Finance Assistant Job Vacancy at Heifer Project International in Uganda

 Job Title: Finance Assistant

Job ID 1184

Accounting and Finance  Uganda   Jinja

Description

HPI is an equal-opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identify, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.                   

Heifer Project International in Uganda is set to implement a 5-year project funded by the Master Card Foundation under its program Young Africa Works. The project seeks to improve the socio-economic wellbeing and resilience of young people in the Busoga sub-region by 2029. The project target is to reach 250,000 young people between 16-35 years (70% females and 3% youth with disabilities). The project will achieve this target by facilitating collaboration with like-minded partners including The Consortium for Enhancing University Responsiveness to Agribusiness Development Limited (CURAD), The Federation of Small & Medium Enterprises (FSME), Financial Sector Deepening Uganda (FSDU) and ASIGMA group.  

         

FUNCTION              

     

The Stimulating Agribusiness for Youth Employment Project Finance assistant will be based at the project regional office and reporting to the SAYE Project Accountant. The job holder will play a significant role in strengthening of core global systems by ensuring proper accounting and reporting of project resources in project implementation. She/ He will support the project finance team in areas of cashiering, records management and ensuring that financial procedures are accurately implemented in accordance with Heifer’s policies and procedures.   

       

ESSENTIAL CHARACTER TRAITS         

         

Detail-oriented, trustworthy, mathematical and accounting Keenness, well-organized, analytical, enthusiastic, accountable, and values-oriented.     

    

RESPONSIBILITIES & DELIVERABLES   

             

A. Processing of payments and follow up on all project disbursements to ensure timely execution and effectiveness. (30%)     

*All project staff requests for funds processed according to Heifer’s operating procedures.

*All finance documents received and recorded in the register book.

*All duly authorized and complete invoices/requests processed within 2 working days majorly using the online banking and mobile money platform.

*Payment confirmation shared with administrator/ requestor within 2 days of processing the payment.

*Provide updates on payments and ensure proof of payment is duly filed.

B. Working closely with the SAYE accountant to ensure that project transactions are properly coded and registered in Agresso on a daily basis (35%) 

*Receive, record and check all invoices and accountabilities from staff/partners for accuracy and completeness.

*Accurately code and register Account Payables & Accounts, Receivables transactions on a daily basis.

*Participate in month end activities and ensure all transactions are recorded by 7th of every month.

*Check accounting discrepancies and recommend corrective measures.

*Review staff accountability expense submissions.

*Report any practice that is contrary to the approved Heifer financial procedures.

C. Manage a functional and organized office finance filling system to ensure that the project documents and records are appropriately filed and secured for easy retrieval. (10%)         

*Financial files created for the project.

*All relevant project documents filed on a daily basis.

*Monthly updated partner and hub personnel and tax file.

D. Scanning and uploading vouchers into Agresso and Laserfiche platform (20%)    

*All vouchers are scanned daily as per Heifer policy.

*All scans are checked for accuracy and completeness before submission.

*All scans are uploaded into Agresso every week and for month end, all scans uploaded by 9th of every month.

*Mastercard Foundation scans prepared, labelled and categorized as per the Foundations guidelines by 12th of every month.

*All scans including approved partner monthly reports uploaded to Laserfiche.

May perform other duties as assigned (5%)                 

Minimum Requirements:

          

-Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Business administration or its recognized equivalent with three (3) years of experience working in a similar role. Part II qualification of any professional course ACCA, CPA is a must and (3) years ’experience in a non-profit organization.

Most Critical proficiencies:

          

*Strong numeracy and analytical skills.

*Excellent organizational and time management skills.

*Knowledge of the non-profit sector and the context to which non-profit organizations operate.

*Strong problem-solving skills.

*Strong English language skills-oral and written.

*Computer proficient in word processing, spreadsheets, electronic mail software, and knowledge of accounting software (e.g. MS Office Suite, ERP Accounting packages such as Agresso, Sun Systems,

*Excellent keyboarding skills.

