Uganda: Project Manager

Projects Manager

Start date: May 2016

Job title: Projects Manager, Opportunity Bank Uganda Ltd, Kampala

Reporting to: Executive Director

Overall aims of post: Responsible for managing and delivering on all the Bank’s major projects including multi donor funded projects within Opportunity Bank Uganda Ltd (OBUL). Seeking a strong individual who plans, directs, and coordinates activities of designated projects to ensure that goals or objectives of project are accomplished within prescribed time frame and funding parameters by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate supervisors. Coordinate internal and external change within the organization to ensure optimal efficiency and effectiveness is achieved. They will have relevant experience in the financial services sector, technology and agriculture value chains. Based out of Kampala with frequent trips to the field.

This role is on a three year contract renewable annually

Key responsibilities:

1.Project management

Provide leadership for projects governance in the Bank by ensuring establishment and enforcement of a standardised projects Management guideline along best practice frame works that will be followed for all bank projects

Monitor implementation of project activities and budgets to assure accountability as per the approved Work Plan; Monitoring and Evaluation Strategy

Facilitate and coordinate all Bank projects to ensure adherence to timeline, execution within budget, satisfy the set objectives and effective risk management.

Reviews project proposals or plans to determine time frame, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing project, staffing requirements, and allotment of available resources to various phases of project.

Coordinate internal and external change within the organization to ensure optimal efficiency and effectiveness is achieved.

Ensure efficient business processes in terms of efficient and effective internal controls - Review operating manuals to ensure customer friendly processes and through consultation with relevant stakeholders initiate process reengineering.

Advice management on human and physical resource optimization – Based on through put in the respective department identifying idle capacity that can productively be used elsewhere. Identify potential areas of process automation that can eliminate waste of resources which will contribute to overall profitability.

Review and ensure that there exists Internal and external Service level agreements. Internal service level agreements between different departments to clearly identify the turnaround time for feedback and problem resolution.

Donor agency project coordination - centralize all donor projects under this office and responsible for the generation of progress reports.

Prepare and submit Executive Management reports (and donor reports where required) in line with project objectives log frame and indicators.

Ability to draw and follow up on numerous partner work plans

Oversee the development of resources and materials for tracking and achieving overall project success

Ensure that projects stay on schedule and any issues are resolved

Timely reports and implementation (adherence to work plans)

Efficient budget utilization (On-time, on-budget delivery of activities)

Works with relevant Heads of Department to ensure the project team members are equipped and trained to perform their jobs.

2. Donor management

Proactively work to maintain dialogue with donors, keeping abreast of changing priorities.

Ensure compliance with donor requirements

3. External partnerships

Responsible for managing and maintaining all directly related external partnerships to ensure meeting project objectives

Regular meetings to update on project progress and performance. Liaison between external partners and OBUL

Continuously analyze partner needs, develop action plans, track milestones and decision points and measure success.

Work with the different partners to develop, recommend and instill key performance metrics for efficient and relevant project tracking (milestones/deadlines/cost savings)

Provide thought leadership to the different partners and act as point of contact.

4. Finance and budgeting

Track monthly expenditure and ensure it is in line with project work plans and budget requirements. Modify any changes to reflect on the ground expenditure.

Work with Finance Director at OBUL to maintain accurate financial records and accountability

5. Monitoring &Evaluation (M&E)

Responsible for all aspects of project evaluation; includes gathering information in line with project objective and indicators;

Gather primary and secondary data- responsible for data management and analysis

Ensure all activities are in line with the project log frames

Support annual Evaluation and analysis of data for baseline, midterm and exit surveys.

Sharing best practices regionally

Any other activities that may arise and would assist in moving forward the Agriculture finance program.

Requires education, skills and experience

· Seven years plus experience in project management

· Experience in financial service delivery, technology and agriculture value chains

· Experience in report and grant request writing

· Clearly demonstrated ability to design, implement, and evaluate large scale, donor funded projects

· Experience in dealing with consortium relationships

· Strong background in M&E functions

· Experience in maintaining and cultivating donor and partner relationships.

· Demonstrated ability to also work as a part of a team and supervise others.

· Degree level education

· Competence in the use of Microsoft Office.

· Excellent oral and written English

· Experience managing budgets

· Project proposal writing and presentation skills

Desirable qualities

· Ability to think out of the box; be proactive

· Strategic Thinking-ability to set goals, plan and prioritize

· Background in microfinance preferred

· Experience in agriculture finance and agriculture value chains preferred

· Self starter- ability to work without supervision, take initiative and make decisions on the spot

· Administration and Organization

· Knowledge of specialist projects management tools and techniques

Interested candidates should send their applications letters together with their curriculum vitae not later than 13th May 2016 to:

Human Resources Officer

Opportunity Bank (U) Ltd

P.O.BOX 33513

Kampala

Email: tajiku@opportunitybank.co.ug

Post holder must have ability to work in Uganda