Job title: F2F Volunteer Support Officer.
Employment type: Full time.
Location: Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania.
Job category: NGO/Nonprofit Charitable Organizations.
Min. years of experience: 2 years.
Duties & Responsibilities:
• Supervise and coordinate all In-country logistics for volunteer assignments, including airport pick-up and drop-off, all In-country travel arrangements and accommodations.
• Serve as the in-country contact for volunteers regarding in-country logistics Liaise with the host organizations to ensure the logistics for volunteers are in place and seamless.
• Work directly with Baltimore-based F2F Volunteer Coordinator to coordinate International and in-country travel, and other volunteer needs or requests.
• The job holder will also be responsible for all In-country problem-solving regarding in-country travel and accommodations
• Assist the F2F Program Country Director to manage relationships with volunteer hosts and in-country partner organizations
• Coordinate relationship building efforts including host visits and departments in the CRS office.
• Coordinate the logistics for the development of media Information gathering, promotional events and other activities related to the in-country role in CRS promotion of the F2F Program.
• Accompany all volunteers to their host locations and travel to host sites as needed
• Assist volunteer In her/his reimbursement form processing at end of volunteer assignment
• Maintain contact with the other three F2F CRS Country Programs and Offices when developing media information, promotional events and other activities related to promotion of the F2F Program.
Qualifications, Skills & Experience:
• At least three to five experience in travel coordination and customer service
• Strong organizational skills
• Offer high degree of professionalism
• Maintain positive attitude while solving problems and interacting with internal and external contacts
• The applicant should preferably be a former volunteer, intern or possess fellow management experience
• Models stewardship
• Builds constructive relationships
• Possess a high degree of integrity
• Promotes learning
• Proven discretion with confidential issues.
• Ability to work independently to solve problems amicably
• Strong networking, negotiation and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage priorities
• Excellent team ethic and flexibility
• The applicant should possess the ability to work with a diverse cast of stakeholders
• Computer proficiency particularly Microsoft Office Suite
How to apply:
If you are Interested and meet these minimum qualifications, please submit CV, cover letter, and three work references (names and contact information only) to ReliefUgJobs@gmail.com
NB: Ugandan nationals are encouraged to apply. This position is contingent upon CRS being awarded the contract and acceptance of the candidate by the donor.
F2F County Program in Uganda is an equal opportunity organization. For more information, Please visit www.crs.org
Closing date: September 27, 2013 - 5pm.
Wednesday 25 September 2013
Finance Manager Job Vacancy at Education & Training Company in Uganda
Job Title: Finance Manager
Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Financial Management:
• Lead organization’s Uganda financial operations to ensure timely monthly financial reporting and proper financial controls.
• Manage financial accounting firm, bill payments, and petty cash transactions
• Run budgeting, financial reporting and expense analysis process to ensure adherence to budget
• Evaluate operations to identify cost containment and increased revenue opportunities, and recommend operational changes to senior leadership team.
2. Facilitate Strategic Planning Process:
• Facilitate the development and tracking of organization-wide annual goals
• Make strategic recommendations and advise on cost structuring and plans of senior leadership
• Manage budget and project goal progress and produce variance reports
3. Leadership of Administrative Team:
• Develop and train a team of four to facilitate all administrative needs
• Direct strategy for office(s) and facilities maintenance, including the creation of a central filing system, equipment and supplies inventory, and provision of contract services
• Manage all Information & Communication Technology systems and planning
4. Logistics:
• Coordinate procurement, including systems to receive and inspect inventory, issue or request payment from vendors, receive and analyze bids, research of products and services
• Oversee coordination of large events and group visits
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
• The applicant should possess 3-6 years experience managing logistics, finance and/or operations functions
• Superb organizational and systems-building skills
• Work experience at a large (50+ person) organization or one that has achieved significant growth
• Proven track record of internal motivation for high achievement
• Strong desire to work in a youthful, energetic, fast-changing work environment
• Love for youth and strong value of education
• Proven ability to overcome challenges, both strategic and logistical, and a willingness to do whatever it takes to push a project to completion
• Experience in managing, mentoring and developing inexperienced staff
• Strong ability to communicate with diverse groups, explain opinions and positions to foster mutual understanding and respect, use empathy to persuade others, keep key people informed, and facilitate a positive and productive group dynamic
Terms and Compensation:
Compensation based on experience. Two-year beginning contract with opportunity to renew. Health insurance benefit.
