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• Provide leadership for projects governance in
  the Bank by ensuring establishment and enforcement of a standardised
  projects Management guideline along best practice frame works that will be
  followed for all bank projects
• Regularly monitor implementation of project
  activities and budgets to assure accountability as per the approved Work
  Plan; Monitoring and Evaluation Strategy
• Actively facilitate and coordinate all Bank
  projects to ensure adherence to timeline, execution within budget, satisfy
  the set objectives and effective risk management.
• Keenly reviews project proposals or plans to
  determine time frame, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing
  project, staffing requirements, and allotment of available resources to
  various phases of project.
• Ensure efficient business processes in terms
  of efficient and effective internal controls – Review operating manuals to
  ensure customer friendly processes and through consultation with relevant
  stakeholders initiate process reengineering.
• Coordinate internal and external change
  within the organization to ensure optimal efficiency and effectiveness is
  achieved.
• Advise management on human and physical
  resource optimization – Based on through put in the respective department
  identifying idle capacity that can productively be used elsewhere.
  Identify potential areas of process automation that can eliminate waste of
  resources which will contribute to overall profitability.
• Keenly review and ensure that there exists
  Internal and external Service level agreements. Internal service level
  agreements between different departments to clearly identify the
  turnaround time for feedback and problem resolution.
• Donor agency project coordination –
  centralize all donor projects under this office and responsible for the generation
  of progress reports.
• Prepare and submit Executive Management
  reports (and donor reports where required) in line with project objectives
  log frame and indicators.
• Ability to draw and follow up on numerous
  partner work plans
• Manage the development of resources and
  materials for tracking and achieving overall project success
• Ensure that projects stay on schedule and any
  issues are resolved
• Timely reports and implementation (adherence
  to work plans)
• Efficient budget utilization (On-time,
  on-budget delivery of activities)
• Works closely with relevant Heads of
  Department to ensure the project team members are equipped and trained to
  perform their jobs.

• Proactively work to maintain dialogue with
  donors, keeping abreast of changing priorities.
• Ensure compliance with donor requirements

• Responsible for managing and maintaining all
  directly related external partnerships to ensure meeting project
  objectives
• Regular meetings to update on project
  progress and performance. Liaison between external partners and OBUL
• Continuously analyze partner needs, develop
  action plans, track milestones and decision points and measure success.
• Work closely with the different partners to
  develop, recommend and instill key performance metrics for efficient and
  relevant project tracking (milestones/deadlines/cost savings)
• Provide thought leadership to the different
  partners and act as point of contact.

• Track monthly expenditure and ensure it is in
  line with project work plans and budget requirements. Modify any changes
  to reflect on the ground expenditure.
• Work closely with Finance Director at OBUL to
  maintain accurate financial records and accountability

• Responsible for all aspects of project
  evaluation; includes gathering information in line with project objective
  and indicators;
• Gather primary and secondary data-
  responsible for data management and analysis
• Ensure all activities are in line with the
  project log frames
• Support annual Evaluation and analysis of
  data for baseline, midterm and exit surveys.
• Sharing best practices regionally
• Perform any other activities that may arise
  and would assist in moving forward the Agriculture finance program.

• The applicant should at least hold a Degree
  level qualification
• The ideal candidate should have seven years’ experience
  in project management
• The applicant should have relevant experience
  in the financial services sector, technology and agriculture value chains.
  
• Significant exposure and experience in
  financial service delivery, technology and agriculture value chains
• Previous exposure and experience in report
  and grant request writing
• Clearly demonstrated ability to design,
  implement, and evaluate large scale, donor funded projects
• Prior exposure and experience in dealing with
  consortium relationships
• Strong background in M&E functions
• Experience in maintaining and cultivating
  donor and partner relationships.
• Proven ability to also work as a part of a
  team and supervise others.
• Computer literacy i.e. Competence in the use
  of Microsoft Office.
• Excellent oral and written English
• Previous experience in managing budgets
• Good project proposal writing and
  presentation skills
• Ability to think out of the box; be proactive
• Strategic Thinking-ability to set goals, plan
  and prioritize
• Background in microfinance preferred
• Previous exposure and experience in
  agriculture finance and agriculture value chains preferred
• Self starter- ability to work without
  supervision, take initiative and make decisions on the spot
• Good administration and organizational skills
  
• Working knowledge of specialist projects
  management tools and techniques
• The post holder should have the willingness to
  work in Uganda

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