Higher Education Officer at National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) in Uganda

Job Title: Higher Education Officer – Licensing And Accreditation (Tertiary Institutions Unit)

Employer: National Council for Higher Education (NCHE)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Application Deadline: 10^th Feb 2015

Job Description:

Duties and Responsibilities:

·         Reports to the SHEO Licensing and Accreditation

·         Carries out the day-to-day activities of licensing and accreditation of OTIs

·         Works on the applications for the establishments of

·         OTIs in Uganda

·         Assists the SHEO on matters of accreditation of programmes taught in OTIs in Uganda

·         Assists in research activities and publications in reputable journals, internationally recognized conference proceedings and other Policy Bodies

·         Assists the SHEO to organize awareness workshops to inform OTIs on the emerging issues regarding licensing and accreditation procedures of OTIs

·         Assists the SHEO in preparing disseminative reports (visitations, inspections etc) for the PHEO OTIs

·         Carries out any other duties that may be assigned from time-to-time by the superiors

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

·         Holds a Masters’ degree in a relevant discipline from a recognized University;

·         Must have taught in a Tertiary Institution for at least 2 years at the level of a Tutor and above or must have been a Higher Education Official in a Government

·         Department or Regulatory Body for 2 years;

·         Must be ICT literate;

·         Knowledge of Project Management is desirable;

·         Knowledge of International Standard organizations

·         (ISO) is desirable.

Expected Outputs:

·         Work activity plans;

·         Evaluation reports showing targets achieved;

·         Documented developmental strategies;

·         Effectively implemented quality testing mechanisms to ensure universities and Other Tertiary Institutions meet the minimum standards;

·         Periodic unit reports.

Salary: National Council for Higher Education will offer an attractive package to the successful candidates.

How to apply:

Qualified candidates should submit seven (7) copies of: a hand written application letter; an up to date and detailed CV including names and contacts of three credible referees; copies of academic qualifications; and any other relevant documents. The deadline for receiving applications is two weeks from the date of this advert. Applications should be submitted during office hours (9.00am – 5.00pm) to: The Executive Director National Council for Higher Education Plot 34, Cavers Crescent P. O. Box 76, Kyambogo, Uganda, East Africa. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

Skills Development Specialist Careers at FHI 360 in Uganda

Job Title: Skills Development Specialist

Employer: FHI 360

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Application Deadline: 10^th Feb 2015

Job Description:

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assess potential approaches for increasing opportunities for increasing learning opportunities for young people and develop a strategy to scale the most promising ones.

• Develop an understanding of labor market skills in demand to inform project skills development activities.

• Ensure that skills development and leadership activities are accessible to young women.

• Promote age-appropriate learning opportunities based on developmental phases of different age groups.

• Provide technical leadership in community engagement and leadership opportunities for youth.

• With support from FHI 360 workforce experts, provide technical leadership in design, development, planning, and implementation; and capacity-building in quality technical, workforce readiness and entrepreneurship skills training.

• Ensure that project strategies and activities addressing youth are evidence-based and in line with state-of-theart, globally recognized best practices; as well as aligned with Uganda’s National Youth Policy and USAID’s Youth in Development Policy.

• Ensure that the project engages youth in all stages of the project to promote youth leadership and ensure that youth perspectives are taken into consideration.

• Develop and maintains collaborative relationships with donor/client organizations, relevant government agencies, and, youth-serving organizations, and other NGOs.

• As a senior member of the project, the Specialist is responsible for planning and scheduling work flow and timetables for the skills development project activities according to project guidelines.

Skills and Experience:

• Master’s degree in education, business, or other relevant field. A Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field with 10 years of experience may be substituted for a Master’s degree.

• Minimum of 6 years’ experience in workforce development with an emphasis on youth development activities

• Excellent track record of achieving results in similar types of skill development activities. Demonstrated high-level technical, analytical, and interpersonal skills.

• Knowledge of adolescent development and best practices to promote positive youth development

• Expertise in delivering training to diverse audiences with varying levels of education

• Strong critical thinking and technical writing skills.

• Excellent interpersonal and multi-cultural skills coupled with strong public speaking abilities.

• Experience in projects promoting livelihood interventions and youth employment with a focus on food-based economies highly desired.

• Demonstrated knowledge of Uganda’s vocational training opportunities.

• Understanding of child labor issues, including youth employment.

