 In 2004, after she was appointed to be Head of the History Department at Alere Secondary School, she became a Council Member for Kyambogo University and a Secretary of Production for the Adjumani District Local Government.In 2006, she resigned her chairwomanship of the Head of the History Department to focus on politics more full-time, although she stayed teaching history.An advocate for the rights of the disabled and the chairwoman of the Adjumani Disabled Persons Association since 2002, Jesca Ababiku became a Council Member for the National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda.