The Ugandan Jobline

• Play an active role in the leadership of the organisation, advising
  and supporting the Chief Executive Officer when required, and
  participating in meetings at Director level
• Serve as the internal leader of the organisation, with
  decision-making authority over day-today operations, and providing
  mentorship and guidance to all staff;
• Design, implement, and regularly evaluate the efficiency of
  administrative systems, including finance, human resource and monitoring
  and evaluation, according to organizational strategic objectives and
  thereafter oversee the implementation of improvements where required;
• Lead on the organisation’s recruitment and staff development
  strategies, implementing the process that measures and evaluates progress
  against goals for individual staff members;
• Oversee the department heads, for service delivery on project
  components, partners, and support their responsibilities and development,
• Ensuring the highest quality of service delivery and reporting to
  project leads, donors, and partners.
• Guide the development of fundraising strategies in line with the
  organisational vision and strategic objectives, to increase unrestricted
  funding and address gaps;
• Identify grant and funding opportunities amongst our existing core
  donor groups and with new donors, and manage the grant-writing process by
  identifying and assigning internal or external grant-writing resources;
• Work with the Finance & Admin department to optimise the
  financial management systems to enable quick access to information,
  efficient and accurate reporting and strategic budgeting;
• Ensure sufficient and quality financial and management reporting to
  the donors and statutory bodies, including quarterly financial and project
  management reports;

• The applicant must hold an advanced degree in Business Administration,
  Management, Conservation, Law or any related field.
• Eight years of senior management experience, with either for-profit
  or not-for-profit organisations.
• The candidate must believe in the core values of the organisation
  and be strongly motivated by the organisation’s mission.
• The candidate should demonstrate a clear desire to lead change and
  deliver impact in wildlife conservation.
• Has proven experience in upscaling a founder-led organisation into a
  larger, more impact-driven entity and who has a demonstrable ability to
  nurture potential in staff and bring cohesion to a diverse team.
• Proven track record of meeting or exceeding goals, high level of
  business acumen including successful financial management and strategic
  development,
• Capacity building: ability to nurture talent and build
  organisational and staff capacity, developing a performance-driven culture
• Leadership and organisation: a team builder who has the capacity and
  personality to enforce accountability, develop and empower talented
  individuals, provide effective coaching and mentoring to staff.
• Action oriented: enjoys working hard and looks for challenges, able
  to act and react as necessary, not afraid to take charge of a situation,
  can overcome resistance to leadership and leadership change and take
  unpopular stands when necessary;
• General management: a thorough understanding of finance, systems,
  and HR; broad experience and systems (QuickBooks experience preferred),
  including budgeting, information systems, human resources and management;
• Conservation expertise: experience pertaining to African wildlife
  and/or community conservation is preferable but not essential;

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