NARO Career Jobs – Assistant Project Manager

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Organisation: National
Agricultural Research Organization (NARO)
Institute: National Crops
Resources Research Institute (NaCRRI)
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda

About NARO:
The
National Agricultural Research Organisation is established by the National
Agricultural Research Act 2005 as a body corporate with the mandate to provide
strategic direction for publicly funded agricultural research in Uganda.
National Crops Resources Research Institute (NaCRRI) is one of the public
agricultural research institutes under the National Agricultural Research
Organization (NARO) established under the Act of Parliament of the Republic of
Uganda. NaCRRI has an approval for a grant to run a four year project to
establish a Cassava Seed Systems for Uganda. Part of this grant will be used to
hire competent personnel for efficient and effective management of the project.
Job Summary: The Assistant
Project Manager serve as an assistant to the Project Manager to coordinate and
manage the project
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
  • Develop a
    detailed theory of change for the project
  • To develop
    a learning agenda
  • Develop
    project monitoring and implementation plan
  •  Develop tools to collect, analyze and
    report data
  • Properly organize
    stakeholder engagement platforms
  • Responsible
    for supervision of monitoring and evaluation activities
  • Assist the
    project manager in formulation of work plans, budgets and frameworks for
    environmental and social safe guards, gender, capacity building, information
    and knowledge management
  • Assist the
    project manager in organizing all project conferences, workshops and
    meetings within and outside the country
  • Assist the
    project manager in preparing project reports (process and technical) and
    publications
  • Performing
    any other duties as assigned by the designated supervisor
Qualifications, Skills
and Experience:
  • The
    applicant should possess a Masters Degree in management, development
    studies or business related field is required
  • Additional
    training and working experience in project monitoring and evaluation is
    strongly required
  • Strong
    strategic, quantitative and analytical skills.
  • Demonstrated
    practical experience in project management
  • Highly
    Results-oriented
  • Good
    working knowledge of data collection, survey design, sampling tools
  • Excellent
    interpersonal skills and conversant with interdisciplinary,
    multi-stakeholder management
  • Willingness
    to spend extra time to achieve results with minimum supervision
  • Excellent
    computer, oral and written communication skills
  • Past
    working experience with the M&E organizations/ institutions, with
    regional and international exposure
  • Excellent
    command in English and major local languages in Uganda
NB: Young and dynamic candidates willing to undertake
extensive travel are preferred
Women with suitable qualifications are strongly
encouraged to apply.
How to Apply:
All interested candidates should send their applications with recent passport
size photographs, Curriculum Vitae, certified copies of academic certificates
and transcripts and indicate two competent referees with day time telephone
contacts to: The Director, National Crops Resources Research Institute,
National Agricultural Research Organization, P 0. Box, 7084, Kampala, Uganda
Telephone No: +256414573016 Gayaza Zirobwe Road.
Deadline: 30th
December, 2013

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