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Title:         Project
Execution Supervisor

Organisation: National
Social Security Fund (NSSF)

Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda

Reports to:  Program Management Office (PMO) Services Manager

 

About US:

National Social
Security Fund (NSSF) is positioning itself to be the Social Security Provider
of Choice in Uganda. With our shared purpose of being the Social Security Provider
of choice, providing exceptional customer service and better operations with a
workforce that is well motivated and skilled.

 

Job Summary:  As the Fund
delivers future-oriented projects in relation to its long-term strategic
objectives, the Project Execution Supervisor will be responsible for supporting
project teams to conduct credible needs assessments and project planning, based
on “agile” principles. You will also be responsible for facilitating project
teams to: create product roadmaps, validate business/customer requirements as
they are being delivered, and prepare project reports in order to keep the
project teams on course and the Project Steering Committee(s) updated.
Ultimately, you will facilitate and support strategic project teams to deliver
the intended value of their projects to market as quickly as possible.

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities:  

·       
Aligning Needs Assessments for Strategic Projects by
working with the project teams to develop project business cases, guiding
teams, managers, and users on integrating the customer perspective using user
stories and active feedback loops

·       
Facilitate Project/Product Roadmap Development i.e. work
with project and product teams to develop, set priorities and design credible
delivery roadmaps.

·       
Coaching and mentoring Project/Product Teams through
training the project and product teams on Agile Methodology to help ensure
effective project outcomes

·       
Institutionalize Agile Project/Product Management
Practices and Processes by working with the PMO Manager to develop knowledge
management systems to share best practices and information on agile
product/project management throughout the fund.

·       
Participating in calendar milestones and activities aimed
at enabling the Strategy department to achieve its mandate, e.g. providing
support over the facilitation of the annual Strategy retreat

·       
Serving as a key resource and/or advisor in the development
and delivery of the Fund’s digital transformation strategy.

·       
Supporting the innovation program directly and indirectly
as the situation demands.

·       
Participate in internal staff management processes such as
meetings

 

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

·       
The
applicant for the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Project Execution Supervisor job must hold a
Bachelor’s degree in a business or technology-related
field.

·       
Must be a certified Project Management practitioner
(preferably, Prince2 Agile practitioner or PMI Agile certified practitioner).

·       
Certification in Business Analysis, such as: Certified
Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) from the International Institute of
Business Analysis (IIBA) is an added advantage

·       
Professional Certificate in Agile Business Analysis from
the British Computer Society – Chartered Institute for IT is an added advantage

·       
Applicants with a degree equivalent in Business Analysis
are preferred

·       
A minimum of three years of combined professional
experience in a Project Management role (with a technology enablement bias) in
a busy office environment.

·       
 Strong spreadsheet
skills

·       
Strategic Thinker

·       
Data analytics/management, business intelligence and
business analysis.

·       
 Presentation Skills

·       
Strong analytical and business acumen.

·       
Resourceful, with a problem-solving attitude and
willingness to think creatively to reach resolutions.

·       
Collaborative and able to build bridges across
cross-functional teams.

·       
Active listening skills, and the ability to listen for
feedback, and validate and address concerns.

·       
 Excellent
presentation skills.

·       
Ability to travel domestically and globally to share
Thought Leadership and work on building internal innovation capacities with
external clients the Fund may contractually engage with.

 

How to Apply:

All interested
individuals should send copies of academic credentials, application letters and
detailed CV addressed to the Head of Human Resources & Administration to
recruitment@nssfug.org for registration and onward transmission.

 

NB: Please note that canvassing or lobbying will lead to automatic
disqualification of the candidate.

 

Deadline: 21^st August 2020

 

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