Job Title: Executive Director
Organisation: Uganda
National Association of Building and Civil Engineering Contractors (UNABCEC)
National Association of Building and Civil Engineering Contractors (UNABCEC)
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Uganda
Reference: REF UNC001
About UNABCEC:
Uganda National Association of Building and Civil Engineering
Contractors (UNABCEC) is a non-profit, non-political, member-driven association
bringing together building and civil engineering contractors as well as
construction-related materials manufacturers and/or suppliers to promote their
mutual interest. KSK Associates is a Professional Services Firm that provides
Financial Consultancy Services including Assurance and Business Advisory
Services, Business Planning, Feasibility studies & Project Proposal
Preparation, Human Resource, Risk Management and Information System Solutions.
Job Summary: The ED will have
overall strategic and operational responsibility for UNABCEC’s secretariat
staff, programs, expansion, and execution of its mission. S/he will develop
deep knowledge of field, core programs, operations, and business plans from the
strategic plan 2014-2018.
overall strategic and operational responsibility for UNABCEC’s secretariat
staff, programs, expansion, and execution of its mission. S/he will develop
deep knowledge of field, core programs, operations, and business plans from the
strategic plan 2014-2018.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Leadership & Management:
- Ensure ongoing projects programmatic
excellence, rigorous program evaluation, and consistent quality of finance
and administration, fundraising, communications, and systems; recommend timelines
and resources needed to achieve the strategic goals - Actively engage and energize newly
established secretariat staff, marketing teams, board members, local
chapter committees, partnering organizations, and funders - Develop, maintain, and support a strong
Board of Directors: serve as ex-officio of each committee, seek and build
board involvement with strategic direction for both ongoing local operations
as well as for the national rollout - Take lead, coach, develop, and retain
UNABCEC high-performance Secretariat team - Ensure effective systems to track scaling
progress, and regularly evaluate program components, so as to measure
successes that can be effectively communicated to the board, funders, and
other constituents
2. Fundraising & Communications:
- Expand local revenue generating and
fundraising activities to support existing program operations and regional
expansion while simultaneously retiring building debt - Deepen and refine all aspects of
communications—from web presence to external relations with the goal of
creating a stronger brand - Use external presence and relationships to
garner new opportunities
3. Planning & New Business:
- Design the national expansion and complete
the strategic business planning process for the program expansion into all
regions of Uganda. - Begin to build partnerships in new
markets, establishing relationships with the funders, and political and
community leaders at each expansion site - Be an external local and national presence
that publishes and communicates program results with an emphasis on the
successes of the local program as a model for regional and national
replication; - Perform any other duties that may be
allocated to you from time to time.
Qualifications, Skills &
Experience:
Experience:
The ED will be thoroughly committed to UNABCEC mission. All candidates
should have proven leadership, coaching, and relationship management
experience. Concrete demonstrable experience and other qualifications include:
- An advanced degree, ideally an MBA, with
at least 10 years of senior management experience; track record of
effectively leading and regionally and/or nationally scaling a
performance- and outcomes-based organization and staff; 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 programs
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 a Board of
Directors with the ability to 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 - Ability to work effectively in
collaboration with diverse groups of people - Passion, idealism, integrity, positive
attitude, mission-driven, and self-directed
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their
applications together with:
- Attached copies of all academic
qualifications (transcripts and certificates); - Updated detailed CVs and contact telephone
numbers; - Three professional references and
or/academic references
Please send an application via E-mail to; [email protected]
You can physically deliver your application to any of our offices in
East Africa.
Please send your applications to;
The Recruitment Director, KSK Associates Financial Consultants, Annex
Ruth Towers, Plot 15 A, Clement H ill P.O Box 70434 Kampala – Uganda.
Deadline: 26th April 2014 by
5pm.
5pm.
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