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Thursday 29 May 2014

Sales and Marketing Manager - NFT Consult Uganda

Job Title: Sales and Marketing Manager
Organisation: NFT Consult
Duty Station:  Kampala,
Country: Uganda

About Us:
NFT Consult, a leading HR Consultancy firm, seeks to recruit for it valuable client, a value added timber products business with operations in Mozambique, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda and the largest commercial timber species planter in East Africa. The business is growing rapidly and there is a large focus on diversifying product streams, broadening the customer base, and ratcheting the commercial side of the business and the organization's market positioning.

Job Summary: The Sales and Marketing manager is responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining the sales and marketing plan that includes branding and communications, products and services in addition to pricing to ensure the company achieves its KPIs in a cost efficient manner.

 Responsibilities:
Offer a coherent understanding of the sawn lumber and charcoal and biomass markets in Uganda
To maximize sales of both product streams
To provide in depth pricing and competitor intelligence and related market analysis
To draw up and implement a marketing plan for the product lines
Contribute and implement the Go to Market and channel strategies for the East African region.
Propose and deliver sales targets based on current strategy and business plans.
Develop campaign plans and Key Account plans, including channels, influencers and other demand creators.

Human Resources Management Team Leader - IntraHealth International

Vacancy: Human Resources Management Team Leader
Recruiting Organisation: IntraHealth International
Project Funding Source: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Duty Station: Kampala,
Country: Uganda
Reports to: Deputy Chief of Party
Job Requisition Number: 14-0034

About IntraHealth:
For over 30 years, in more than 90 countries, IntraHealth International has empowered health workers to better serve communities in need. IntraHealth fosters local solutions to health care challenges by improving health worker performance, strengthening health systems, harnessing technology, and leveraging partnerships.

In collaboration with governments, nongovernmental organizations, and private-sector organizations around the world, IntraHealth champions the needs and contributions of health workers—from doctors and nurses to community health workers to health facility managers—and works to ensure they have the tools, supplies, information, training, and support they need to provide communities they serve with the best possible opportunity for health and well-being.

 Responsibilities:
Support the national and regional country-level counterparts and stakeholders in reviewing, designing and strengthening systems such as HRH assessments, recruiting, deployment and performance management systems .

Assistant Environment Officer - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Uganda

Vacancy: Assistant Environment Officer
Recruiting Organisation: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Position No.: 10022185
Reports to: Associate Field Officer
Vacancy Notice: 11/2014
Duty Station: Adjumani,
Country: Uganda
Post Grade: NOA

About UNHCR:
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly. UNHCR’s mandate under the Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is to lead and co-ordinate action for international protection to refugees; seek permanent solutions for the problems of refugees and safeguard refugee rights and well-being. UNHCR has an additional mandate concerning issues of statelessness, as it is given a designated role under Article 11 of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.

Job Summary: The Assistant Environment Officer will primarily;
Offer technical guidance to UNHCR offices in establishing partnerships with government ministries, NGOs, other UN agencies donors and coordinate responses to refugee-related environmental damages in the country.
Technically guide and develop project proposals and to support programme implementation of environmental and self-reliance projects.
UNHCR management is assisted in establishing coordination, monitoring and evaluation systems, including information sharing mechanisms regarding environment, energy sources and livelihood.

 Responsibilities:
Work closely with the relevant stakeholders, support the office in undertaking regular assessments on environmental conditions in refugee- hosting areas and measure the extent to which those conditions are affected by the presence of refugee camps; collect and update data on main areas of environment, energy, livelihood and shelters and identify means to mitigate the impact on natural resources. Define main areas of environmental concern (e.g. deforestation, rangeland degradation, soil erosion, water conservation, etc.).
Conduct an assessment of the current domestic energy situation in the refugee camps together with the concerned persons.

Project Manager - United Nations Development Programme Uganda

Vacancy: Project Manager
Recruiting Organisation: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Duty Station: Kampala,
Country: Uganda
Post Level:  SC-4

About UNDP:
As the UN system's development programme and a GEF Implementing Agency since 1991, UNDP supports countries in addressing development, climate, and ecosystem sustainability in an integrated manner.  As a GEF Implementing Agency, UNDP-GEF further offers countries highly specialized technical services for programme/project formulation, due diligence, mobilization of required co-financing, project implementation oversight, results management and evaluation, performance-based payments and knowledge management. UNDP-GEF’s Green, Low-emission, Climate-resilient Development Strategies team works to support countries to attract and direct public and private investment towards catalyzing and supporting sustainable economic growth through initiatives focused on integrated Climate Change Strategies, Advancing Cross-sectoral Climate Resilient Livelihoods and Strengthening Climate Information and addressing barriers to Climate Resilient Development.

