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11 December 2014

Non-profit Careers - Head of Projects at Joint Medical Store (JMS)

Organisation: Joint Medical Store (JMS)Reports to: Manager OperationsJoint Medical Store (JMS) is a Church founded private Not-For-Profit organization whose mission is to supply medicines, medical equipment and related healthcare services, and training of assured quality to the people of Uganda at affordable prices.Job Summary: The Head of Projects will be responsible for efficient logistical and warehouse management operations at the assigned warehouse facilities.Key Duties and Responsibilities: In charge of developing and reviewing procedures for warehouse activities in order to ensure that they are current at all times.Oversee the order management team to ensure that facility distribution deadlines are met at all times.Intuitively review received orders to ensure that correct combinations of medical commodities were ordered and where necessary provide technical guidance to relevant facilities.Actively monitor the volume of operations on a quarterly basis and advise management on space requirements.Investigate and explain stock take discrepancies after cycle counts so that corrective action is taken to maintain the discrepancies within acceptable range.Intuitively monitor the stock shelf life following the laid down procedures in order to minimize the risk of stock expiry through initiating corrective action in time.Compile and send monthly stock movement reports for different programs in compliance with program reporting requirements.Manage operations at the assigned warehouse facility in a way that promotes safety and security at the premises.Qualifications, Skills and Experience: The Head of Projects should hold a Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy or related discipline.Professional qualification in supplies and logistics management e.g. CIPS will be an added advantage.A minimum of five or more years relevant work experience two of which should have been spent at supervisor level in a busy warehouse or logistics environment.Hands-on experience in using automated warehouse management system and ERP applications.Highly dependable, honest, impeccable integrityGood team player with strong interpersonal skillsWell-developed oral, written (report writing) communication skillsHighly self-motivated, able to prioritize work and follow up tasks and issues to the endKeen attention to detail with strong numeric and quantitative skillsStrong analytical and problem solving skillsComputer proficiency in MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Email)All candidates should send their applications including photocopies of academic certificates, Curriculum Vitae, names of three professional referees (who are not relatives), and a day-time telephone contacts should be addressed to:The Head of Human Resource and AdministrationPlot 1828 Gogonya Road, NsambyaP.O. Box 4501, Kampala, Uganda.Deadline: Wednesday, 17th December 2014 by 5.00pm.

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05 November 2014

Uganda: PROJECTS OFFICER

VSF – Global Food Justice (VSF - GFJ) is a non-governmental development organization, founded in 1987 that carries out activities in support of farmers' organizations as well as attempts to publicize the problems of the peasantry in the world and the proposals for a change in global agricultural model. Through all its actions VSF - GFJ mainstreams the struggle for Food Sovereignty, a paradigm shift in economic, political and social order to achieve a just and equitable relations between all peoples and respect the environment. In Spain it is composed by a professional team spread between its headquarters in Barcelona and sixteen regional delegations. In Africa the work is articulated through Africa Regional Coordination including Uganda and R.D Congo. In Latin America through the Regional Coordination in Bolivia, Central America (gathering Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador) and Caribbean (grouping Dominican Republic, Cuba and Haiti)

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JOB DESCRIPTION

VSF - GFJ has been continuously present in Uganda since 1994, particularly in the Teso region, and with its work aims to:

Contribute to the endogenous agricultural development of rural communities through increased access to resources and promoting local production models.Strengthening rural community organizations,VSF - GFJ counterparts and other local stakeholders.Raising awareness on the structural causes that undermine the right to foodin rural communities andpromote changes to local and regional level based on the achievement of the development model of food sovereignty

Based in Soroti and under the responsibility of the Africa Regional Coordinator, the selected person will be responsible for supporting the implementation of the Development Programme in Teso Region that VSF - GFJ is carrying out jointly with its local Development Partners.

We encourage women to apply.

MISSION

Ø Supervising and/or carrying out the planning, execution and justification of the RC’s activities.

Ø Correctly handling the accountability of the Regional Coordination according to the valid legislation in the country.

Ø Collaborating in drafting financial reports according to the regulations established by the joint-financiers.

Ø Being accountable to the Regional Coordinator or Administrator.

FUNCTIONS

· Carrying out the technical and financial assessment, reporting and evaluation of the activities executed by the RC.

· Collaborating in the formulation of the programmes in coordination with the partners depending on the established programmatic context.

· Guiding and assessing the process for the training of the associated organisations.

· Taking part in the implementation of the budgets of the programmes and projects in coordination with the partners.

· Taking part in audits and evaluations.

· Effect the payment of bills, registering the accounts of financial operations and classifying their justification.

· Taking part in the budgetary assessment of VSF’s activities and in the preparation of the Coordination’s financial reports.

