Project Manager

We are committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. All applications will be treated with fairness and the strictest confidence.
We do not tolerate Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, or any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment and discrimination. Fraud and corruption practices are totally prohibited.
All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
HFU wishes to recruit self-motivated and hands-on volunteers to fill the respective positions tenable in the GFA and Livelihood & Resilience project under the Self Reliance
Model (SRM) in Nakivale- Oruchinga refugee settlements in Isingiro District. The positions will be subject to annual review and contract renewal.

Job Location: Isingiro Field Office
Employment Type: Contract
Reporting: Team Leader

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
• Ensuring projects adhere to frameworks and all documentation is maintained appropriately for the project
• Maintaining and monitoring livelihoods field plans, project schedules, work hours budgets and expenditures
• Organizing, attending and participating in livelihoods stakeholder meetings.
• Documenting and following up on important actions and decisions from field meetings
• Preparing necessary presentation materials for field meetings
• Ensuring project timelines are met
• Assess and regularly report resource utilization in line with best value for money practices
• Providing field administrative support as needed
• Develop project strategies
• Assess project risks and issues and provide solutions where applicable.
• Ensure stakeholder views are managed towards the best solution.
• Chair and facilitate meetings where appropriate and distribute minutes to all project team members and other relevant officers.
• Participate in Procurement evaluations for project goods and services
• Create a field management calendar for fulfilling each goal and objective.
• Coordinate project management activities, resources, equipment and information
• Break projects into doable actions and set timeframes
• Liaise with the project management to identify and define requirements, scope and objectives
• Assign tasks to internal project teams and assist with schedule management
• Make sure that project needs are met as project evolve
• Help prepare budgets
• Analyze project risks and opportunities
• Oversee project procurement management
• Monitor project progress and handle any issues that arise
• Act as the point of contact and communicate project status to all participants
• Work with the Project team leader to eliminate blockers
• Use tools to monitor project working hours, plans and expenditures
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation, plans and reports
• Ensure standards and requirements are met through conducting project quality assurance.
• Participate in project resource mobilization
• Perform any other related duties as required

Requirements and skills
• BSc in Business Administration, Social Sciences or related field with not less than 5 years’ experience in projects implementation
• Post-Graduate Qualification in Project Planning and Management, or Monitoring and Evaluation.
• Proven work experience of project management from conception to delivery.
• Have the ability to prepare and interpret flowcharts, schedules and step-by-step project action plans
• Solid organizational skills, including multitasking and time-management

• Strong client-facing and teamwork skills
• Familiarity with project risk management and quality assurance control
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Project and Microsoft Planner

• Hands-on experience with project management tools

Application Procedure
Applications should be addressed to
• The Head of Human Resources, Hunger Fighters Uganda, P.O Box, 28175, Kampala
• Hand delivered to Hunger Fighters Uganda Head Office or through e-mail:
[email protected] and copy: [email protected]
Deadline for submission is 15th January 2025 at 5:00pm. Only shortlisted candidates will
be contacted.
Note:
• HFU offers equal opportunities to both women and men.
• Solicitation will lead to automatic disqualification.

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