 Disseminate laws and regulations regarding to taxes and taxes exemptions;
Ensuring compliance with laws and regulation related to taxes
 Disseminate MINICOFIN Financial Procedure Manuals;
 Ensure that University Complies with regulations and instructions regarding payment

Network Administrator Rukara Campus- Rukara Campus Under Statute at UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA: (Deadline 23 August 2023)

Job description

Post Level: 5.II

Designing, planning and setting up the network
 Design and Maintain websites on a daily basis
 Generate and revise web pages
 Examine and analyze site traffic making it adequate for Internet and Intranet;-
 Configure web servers such as Apache
 Utilize scripting languages such as JavaScript
 Regulate and manage access rights of different users on website
 Create and modify appearance and setting of the site
 Lay out content on web pages
 Test websites to see if there are any parts that are difficult to use
 Manage websites and perform continual maintenance; this can include links, database, and other functions
 Decide how site content will be delivered to the Internet
 Market websites on various platforms including other sites and search engines; determine ad structures, pricing, placement, etc.
 Create user domain and set up user accounts, permissions and passwords
 Evaluate, test, and deploy all software and hardware upgrades to the server infrastructure;
 Install and configure server operating systems;
 Programming, connecting databanks, handling the web server;
Managing the servers for proper use
 Serve as the server administrator, will ensure the web servers, hardware and software are operating accurately
 Perform a wide range of system administration duties on MIS database, application, and other servers including install, debug, maintain, upgrade, and general support;
 Managing intranet service at the level of the head office, Colleges and Campuses;
 Operate master consoles in order to monitor the performance of computer systems and networks, and to coordinate computer network access and use;
 Gather data pertaining to customer needs and use the information to identify, predict, interpret, and evaluate system and network requirements;
 Maintain logs related to servers as well as maintenance and repair records;
 Design, deploy, monitor and troubleshoot local area networks using a variety of network equipment, software and protocols;-
 Perform data backups and disaster recovery operations;-
 Coordinate with vendors and with company personnel in order to facilitate purchases
Monitor network traffic
 Identify problems and make capacity planning with the help of the Network Management System and monitoring tools;
 Prepare and regularly update network documentation and records including network maps, IPAM and authentication.
 Develop and document system standards for computer and network devices.
 Ensure UR website security.- Liaise with Public Relations and Communications officer for information to post on UR website;

Career Guidance and Employability Specialist – CE Under Statute at UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA: (Deadline 23 August 2023)

Job description

Coordinating the identifying of graduate employability rate.
 Conduct survey on employment, underemployment and disguised unemployment of UR grandaunts.
 Develop, maintain and update regularly the employability database.
 Search and propose tools and software that can easily identify students potential capabilities related to employability
Providing students and graduates with personal transferable skills as well as generic skills
 Organize and coordinate trainings related to generic skills to students and graduates
 Assess generic skill gap vis-a-vis existing labour market base and adopt the appropriate measures leading to long-term solution.
Creating strong awareness of employability services
 Provide orientation on Careers and Employability Services of new and continuing students.
 Liaise with Deans of Schools to ensuring that Careers and Employability Services are imbedded in all programs.
 Harmonize the collaboration of the schools and network of alumni networks and industry.
 Establish and run campus information center and ensure regular update of units, department information are represented.
 Create mechanisms to outreach secondary schools to share basic entry requirement and general information regarding offered programs
To promote effective implementation of careers and employability services
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 To oversee and spearhead quality and timely service delivery to students and staff and the general community.
 To coordinate the Careers and employability service policy and procedure formulation, validation and development.
 To oversee the process of reviewing and validating all programs related to careers and employability services for approval.
 To analyze, suggest and develop and/or regularly updated careers and employability services best practices that suits the trends of labor market locally and in the region.
Oversee and coordinate students guild developmental and skills enhancement programs
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 Advise, guild and endorse the projects and policies of the guild council and its affiliated associations and societies on behalf of the college and university management.
 Provide all students associations and societies with relevant skills development trainings
 To inspire and orient students and their leadership in Volunteering services
 Create and empower students Peer mentorship
Develop and improve Industrial relations for skills advancement
 To coordinate and bring on board schools and their relevant industries into a common workshop to validate and update programs offered in line with Labour market need and also advise industry on new innovation
 Schedule visits by companies’ representatives for students to learn employment prospects, and employment requirements and opportunities.
 Assist students in job placements and have a good relationship with stakeholders.
 To create favorable environment for smooth running of capacity building MoUs that already exist between UR and industries and develop mechanisms to increase more collaboration even with new partners
 To create locally, regional and international interuniversity careers and employability relations and benchmarks to improve
Coordinate and manage career meetings, workshops and events
 Organize and coordinate annual careers and innovation open week; talent night;
 Organize and/or attend meetings and workshops, conferences, seminars with different stakeholders both from industry and university partners
Organize, maintain and operate the career office
 Oversee and coordinate students’ guidance and counselling services
 Supervise and appraise employees’ performance under his jurisdiction
 Represent the directorate in university meetings, industries and community
Coordinate and manage staff capacity development plan for the directorate.
 Assess, propose and communicate staff skills gaps that require trainings
 Develop a departmental skills development plan
 Manage the skills development plan effectively.

Working Experience
Masters degree holder: 2 working experience
Bachelors degree holder: 3 working experience