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Job Title:  Project Manager

Organisation: UVRI-IAVI HIV Vaccine Program (the Program)

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

About US:

The UVRI-IAVI HIV Vaccine Program (the Program), founded in 2001, is a not for profit organization with offices and research facilities based at the Uganda Virus Research Institute in Entebbe.  The Program’s main activities are conducting research, building capacity and providing advocacy for HIV/AIDS vaccine as well as molecular and epidemiological work toward HIV prevention. The Program is mainly funded by the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), USA but also receives funding from other donors.

Job Summary:   The Project Manager will have overall responsibility for ensuring implementation of Taskforce actions and overall coordination of their meetings and activities.

Scope of work

With support from Taskforce. Board chair and Program. the role will have overall responsibility for activities relating to the UVRI-IAVI Program transition. This will include management of stakeholders. and project partners: as well as Taskforce budget management. reporting. and risk/security planning. The Project Manager will support the human, financial and other structural needs of the Taskforce.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Managing the implementation of the Task force actions

Under the strategic guidance of the Taskforce chair and Program Management. oversee the UVRI-IAVI Program transition process. Specifically:

• Ensure a smooth transition not to affect the operations and scientific delivery of the organization
• Ensure that all contractual. legal and ethical requirements are followed, both for staff and clients.
• Ensure proper communications to the various stakeholders are followed.
• Ensure as expected that this restructuring is done in a way that minimizes anxiety among staff who could be at risk of redundancy.
• Ensure that during the transition there is protection of property. data and samples
• Arrange Taskforce virtual and physical meetings including taking of minutes
• Contribute to the development of Taskforce reports and outputs
• In the execution of duties ensure confidentiality and transparency

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

Essential

• Degree in public administration and management, public health, project planning or relevant discipline.
• Extensive work experience as project manager in public health related projects and a proven ability to deliver high-quality project outputs and staff.
• Experience of budget management and providing financial oversight
• Experience of multi-partnership management. Project Management including planning and forecasting and effectively ensuring completion of projects.
• Experience leading and effectively guiding and motivating others to successful completion of a project and coordination of multiple stakeholders.

Work-based skills:

Essential

• Established team leadership skills
• Excellent coordination and time management skills
• Excellent strategic. analytic and systems thinking
• Ability to create functional work relationships at a distance and to relate to people across locations. functions and levels of seniority
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Good report writing skills in English
• Attention to detail
• Fluency in English

Desirable

• Experience in health related not for profit organizations in Uganda
• Experience of designing and implementation of projects related to Medical research
• Experience of managing risk and organization transition

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified candidates Please send written cover letter along with copies of academic certificates, Curriculum Vitae, day-time telephone contact numbers and names of two professional referees should be sent to:

HR & Administration Manager,

UVRI-IAVI HIV Vaccine Program Ltd

P.O Box 49, Entebbe.

Or by email to; – Information@iavi.or.ug

Deadline: 17th December 2024

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