*Understanding of donor financial policies and procedures.

Essential Job Functions and Physical Demands          

*Working with sensitive information and maintaining confidentiality.

*Ability to manage and execute multiple tasks with minimum supervision while sometimes meeting inflexible deadlines.

*May require constant sitting, working at a computer for extended periods of time.

*Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work cooperatively, tactfully and diplomatically witj a culturally diverse group of people.

*Ability to produce accurate documents in a well-designed and attractive format with superior attention to detail.

*May require occasional bending and lifting of upto 20 ounds (9kgs) floor to waist.

*Ability to operate all standard office equipment including photocopiers, scanners, fax machines and printers.

*Ability to establish priorities, achieve deadlines and make sound judgments.

*Ability to perform as an effective team member and work cooperatively with a diverse staff.

*Constant telephone, face to face and electronic communication with colleagues and the general public.   

NOTE: The Mastercard Foundation adheres to the highest standards of care related to its programs, those involved in carrying out its mission, and the millions of young people it supports in accessing dignified and fulfilling work. The Foundation has a zero-tolerance policy for all forms of misconduct and takes seriously its responsibility to improve the safety and well-being of the young people who participate in its programs. This duty of care is shared by the Foundation’s partners. As such, during recruitment of staff for Foundation supported programs, all necessary mechanisms are put in place to ascertain that candidates under consideration share our commitment to safeguarding.     

       

Deadline for Application: 26th February 2023. 

To apply, use the link below.

https://jobs.jobvite.com/heifer/job/o1JArfwv          

 

    

Accounts Payable Job Vacancy at Truenorth Africa in Uganda

Job Title:  Accounts Payable Job Vacancy At Truenorth Africa

JOB DETAILS:

Job Title: Accounts Payable

Reports To: Chief Accountant

Context And Environment:

EACOP Ltd is fully engaged with the construction of the pipeline.

Missions / Job Dimensions:

• The Accounts Payable is based in Kampala.

• More than 900 invoices and expense claims expected monthly.

• EACOP Ltd is a UK company, domiciled in UG with a permanent establishment in TZ; it has 4 shareholders, TotalEnergies, UNOC, TPDC and UNOC. It is to build and operate a 1442 km oil pipeline from Hoima (UG) to Tanga (TZ

Key Activities:

• Receive invoices from vendors, control that they meet the requirements, post the receipt and submit for approval

• Liaise with other departments, Cost controllers and Contract & Procurement

• department for invoice approval, purchase orders & call offs creation/release, goods/service receipts; sort out issues

• Liaise and respond to vendors and internal inquiries

• Reconcile monthly supplier statements, identify discrepancies and make corrections where necessary

• Assist the Chief Accountant during external audits (statutory and financial, fiscal, shareholders, national authorities)

Accountabilities:

• Timely processing and posting of vendor invoices & expense claims for payment

• Follow up of vendors’ accounts

Qualifications:

• Bachelor in Accounting, Finance or Business administration – ACCA Level 2

• Knowledge of Workday or similar ERP, Microsoft Office Suite

Experience:

• Minimum 3 year experience within an Accounting Department

Abilities:

• Organizational, team spirit and interpersonal skills

• Excellent level in English (spoken & written)

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure

You can apply by submitting your cover letter and CV to oil.gasjobs@truenorthafrica.com  with subject line Accounts Payable – by 14th February, 2024

All application documents Must be in either PDF or MS. Word.

Director Of Investment Facilitation at Chemonics in Uganda

 Job Title: Director Of Investment Facilitation Job Vacancy At Chemonics 

JOB DETAILS:

Chemonics seeks a Director of Investment Facilitation for the Feed the Future Uganda Strategic Investments (SIA) Activity. The purpose of the SIA Activity is to facilitate foreign and domestic commercial investments that yield and advance development objectives. The 5-year activity, funded by the United States Agency. for International Development (USAID), will mobilize financing for investment in agriculture and food security, the productive use of energy for agriculture and related industries, and health. By supporting development-oriented investments, the Activity will integrate underrepresented populations into the market economy and facilitate the transition from subsistence to commercial production.

