Research & Administration Officer

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Liaise with the Finance Administrator to make  narrative Donor reports for each reporting period
2. Make Foundation Annual narrative reports in liaison with the Executive Director.
3. Carry out Monitoring and evaluation after all  Bayimba Events ( Bayimba Festival, Comedy Weekends, DOADOA, Amakula, Raggea Festival)
4. Receive and attend to Visitors
5. Answer telephone calls and transfer to appropriate staff member
6. Manage the general office email account
7. Maintain staff schedules (agenda and leave)
8. Perform general clerical duties, including photocopying and mailing
9. Maintain hard copy and electronic filing systems
10. Maintain a database of all contacts
11. Maintain records of office assets and inventories
12. Interested research and data collection and analysis
13. Organize and coordinate research activities of the Foundation
14. Improve up research and data collection methodology
15. Support the finance and administrator in making daily transactions and financial operations
16. Provide office orientation to new team members
17. Write final impact assessment report (evaluation) and narrative reports.
18. Carry out data analysis and interpretation.
19. Other duties assigned

Required qualifications:

• BSc/BA in Business Administration or relevant field
• Proven experience as an administration  officer or similar role
• Solid knowledge of Administrational and Research techniques and principles
• Good understanding of market research techniques, statistical and data analysis methods
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office and use of e-mails
• Thorough understanding of social media and web analytics
• Excellent organizational and multitasking skills
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal abilities
• Creativity and commercial awareness
• A team player with a customer-oriented approach
• Knowledge and/or proven interest in relevant Art and Culture industry
• Familiarity with publicity, media and communications research 

Key competencies:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Formal presentation skills
• Ability to effectively and creatively communicate information and content
• Working independently and initiative
• Collaborative (team player)
• Planning and organization skills 
• Result-oriented
• Persuasive and decisive

Terms and Conditions

Hours: Full Time
Probation: 3 months
Contract type: 1 year

All interested applicants should forward their CV and Cover letters as one attachment to info@bayimba.org.
(Addressed to the Executive Director, Bayimba Foundation)