Food for the Hungry (FH/U) is a Christian international relief and development organization that has been working in Uganda since 1989. FH is currently operating programs in Asia, Latin America and Africa with support offices in the UK, Canada, Switzerland, United States of America and Japan. FH’s primary goal is to end all forms of poverty World-wide. FH promotes practice of performance, accountability, and risk management in line with FH’s “Transforming Field Experience (TFE)” re-imagination initiative. In Uganda, FH is operational in the Districts of Adjumani, Kitgum, Lamwo, Kween, Mbale, Namutumba and Amudat Districts implementing programs in four main sectors of Education; Food Security and Livelihoods; Health/Nutrition and Disaster Risk Reduction; with the Head office located in Kampala.

FH Culture:

All we do, and how we do it, seeks to promote God’s beauty, goodness, and truth in a broken world. As such, we are defined by our ability to make people’s lives measurably better; our ability to deliver impact is the measure of our collective success. For we know that we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God has already prepared in advance for us to do. At Food for the Hungry, we operate under a set of values called Heartbeat Values.

EXTERNAL VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

FH/Uganda is actively seeking for qualified candidates committed to its Heartbeat and Corporate Strategy to fill the career openings below on a rolling basis;

Job Title: Human Resource Graduate Trainee (01 position)

Position Type: Full Time National Staff

Location: Kampala

Reports to: Human Resource Manager

Contract Length: 6 months

Start Date: May 2023 (To be shortlisted on rolling basis)

Position Summary:

Under the supervision of the Human Resource Manager, the HR Graduate Trainee will be given an opportunity to learn and understand the HR best practices in the humanitarian and development context in all the areas of HR support to country and Kampala staff.

The HR graduate Intern will support all HR functions working closely with the HR team to perform the roles to expectation while upholding FH’s policies and Procedures.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support all HR functions of Recruitment and on boarding, Performance management, compensation and benefits, training and staff development, timesheet tracking, staff welfare and HR administrative roles as guided by the supervisor.
• Support in records management and proper maintenance of staff personnel files both in soft and hard copies.
• Compile trainings/staff development needs as mapped by different departments, update and maintain relevant trackers.
• Ensures that training completion reports are submitted and kept on file.
• Day to day HR Support
• Perform all other duties assigned by the supervisor.

Job Level Specifications

• Vibrant personal relationship with Christ, understands and applies FH Foundational Principles and Vision and Mission
• Develops and maintains good working relationships with colleagues
• Be highly proactive with personal initiative and drive, honest with a high level of integrity; a team-player with a positive attitude and good planning skills
• Possess the ability to handle multiple projects and work under minimal supervision.
• Excellent Computer skills in MS Office packages
• Possess the ability to work in a team to achieve excellence in execution, committed, accountable and passionate about the work we do.
• Commitment to Food for the Hungry Heartbeat and sensitivity to its various expressions across cultures and denominations.
• Track record demonstrating high integrity, reliable and dependable
• Efficient service delivery

Skills

• Proficiency in written and oral English.
• Experience and knowledge of the local employment laws.
• Good knowledge of the HR best practices.
• High level of confidentiality and paying attention to detail
• Very good pastoral sense, listening abilities and inter-personal skills.
• Work with integrity, impartiality, fairness, confidentiality, and the ability to respect confidence.
• Demonstrable experience of working in an active team.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Excellent organizational skills used in planning own work and ability to work to targets and deadlines.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• High standard of computer literacy.

Education & Experience

• A university degree in Human resource management, Business administration, organizational Psychology or related course.
• A relevant postgraduate Qualification will be an added advantage.
• Previous experience of at least 3-6 months in a similar role, preferably Human resources in an INGO setting.

Language

• Proficiency in spoken and written English.

FHU is an equal opportunity employer. All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply by Clearly stating the position applied for in the Subject line and submitting only electronic copies in one pdf file not more than 25MB of an application letter, a detailed CV, contact telephone numbers, copies of relevant testimonials/certificates, names/contact details of three referees, addressed to:

The Human Resources Manager, Food for the Hungry Uganda Email: recruitment-fhuganda@fh.org not later than Wednesday 17th May, 2023 at 4:30pm. Consider your application unsuccessful if you don’t hear from us by 31st May, 2023

Safeguarding & Protection Clause:

FH strives to provide an environment free from Sexual exploitation, abuse, harassment and Fraud in all places where relief and development programs are implemented. FH holds a zero-tolerance policy against Sexual exploitation, abuse, harassment and Fraud. FH expects its employees to maintain high ethical standards, protect organizational integrity and reputation, and ensure that FH work is carried out in honest and fair methods, in alignment with the FH Heartbeat, Anti -Fraud, Safeguarding and associated policies. Violations to stated policies will be subject to corrective action up to and including termination of employment.

Note: All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and may be subject to appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Food for the Hungry Safeguarding, Anti-Fraud & HR policy. In line with this we will request information from applicants’ previous employers about any findings of fraud, sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By applying, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Disclaimer: It has come to our attention that several agencies or persons, are claiming to be acting on Food for the Hungry’s (FH) behalf in recruiting or facilitating the recruitment of personnel. FH does not outsource its recruitment process to any organization or agency which, through website postings, mass e-mail messages or otherwise claims to be doing recruitment on its behalf. FH does not solicit money for any part of its recruitment processes including short-listing, interviews, background, and/or medical check-ups. FH will not be responsible for such fraudulent correspondence or any loss of money or theft which may result from anyone engaging in any fraudulent recruitment activity.