How to Apply:
Please follow the instructions as stated below as failure to do so could lead to disqualification.
Write an Application letter and CV/Resume.
Merge these two documents into one document in either word or PDF format.
Do not attach or send any scanned documents. These are sometimes too large for our inbox.
Send your application, please click "Apply to Position"
Only successful candidates will be contacted. For all other inquiries please contact our offices directly.
Application Deadline: 30th Sept 2013
Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Financial Management:
• Lead organization’s Uganda financial operations to ensure timely monthly financial reporting and proper financial controls.
• Manage financial accounting firm, bill payments, and petty cash transactions
• Run budgeting, financial reporting and expense analysis process to ensure adherence to budget
• Evaluate operations to identify cost containment and increased revenue opportunities, and recommend operational changes to senior leadership team.
2. Facilitate Strategic Planning Process:
• Facilitate the development and tracking of organization-wide annual goals
• Make strategic recommendations and advise on cost structuring and plans of senior leadership
• Manage budget and project goal progress and produce variance reports
3. Leadership of Administrative Team:
• Develop and train a team of four to facilitate all administrative needs
• Direct strategy for office(s) and facilities maintenance, including the creation of a central filing system, equipment and supplies inventory, and provision of contract services
• Manage all Information & Communication Technology systems and planning
4. Logistics:
• Coordinate procurement, including systems to receive and inspect inventory, issue or request payment from vendors, receive and analyze bids, research of products and services
• Oversee coordination of large events and group visits
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
• The applicant should possess 3-6 years experience managing logistics, finance and/or operations functions
• Superb organizational and systems-building skills
• Work experience at a large (50+ person) organization or one that has achieved significant growth
• Proven track record of internal motivation for high achievement
• Strong desire to work in a youthful, energetic, fast-changing work environment
• Love for youth and strong value of education
• Proven ability to overcome challenges, both strategic and logistical, and a willingness to do whatever it takes to push a project to completion
• Experience in managing, mentoring and developing inexperienced staff
• Strong ability to communicate with diverse groups, explain opinions and positions to foster mutual understanding and respect, use empathy to persuade others, keep key people informed, and facilitate a positive and productive group dynamic
Terms and Compensation:
Compensation based on experience. Two-year beginning contract with opportunity to renew. Health insurance benefit.
How to Apply:
Please follow the instructions as stated below as failure to do so could lead to disqualification.
Write an Application letter and CV/Resume.
Merge these two documents into one document in either word or PDF format.
Do not attach or send any scanned documents. These are sometimes too large for our inbox.
Send your application, please click "Apply to Position"
Only successful candidates will be contacted. For all other inquiries please contact our offices directly.
Application Deadline: 30th Sept 2013
Regional Sales Manager Jobs in Uganda at Felix
Job Title: Area Sales Manager
Duty Station: West Nile Region, Uganda
About Fenix:
Fenix is a for-profit corporation based in San Francisco, California with customers across multiple markets and core expertise in power electronics, product design and base-of-the-pyramid marketing and is seeking to recruit a result driven and motivated individual for the vacancy below.
Job Summary:
Fenix International (http://www.fenixintl.com) is seeking a highly motivated, creative and experienced business development and sales manager to drive Uganda sales for the Fenix suite of renewable energy products. This person will work directly with the East Africa Regional Business Development & Sales Manager to manage existing sales relationships in Uganda, accelerate volume sales with early adopter customers, manage customer needs, manage new pilots, collect and analyze feedback, manage trainers and country technical staff, and run a country office with inventory. This person will also contribute to development of leads and business in new verticals and geographies, as well as new product definition and development.
This position offers an incredible opportunity to work with an elite team of business professionals and engineers and directly contribute to the success of a Silicon Valley startup. Candidates must have a passion for entrepreneurship, renewable energy and sustainable development in Frontier Markets. This position will be located in Uganda and require ~20% domestic travel. Some regional travel may also be necessary.
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Closely support product testing and pilots with multinational corporations, international NGOs, microfinance institutions, and local distribution partners
• Plan, manage and conduct product trainings
• Guide marketing and distribution of Fenix products in collaboration with partners to achieve sales and revenue targets
• Manage sales and scale pipeline by working closely with senior managers of local partners and East Africa Business Development & Sales Manager
• Collect, analyze and report feedback to contribute directly to Fenix product and business development strategy
• Work with East Africa Business Development & Sales Manager to contribute to forecasting future sales
• Plan, hire, train and manage a team of trainers and technical staff in Uganda
• Manage Uganda office and inventory.