• Experience with USAID or other USG funding highly desired.

• Experience working with relevant government agencies, civil society organizations, employers, and unions.

• Must have strong English written and oral communication skills.

• Experience working in East Africa highly desired.

How to Apply

Submit a cover letter, CV/resume including salary requirements to: The Human Resource Office, FHI 360, Plot 15 Kitante Close, P. O. Box 5768, Kampala, UGANDA or by email to: uganda-info@fhi360.org not later than Friday, 10th February, 2015.

NGO Careers at RTI International - M & E Assistant

Job Title: M & E Assistant

Employer: RTI International

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Application Deadline: 10^th Feb 2015

Job Description:

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and provide guidance to Focal Persons and relevant personnel of specified districts for qualitative and quantitative data collection and quality control districts on behalf of the program.

• Liaise with DHOs, NTD Focal Persons and Health Department Statisticians and program personnel to ensure that program indicators are being adhered to and met in a timely manner.

• Regularly provide guidance to FPs, Sub-county Supervisors and CMDs on data collection for the activities in assigned districts.

• Report to the M&E Specialist on the progress in the districts on a weekly basis, including the submission of weekly district progress reports.

• Provide regular spot checks to audit data collected in the field.

• Enter data into the M&E database as advised by the M&E Specialist.

• Continually monitor the availability of data, (inputs and data sources), the flow of data, identify and report gaps to the M&E Specialist.

• Work with the various authorities to implement recommendations to address current gaps in data collection, data inputs, sources, flow, forms, registers and reports; suggest additional strategies for strengthening data collection and interpretation as appropriate.

• Ensure the integrity of data, possibly including data extraction, processing, storage, manipulation, and analysis.

• Other duties related to data management and analysis as assigned by M&E Specialist.

Required qualifications and Experience:

• Degree in Statistics

• Strongly conversant with statistical programs, including SPSS or Stata

• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel,

PowerPoint, Access)

• Strong communicator and good interpersonal skills

• Ability to work in a team-oriented setting

• Willingness to live upcountry for the duration of the assignment and travel extensively within the assigned districts

• Self-starting and able to work with minimum supervision

How to Apply:

These are excellent opportunities for dedicated and highly motivated professionals. If you would like to join this dynamic team, please send an updated CV including two work related referees and cover letter to the Human Resources Manager by e-mail to applications@ug-ntd.rti.org Emails should not exceed 2MB. The closing date for submitting applications is 10th February 2015. We regret that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Human Resources and Administration Manager Careers at Uganda Ecumenical Church Loan Fund (ECLOF)

Job Title: Human Resources and Administration Manager

Employer: Uganda Ecumenical Church Loan Fund (ECLOF)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Application Deadline: 13^th Feb 2015

Job Description:

Duties and Responsibilities:

·         Ensure that HR is represented in all areas of the organization and that the HR manual,

·         organizational structure and job descriptions are developed and regularly updated and in compliance with ECLOF standards.

·         Handles staffing plan, recruitment, selection, orientation, placement and separation

·         Develop compensation packages

·         Develop, implement and monitor staff performance management systems in line with

·         ECLOF guidelines

·         Develops and carries TNA and prepares staff capacity building programmes

·         Leave administration and Record keeping plus administrative work

Job requirements:

·         Post graduate qualification in Human Resource.

·         University degree preferably in human resources.

·         3-5 years’ experience at managerial level in financial institutions, e.g Banks, MFIs, Credit Institutions and MDIs.

·         Familiarity with the relevant labour laws, health and safety provisions, performance management systems Job analysis and profiling skills and current HR trends in Microfinance.

·         Experience in building and motivating highly productive performance Teams and culture.

·         Determined personality with initiative, perseverance and resilience.

·         Ready to comply and live up to and in accordance with the organization Ideals and Core Values.

·         Be proficient in Micro Soft office applications.

·         Be a good trainer, facilitator, mentor and coach with good communication and marketing skills.

How to Apply:

Interested applicants for the above positions should send in their applications addressed to the Chief Executive Officer, marked with position of interest in the upper right hand corner of the envelopE. It should include a cover letter, copies of academic certificates, detailed CV, submitted to the administrator, ECLOF-Uganda, P. O. Box 22886, Kampala, Kati House Building, ground Floor, Plot 2 Kyaggwe Road.

For any inquiries please call 0414-344249.

Only short listed candidates shall be contacted.