The Activity represents a key component of USAID’s Market Systems Strengthening portfolio to improve quality business services and enhance market. systems to ensure markets consistently and inclusively function to accelerate economic development in Uganda. Through transaction learning under its Investment Facilitation Platform, SIA will increase commercial financing and productive use of energy in agriculture and related sectors. Applying transaction. learning at the policy level, SIA will promote improvements in laws, regulations, and formal and informal rules to enhance market system function.

The Director of Investment Facilitation is expected lead the Investment Facilitation Platform, overseeing technical assistance in private sector engagement, investment advisory, financial services, business development, and productive use of energy to reinforce collaboration, information sharing, and synchronized partner engagement. The Director will ensure coherence in the investment team’s sourcing, structuring, and closing of high-potential investment transactions and provision of investor and firm aftercare. This position will be based in Kampala, Uganda. We are looking for individuals who have a passion for making a difference in the lives of people around the world.

Responsibilities include:

• Lead and manage investment facilitation, business advisory, and PUE teams, capitalizing on synergies between Objectives 1 and 3 to source, structure, and close high-impact investments through tailored transaction and investment readiness services.

• Generate pipeline, screen deals against Fit Check criteria, select the portfolio. in collaboration with the investment facilitation team, apply PSE principles, and

• oversee progression of selected deals from origination through to aftercare.

• Generate meaningful pipeline of businesses that seek to expand or test their

• ideas around the adoption of productive use of energy, investees with novel.

• ideas that expand on efficiency in Agro processing and addition of value.

• Expand and manage the relationships with SIA’S Capital providers that include

• impact investors, development partners and private equity firms.

• Recommend technical assistance for capital-seeking businesses and link with service providers that can strengthen the company’s management and operational capacities to facilitate growth and investment.

• Work with the Investment manager and the investment analysts in supporting businesses that come seeking advisory support.

• Provide strategic oversight to activities fostering value-chain and health facility- based partnerships to unlock investment and uptake in the Productive Use of Energy (PUE)

• Work with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Enabling Environment Advisor to identify trends in regulatory constraints in the transaction cycle and lessons learned to improve policy reform.

• Work with the CEO and GESI/MEL Advisor to seek out and actively engage local firms dedicated to inclusivity, deliberately ensuring interventions benefit underrepresented groups and apply gender and social inclusion lens to impact investments.

• Oversee the investment facilitation advisor/team lead and business development and PUE advisor/team lead

• Work with the communications team to create Activity success stories Report to the Chief Executive Officer.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 10 years of professional experience in facilitating commercial finance, private sector investment, or related area Demonstrated experience working in the energy sector or with development partners either as an energy analyst or energy auditor is a plus Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain professional relationships with a wide network of partners and stakeholders, including investors, financiers, and the private sector

• Proven ability to collaborate with government officials, international donors, and other local partners. Experience with multi-sectoral programs that address economic growth, financial services, impact investing, SME lending, financial market systems, or a combination of the above

• Experience working in East Africa, particularly in Uganda

• Experience with USAID programming highly preferred

• An advanced degree in finance, banking, economics, business administration, or another closely related field

• Fluency in written and spoken English required

• Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills required. This applies to Uganda Nationals only.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 120

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure:

To apply visit please submit your CV and cover letter via the Smartsheet link

below not later than Friday, February 13, 2024.

https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/3f30c314b96d4c6284e1a6a5b2674c24

support the digital engagement of investors, investees, and the transaction advisors.

Ensure integration across investment facilitation, PUE, and investment readiness activities, mobilizing private capital and coordination of transaction support to meet the needs of firms at different stages of growth in a sell-side deal and to address key concerns and value creation challenges in a buy-side deal.

No telephone inquiries, please. Chemonics will contact finalists.

Chemonics is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its selection and employment practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee

Negotiate Advisory Agreement/Engagement letters, track deals, and provide organization, or other non-merit factor. business development supervisory support and guidance.

