Estates Officer Job Careers – National Medical Stores (NMS)

Estates Officer Job Careers – National Medical Stores (NMS)

Job Title:    Estates Officer 

Organization:  National Medical Stores (NMS)

Duty Station:  Entebbe, Uganda

Reports to: Senior Estates Officer

Reference Number: NMS/2020/28

About US:

National Medical Stores (NMS) is an autonomous Corporation that was established by an Act of Parliament in 1993. Our mandate is to Procure, Store and Distribute medicines and other medical supplies to health facilities.

Job Summary:  The Estates Officer will provide buildings maintenance oversight including supervision of service providers and budget supervision.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Ensure proper functioning of the corporation’s power supply and telecommunication systems.
  • To carryout electrical installation and repairs whenever necessary.
  • To advise management on proper maintenance of health and safety issues.
  • To maintain an inventory and update information on corporation estates and utilities and ensuring their protection against any damage and pilferage.
  • To participate in the preparation of estates budget
  • To ensure that the corporation’s generator is in proper working condition.
  • To maintain proper fittings and fixtures which include steel doors, windows, ordinary doors, shutters, steel cup boards and all other furniture items.
  • To ensure proper functioning of equipment such as folk lifts, cold rooms, battery chargers, photocopiers and their air conditioners.
  • To supervise related civil work including preparing bills of quantities

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

  • The ideal applicant for the National Medical Stores (NMS) Estates Officer job opportunity must hold a Higher Diploma in Electrical Engineering
  • Four years’ experience in Estates Administration, Repairs and Maintenance
  • Computer literate with Microsoft Office Suite.

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and interested applicants should submit an online application. Please scan your academic qualifications: Degree/Diploma qualifications, Curriculum Vitae, Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education, Uganda Certificate of Education and other relevant academic documents and National Identity Card (both faces) and submit them online at the link below:

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The application letter should be addressed as below and should be scanned and sent online to:

The Chief Human Resource and Administration Officer,

National Medical Stores,

P.O Box 16, Entebbe,

Plot 4-16 Nsamizi Road,

Entebbe- Uganda.

Note:

  • Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you don’t hear from us, one month from the date of closure of receipt of applications, consider your application unsuccessful.
  • Candidates should attach all relevant academic documents as One File
  • Please note that National Medical Stores reserves the right to verify documents attached with the relevant awarding institutions to authenticate their validity. Any form of canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification. National Medical Stores is an equal opportunity employer.

Deadline: Tuesday 19th May 2020 by 5: 00pm.

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