Programme Support Assistant - GOAL Uganda

Vacancy: Programme Support Assistant
Recruiting Organisation: GOAL Uganda
Duty Station:  Kampala,
Country: Uganda
Reports to: Assistant Country Director - Programmes

About GOAL:
GOAL Uganda is currently implementing Livelihoods, WASH and ACT Health programmes across several districts in Uganda. We are seeking a highly motivated assistant to support the Assistant Country Director (Programmes) in the administration of programme implementation.

Job Summary: The Programme Support Assistant will be primarily responsible for overseeing the change management processes and collating change requests from programme staff for presentation to SMT, and recording and communicating decision outcomes on any Change Requests. The Programme Support Assistant will also be responsible for tracking donor/logframe report development to ensure reports are compiled according to the agreed schedule and will conduct the first review to check formatting and data accuracy. The incumbent will also maintain the overall programme schedule and undertake any other administrative duties requested of them by the ACD-Programmes.

 Responsibilities:
Actively monitor and review the progress of projects within the overall programme, developing and maintaining the overall programme schedule ensuring updates from the field teams are incorporated.
Coordinate change control processes within GOAL Uganda for the purpose of an integrated working programme
Making sure there is an accurate log of change requests is maintained and that requests and decisions on requests are communicated to the appropriate audiences.
Maintain and monitor the donor report tracker and follow up report development progress with the field teams to ensure that they are delivered on time

Senior Roving Logistics Officer - Save the Children Uganda

Vacancy: Senior Roving Logistics Officer
Recruiting Organisation: Save the Children
Duty Station: Kampala,
Country: Uganda

About Us:
Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organization for children and has program presence in over 120 countries in the world. Save the Children envisions a Uganda in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. We strive to create impact for children by delivering our Programmes through partnerships, by being innovative, by acting as the voice for and of children, and by achieving results at scale.  In Uganda, we implement programmes in six thematic programme areas of Child Protection, Child Rights Governance, Education, Livelihoods & Food Security, Health, Nutrition and HIV/AIDS in development and emergency contexts. Save the Children delivers programs in over 36 districts in the North, Rwenzori, North-Eastern and Central regions of Uganda, Currently, Save the Children has a staff complement of over 200 persons. We save children’s lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential. In 2013, we reached over 143 million children through our work around 52m directly and 91 million indirectly around the world.

Job Summary: The Senior Roving Logistics Officer will support the Fleet and Logistics Manager to develop the overall capacity and performance of the logistics function. The position holder travels extensively and is responsible for providing technical support to head office and field teams in areas of procurement, fleet management and warehousing on a need basis. The Senior Officer may be called upon as and when necessary to support the emergency team in cases of humanitarian crisis.

Administrative Assistant - United Nations Regional Service Centre Entebbe Uganda

Vacancy: Administrative Assistant
Recruiting Organization: United Nations Regional Service Centre Entebbe (RSCE)
Duty Station: Entebbe,
Country: Uganda
Grade: GL-4
Vacancy Announcement Number: RSCE-2014-GS-HRS-002

About RSCE:
The Regional Service Centre Steering Committee is the decision-making body for RSCE, in compliance with General Assembly resolutions, United Nations Secretariat rules and regulations, strategic guidance from United Nations Headquarters and oversight bodies. The Steering Committee consults with the Global Field Support Strategy Implementation Coordination Team, as required.

The Regional Service Centre, as approved by the Member States, is owned, managed and staffed by the regional missions it serves. This framework reinforces the existing missions’ chain of command structures and lines of authority in a manner that does not create an additional layer between Headquarters and the regional missions. It also ensures that staffing for RSCE will be achieved through the redeployment of resources from the regional missions it serves.

Responsibilities:
1. Budget and Finance:
Assists in the preparation and review of financial and human resource proposals/requirements.
Assist in the monitoring of expenditures and compares with approved budget; review adjustments as necessary.
Supports managers in the elaboration of resource requirements for budget submissions.
Pro-actively co-ordinates with other finance and budget staff on related issues during preparation of budget reports.


Assistant Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Officer - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Uganda

Vacancy: Assistant Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Officer
Recruiting Organisation: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Position No.: 10022183
Reports to: Associate Field Officer
Vacancy Notice: 11/2014
Duty Station: Adjumani,
Country: Uganda
Post Grade: NOA

About UNHCR:
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly. The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees. It strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another State, with the option to return home voluntarily, integrate locally or to resettle in a third country. It also has a mandate to help stateless people.