Grant Accountant Jobs at World Vision Uganda IN MAYUGE

Job Description

Vacancy title: Grant Accountant - MANE (Mayuge Ntd Elimination Project)

Jobs at World Vision Uganda (WVU)

JOB DETAILS:
World Vision Uganda (WVU) is a Christian relief, development and advocacy non-government organisation dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. We currently work in 43 districts and have 48 Area Programmes implementing projects in health & nutrition, water, sanitation & hygiene (WASH), livelihoods & resilience, education and child protection. World Vision (WV) is committed to the protection of children and adult beneficiaries from exploitation and abuse and will not employ people whose background is not suitable for working with these beneficiaries. All employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record checks where possible.
Due to expansion in scope of our programmes, we are now seeking for a qualified and passionate individual willing to share in our vision and join the team in the following role.
Position: Grant Accountant - MANE (Mayuge Ntd Elimination Project)
Report to: Project Manager
Location: Mayuge District
Purpose of the position:
This position will focus on the Mayuge Ntd Elimination Project and assist with budget development & controls as well as reporting to donors & external stakeholders where applicable. The position holder plays a key role in generation of donor financial reports per donor templates.

Key Outputs/Responsibilities.
• Prepare and review financial vouchers, and allocate costs to all cost centres relating to key financial transactions.
• Carry out daily payments of cash and cheques/Mobile money systems to the respective payees and make weekly and monthly reviews of the cash operations balances and make necessary observations to confirm they are within the budgeted and Donor requirements
• Prepare and update all necessary books of accounts and ledgers such as the petty cash book, income/receipt book, cheque registers and cash flow forecasts, Procurements and Assets Registers in line with WVU financial manual.
• Carry out routine field visits to ascertain value for money and items reaching correct beneficiaries as well as ensuring 100% submission of Labour Distribution Reports (LDRs) for employees that are assigned to the grant.
• Carry out Bank / Project Financial dealings which involve cash withdrawals, deposits, Statements and transfers to Community in accordance to WVU and the Donor requirements. Oversee the rollout of the project data collection process at the community and health facility level
• Prepare, implement and monitor a consolidated and Sub-cost Annual Project Budget, make monthly and quarterly budgetary analysis; prepare project, Monthly, Quarterly and Annual Financial reports in Accordance with WV Financial policies and guidelines and KOCA Grants requirements.
• Carry out the daily Administration of the project such as Management of Project stores and assets, reviewing the project drivers days’ programs, drafting Suppliers’ small contracts
• Prepare complete & accurate project financial reports and grant specific reports on a monthly basis and share with project management teams by the 18th of every month and compile grant projects funding & forecasts.
• Undertake any other duties as assigned by the Project Manager/coordinator

Qualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience.
• A University education with a major in Accounting and part qualification in A.C.C.A, CPA or CIMA or equivalent.
• A minimum of three years’ post qualification experience, preferably within World Vision or KOICA-funded grants.
• Extensive Computer knowledge in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SUN Accounting and Access is required.
• Must have proven knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and Internal Control Procedures.
• Must be swift in handling business processes
• Must Communicate clearly and concisely both in writing and orally.
• Must have good interpersonal skills.
• Must be a team builder, who works successfully in a multicultural environment.
• A high level of integrity is required.
• Report writing skills

Job application procedure
Use the link below to apply:
https://careers.wvi.org/jobs/uganda/finance/grant-accountant-mane-mayuge-ntd-elimination-project/15423

Application Deadline: 14 October 2020  

Compliance Officer Jobs at World Vision Uganda in Kiboga

 Job Description

Vacancy title: Compliance Officer

Jobs at World Vision Uganda (WVU)

JOB DETAILS:
World Vision Uganda is a Christian relief, development and advocacy non-government organization dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. We currently work in over 82 districts in Uganda implementing projects in health & nutrition, water, sanitation & hygiene (WASH), livelihoods & community resilience, education and child protection. World Vision (WV) is committed to the protection of children and adult beneficiaries from exploitation and abuse and will not employ people whose background is not suitable for working with the beneficiaries above. All employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of all applicable background checks, including criminal record checks where possible.
Due to expansion in scope of our programmes, we are now seeking for qualified and passionate individuals willing to share in our vision and join our team in the position below.

