Our Client is one of the leading Investment Advisory Firms within the country in providing advisory services related to finance, management consulting, operations engineering and data analytics to add value to actors in the private, public and development sector. Our Client works across the entire ‘Investment Value Chain’ from project preparation (research and planning), fund raising to project development and management for these actors.

Position Description
Job Location: Kampala-Uganda
Job Title: Project Management Associate
Reports to: Manager – Project Management
Supervises:
Direct: Indirect:
• Project Administrators
Job Purpose
The Project Management Associate role involves providing leadership to the Project Administrators and has essential functions as detailed below

Roles and Responsibilities
• Lead a team of project administrators
• Lead in project design development and planning.
• Primary support in mobilization and engaging of project stakeholders.
• Lead support during project implementation. Tasks include coordinating with stakeholders and consultants, conducting internal meetings, and streamlining the overall workflow.
• Support in documentation of proposals, reports, studies, and any other relevant material. Provide field support remotely and practically during projects.
• Work with team members to prioritize business and information needs.
• Coordinate the social media team on all Company media related communication and correspondences.
• Carry out quality control for all internal and external communication.
• Monitor the quality of work done by the social media team and the project administrators.

Skills, Abilities and Competencies
• Strong report writing skills that are adaptable for a variety of audiences. Evidence of these skills is an added advantage.
• Good Microsoft Application skills i.e., MS Projects, MS Excel. Excellent proactive communication skills.
• Strong analytic and risk management skills
• Creative about solving problems and thinking innovatively.
• High attention to detail.
Person Specification
Education & Training
• Graduate with a second-class degree. Project Management Certifications or related master’s level qualification would be highly advantageous.
Experience
• Relevant working experience (4yrs+) in providing project management consulting services

Job Title: Chief Human Resources Officer
Reports To: Managing Director
Contract Tenure 4 Years (Renewable)
Supervises:
Direct:
• Manager HR Shared Services
• Talent Manager
• HRBPs

Indirect:
• Key Suppliers & Vendors
• External Consultants/Contractors

Interacts/Interfaces with:
Internal:
• EXCO Members
• Level 2 Management
• Internal Audit
• Board HR & Compensation Committee
• All Staff
External:
• Regulators (URA, NSSF, BoU)
• Industry bodies like UBA
• Professional Associations e.g. HRMAU, FUE
• Key Customers & Consultants

Job Purpose
The job holder shall be accountable for guiding the Bank’s human resource strategy and guiding implementation of HR policies, practices and procedures to ensure performance and growth of the bank

Responsibilities/ Key Deliverables
• Accountable for guiding the implementation of the Bank’s Human Resource strategy and implementation of all supporting policies and procedures.
• Guides the banks leadership team on implementation of key initiatives geared towards improving the bank’s human capital to support the business.
• Works with departmental heads to ensure Staff Productivity
• Accountable for developing the bank’s annual HR plan and its implementation.
• Accountable for guiding management to innovate people management practices that promote productivity, organizational efficiency, and cost effectiveness.
• Accountable for analysing needs for the business and advising both the leadership team and the Board on appropriate strategies and initiatives that can improve the contribution of human capital to achieving the business needs.
• Accountable for guiding the management of change across the organisation, including but not limited to change initiatives that affect staff as well as business change initiatives.
• Accountable for guiding management to deliver effective people management processes including performance management, talent management, succession planning, training and staff career development and succession planning.
• Provide leadership to the HR team and guide them to implement best practices in all facets of the employee life cycle including recruitment, selection and retention strategies, performance management, reward management, staff training and development, disciplinary process as well as management of exit processes etc.
• Accountable for the compliance to approved internal HR policies and procedures as well as well as compliance to national employment laws and regulations.
• Accountable for providing appropriate oversight and/or supervision of all the banks administrative and office logistical functions to ensure that the business is well supported.
• Responsible for effective management and development of own function, including training and developing a team of professional and competence HR staff that can effectively offer required HR support to the business.

Financial Responsibility
• Responsible for the HR Budget
• Responsible for the payroll budget

Person Specification
Education & Training
• The ideal candidate should have a first degree in business related studies
• Post graduate qualifications in Human Resources Management or Management would be an added advantage.
• Professional membership is an added advantage

Skills & Experience
• The ideal candidate should have a minimum of 10 years’ experience in Human Resource Management practice with prior experience in implementing HR activities during a transformational (change) phase. At least 3 years should have been attained at a management level in a large commercial Institution, preferably a banking Institution.
• Strong leadership skills, having an ability to influence both staff and senior colleagues
• Demonstrated experience in Talent Management
• Experience of implementing employee life cycle process during a period of transition
• Strong skills in employee relations management

Business Behaviours
• The ability to communicate clearly both verbally and in written form in a professional manner is deemed essential
• Ability to build functioning working relationships across organizational, corporate, and cultural boundaries
• Takes clear accountability, and focuses on delivery of broader corporate goals
• Ability to take decisions and progress towards goals in conditions of uncertainty
• Ability to demonstrate positive image and role model PBU’s values and leadership behaviours.
• Must be a person of impeccable integrity

Job Title: Investment Associate
Reports to: Investment Manager
Supervises:
Direct:
Investment Analysts

Job Purpose
The Investment Associate will report to the Investment Manager. Accordingly, highly strategic and complex tasks will be carried out with support and guidance from the above individual. The associate role involves providing leadership to teams on assignments. The role has essential functions as detailed below:
Roles and Responsibilities
• Lead a team of 10 Investment Analysts.
• Conduct market research and build business cases to support strategic business initiatives, process improvement initiatives, or organizational transformation.
• Leverage innovative thinking, structured macro analyses and adaptive problem-solving skills to inform planning and data-driven advisory provided to clients in the public and 3rd sector with the objective of aiding future investment decisions of national and regional impact.
• Provide investment advice, tactics and recommendations. This should be using applicable methodologies of investment appraisal, valuation and portfolio management.
• Perform reviews of spreadsheets, data computing platforms and reports to ensure accuracy, consistency and clear communication of results.
• Provide on the job training to junior analysts as well as participate in the delivery of other technical trainings within the firm.
• Present findings and reports to clients and manage client and investor relationships
• Quantitative and Qualitative analysis of data with ability to identify and infer key highlights about historic or current performance to establish the indicative future performance of a sector/business.
• Term Sheet development and negotiation of the same
• Development of plans to support the progression of companies through the deal pipeline. This involves the creation and oversight of investment readiness activities such as review of training materials, provision of strategic advice and interaction of digital assessment and management platforms.
• Managing the fundraising process, i.e. from deal sourcing activities to grow the deal pipeline, matching of existing pipeline to investors and managing investor engagements through to deal closing
• Perform process mapping field visits to each of the selected enterprises.
• Monitor and analyse data collected from enterprises.
• Develop and review complex excel based financial models and use them to create and implement new modelling and forecasting strategies.
• Adaptively write reports communicating key insights, performance, and other key trends for a variety of clients/audiences.
• Support business owners during strategic discussions and recommendations for process improvements with the objective of improving business profitability.
• Organise and facilitate coaching meetings, to show detailed outcomes, and strategies to be recommended.
• Document reports that demonstrate progress and key performance milestones related to the coaching of all the enterprises, improvement in business management, reporting of expected results, and the number of beneficiaries reached.
• Project management support on current investment and business advisory projects.

Skills, Abilities and Competencies
• Openness to learning the automation process of data analysis and related development of back-end technology for the same
• Strong report writing skills that are adaptable for a variety of audiences. Evidence of these skills are an added advantage.
• Interest in data analytics, business strategy, and investment research.
• Excellent Microsoft Excel skills and/or SQL.
• Strong, pro-active communication skills.
• Displays a high level of energy and personal commitment to teamwork.
• Able to take on tasks outside of academic specialties.
• Strong analytic and quantitative skills.
• Passionate about solving problems, creating impact, and thinking innovatively and creatively to deliver value in their work

Person Specification
Education & Training
• Graduate with a second-class degree and above in Engineering, Statistics, Quantitative Economics, Computer Science, Actuarial Science, Economics,
• Commerce and Mathematical Sciences. MBA or related Master’s level qualification would be highly considered for the associate position.

Experience
• Relevant working experience in providing investment or consulting services to businesses.

Job Title: Social Management Plans Coordinator
Reports To: Social Affairs Manager

Activities
• To coordinate and support the development, implementation, enhancement, updating, monitoring and evaluation of:
• Social Management Plans including Community Content, Health, road safety, tourism, labour, gender, influx
• Work with relevant cross functional departments and contractors of especially the Transport and Labour management commitments to ensure incorporation in planning implementation and capture reporting to ensure necessary interventions
• Work with the Site Community Liaison, Grievance and Community Development officers to implement activities.
• Ensure relevant scopes of work are in place to deliver the Social Management Plans in line with international best practice and regulatory requirements
• Work with the respective third party contractors and other stakeholders to execute the activities
• Ensure that all social management documents are well archived and properly tracked in the Social Management System (Borealis) for monitoring and future interventions with appropriate analysis and reports conducted on a monthly basis with necessary actions followed up swiftly and consistently.
• To coordinate all relevant methods related to the mitigation plans that may include and not be limited to all procedures to be developed or updated as required for the project as well as all necessary reporting.

Person Specification
Education, Training, Skills & Experience
Qualifications:
• University Degree in Social Studies, Business Administration, natural resource management, Economics, Rural development, Agronomy, Project management or equivalent related field

Experience:
• At least 8 years’ experience working in oil and gas (or extractives) developing and executing social investment strategies, social safeguards, in a developing country in line with international best practice such as IFC an added advantage;
• Demonstrated ability in project management working in remote and challenging environments with rural communities, civil societies, Central and Local Governments as well as good negotiation and conflict management skills;
• Highly developed organizational and man-management skills with proven ability to work independently and meet deadlines;
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a proven ability to develop and maintain good relations with a wide range of stakeholders including authorities, local communities, industry, and international organizations.




Job Title: Business Associate
Reports to: Manager - Strategy, Training & Partnerships
Supervises:
Direct:
Business Analysts

Job Purpose
The Business Associate role involves providing leadership to teams on assignments and has essential functions as detailed below.

