Executive Officer Jobs – Uganda Development and Health Associates (UDHA)
Organisation: Uganda Development and Health Associates (UDHA)
Duty Station: Uganda
Reports to: Board of Directors
About US:
Uganda Development and Health Associates (UDHA) strives to empower, promote and strengthen key health and development interventions in communities we work. We envision a society in which people are fully empowered to manage their health and development needs. UDHA is Sub Recipient to Global Fund (UGA-C-TASO 1449) under the new funding model implemented in partnership with TASO and aims to support the implementation of Uganda’s Response to the HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis.
Job Summary: The Executive Officer will have overall strategic and operational responsibility for UDHA’s staff, programs, expansion, and execution of its mission. S/he will initially develop deep knowledge of field, core programs, operations, and business plans among others.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Leadership & Management:
- Support the Board in the day to day administration of the organization’s operations including recruitment, training, coordination, review, personal development through performance monitoring and team building.
- Implement effective succession planning, people management, development, recruitment, and retention strategies.
- Play a significant role in long-term strategic planning, with the view of delivering operational excellence.
- Ensure ongoing programmatic excellence through rigorous program evaluation, financial management and control, fundraising and communications
- As an ex officio to the board and its sub committees, build, maintain, and support the existence of a vibrant and strong Board of Directors that are fully involved to participate in shaping of organization’s strategic direction
Fundraising & Communications:
- Promote organizational visibility, uphold a good public image and official spokesperson of the organization.
- Being the most senior technical person, the Executive Officer (EO) shall be responsible for building essential external and local relationships for UDHA
- Identify and respond to fundraising strategies that benefit and complement the mission and vision of UDHA.
- Deepen and refine all aspects of strategic communication from web presence to external relations with the goal of creating a stronger UDHA brand
Performance and Human Resource Management
- Overseer of staff and volunteers/interns performance, lead the team to adhere to performance standards and ensure existence of a regular and functional appraisal system
- Lead the team to submit timely annual organizational financial and programmatic reports and work plans/budgets for board approval and dissemination to stakeholders
- Actively engage and energize and motivate UDHA staff, volunteers, board members, partnering organizations, and funders
- Lead, coach, develop, and retain UDHA’s high-performance senior management team
Program Management
- Ensure programs are planned and implemented as spelt out in donor agreements
- Networking and collaboration at local, district, national and international levels
- Prudently manage organizational finances and other resources and in liaison with the Finance and Administration Manager, prepare and present annual and quarterly consolidated work plans and budgets for Board approval.
- Work closely with Finance and Administration Manager to prepare and present monthly, quarterly and annual financial projections and reports on time.
- Lead in protecting the organizational assets against fraud and financial abuse.
- Lead to oversee and ensure implementation of an effective non-financial and financial internal control system.
- Prepare for quarterly and annual audits in conjunction with the Finance and Administration Manage and board Treasurer for presentation to the wider board
- Perform any other duties assigned to you from time to time by the Board of Directors.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Education, Public Administration and Management, Social works and Social Administration, Business Administration and Management or any related courses.
- Possession of Post Graduate qualification and at least 5 years of verifiable senior level management experience; and a track record of effectively leading district regional and/or national level programmes.
- Experience in scaling up performance-for key outcomes of NGOs and community based organizations, with ability to point to specific examples of having developed and operationalized strategies that have taken an organization to the next stage of growth
- Unwavering commitment to quality programing and data-driven program evaluation
- Excellence in organizational management with the ability to coach staff, manage, and develop high-performance teams, set and achieve strategic objectives, and manage a budget
- Past success working with Board of Directors, ability to enhance and cultivate existing board member relationships
- Strong marketing, public relations, and fundraising experience with the ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders and cultures
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; a persuasive and passionate communicator with excellent interpersonal and multidisciplinary project skills
- Action-oriented, entrepreneurial, adaptable, and innovative approach to business planning and organization management
- Ability to work effectively in collaboration with diverse groups of people
- Passion, idealism, integrity, positive attitude, mission-driven, and self-directed
- All candidates should have proven leadership, coaching, and relationship management experience.
How to Apply:
All interested competent and qualified persons should send their applications, curriculum vitae, certified copies of Academic transcripts, day time telephone contacts and e-mail addresses of three referees addressed to the;
The Acting Executive Officer,
Uganda Development and Health Associates,
P.O. Box 77, Iganga.
Electronic Submissions (not exceeding 2MBS in PDF) can be sent to udhagrants@gmail.com
Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and women are particularly encouraged to apply.
Deadline: 21st February 2020 by 5:00pm