The Young Uganda Tour Operators (YUTO) is an association that was founded in 2019 and officially registered in 2020, to bring together Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Tourism, owned mainly by the youth in Uganda to have a bigger voice and platform to combat the various challenges faced in the operations that deter us from prospering in the hospitality sector. The association had 15 founding members in 2019, but that number has since risen to 35 and with a potential of attaining a membership.

The Secretariat of YUTO therefore is seeking for a brilliant person to take on the position of “Operations Lead’

The roles of the YUTO Operations Lead will be;

1. General administration office work. Office paper work, emails, documentation and record keeping. 

2. Constant Monitoring and Evolution of each YUTO member, in accordance to the rating constitutional requirements hence award of Stars and establish specific support needs of each member.

3. Awarding certificates of membership to members that have subscribed fully with the standards.

4. Management of YUTO’s social media pages in order to keep the public informed about the work of YUTO.

5. Represent YUTO in meetings, seminars and workshops.

6. Fundraising for YUTO through seeking for partnerships by writing and forwarding proposals.

7. Increase YUTO’s membership through reaching out to as more tourism start up enterprises as possible in order to widen the recruitment.

8. Updating the members on various matters as new information come in from YUTO and other stake holders. 

9. To carry out the decisions made by YUTO Annual General Meetings and YUTO Executive committee. 

10. To organize YUTO monthly meetings. Source gainful trainings, workshops and seminars for members.

11. Prepare or Review MOUs for signing with partners.

12. Consolidate the relationships between YUTO and different stake holders.

Required experience & qualifications

1. A Bachelor degree preferably in Tourism or related courses

2. At least 1 year experience in Tourism related field

3. Between 23 years to 30 years

4. Knowledge about Tourism stakeholders

5. Computer literate especially Microsoft

6. A good social media presence