· Revising the expense justifying financial reports of VSF’s associated organisations.

· Regulating payments to staff and third parties.

PROJECTS SPECIALIST PROFILE

· University degrees, preferably in the social rural domains, agriculture or veterinary.

· Familiarity with, and personal motivation for, the Food Sovereignty sector.

· Experience in the formulation, assessment and justification of joint-financing.

· Familiarity with the gender-based approach and its practical application.

· Experience in rural development projects.

· Experience in projects for the guidance and reinforcement of farmers’ organisations for agricultural and livestock producers.

· Experience in carrying out diagnoses and evaluations with participative methodologies.

· Experience in designing and presenting training courses, drafting training guides and using popular education techniques.

· Proficient use of Excel, Word and electronic mail management.

· A motorbike driving license is compulsory.

· Fluency in English and Ateso (written and spoken). Kumam, Kiswahili, French and Spanish will be an added advantage.

· The ability to integrate in multicultural teams.

· The ability to work in a team and alone

· The ability to communicate.

· Being motivated to work with, and learn from, rural communities.

· Availability to travel in the region by motorcycle and alone.

DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED

Updated Curriculum Vitae and motivation letter.All necessary certificates to verify his/her Degrees, training courses, works, etc ... (only if engaged)

Conditions

6 months contract, renewable according to performance (3 months on trial).Working time: 40 hours per week.Salary according to VSF - GFJ’s internal local personnel salary scale.Medical insurance and NSSF.Starting date: 17th November 2014

Interested people should send their CV and cover letter indicating Ref. Projects Officer in the subject:

By e-mailing to: africa@vsf.org.es

Or Hand Deliver to: VSF-Global Food Justice Offices, Emokor Road, Opposite Bomas of Soroti Restaurant, in Soroti town.

The deadline for application submission is: 10th November 2014 (only sectioned candidates will be contacted)

Female candidates are encouraged to apply.

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09 October 2014

East African Community (EAC) Jobs - European Development Fund EDF Projects Accountant

Organisation: East African Community (EAC)Duty Station: EAC Secretariat, Arusha, TanzaniaJob Reference Number: EAC/HR//2014-2015/013The East African Community (EAC) is the regional intergovernmental organization of the Republic of Kenya, the Republic of Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, the Republic of Rwanda and the Republic of Burundi with its headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania.The EAC mission is to widen and deepen economic, political, social and cultural integration to improve the quality of life of the people of East Africa through increased competitiveness, value added production, trade and investments.Key Duties and Responsibilities: Supports the EDF Projects Coordinator in planning and preparation of cost estimates, budget, and financial forecasts related to the key activities and meetings/workshops in the process of developing the EAC EDF sub envelope;Be responsible for supporting logistics and preparing payments related to the meetings, workshops, services and processes related to the development of the EAC 11th EDF projects;Administer procedures and practices for funds management, expenditure control and financial reporting of budgetary funds, as well as ensuring that there are no budget overruns;Update and maintain proper accounting records and monthly as well as quarterly reports, including analysis of accounts to ensure availability of timely and accurate financial information;Render support in the process of preparation of Financial Statements for purposes of Audit;Prepare Financial Management reports for the EAC Secretariat for onward transmission to EUDelegation;Responsible for the preparation of monthly bank reconciliation statements;Offer meaningful and in-depth financial and management information for all EDF projects;Ensure coordinated budget execution for all EDF projects;Compile and submit quarterly and annual financial reports for all EDF projects;Production of annual report accounts for all EDF projects at EAC;Supporting the budgeting process for all EDF projects at EAC;Coordinate audits for all EDF projects at EAC; andOne stop desk for all financial information and reports for all EDF projects at EAC.Qualifications, Skills and Experience: The ideal candidate for the East African Community (EAC) vacancy should hold a Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Planning, or Business Administration or equivalent qualification from a recognised university .Be a Certified Chartered Accountant in Public or Private Accounting and registered to practice by the National Accounting Body of your country;At least five (5) years’ experience in project management working for regional and/or international organisation;Demonstrated skills in budgeting;High organizational and planning; analytical and problem solving skills;Excellent interpersonal, team work and communication skills (speaking, report writing and presenting in English);Computer literacy i.e. Proficiency in Microsoft Office applicationsAll citizens of the East African Community Partner States (Burundi, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda) are invited to by submitting their applications, detailed curriculum vitae, photocopies of academic certificates, and names and contact details of three referees.NB: Please quote the respective reference number on both on the application letter and envelope. For electronic submission, please quote the respective reference number on the subject of the email and send to the address given below.You may submit your application either electronically or in hard copy but not both.The complete applications which do not: indicate nationality and age; the reference number; or have an application letter attached; have certified copies of academic certificates; or fail to provide three referees will be disqualified.Cnr of Ohio Street & Garden Avenue:P O Box 1559 Dar-es-Salaam, TanzaniaDeadline: Monday, 10th November 2014.