Job Summary: The Assistant Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Officer will be to ensure that the WASH services provided to refugees and other persons of concern to UNHCR are based on UNHCR country and/or internationally recognized standards and policies. The applicant will also provide technical support and advice arc provided to the country operation in the field of WASH.

Key Duties:
·         Proactively co-ordinate UNHCR’s Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programme;
·         Offer technical and capacity-building assistance in relevant sectors to population of concern using a community-based approach.
·         Offer technical assistance, supervision and reporting on implementation and operation management of WASH activities carried out by the Implementing Partners (TPs).
·         Work closely with technical staff of the Implementing Partners (IPs), update detailed needs and resource assessments and revise designs of technical plans as necessary taking into account practical aspects of implementation, and relevant technical specifications and guidelines elating to water pumping & pipeline distribution systems, boreholes and shallow wells installations, solar water systems, spring developments.

Technical Advisor - United Nations Development Programme Uganda

Vacancy: Technical Advisor
Recruiting Organisation: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Duty Station: Kampala,
Country:Uganda
Post Level:  SC-5

About UNDP:
As the UN system's development programme and a GEF Implementing Agency since 1991, UNDP supports countries in addressing development, climate, and ecosystem sustainability in an integrated manner.  As a GEF Implementing Agency, UNDP-GEF further offers countries highly specialized technical services for programme/project formulation, due diligence, mobilization of required co-financing, project implementation oversight, results management and evaluation, performance-based payments and knowledge management. UNDP-GEF’s Green, Low-emission, Climate-resilient Development Strategies team works to support countries to attract and direct public and private investment towards catalyzing and supporting sustainable economic growth through initiatives focused on integrated Climate Change Strategies, Advancing Cross-sectoral Climate Resilient Livelihoods and Strengthening Climate Information and addressing barriers to Climate Resilient Development.

Job Summary: The UNDP Technical Advisor will supervise and oversee the project activities and deliver the objective, outcomes and outputs of the project. The Technical Advisor shall technically support two projects implemented by MEMD i.e the Sustainable Charcoal project and the Sustainable Energy for ALL projects.

Sales and Marketing Manager - Manufacturing Company Uganda

Vacancy: Sales and Marketing Manager
Recruiting Organisation: Manufacturing Company
Duty Station:  Kampala,
Country: Uganda

About Us:
KSK Associates is a Professional Services Firm that provides Financial Consultancy Services including Assurance and Business Advisory Services, Business Planning, Feasibility studies & Project Proposal Preparation, Human Resource, Risk Management and Information System Solutions. We are looking to recruit a highly motivated and knowledgeable individual for our client a Manufacturing Company.

Job Summary: The Sales and Marketing Manager will accomplish Business development activities by researching and developing marketing opportunities and plans, implementing sales plans and managing sales staff.

Responsibilities:
Accomplishes Marketing and Sales HR objectives by spearheading the recruiting, selecting, orienting, training and coaching sales personnel. In addition to communicating Job expectations, appraising and reviewing job contributions.
Work closely and monitor progress and expedite responses to inquiries and monitor inquiry conversion rates.
Work in close liaison with sales team members in order to work as a team and achieve targets.
Identify marketing opportunities by identifying consumer requirements, defining the market, evaluate and monitor competitors’ share, document competitors’ strengths and weaknesses and establish targeted market share.

Strategic Analyst - Hima Cement Limited Uganda

Vacancy: Strategic Analyst
Recruiting Organisation: Hima Cement Limited
Duty Station:  Kampala,
Country:Uganda

About Hima:
NFT Consult, a leading HR Consultancy firm, seeks to recruit for it valuable client,
Hima Cement Limited (HCL) is a cement manufacturer in Uganda. Hima Cement Limited is 70% owned by LaFarge, the construction materials manufacturer based in France. Hima Cement Limited is the second-largest manufacturer of cement in Uganda, producing an estimated 850,000 metric tonnes annually. The leading cement manufacturer in the country, Tororo Cement Limited, has a production capacity of over 1 million metric tonnes annually.

Responsibilities:
Assemble and analyse business ERP data as well as Macro, Industry and market specific data into information, and avail to management in a timely fashion for strategic, tactical and operational requirements.
Drive supply chain planning through the budgeting and forecasting processes especially the monthly material requirements and prices rolling forecasts.
Responsible for timely generation & submission of HR performance reports including the monthly performance dashboard and labour cost analysis

Head of Marketing - Uganda Aviation School Uganda

Vacancy: Head of Marketing
Recruiting Organisation: Uganda Aviation School (UAS)
Duty Station: Kampala,
Country Uganda
Reports to: Director, UAS

About UAS:
The Uganda Aviation School (UAS), the school of aviation excellence in the East African region, has new exciting career opportunities open for East Africans.