Position: Compliance Officer - Western Region

Report to: Regional Finance Officer

Location: Kiboga District

Purpose of the position:
To make sure World Vision program offices are conducting its business in full compliance with World Vision partnership standard, donor, local statutory requirements.
The compliance officer responsible for developing compliance programs, conducting a review and advising management on possible risks. .

Key Outputs/Responsibilities.
• Compliance to donor and organization policies & procedures: develop and implement an effective risk, control and compliance system
• Risk management: Perform the critical function of independent financial verification on wide range of field activities including but not limited to various meetings, trainings, distribution of supplies, constructions, community investments, WVU Assets among others.
• Assets and inventory management:
• Performs Quarterly verification of assets and inventory lists for completeness and existence following the Organization’s inventory management policy

Qualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience
• A university degree, with a major in Accounting/Finance/Auditing
• Partial professional qualification in ACCA, CPA, CA, CIA or CMA or equivalent.
• A minimum of 3 years’ post qualification experience.
• At least 3 years relevant technical and business work experience.
• Excellent understanding of Uganda Tax and Statutory requirements.
• Extensive Computer knowledge in Microsoft Excel, Vision Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SUN Accounting and Access is required.
• Knowledge of various Donor rules and regulations, systems and procedures and local government financial processes. Experience with managing other major international donor funds and working with an international non-profit/non-governmental organization (NGO) preferred
• Written and Oral Communication skills are essential, and the incumbent must be a team builder, who is able to work successfully in a multicultural environment.
• Experience of working in the field (communities)
• Knowledge of project management and project cycles

Job application procedure
Use the link below to apply:
https://careers.wvi.org/jobs/uganda/finance/compliance-officer-western-region/15414 

Application Deadline: 14 October 2020  

Grants Manager Jobs at Marie stopes Uganda

Job Description:

Jobs at: Marie Stopes Uganda

Vacancy title: Grants Manager.
JOB DETAILS:
The Role
The purpose of this role is to help secure new donor funding, manage donor compliance, monitor progress of grants against Key Performance Indicators and spend against budget to ensure strong stewardship of donor funding. The role will support grant-funded project implementation, and will lead grant planning, reporting and donor audit at Marie Stopes while ensuring a close and collaborative working relationship with Project Implementation Leads and Directorates. The post is key in ensuring that Marie Stopes suffers no financial losses or damage to its reputation in the management of grants and to ensuring sustainability through securing new funding streams.
The Grants Manager works in a virtual Project Management team with key Finance, RME, Clinical Quality, Implementation Leads including Channel Heads and reports to the Grants Director. S/he is part of the Grants Directorate.
The overall purpose of the Grant Management Unit is the oversight and provision of proactive support in ensuring proper stewardship of Marie Stopes’ assets to achieve agreed strategy and long term financial sustainability.

Key Responsibilities
Project and Organizational Budgeting and Planning
• Lead budget compilation at the project proposal stage. Review budgets and assist with amendments and forecasts before submission to donors.
• Ensure that contribution to MS support/running costs is maximized in the development of project or funding proposals.

• Lead the phasing of project budgets and designing a pattern of project spends that aligns with approved delivery plans/milestones
• Take an active role in the development /incorporation of project and funder dimensions to the organizational budgets including annual business plans.
Grant Accounting & Management
• In liaison with the Director of Grants and the Finance Director, interact effectively with donors and LSO donor teams, regarding a variety of issues, such as budget revisions, income requests, donor compliance and project implementation progress.
• Translate project contracts into clear compliance requirements and deliverable deadlines including reporting deadlines.
• Monitor performance against Key Performance Indicators and against work plans to ensure projects are on track to meet donor and grant deliverables.
• Monitor actual expenditure against budget to ensure spend is in line with work plans.
• Analyze project transactions with Implementation Leads on a monthly basis to review coding to ensure spend is allowable, align activities with costs and identify actions required for potential over or under expenditure.
• Produce accurate and timely monthly comparative project reports that are circulated to Implementation Leads, the Grants Director and other relevant staff that alerts management of the progress of the projects.
• Coordinate inputs from Implementation Leads to produce high quality donor narrative reports that use donor compliant language.