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08 September 2014

Eskom Jobs - Projects Co-ordinator

Reports to: Maintenance ManagerEskom Uganda Limited (EUL) is a subsidiary company of Eskom Enterprises based in South Africa. Our business is operating and maintaining Nalubaale and Kiira hydroelectric Power Stations. Our mission is to be the Centre of Excellence in Power Concession Management. We have one vacancy for the position of Projects Coordinator and hereby invite interested and suitable applicants to submit their CVs along with a cover letter in consideration of the position advertised.Job Summary: The Projects Co-ordinator will support the Technical Manager in implementing capital projects as well as developing justification for projects to the asset owner, and assist other technical departments in problem-solving regarding projects management when called upon.Key Duties and Responsibilities:Understand the plant and its electro-mechanical makeup to come up with appropriate projects to motivate for and contribute in the overall health of the plant.Assist in the preparation of the plant CAPEX (Capital expenditures) budget.Assist plant personnel in elaborating ideas and plans regarding progress actions on projects in order to improve long term efficiency of the operation.Ensure proper execution of projects through development of studies and/or implementation of small modifications or majors investments.Assist plant personnel in analysing major plant problems which may jeopardize the short term good operations of the plant.Ensure proper information exchange between project teams and plant operations team after each project.Although not directly involved in the plant operation, he/she must maintain a good understanding of the plant operation so that when called upon to assist in shutdown work or troubleshooting; effective assistance is given.He/She will be responsible for initiating and maintaining current and future equipment files as well as keeping plant drawing database up-to-date.Qualifications, Skills and Experience: The project coordinator should possess a Bachelor’s Degree in any technical field preferably in Mechanical, Electrical or Civil engineering.At least five years’ experience in managing medium to complex projects in heavy process industries.Good working knowledge of Industrial plant technology (Electro-Mechanical), power generation experience, Quality management, project & cost management.Specialized and further training in projects management with certification will be an added advantageStrong Working knowledge of MS office tools especially MS Projects and ERPsOnly short listed candidates will be contacted. All interested and suitable candidates should send their cover letter and CV including three referees to our on- line addressTel: 0332240400, Fax: 256 43 123154E-mail: Recruitment@eskom.co.ug1) Your name and the position you are applying for should be indicated in the subject field of your email.2) Eskom Uganda Limited is an equal opportunity employer.3) Any form of canvassing or lobbying will lead to automatic disqualification from the recruitment process.4) Submissions sent beyond the stipulated time, though received on email, will not be consideredDeadline: 18th September 2014 by 3PM

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27 April 2013

Drupal Module Developer on UNICEF & Worldbank projects

Mountbatten Ltd. is a Drupal shop in Uganda where we work on small local and a few big international sites with a fast growing team of 10+ people. Our clients are, amongst others, UNICEF, Worldbank, Fortune top 100 and local companies.
In this team we have an opportunity for an experienced Drupal developer. Your role is to coordinate the work on the range of modules we maintain on Drupal.org with a team of developers and to cooperatively design and write on the most urgent code.
The modules we maintain are mostly in the area of storing and visualizing data. Solr, FacetAPI, Charts_Graphs, OpenLayers are the base modules that we use in our major projects. We have a lot more ideas on how to improve this stack, that we plan to implement with our clients. Besides these, we are about to start a new Drupal Installation Profile that is going to be deployed globally that will import & export xml data and on the way, indeed, will visualise that data in all different creative ways that we can think of; Maps, Graphs, API etc.
As samples: graphs on a map, Facet driven graphs, or a mobile app for simple OpenStreetMap tracing.
Besides all our client projects, through our NGO Fruits of Thought, we are also very active in the local OpenStreetMap community and maintain the just started Ugandan OpenData portal. These are developing just as fast as Mountbatten itself, a…

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06 August 2012

Projects Manager ( FULL TIME )

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( Armajaro Uganda Limited, Uganda)

Our client, Armajaro Uganda Limited is a global soft commodity trading house and supply chain manager founded in 1998 and is one of the world’s largest traders in soft commodities. Headquartered in London, they have origination and exporting operations in all the major cocoa, coffee and sugar growing countries across the globe employing over 2,000 people. In Uganda they specialise in the sourcing and delivery of coffee and are committed to being the partner of choice in the Agri-commodity supply chain. They are now hiring - Projects Manager

Reporting to the Country Representative, the successful candidate will be responsible for the projects spread in Robusta and Arabica coffee growing areas throughout Uganda. The purpose of the job is to help smallholder coffee farmers and specific value chains to implement Good Agricultural Practices, improve overall yields, and organize themselves in a manner to be able to effectively obtain sustainably grown certification and access markets.

Specific Responsibilities:

Conduct baselines studies of smallholder farmer supply chains and insure that annual targets for extension are met. Prepare all supply chains for the Map Track system and relevant certifications.Establish and manage farmer training schools to support effective extension work allowing. This includes managing the overall lesson plans and training calendar. Maintain and report on all Monitoring and Evaluation activitiesReport on crop health and overall region-by-region or area by area productivity as it relates to the overall coffee harvest annually.Implement Internal Control Systems for projects throughout Uganda.Ensure that the correct caliber of employees is engaged in the project area and they are well qualified for the duties assigned.Monitor progress and report accurately on Managers’ and Trainee Managers’ performance. To set own performance targets in consultation with Head of Report. Oversee all Project budgets and cash flows. Shall visit all project areas under jurisdiction at least once a month during harvest.You shall advise the farmer trainers on the following:-Coffee pruning and conversion, best method of weed control, mulching, type and when to apply fertilizer, pest and disease control. You shall personally oversee spray calibration at least once every six months, soil and leaf sampling for analysis. Shade trees and Sustainability aspects.Should communicate with the managers daily by SMS and or phone to know the operations of previous day and advise accordingly.Ensure that the managers submit weekly and monthly reports and accounts for further scrutiny and prepare and present profit and loss accounts promptly.Achieve sustainable grown certification for all project areas and perform regular checks to the facilities.Requirement:Knowledge and EducationDegree in Agribusiness, Industrial Chemistry, Business Economics, or Accounting/ Finance or related field.A post graduation qualification with a bias in crop management, preferably coffee.At least 6 years in a senior management role of a coffee or similar crop processing organisation.Practical exposure to Agribusiness Projects Management How to apply:

To apply, please send your CV and cover letter with 3 work related referees to the address or e-mail below. All applications shall be marked: “Sustainability PM”. E-mails must not exceed 2MB.

Closing date is 5pm on Thursday June 28,2012

While we thank all applicants for your interest, only those selected for interviews will be contacted. Any form of lobbying will lead to automatic disqualification.

People Performance Group Plot 8 Kitante Close, Kitante P.O. Box 12405, Kampala – Uganda E-mail: application@ppg.co.ug Also visit www.kazijobs.com

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30 June 2012

Projects Manager ( FULL TIME )

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( Armajaro Uganda Limited, Uganda)

Specific Responsibilities:

To apply, please send your CV and cover letter with 3 work related referees to the address or e-mail below. All applications shall be marked: “Sustainability PM”. E-mails must not exceed 2MB.

Closing date is 5pm on Thursday June 28,2012

While we thank all applicants for your interest, only those selected for interviews will be contacted. Any form of lobbying will lead to automatic disqualification.

People Performance Group Plot 8 Kitante Close, Kitante P.O. Box 12405, Kampala – Uganda E-mail: application@ppg.co.ug Also visit www.kazijobs.com

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13 February 2012

PROJECTS ACCOUNTANT

5.0. Required Qualification and Experience: At least an Honours Degree in Commerce, Finance or Business Administration majoring in Accounting or Financial Management Postgraduate Professional Qualifications in either ACCA or CPA.3 years of practical working experience in Donor Funded Project financial reporting Systems. Experience in World Bank and GOU Financial Management and Accounting procedures shall be an added advantage Ability to analyze Financial and Accounting policies and measures put in place by Government of Uganda Able to prepare and monitor Financial Management Operations of the Project Must be computer literate and able to use spreadsheet computer packages like Excel Spreadsheets and computerised Accounting Packages
5. Duration of the Assignment: Two year contract renewable upon successful performance.

6. The Ministry of Energy now invites eligible individuals to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested individuals must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services by submitting signed and dated letters of application and curriculum vitae (CV) with copies of relevant degrees and diplomas. The CV’s must indicate names, email and telephone numbers of three (3) referees.

7. The Projects Accountant will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers
(current edition).

8. Applications must be delivered to the address below by 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, 14th February 2012.

9. Address for Submission: The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, Attn: Coordination Manager, Program Coordination Unit, P. O. Box 7270, Kampala, Uganda, Rooms C 305B, 3rd Floor, Amber House, Plot 29/33, Kampala Road, Tel: 256-41-342 382 Fax: 256-41-349342. E-mail: buringuriza@energy.go.ug

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30 November 2011

Specialists in Agricultural Development Projects

General Position Description Fintrac is seeking dynamic and motivated individuals to be part of one or more upcoming bids expected from USAID in Uganda. The projects will focus on improved agricultural productivity , livelihood development, local capacity-building, community-level organizations, and gender equality in agriculture. Among the positions will be...

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