Organization: Uganda
Electricity Generation Company Ltd (UEGCL)
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Reports to: Chief
Executive Officer
Uganda Electricity Generation
Company Ltd was incorporated in March 2001 under the Companies Act, 2012 on the
basis of the Public Enterprises Reform and Divestiture Act, Cap 98 and
Electricity Act, Cap 145. UEGCL is
wholly owned by the Government of the Republic of Uganda. UEGCL’s key role is
to – carry on the business of electric power generation and sale within Uganda
or for export to neighbouring countries; build, operate and maintain
Electricity Generation Plants; monitor the operation and maintenance of its
Concessioned Assets – Nalubaale and Kiira Power Stations; provide Technical
Support as and when required by the Government of the Republic of Uganda
through the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development; Implement Flagship
Hydropower Plant Projects of Karuma (600MW) and Isimba (183MW; organize,
support, encourage and maintain training facilities in technical and related
fields, amongst others.
Job Summary: The Head of
Business Performance will steer and manage the Business Performance Department
and ensure existence of an effective performance management framework that
supports continuous performance improvement of the company; leading corporate
performance management through Balanced Scorecard framework; coordinating
innovation and key business re-engineering programmes; setting clear objectives
in order to maximize divisional, departmental, and individual performance;
coordinating knowledge management and transfer from both internal and external
sources.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Implement
and institutionalize an effective accountability system across the Company
through a rigorous Strategy Execution management process. - Develop
and steer a strategic communication plan to ensure deep understanding and
execution of strategic objectives by all employees via effective alignment
of the Company Vision, Mission, Values, strategy, structure, and skills. - Steer
and coordinate the development of the Annual Planning Cycle for all
Divisions and ensure alignment to the Strategic Plan. - Drive
the translation of the Company Strategy into Strategy Map and Balanced
Scorecard by standardizing terminology and measurement definitions across
the organization and explicitly define objectives /measures and targets. - Establish
and ensure effective implementation of an appropriate Strategy monitoring
and evaluation framework to assess UEGCL compliance with strategic and
operational plans. - Works
in liaison with Division Heads to ensure robust mechanisms for continuous
operational and business improvement processes, performance measurement
systems are in place to ensure sustainable efficiency improvements. - Ensure
that a credible and robust operating performance data base is well
maintained and generate necessary information for objective decision
making of the Board and Top Management of the UEGCL. - Manage
accountable Business Performance reporting to provide performance insights
and required mitigations through cascading Balanced Scorecards to both
Senior Executives in Business and Support functions. - Conduct
continuous Business Processes Analysis and Improvements based on
continuous process value analysis relative to the strategy and integrate
the Balanced Scorecard and incentive mechanisms. - Ensure
that high impact tactical business re-engineering programs are developed
and implemented to achieve UEGCL Strategic objectives. - Ensure
that business re-engineering programmes are effectively monitored,
evaluated and feedback on way forward given to management. - Prepare
Board papers including the CEO reports and Quarterly Strategy Execution
progress reports and performance status reports for the Board. - Actively
coordinate monthly operational review meetings and quarterly strategic
review meetings to examine progress and overall business performance. - Keen
tracking, monitoring and progress reporting on Top Management decisions as
well as preparation and development of corporate presentations. - Manage
the internal performance contracting process by leading and coordinating
target setting, negotiations & signing between Board, Management and
Staff. - Manage
the development of knowledge harvest and management framework and
implementation of knowledge transfer within the organization. - Coordinate
and drive comparative competition, best-practice benchmarking &
knowledge sharing, both internally and externally. - Provide
Technical Support to CEO’s Office on operational and strategic issues. - Ensure
that implemented development projects and programmes are effectively
evaluated in respect to efficiency, effectiveness and impact, and advise
management accordingly. - Ensure
accurate documentation of the company’s business re-engineering
initiatives for possible company image enhancement. - Actively
participate in reform initiatives related to UEGCL with other stakeholders
e.g.MEMD, ERA, MoFPED, etc. - Actively
coordinate preparation and submission of departmental budgets and plans
for approval and ensure effective monitoring and management of costs. - Coordinate
with the Human Resources Division to identify, develop, deploy and retain
talented staff within the division including completing performance
appraisals, personal development and succession plans effectively and on
time in accordance with the established performance management system. - Carry
out any other tasks that may be assigned from time to time.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The
Head of Business Performance should possess a Degree and Postgraduate
qualification in Engineering, Business Management, Economics, Statistics
or related discipline. - Affiliation
to the relevant professional bodies will be an added advantage - At
least five (5) years’ of post qualification experience in a vibrant
organization - Possess
professional skills and experience in Performance Management,
Institutional Development, Monitoring and Evaluation and systems
development - Proven
leadership and negotiation skills - Excellent
planning and organizational skills - Excellent
analytical and problem solving skills - Excellent
communication, facilitation and presentation skills. - Thorough
knowledge and understanding of corporate and industry practices,
processes, and standards - Proven
ability to establish and maintain effective business relationships and
partnerships with key stakeholders. - Excellent
interpersonal skills and high level of integrity - Self-drive,
resilience and strong attention to detail and highly organized - Computer
literacy skills
All suitably qualified and
interested candidates should send their applications with copies of their
academic documents and detailed CVs indicating two referees and their full
addresses physically to:
The Chief Executive Officer,
Uganda Electricity Generation
Company Ltd (UEGCL),
Plot 37 Nakasero Road P.O. Box
75831, Kampala. Uganda
Deadline: Friday, 20th March, 2015 by 5.00 p.m.
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