• Organize and participate in monthly meetings with Implementation Leads to review monthly Project reports against budgets
• Alert the Finance Director to risks from over/under expenditure, late reporting, control weaknesses or non-compliance with other donor guidelines.
Donor Compliance
• Monitor project performance to ensure projects are on track against KPIs. This includes monitoring project deliverables, budgets, spend against budget, and appropriate coding and cost recovery against each grant and raising any areas of concern to the Director(s)
• Be familiar with relevant donor regulations and rules, as well as MSI policies and procedures, and ensure project implementation is compliant with these regulations, policies, and procedures
• Minimize disallowed expenditures and potential loses to MS through active monitoring of expenditure types, procurement processes, documentation and adherence to reporting deadlines
• Ensure compliance with the financial and other requirements of donors through monitoring and support visits to the field. Initiate internal audits as may be necessary.
• Oversight of an orderly and up to date filing system for all grant key documents including submitted funding proposals, donor agreements, budgets, log frames, narrative and financial reports, key donor correspondence.
Donor Reporting (Financial)
• Support Finance to prepare monthly, interim and final Financial Donor reports timely and accurately as per Donor reporting requirements with funders. Liaise with the Project Implementers on any issues that may arise promptly.
• Work with finance to ensure the integrity of financial donor reports by validating the coding of both income and expenditure transactions
• Provide variance analysis and narrative.
Donor Audits and Donor/Stakeholder Engagement
• Ensure that donor audits are properly scheduled and communicated in advance to the relevant staff including the Grants Director and Finance Director.
• Ensure proper planning of donor audits including the availability to the required documents and files prior to audits to minimize financial losses to MS as well as any damage to Marie Stopes reputation.
• Assist in preparing for Marie Stopes statutory audits particularly in the preparation of the necessary grants schedules with supporting documentations and reconciliation of all grants related accounts.
• Assist in preparing for donor engagement visits as required.
• Act as donor lead grants by participating in bi-weekly, monthly, quarterly and bi-annual donor and MSI London Support Office teams meetings as required. Regular liaison with MSI Donor Reporting Team/project accountants.
Training and Capacity building
• Work with Finance to facilitate finance workshops to build the grants management capacity of MS staff and understanding of Marie Stopes’ finance policies and procedures as they relate to project Management.
• Lead project start up meetings, mid-term review meetings and end of grant closure meetings to share learning and increase finance understanding of the milestones vis a vis Marie Stopes funded projects.
• Support the embedding and use of MSI Project Cycle Management Guidelines to institutionalize grant management capacity.
Staff Management and Development
• Direct supervision of the Grants Manager and Officers by managing and strengthening his/her capacity to ensure a responsive and well-organized grants department. (when need arises)
New Business Development
• Work with Director of Grants to identify and successfully capitalize on funding opportunities with major funders of local and international sexual and reproductive health programming.
• Research and analyze donor calls for funding applications including tenders, expressions of interest and requests for proposals. This includes identifying funding opportunities– either as a prime or subcontractor.
• Develop and write successful, high quality funding proposals and budgets as agreed by the Country Management Team (CMT)

Experience
• Minimum five years’ work experience especially in private sector or NGO (essential)
• Demonstrable experience managing donor grants (essential)
• Demonstrated success in raising grant income from private philanthropic foundations and/or bi-lateral donors and building donor relationships (essential)
• Experience in writing donor reports for large grants, including narrative and results matrices (essential)
• Experience as a line manager including performance management (desirable)
• Experience in Marie Stopes systems and processes (desirable)