Roles and Responsibilities
• Lead a team of Business Analysts working in varying areas of management consulting, operations management, planning, program management, research and learning among others
• Conduct market research and build business cases to support strategic business initiatives, process improvement initiatives, or organizational transformation.
• Quantitative and Qualitative analysis of data with ability to identify and infer key highlights as well as provide analytical results on the state of a sector/business/project.
• Conduct interviews and facilitate meetings with clients and key actors to collect information and develop ideas relevant to projects or sectors.
• Translate concepts and ideas into tangible plans and goals for teams to deliver against.
• Produce easily understandable reports and polished presentations highlighting findings and recommending changes for varying audiences
• Consistently drive process improvement through devising new strategies and ways of work.
• Able to develop complex excel based financial models and use them to create and implement new modelling and forecasting strategies.
• Leverage strategic thinking and problem-solving skills to design strategies for organizations.
• Overseeing modules of major projects/programs to ensure that we achieve project defined milestones and deliverables.
• Ensuring team compliance to agreed methodology and contract.
• Project management support on current investment and business advisory projects that includes compliance and performance against project, assignment of tasks to teams, and update on the optimal project/business flow.

Skills, Abilities and Competencies
• Strong report writing skills that are adaptable for a variety of audiences. Evidence of these skills are an added advantage.
• Interest in data analytics, business strategy, and research. Excellent Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Strong, pro-active communication skills
• Displays a high level of energy and personal commitment to teamwork. Able to take on tasks outside of academic specialties.
• Strong analytic and quantitative skills.
• Passionate about solving problems, creating impact, and thinking innovatively and creatively to deliver value in their work

Person Specification
Education & Training
• Graduate with a second-class degree and above in Engineering, Statistics, Quantitative Economics, Computer Science, Actuarial Science, Economics, Commerce and Mathematical Sciences. MBA or related Master’s level qualification would be highly considered for the associate position.
Experience
• Relevant working experience in planning, research, capacity building or consulting services to businesses.

Job Title: Head of Treasury
Reports To: Managing Director
Tenure Permanent
Supervises:
Direct: Indirect:
• Trading
• Assets & Liabilities Management (ALM)
• Sales
Interacts/Interfaces with:
Internal:
• EXCO Team
• Level 2 Management
• Finance Department
• Business Teams
External:
• BOU
• Commercial Banks
• Forex Bureaus
• Customers
• UBA Treasurers forum

Job Purpose
Lead the performance and growth of the Treasury business to deliver Revenue performance and efficient balance sheet management.

Responsibilities /Key Deliverables
• Develop, cascade, and monitor the implementation of Treasury department strategy.
• Lead the growth of Treasury business, optimization of income from surplus funds through prudent investments.
• Develop, implement, and manage an effective FX trading, Liquidity, and foreign exchange Management Strategy for revenue generation.
• Develop, implement and establish procedures for monitoring market risks, liquidity credit and adherence to delegated/approved limits, set limits for Dealers, AMLs, Products and other precautionary limits such as Balance Sheet Triggers within the Bank and ensure that all aspects of Treasury are conducted within all applicable laws, regulations and procedures within the Banking industry.
• Oversee the dealing/interbank borrowing, lending, and foreign exchange activity in PostBank.
• Direct the management of foreign currency positions to protect bank earnings against adverse rate fluctuations, while purchasing bank and customer currency needs in efficient amounts to acceptable rates.
• Implement and monitor ALCO directives as per ALCO agreements/resolutions
• Ensure that the Bank meets all external and internal liquidity requirements and that proper contingency plans are in place to address excess and deficient liquidity incidences in line with the Bank policy and Procedures.
• Develop and implement mechanisms to minimize exposures to and impact of risks inherent in Treasury front office functions.
• Ensure effectiveness of Treasury Business Unit structure and systems (policies, process, procedures, and tools) in achieving compliance requirements, optimal efficiency, resource utilization and cost containment.
• Ensure quality of Treasury products portfolio with regard to competitively addressing current and anticipated target market needs.
• Build, nurture and maintain relationships with clients to ensure quality management of customer expectations.
• Lead and develop the Treasury team and manage their performance i.e. Quality of leadership throughout the Treasury business unit and translating into conducive work environment and employee satisfaction.
• Perform any other duty as may be assigned by the line Supervisor from time to time

Person Specification
Education & Training
• The ideal candidate should have a numerate or business related degree
• A professional Certification is an added advantage
• ACI Certificate is a MUST have.

Skills & Experience
• Minimum of 7 years working experience, within the Treasury function of a busy and profitable financial institution
• Practical experience and understanding of foreign currency markets, hedging, and exchange.
• Excellent knowledge of accounting and finance principles, with the ability to apply concepts within a treasury context
• Demonstrable strong communication skills
• Extensive and demonstrable business acumen in the treasury market for financial institutions
• Appreciation and/or exposure to Risk Management in a Financial Institution
• Ability to build and sustain productive Client relationships
• Excellent numerical skills
• Strong networking and stakeholder engagement skills.
• The ideal candidate should have an impeccable record of integrity