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• Keenly
  review and recommend improvements of the existing information and
  strategies relating to: Uganda’s economy, priority sectors for investment,
  laws and incentives, regulatory issues and issues affecting foreign
  investors.
• Review
  and recommend improvements to UIA’s strategies, processes, systems,
  capacity and structures for supporting foreign investors, including
  through gathering feedback from existing and potential investors.
• Organisation
  and delivery of capacity building and training of UIA staff as agreed upon
  with UIA.
• To
  work with a technical officer from UIA who is assigned to work with the
  Consultant

• Regularly
  review and implement a robust investor facilitation and aftercare
  programme that will entail working with existing investors to support
  investments to be retained and expanded (particularly in manufacturing
  sectors).
• Working
  with new/ potential investors to support investments to be made
  (particularly in manufacturing sectors).
• This
  will include providing support to navigate/ simplify government processes
  (including with other Government of Uganda (GoU) departments which
  investors/ businesses have to work/ interact with).
• Tasked
  with the analysis of investment opportunities, sectors and investment
  impediments and the necessary reforms to attract investors and get deals
  to close.
• Supporting
  UIA to more systematically track investor concerns/ challenges/ problems
  and make improvements to processes accordingly.
• Developing
  strong working relationships with UIA staff who service investors.

• Support
  to all Invest Africa implementation activities in Uganda including (but
  not limited to): diagnostics, events, visits, inception activities of main
  contractor, etc.
• Responsible
  for the coordination amongst the Invest Africa implementation activities
  in Uganda including: information/ document sharing, introductions, etc.

• Coordination
  and information sharing with donors, implementers, agencies, multilaterals
  working on similar agendas as Invest Africa.
• Active
  coordination and information sharing with UIA, DFID and across a broad set
  of HMG colleagues (UK government: including CDC, PIDG, DIT, FCO, Trade
  Envoy).
• Liaison
  and engagement with other DFID programmes.
• Support
  the M&E contractor in undertaking baseline and other studies and
  lessons learned in country.
• All
  information to be shared shall be through the Executive Director of UIA

• The
  suitable candidate should hold a Master’s degree in Business
  Administration, Economics, Management, Development Studies, Public
  Administration, and International Business and similar or related
  discipline.
• At
  least eight to ten years’ experience in leading Investment management in
  Public and private sector institutions, preferably in developing
  countries.
• Broad
  knowledge and understanding of industrialisation, investor decision-making
  factors and processes, African manufacturing and labour markets and global
  value chains
• A
  self-starter who can work without close guidance and be very pro-active in
  finding opportunities to promote investment and learnings
• A
  highly proactive communicator and networker with excellent written and
  spoken English
• Strong
  facilitation skills, enabling different parties to collaborate
• Good
  understanding of the working of government and donor development projects,
  policies and strategies
• Good
  analytical programme problem solving and critical thinking skills and the
  ability to run multi-tasks

• Seeing
  the Big Picture
• Changing
  and improving
• Making
  effective decisions
• Collaborating
  and Partnering
• Delivering
  at Pace

• Trade
  and Investment
• Legal
  and Regulatory Reform

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