Qualifications, Training and Skills (essential/ desirable)
• Master’s degree in Public Health or related subject or equivalent proven employment experience (desirable)
• Excellent knowledge of the Ugandan health sector (essential)
• Knowledge of family planning and post abortion care (desirable)
• Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office package (essential)
• Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills (essential)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills (essential)
• Fluency in both written and spoken English, with exceptional presentation skills (essential)
• Training in project cycle management (desirable)

Personal Attributes
Successful performance at MS is not simply defined in terms of ‘what’ people achieve, but equally is about ‘how’ people go about their jobs and the impact that they have on others. There are 13 key behaviors that MS encourages in all employees and they are defined below:
• Initiative
Thinking ahead and taking action to make the most of opportunities by finding the optimum solution
• Innovative
Thinking creatively and outside of the box so that ideas generated create a positive outcome
• Effective Communication
Communicating through active listening and good questioning techniques, using appropriate body language, ensuring information is clear and concise.
• Responsive
Being responsive to changing priorities and demands
• Working Efficiently
Planning, prioritizing and organizing work to ensure work is accurate and deadlines are met
• Sharing Information
Sharing information and knowledge whilst maintaining confidentiality
• Focus on Learning
Taking responsibility for keeping knowledge and skills updated and for seeking opportunities to develop further
• Commitment
Awareness and understanding of goals, vision and values and how your role impacts on this and going the extra mile to meet role requirements
• Driven
Drive and determination to deliver results
• Accountable
Taking responsibility for appropriate decisions that you make, and the actions and behavior you demonstrate
• Embracing Change
Openness to embracing change within the organization and being able to adjust plans/activities accordingly
• Motivated
Motivation towards achieving quality results to maximize potential
• Team Player
Working as part of a team by being supportive, flexible and showing respect for each other

Team Member Behaviors
Work as One MS
• You contribute, use, and share accurate data and evidence to improve understanding, insight and decision-making across MS, enabling us to maximize our ability to influence others.
• You share relevant knowledge, expertise and resources to strengthen teamwork and prevent duplication of effort.
• You actively work as part of a team, providing support and flexibility to colleagues, demonstrating fairness, understanding and respect for all people and cultures.
Show courage, authenticity and integrity
• You hold yourself accountable for the decisions you make and the behaviors you demonstrate.
• You are courageous in challenging others and taking appropriate managed risks.
Develop and grow
• You seek feedback to enable greater self-awareness and provide the same to others in a way which inspires them to be even more effective.
• You manage your career development including keeping your knowledge and skills up to date.
Deliver excellence, always
• You strive to consistently meet and exceed expectations, putting clients at the centre of everything, and implement smarter, more efficient ways of performing your role.
• You build and maintain effective long-term working relationships with all stakeholders, and are a true MS ambassador.
Leadership (For Leaders only)
• You inspire individuals and teams, through situational leadership, providing clear direction.
• You seek and provide opportunities which motivate team members, helping to develop skills and potential whilst strengthening our talent and succession pipeline.
• You are aware of emerging developments in our sector, demonstrating strategic insight about our clients and business and encourage this in your team.
• You articulate a vision of the future which inspires and excites others.

Job application procedure
You’re encouraged to apply for the above positions provided you meet the specified minimum job requirements.
For more details, please refer to the attached job descriptions.
To apply for the positions, Please visit the careers page on our website www.mariestopes.or.ug to submit your application.

The deadline for applications is Thursday, 21st October 2020.

NB: 1. MSUG IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER, COMMITTED TO SAFEGUARDING HUMANITY AND EXPECTS ALL POSITION HOLDERS TO SHARE THIS COMMITMENT.
2. MSUG HAS A WELL GUIDED AND TRANSPARENT RECRUITMENT PROCESS THAT REQUIRES NO PAYMENT FROM ANY CANDIDATE/JOB APPLICANTS/POTENTIAL JOB SEEKERS AS A PRE-EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENT.