Jobs at: UGAFODE Microfinance Limited (MDI)

Vacancy title: Training and Capacity Building Officer

Deadline of this Job: 30th September 2016

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Job details: UGAFODE Microfinance Limited (MDI), one of the leading financial institutions, is looking for mature experienced individuals to fill the following positions. These are dream career opportunities for highly dynamic, creative and innovative astute individuals within the financial sector.

TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING OFFICER
Job purpose: To assist in the development, planning and implementation of training and development strategy, policy and training program for staff at all levels for purposes of promoting organizational learning and development.

Specific responsibilities

• Policy development and roll out: Develop training policy and related training and learning tools that support the overall business plan 
• Coordination of staff training programmes: Supervise and manage the day to day training and capacity building activities and prepare portfolio of planned trainings in year and a training calendar 
• Carry out staff training needs assessments: in conjunction with department heads, identifies core technical, management, supervisory and general training needs for staff 
• Coordinate new staff orientation and induction: Develop and coordinate orientation and induction programmes 
• Coordinate the internship programme: Receive and review internship applications and liaise with line managers to establish their needs for internship 
• Monitoring training progammes: Monitoring training programme and advising management on the relevancy 
• Reporting and accountability: Prepare and submit training and capacity building reports and other briefs as and when required. 

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in human resource management or a related discipline 
• Minimum 3 years of experience in human resource management particularly training and development 
• Proven experience of capacity building and learning theory 
• Ability to find and mobilize resources to support our capacity building work 
• Ability to develop suitable materials for capacity building 
• Good presentation and facilitation skills for the dissemination of information. 
• Flexibility and ability to cope with changes in priorities 

Job application procedure Applicants should send a cover letter and an up to date detailed a CV, certified copies of complete academic transcripts and professional certificates. Your applications should include names of 3 referees and a day time telephone contact. Should be addressed to the Head of Human Resources using the address below so as to reach not later than 30th September 2016.

Application received after the closing date will not be considered and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.