Executive Director Employment Opportunity – Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA)

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Job Title:      Executive Director
Organisation: Public Procurement and Disposal of
Public Assets Authority (PPDA)
Duty
Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports
to: PPDA Board of
Directors
About
US:
The Public Procurement and
Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA) is established under the PPDA Act
No.1 of 2003 to develop standards and regulate procurement and disposal
practices in respect of all Procuring and Disposing Entities which include
Central Government Ministries and Departments, Local Governments, State
Enterprises, Constitutional and Statutory Bodies and post primary training
institutions.
Job
Summary: The Executive
Director will provide strategic leadership and management to the PPDA and is
responsible for ensuring that PPDA has a clear and compelling vision and
strategic plan that is supported by an effective system of strategic
measurement, risk management and governance framework. The role bears the
ultimate responsibility for ensuring that the organization is organised, managed
and controlled in such a way so as to maximise the delivery of the PPDA
mandate.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
  • Regulatory
    Oversight:     Ensure
    the application of fair, competitive, transparent, non-discriminatory and
    value for money practices in public procurement and disposal in Uganda.
  • Strategic
    Development and Implementation:     Provide inspirational leadership to PPDA team ensuring
    that PPDA has a clear and compelling vision and well developed strategic plans
    that result in the delivery of quality services and the requirements of
    its mandate.
  • Strategic
    Partnerships and Collaborations:     Lead and develop strategic level collaborative partnerships
    that will maximise PPDA’s capacity to influence the quality of public procurements.
  • Board
    Governance:
    Work closely with the Board of Directors to provide PPDA with policies,
    strategic measurement, and other mechanisms that will ensure effective and
    efficient governance and operation of the Authority
  • Financial
    Management:     Take
    the lead to ensure that PPDA has the resources for the sustainable
    delivery of its mission and strategic objectives and maximise its
    absorption rate per quarter and at all times ensuring the highest
    standards of legal and ethical compliance, including accountability and
    value for money:
  • Team
    and Performance Management    :
    To lead the members of the Executive / Senior
  • Management
    Team in a manner that empowers them to maximise the Authority’s success
    and work according to high standards.
  • National
    and International Representation:     To represent PPDA at national and international level,
    contributing towards the organization’s vision.
Qualifications,
Skills and Experience: 
  • The applicants for the Executive Director job opportunity
    must at least hold a     Masters in Procurement, Law, Economics,
    Accounting, Engineering, Business
    Administration or Business Related subject.
  • Honours degree or equivalent in any of the
    above fields.
  • Full Professional certification or Post
    graduate qualification in procurement is an added     advantage.
  • At
    least ten     years’ management experience with at least five years heading department/directorate
    functions
  • Broad knowledge and understanding of
    Government of Uganda procedures (policy, planning, budgeting,     payments and reporting)
  • Understanding of the PPDA Act and attendant
    Regulations, Guidelines and procedures
  • Demonstrable
    experience in strategy development and implementation
  • Significant experience in strategic
    relationship building, resource mobilization, and     advocacy
  • Proven
    leadership skills
  • Proven
    integrity record
  • Excellent
    communication skills
  • Age: Below 55 years
How
to Apply:
All qualified candidates
should send their envelopes clearly marked “Application for the Post of
………………..” with an application letter and detailed CV indicating three
independent referees; certified copies of academic certificates starting with
O’ level and two current passport photographs addressed to:
The Board Chairman,
Public Procurement and
Disposal of Public Assets Authority,
Plot 37 Nakasero Road, 5th
Floor. UEDCL Tower
P.O. Box 3925, Kampala.
Uganda.
Deadline: 26th May 2017 by 5.00 p.m.
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