Qualifications, Skills & Experience:
• The applicant should possess a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing or any other relevant field.
• Three (3) years minimum work experience, ideally in business development or sales
• Outstanding written and verbal communications skills (English)
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel & Google Apps
• Ability and drive to work independently
• Business level competency of Western languages
• Technical fluency, such as engineering, computer science or other technical degree
• Marketing experience
• Good leadership experience
• Keen understanding of the mobile telecom and/or renewable energy industries in East Africa
• Understanding of rural BOP markets
• Ability to customize and clearly communicate the Fenix value proposition, including quantitative and qualitative benefits to the customer and the consumer, for written and verbal presentations
• Ability to manage a team of trainers & technical staff
• Ability to manage a country office and inventory
How to Apply:
Please follow the instructions as stated below as failure to do so could lead to disqualification.
Write an Application letter and CV/Resume.
Merge these two documents into one document in either word or PDF format.
Do not attach or send any scanned documents. These are sometimes too large for our inbox.
Send your application, please click "Apply to Position"
Only successful candidates will be contacted. For all other inquiries please contact our offices directly.
Application Deadline: 31st Oct 2013
Duty Station: West Nile Region, Uganda
About Fenix:
Fenix is a for-profit corporation based in San Francisco, California with customers across multiple markets and core expertise in power electronics, product design and base-of-the-pyramid marketing and is seeking to recruit a result driven and motivated individual for the vacancy below.
Job Summary:
Fenix International (http://www.fenixintl.com) is seeking a highly motivated, creative and experienced business development and sales manager to drive Uganda sales for the Fenix suite of renewable energy products. This person will work directly with the East Africa Regional Business Development & Sales Manager to manage existing sales relationships in Uganda, accelerate volume sales with early adopter customers, manage customer needs, manage new pilots, collect and analyze feedback, manage trainers and country technical staff, and run a country office with inventory. This person will also contribute to development of leads and business in new verticals and geographies, as well as new product definition and development.
This position offers an incredible opportunity to work with an elite team of business professionals and engineers and directly contribute to the success of a Silicon Valley startup. Candidates must have a passion for entrepreneurship, renewable energy and sustainable development in Frontier Markets. This position will be located in Uganda and require ~20% domestic travel. Some regional travel may also be necessary.
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Closely support product testing and pilots with multinational corporations, international NGOs, microfinance institutions, and local distribution partners
• Plan, manage and conduct product trainings
• Guide marketing and distribution of Fenix products in collaboration with partners to achieve sales and revenue targets
• Manage sales and scale pipeline by working closely with senior managers of local partners and East Africa Business Development & Sales Manager
• Collect, analyze and report feedback to contribute directly to Fenix product and business development strategy
• Work with East Africa Business Development & Sales Manager to contribute to forecasting future sales
• Plan, hire, train and manage a team of trainers and technical staff in Uganda
• Manage Uganda office and inventory.
Qualifications, Skills & Experience:
• The applicant should possess a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing or any other relevant field.
• Three (3) years minimum work experience, ideally in business development or sales
• Outstanding written and verbal communications skills (English)
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel & Google Apps
• Ability and drive to work independently
• Business level competency of Western languages
• Technical fluency, such as engineering, computer science or other technical degree
• Marketing experience
• Good leadership experience
• Keen understanding of the mobile telecom and/or renewable energy industries in East Africa
• Understanding of rural BOP markets
• Ability to customize and clearly communicate the Fenix value proposition, including quantitative and qualitative benefits to the customer and the consumer, for written and verbal presentations
• Ability to manage a team of trainers & technical staff
• Ability to manage a country office and inventory
How to Apply:
Please follow the instructions as stated below as failure to do so could lead to disqualification.
Write an Application letter and CV/Resume.
Merge these two documents into one document in either word or PDF format.
Do not attach or send any scanned documents. These are sometimes too large for our inbox.
Send your application, please click "Apply to Position"
Only successful candidates will be contacted. For all other inquiries please contact our offices directly.
Application Deadline: 31st Oct 2013
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