Organization: Rural Electrification Agency (REA)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Principal Service Territory Monitoring Engineer

About US:

Rural Electrification Agency (REA) is the secretariat of the Rural Electrification Board (REB) established by statutory instrument 2001 No. 75. REA is mandated to implement Government’s rural electrification programs. The Government of Uganda through REA is implementing a number of electricity connection projects with financial support from development partners to meet national electricity access targets.

Job Summary:   The Senior Concession Monitoring Engineer  will maximize prudent utility operations within the Service Territories.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Plan and manage periodic monitoring activities for all service territories.
• Support and coordinate network expansion activities in the service territories.
• Plan and coordinate capacity building activities of technical personnel in the Service Territories.
• Work with Service Providers and the REA GIS unit to ensure an up-to-date National Rural Electrification projects database and a GIS database.
• Ensure compliant of the Service Providers with the provisions in the Lease Agreements and Licenses.
• Ensure proper commissioning and handover of completed distribution networks to the Service Providers.
• Generate performance targets for the Service Providers
• Represent REA in meetings convened by electricity stakeholders
• Any other assignments as may be assigned.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

• The applicant for the Senior Concession Monitoring Engineer job must hold a good Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or its equivalent.
• Extensive knowledge of Planning, design, procurement and implementation of Electricity power systems projects.
• Seven years working experience five of which are in operation of electricity distribution networks.
• Ability to deal delicate and multi-cultural communities and environments and build effective relationships with various communities.
• Demonstrable skills in monitoring of environmental and social safeguard will be an added advantage.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Good interpersonal relations
• Self-motivated
• Good negotiation skills
• Ready to travel upcountry.

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their applications including detailed Curriculum Vitae and copies of relevant academic documents together with names of three professional referees (and their email / day time telephone contacts) to:

The Executive Director, Rural Electrification Agency, Plot 10 Windsor Loop, Kololo 2nd Floor, House of Hope P.O. Box 7317 Kampala – Uganda.

Deadline: 9^th November 2018

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Organization: Samaritan’s Purse

Duty Station: Uganda

Reports to: Area Coordinator

About US:

Samaritan’s Purse is an international Christian relief and development organization meeting the critical needs of victims of war, poverty, natural disaster, famine and disease with the aim of sharing God’s love. It was founded in the United States (US).

Job Summary:  The Project Manager will be responsible for overall coordination and management – both programmatic and financial – of the Yumbe Restore Project across the operation area. H/She will guide, train, direct and support project staff in implementing project activities while also providing monitoring and evaluation tools to assess progress against agreed objectives. The Project Manager is ultimately responsible for ensuring timely, orderly and effective programming to beneficiaries and for ensuring timely and accurate data collection, recording and financial management according to provided guidelines. H/She will be responsible for regular project reporting to the Area Coordinator, and must ensure effective coordination of project activities with the relevant District Local Government Departments.

H/She should be knowledgeable on water facilities for semi-arid areas like Yumbe and approaches like PHAST and CLTS. A successful candidate should be well conversant with the Ministry of Water and Environment policy guidelines for Water and Sanitation sub sector players and District Implementation Manual (DIM). H/She will be based in the fields’ operation area under the Yumbe field office but should be willing to travel extensively and spend some nights in the field. All applicants must be strong Christians and agree with and uphold the values and objectives of the organization to be considered for these positions.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

Management & Administration:

• Direct line management of water technician and public health educators in the districts of operation, including performance review, ongoing direction, support, encouragement and correction.
• Update HR records for all project staff in the districts of operation, sending monthly reports to Area coordinator for attendance, leave and contractual changes as they arise.
• Ensure effective budget management and administration of project finances, including adherence to SP financial management guidelines.
• Act as official SP representative to stakeholders for all matters concerning WASH in districts of operation.

Programming:

• Formulate a clear strategy and direction for the Project in the districts of operation in collaboration with the Area Coordinator and WASH specialist
• Coordinate effective implementation of safety in project activities.
• Ensure all project activities are conducted in accordance with agreed work-plan and project proposal.
• Submit monthly and quarterly reports to the Area Coordinator including activity summary, progress against objectives, beneficiary caseload data, achievements to date, issues faced and project impact stories.
• Ensure coordination of all activities at District-level with relevant Local Government departments, NGOs and CBOs, and community stakeholders, and maintain constant coordination in strategic project implementation.
• Perform any other duties as assigned by the Area Coordinator

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant for the Samaritan’s Purse Project Manager WASH job placement should hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil engineering or Environmental engineering or Water engineering and/or any other related field
• Three years of experience in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector.
• The incumbent must be dynamic, personable
• Good team player

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send an updated CV (not more than 3 pages), covering letter and relevant documentation via email to  HR: ugandahr@samaritan.org or hand deliver to any of the Samaritan’s Purse offices close to your locations

Deadline: 9^th November 2018 by 5:00pm

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Organisation: Tugende

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: I.T Technical Coordinator

About US:

Tugende is a for-profit social enterprise based in Uganda. Our mission is providing finance and support to help the self-employed own income generating assets. Our core product is a lease to own model for motorcycle taxi drivers (boda bodas) who own their own motorcycles in 19 months or less with weekly payments similar to what they otherwise pay to rent indefinitely from informal landlords. Ownership significantly increases income, job security and road safety. Tugende currently serves over 6,000 active customers in Uganda through 150+ employees across 7 branches, and 4,500 additional leases have already been fully repaid. With a market for motorcycle taxis of over 800,000 drivers in East Africa alone, Tugende is expanding rapidly in our core product. We are also building a platform with our staff, branches, data, systems, and deep knowledge of earners in the informal sector, which will easily enable us to expand into other asset finance and value added services offerings in the near future.

Job Summary:  The principal function of the Deputy I.T Technical Coordinator is to provide additional technical capabilities to our existing IT Team through direct work and will also be a key link between the Coordinator and the system developers working on our existing and future systems. Other key main duties will include;

• Management of both existing systems development and project upgrade through all the phases of the Software Development Lifecycle. This will involve but not limited to Requirements collection and elicitation, resource allocations, quality assurance, roll out strategies, and documentation.
• General administration of existing technology infrastructure and supervision of direct reports.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:  The Tugende Assistant Technical Coordinator will be required to perform the following tasks:

Innovation

Concept Development

• Identify and highlight potential areas of improvement through technology in the company
• Guide brainstorming sessions with other stakeholders/departments to identify ways Technology can improve business at Tugende.
• Document outstanding concepts and advise management on implementation and business impact

Technology Reviews

• Conduct periodic technology reviews of systems used at Tugende and benchmark on current trends.
• Actively participation in strategic planning for technology roadmaps.

System Maintenance

Manage Escalations of Help Desk Tickets

• Manage escalations made by direct reports forwarding help desk tickets for attention.
• Coordinate with all stakeholders involved in a specific issue to ensure they are aligned until the issue is concluded

Hardware Maintenance

• Maintain an up to date inventory of all computer hardware in Tugende including but not limited to Printers, Laptops, Routers, Projectors etc.
• Supervise the third party hardware maintenance providers (if any).

Systems Administration

• Oversight of systems administration in the company. This may include assigning of permissions to specific users/groups, prevention of malicious actions, detection when they occur, recovery after they have occurred etc.
• Advise management on ways of improving systems administration in the company

Project Execution

Software Development Life Cycle

• Project manage assigned in-house projects using Industry Project management principles.
• Ensure that each project executed meets the requirements set forth and is delivered in time using the right resources like the budget, human resource etc.
• Evaluate risks in all assigned projects at all stages and timely escalate when need arises.
• Assist and support the programming skills to help the team in cases when need arises e.g. debugging, designing algorithms, writing pseudo code and building components in projects
• Manage relationship between Tugende and External consultants
• Ability to take on different roles on different projects i.e. an example of this is doing quality assurance on one project and designing requirements on another
• Ensure high standard of system documentation and implementing bug fixing procedures with reference to best practices

Supervision of direct reports

Task allocation and scheduling

• Break down projects into clear tasks given to the direct reports
• Quality assurance of the deliverables from Direct reports
• Share Constructive Feedback with direct reports to ensure growth
• Coordinate with the I.T Technical Coordinator on status of the tasks pipeline and seek help for issues identified in the process

Health and Safety

Compliance to HSSE policy

• Ensures all Health & Safety policies, procedures, rules and regulations are adhered to including but not limited to; office safety (proper office arrangement of files and equipment) among others.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

• The applicant for the Tugende Deputy IT Technical Coordinator job placement should preferably hold a University Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology or related discipline, obtained from a recognized university. We are willing to consider top performers without a university degree if they can show exceptional professional experience.
• Five years of work experience, including 2 years leading teams on projects, with good track record in delivering IT solutions from a reputable organisation.
• Knowledge of Salesforce is an added advantage
• In-depth knowledge of development frameworks in python (e.g. Django, Flask, Pandas, Twisted, Numpy/Pandas, iPython, Matplotlib).
• Familiarity with web stack and underlying protocols and languages (TCP, UDP, HTTP, XML, JSON )
• Database Management skills (Postgres, MqSQL etc)
• Understanding of general coding concepts e.g. object oriented development, model view controller, rest API, Object Relational Mappers.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning and deployment tools (such as Git, Bit bucket, Mercurial SVN or Ansible)
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
• Basic understanding of project management and project management tools.
• Knowledge of project management techniques
• Knowledge of the Agile Approach to Solutions development
• Knowledge of Human Centered Design.
• Knowledge of development frameworks and their purpose
• Should not be afraid of leading from the front or getting their “hands dirty”. This specifically refers to help out when direct reports are stuck or overwhelmed. In general, a broader skill set within the required range is preferable to a deep specialisation.
• Ability to research and continuously discover, evaluate and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.
• Mentoring and training direct reports to help with ICT support across offices
• Manage the development of new features and make modifications to existing software using Apex, the AJAX Toolkit and Visualforce.
• Ability to learn new business concepts and new technologies in a fast paced environment
• Demonstrate high standard of people management skills and interpersonal skills to work in teams.
• Soft skills that align with Tugende core values

The preferred candidate must be willing and ready to embrace our shared values at Tugende as a whole:

• We operate with empathy and understanding for everyone (Including; Coach and cheerleader, Dignity, Highly approachable, and Exceptional customer experience; prioritize the customer’s experience)
• We are solutions-oriented (Including; Courage, Being proactive, Operational excellence, and Follow-through and ownership)
• We are always growing (Including; Learning, Innovating and striving to improve, Meritocracy; provides opportunity based on merit)
• We have integrity in all decisions (Including; Fair / honest, Good judgment, Critical thinking)
• We work as a team (Including; being Humble, Dependable and Supportive)

Key Competencies:

• Professionalism: Maintains professionalism when corresponding and negotiating with partners/suppliers. In addition being Empathetic and personable when dealing with applicants and borrowers.
• Positive Attitude: main a mindset of “getting things done” and finding satisfaction in developing sustainable long-term solutions at all times.
• Flexible and resilient: Willingness to travel, flexible in schedule and work hours, seek direct feedback and see every challenge as opportunity to grow.

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to apply online at the link below.

Click Here

Deadline: 11th November 2018

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Organisation: FIG Consult Limited (Tour and Travel Company)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Benefits: 850,000 UGX, Health Insurance, etc

About US:

FIG Consult Limited is a leading Human Resource Consultancy. They are recruiting on behalf of a valuable client, one of the oldest tour and travel companies with International accreditation.

Job Summary: The Travel Consultant will be responsible for planning, selling, arranging travel Itineraries and bookings for our clients. The Travel Consultant will be tasked with promoting and booking traveling arrangements for clients, formulating tour or holiday packages with the goal of enhancing client satisfaction and growth to our client base.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Carry out research of various destinations and means of travel regarding prices, customs, weather conditions, reviews etc.
• Making and confirming bookings using Amadeus Software.
• The incumbent will diagnose the clients’ specifications, needs and wishes and sale suitable travel packages or services
• Be a liaison point between airlines, hotels, care hire services etc. on behalf of clients
• Record all inquiries and bookings.
• Support clients in finding travel package deals for their needs, included but not limited to accommodation, transfers and air travel
• Ensuring that a minimum of 50% of all enquires are converted into bookings by quick, detailed and accurate response enquiries
• Organize travels from beginning to end, through booking tickets and accommodation, securing rental transportation etc.
• The jobholder will also supply travelers with pertinent information and useful travel/holiday material (guides, maps, event programs etc)
• Collect deposits and balances (Key account Management)
• Use promotional techniques and prepare promotional materials to sell itinerary tour packages
• Handle unforeseen problems and complaints and determine eligibility for money returns
• Attend conferences to maintain familiarity with tourism trends
• Create and update electronic records of clients
• Secure new clients and retention through high level of customer service
• Provide alternatives for customer travel
• Focus on Up-selling to increase revenue
• Build and maintain relationships with key persons
• Keep financial statements and documents
• Attain revenue and profit targets
• Inform clearly all customers of terms, conditions and cancellation policy for each booking
• Manage all customer complaints with diplomacy and refer to manager whenever necessary
• The incumbent will book hotels, visas and flights linked to the current booking and ensure all other services are confirmed and meet client’s expectations
• Prepare and submit weekly, monthly reports as required.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

• The applicant must hold an undergraduate degree in business/marketing or a related course.
• The applicant must hold IATA certification
• At least three years of experience in an IATA-accredited agency
• Excellent knowledge of traveling software Amadeus (Mandatory)
• Well versed in various areas of travel (domestic/international, business/holidays, group/individual etc)
• Commercially aware
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Good numerical ability
• Excellent verbal communication skills
• Good negotiation skills
• Good planning skills
• Proven working experience as a travel and tours consultant
• Proficiency in English; knowledge of additional languages is an advantage
• Exemplary sales skills and customer oriented approach
• Knowledge of computer reservation programs
• Effective Oral and written Communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills and pay close attention to detail
• Can work independently and as part of a team
• Friendly and flexible
• Ability to relate to people of different cultures and backgrounds

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to send their cover letters (include salary expectation) and updated CVs via email to ugandanjobline@gmail.com with the subject line quoted as “Travel Consultant.”

Deadline: 2^nd November 2018 by 5.00pm

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