Property Management Officer Jobs at Uganda Railways Corporation (URC)

Job Title:  Property Management Officer

Organisation: Uganda Railways Corporation (URC)

Location:  Kampala

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Managing the Corporation's property;
• Advising on the re-development of property;
• Providing technical support to the Corporation's Procurement and Disposal Unit during the procurement of property professional services;
• Supervision and/or management of property professional services procured by the Corporation;
• Providing the liaison and support required by the Privatisation Unit (Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development) during the disposal of the Corporation's non-core assets;
• Perform any other work relating to property assigned by the Chief Civil Engineer.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The Property Management Officer must hold a Bachelor's degree in Property Management, Land Economics or its equivalent from a recognised institution;
• Prior work experience of at least five (5) years as a Property Manager or Land Officer or other similar position with a busy public-sector or private-sector organisation involved substantially in the management of property especially land;
• Be fluent in MS Office and MS Project.
• Knowledge of ARCHICAD or other similar software will be an added advantage; 4. Have excellent writing skills;
• Possess the ability to work with minimum supervision and to meet tight deadlines and on multiple tasks simultaneously;
• Be able to supervise teams at diverse locations around the country for management and maintenance of Corporation Property;
• Possess a high level of integrity and professional ethics.

How to Apply:

All suitably interested and qualified candidates with relevant qualifications, experience and the core competencies should submit their applications in a sealed envelope marked "Application for Position of…. “clearly addressed to the Managing Director, URC, P.O. Box 7150, Kampala, Uganda. Plot 57, Nasser Road, and delivered at the office of the Managing-Director, URC. The application should be accompanied with an updated CV/resume, present position, current remuneration, Certified copies of academic certificates and testimonials and complete addresses of three (3) referees with working telephone contacts and email addresses.

Closing Date: 3rd January 2014