Job Title: Head of Research, Development and Innovation, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
Organisation: NFT Consult Limited
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About the Company:
NFT Consult Limited is a business process outsourcing firm with offices in Uganda, South Africa, Kenya, Botswana Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Burundi and South Sudan.
Company overview:
Our client is a church ministry committed to developing transformational leaders who strive to make a positive difference in their communities. By leveraging innovative ministry and outreach strategies, the church remains a source of hope and inspiration for individuals and families across Africa and beyond.
Job Summary: To provide strategic leadership in the development of long-term plans and establishment of strategic initiatives and ensure they are well mainstreamed
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Strategy and policy development (10%)
- Leads the development of client’s strategic vision and mission for the Ministry
- Leads in the design and formulation of the church strategic, development plans and programs;
- Develops the monitoring and evaluation framework for the ministry activities
- Develops standard operating procedures and forms for planning, research, monitoring and evaluation
- Develops policies and procedures related to planning, research and development
- Develops project governance, processes and systems for project implementation
Outcomes
- Up-to-date strategic plan
- Project plans
- Policies and procedures related to planning, research and development
- Standard operating procedures for planning, research, monitoring and evaluation
Strategic Planning (20%)
- Leads the design and formulation of annual operational plans and programs;
- Guides the implementation of the strategic plan of the church and its other ministries.
- Provides technical guidance to line managers in the development of annual operational plans
Critical Outcomes
- Annual procurement plan developed and updated
- Cost savings realised with acceptable standard of supplies and services
- Performance indicators for monitoring in place
- Up-to-date list of prequalified suppliers of goods, services and works
Conduct research and development to inform new projects and initiatives (20%)
- Ensures research related to church projects is conducted based on market conditions in the country, including analysis of official published data
- Ensures research protocols and concepts related to new initiatives are prepared based on established guidelines
- Ensures research and development for activities are done to meet organizational needs and to capitalize on potential new opportunities
- Ensures multi-disciplinary teams are composed to conduct research on new strategic initiatives
Critical Outcomes
- Research reports
- Project concepts and designs
- Research protocols approved by appropriate authorities
- Effective team management
Implementation of strategic initiatives (20%)
- Leads in policy implementation and leadership decisions relating to the strategic initiatives across different ministry arms;
- Manages the R&D teams, architects, engineers and other technical teams s to ensure projects are well designed and that design intentions are clear and met
- Ensures value for money in the preparation of project cost estimates and the documentation for contract bids
- Maintains record of all existing and planned projects
- Ensures tender documents for projects and valuations are well prepared
- Ensures that the appropriate project team leads address quality, safety, health and environment issues.
- Ensures compliance of specifications of contracts to quality standards and relevant regulations including national building regulations and housing policies
- Conduct site visits and ensures all project contracts are well managed and delivered to agreed standards
- Monitors and evaluate project against set and approved targets which include planning implementation, tracking construction process and progress
Critical Outcomes
- An up-to-date annual projects plan
- Up-to-date database of church projects
- Design intentions are clear and met
- Project designs signed off and approved
- Compliance with established standards
- Value for money
- Quality projects established and mainstreamed
Lead the monitoring, evaluation and reporting on performance (20%)
- Ensures regular measurement and assessment of performance for more effective management of development results of the church’s programs
- Provides guidance to management in monitoring performance and ensures that the institutional performance evaluation management and feedback process is applied to all departments;
- Conducts perform feasibility analysis, identifies critical issues, policy gaps, and facilitate policy implementation in priority areas across departments;
- Responsible for policy implementation and management decisions relating to the strategic initiatives;
- Coordinates the planning and implementation of activities to build M&E capacity within the ministry
- Coordinates the preparation of progress and annual reports, and follow up and constant monitoring and evaluation of completion of planned activities and budget execution
- Ensures the review of the church strategic and operational plans are conducted as planned
- Ensures documentation and sharing of lessons learned and best practices annually
Critical Outcomes
- Quarterly and annual Performance reports for the ministry
- Baseline/feasibility reports
- Review reports of the strategic plan
- Documentation of lessons learnt and best practices
- Best practice workshops conducted annually
Human resource management and development (5%)
- Ensures new staff in the department are properly oriented and performance standards well explained
- Ensures all staff in the department have clear performance standards and are appraised a per the human resource policy
- Trains, coaches and mentors’ staff in the department to deliver high performance
- Prepares a schedule of annual leave appropriately and ensure adequate security cover at all times
Critical Outcomes
- Staff performing to the expected standards
- Work plans accomplished as per the schedule
- Staff appraisals completed in time and feedback given
Preparation of Reports on projects and Activities (5%)
- Prepares Reports in line with the organization’s reporting guidelines to management
Critical Outcomes
- Timely submission of reports
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Master’s Degree in Economics, Planning, Management,
- 10 years of working experience in a large organization in a similar role
- Computer literacy in MS office, MS project and database management
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should apply online through the NFT jobs portal.
Deadline: 25th April 2025
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