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| British Government |
Admin Assistant job
Location: Jobs in Uganda 2026
Work Hours: Full-time, 08 hours per day
Salary:
UGX
No. of vacancies: 01
Deadline: 16 February 2026
Hiring Organization: British Government
Job Details:
Background information about the job or company (e.g., role context, company overview)
The British Government is an inclusive and diversity-friendly employer. We value difference, promote equality and challenge discrimination, enhancing our organisational capability. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status or other category protected by law. We promote family-friendly flexible working opportunities, where operational and security needs allow. The FCDO operates an agile workforce and to facilitate this, you may be required to undertake other duties from time to time, as we may reasonably require.
Job Category
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Policy & Political roles)
Job Subcategory
Political
Main purpose of job:
You will provide administrative support to the Political and Governance Team. You will gain insights into a wide range of work areas that underpin the UK Uganda bilateral relationship; through managing contacts, overseeing events and handling the team’s Note Verbales and Visa enquiries.
Responsibilities or duties:
Roles and responsibilities:
- Manage the printing, logging and filing returned copies of Note Verbales issued by the team
- Manage team contact management system – keep contacts up to date in a sharable format
- Be the initial point of contact for all team related visa enquires; including logging high value cases on the UKVI App
- Provide logistical support to the team for large internal meetings, or with external attendees.
- Provide logistical support for team travel; for example booking transport and hotels etc.
- Working with relevant BHC teams e.g. Protocol, Security, policy teams, to provide logistical support to Ministerial and high level official visitors.
- Manage team events: issue invitations and monitor RSVPs; liaise with the BHC Events Officer, corporate services, residence, and security teams (where relevant), oversee set ups etc.
- Oversee team budget for travel, expense and L&D, and provide advice to the Political Counsellor on budget decisions. You will provide forecasts and follow up information as required by the Finance Team.
- Provide other admin support to the team as requested.
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- 📌 Ensure that your documents are professionally formatted and free of errors.
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WE WISH YOU GOOD LUCK!
Date Posted: 2026-02-04
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