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Job Title:           Director ICT & Research

Organization:  ABS
Consulting Group

Duty Station:  Kampala,
Uganda

Reports to:      Executive
Director

About US:

ABS Consulting Group, BID award
Gold winner for the International Star for Leadership in Quality, is an
independent management consulting firm that assists clients to improve,
streamline and upgrade their business operations. Our expertise, gained through
many years of consulting assists us to provide the best in management
consulting.

Job Summary:   The Director ICT & Research will be responsible
for the development, governance and management of research functions and ICT
services across the Commission. The role provides strategic and administrative
leadership to the functional delivery of high quality ICT services and research
and operationalizes ICT and data applications to deliver optimal performance

Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:

·        
The applicant must hold a Master’s degree in
Telecommunications Engineering, Computer Science or any other related field in
Science Technology;

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Project Management experience

·        
Experience of at least 10 years of working of
which five (5) years should be in senior management/leadership experience in a
similar corporate setting.

·        
Vast and successful experience in managing
multiple ICT disciplines and bringing together diverse functions to achieve
excellent results in a user focused environment.

·        
Demonstrated experience in business process
analysis, project planning, risk management and budgeting, including the
deployment of resources to achieve objectives and quality.

·        
Experience in excellent stakeholder management,
including successfully managing complex stakeholder relations.

·        
Good understanding of the major components
supporting a complex shared ICT service;

·        
Strong technical acumen with an adept
understanding of technological/ICT trends

·        
Passionate and highly skilled in research

·        
Demonstrated ability to get to the essence of a
new concept quickly.

·        
Project Management Skills including design and
implementation of ICT projects

·        
Creative and strategic thinking

·        
Initiative & Innovation

·        
Communication skills in both verbal and written
form

·        
Interpersonal skills

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Problem solving and analytical skills/detailed
oriented

·        
Team orientation

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Adaptability/openness to change

·        
A positive can-do attitude,

·        
Demonstrate calmness and composure in times of
uncertainty and stress.

·        
Ability to monitor and oversee budgets in a
complex, diverse and changing environment

How to Apply: 

If you meet the above
requirements, please submit your application enclosing detailed curriculum
vitae giving three references, copies of academic and professional
certificates, postal address and daytime telephone contact addressed to:

The Managing Director,

ABS Consulting Group

Workers House, 1 Pilkington Road,

9th Floor, Southern Wing

P.O. Box 29526

Kampala, Uganda

‘Please indicate the position
applied for on the envelope (‘Application for the position of         ”)

Submit your applications to ABS
Consulting Group Limited, Plot 1 Pilkington Road, Workers House 9th Floor, and
Southern Wing.

Deadline: 13^th November 2019

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