Director of Operations (DOO)

This full-time position is based at Building Tomorrow Uganda’s Country Office in Kampala. The DOO will supervise the HR, Finance, Logistics, and other operations departments, reporting directly to the Uganda Country Director and collaborating closely with other senior leaders in Uganda and internationally.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Responsible for Strategic Planning and Implementation.
2. Lead Financial Oversight and Management.
3. Lead the Risk Management Process at BT.
4. Lead the Human Resources function at BT.
5. Provide Departmental Leadership and Supervision to line reports.
6. Support the Innovation and Technology function at BT.

Qualifications, Education Background, and Required Skills

• A minimum of 8 years or more experience in a leadership role, preferably in a mission-driven organization, supervising operations.
• Experience in establishing or significantly developing core operation functions.
• Familiarity with nonprofit regulations, donor compliance, and ethical considerations.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to align operational activities with organizational goals.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Problem-solving skills and the ability to make decisions.
• Proficiency in using relevant software and technology tools.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Operations Management, Finance, Accounting, or related field (preferably with strong finance and accounting backgrounds like ACCA).
• (Preferred) Master’s or Post Graduate Diploma degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Operations Management, Human Resources, or a related field.
• First-rate oral and written communication skills in English and at least one other local Ugandan language.

WE WANT YOU TO APPLY IF YOU

• Have an unshakeable passion for education equality, believing access to inclusive, quality education is a basic human right.
• Possess creative ingenuity, being progressive in your thinking and unafraid to pilot new ideas.
• Are relentlessly determined, refusing to accept the status quo, and persistently striving to create new opportunities to reach more children, allowing them to reach their maximum potential.
• Believe in collaborative engagement, valuing relationships and seeing everyone as an equal partner.

The compensation package includes benefits and will be commensurate with experience. This is a senior management position based in Kampala, Uganda.

To apply, visit www.buildingtomorrow.org/careers.

Building Tomorrow maintains a dedication to promoting gender equity, diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion, and recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of protected characteristics. Building Tomorrow will not tolerate illegal discrimination or harassment under any applicable law in any jurisdiction where it operates.