Key Duties
Taking lead of a team of Commercial managers in creating a UAS sales and marketing strategy within a framework agreed by the Director, which creates and delivers shareholder value.
Explaining UAS commercial strategy to key stakeholders and ensuring that it drives operational management in Marketing Department.
Meeting and/or exceeding business performance targets in areas return on investment, profitability and customer satisfaction.
Using relevant metrics and measures to routinely monitor progress against targets and take appropriate managerial action to ensure that all targets are met or exceeded.
Representing and promoting UAS commercial interests in national or international forums

Financial Management Specialist - Community Agricultural Infrastructure Improvement Programme Uganda

Vacancy : Financial Management Specialist (FMS)
Recruiting Organization: Community Agricultural Infrastructure Improvement  Programme (CAIIP) and Markets and Agricultural Trade Improvement Programme (MATIP) Funding Source: African Development Bank (ADB)
Duty Station: Kampala,
Country: Uganda
Reports to: National Programme Facilitator

About Us:
The Government of the Republic of Uganda has received Loans from the African Development Bank (ADB) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Arab Bank for Economic Development of Africa (BADEA), Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to finance the Community Agricultural Infrastructure Improvement Programme (CAIIP) and Markets and Agricultural Trade Improvement Programme (MATIP).

Key Duties
Conduct the day-to-day financial operations of the project in consultation with the Principal Accountant;
Establishing and maintaining a Financial Management System for CAIIP and MATIP which is in line with the GoU Regulations and Development Partners’ Procedures.
Managing the preparation and submission of periodic Financial Reports to ADB, IFAD, BADEA, and IDB and the Government of Uganda.
Ensure the timely accountability and Value for Money for Projects’ resources;
Working closely with and attending to Auditors and any other Inspectors of Accounts.
Managing the Program’s relationship with the banking and financial institutions Supervising, Coaching and Training for all Accounting Staff associated with CAIIP/MATIP at all levels.
Perform any other duties and assignments that may be assigned by the Permanent Secretary and/or the National Programme Facilitator.

Travel Assistant - United Nations Regional Service Centre Uganda

Vacancy: Travel Assistant
Recruiting Organization: United Nations Regional Service Centre Entebbe (RSCE)
Duty Station: Entebbe,
Country Uganda
Grade: GL-4
Vacancy Announcement Number: RSCE-2014-GS-HRS-004
Reports to: Unit Chief

About RSCE:
The Regional Service Centre Steering Committee is the decision-making body for RSCE, in compliance with General Assembly resolutions, United Nations Secretariat rules and regulations, strategic guidance from United Nations Headquarters and oversight bodies. The Steering Committee consults with the Global Field Support Strategy Implementation Coordination Team, as required.

The Regional Service Centre, as approved by the Member States, is owned, managed and staffed by the regional missions it serves. This framework reinforces the existing missions’ chain of command structures and lines of authority in a manner that does not create an additional layer between Headquarters and the regional missions. It also ensures that staffing for RSCE will be achieved through the redeployment of resources from the regional missions it serves.

 Responsibilities:
Calculate airfare, excess baggage entitlements, terminal expenses, daily subsistence allowance for staff and dependents travelling on missions, etc.
Offer information to staff and consultants on the most direct and economical route, and plans routings and itineraries, plus the most economical airfare rates for such travel as permitted by the rules and regulations.
The Travel Assistant will also offer relevant information on rates and travel schedules for specific itineraries
Contact airlines or travel agencies to make reservations, and request issuance of tickets.
Initiate requests for visas.

Operations Manager - Rural Communications Center Limited

Vacancy: Operations Manager
Recruiting Organisation: Rural Communications Center Limited
Duty Station:  Kampala,
Country: Uganda

About Us:
NFT Consult, a leading HR Consultancy firm, seeks to recruit for it valuable client, Rural Communications Center Limited.  NFT Human Resource Solutions are customer tailored per industry requirements and are geared towards increased cost savings, process improvement leading to improved efficiency and effectiveness yet simultaneously strengthening quality and control of resources.

 Responsibilities:
Evaluate market conditions and recommends policy changes to encourage maximum sales activities
Design market testing process and oversees the implementation of market research testing activities for products and services
Drive Company revenues by increasing sales of all products and services
Achieve sales operational objectives by contributing sales information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews