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Project Manager job at Hunger Fighters Uganda (HFU) | Apply Now

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Isingiro, Uganda

Full Time

Deadline: 

15 Jan 2025

About the Organisation

Hunger Fighters Uganda (HFU) is a Not-for-Profit, Non-Governmental Organization initiated in 2008, pursuing a vision of ‘A hunger and Malnutrition free Uganda. The organization is engaged in the activities of fighting hunger in Uganda with a local, national and global perspective. The organization programs focuses on creating empowered communities, which are food secure and free from social injustices including the marginalized groups like women, children and displaced among others. The main areas of work are Agriculture and sustainable livelihoods, Food and Nutrition Security, Humanitarian support and Research, Advocacy and Capacity Development. At the core of fighting hunger, the organization considers gender and sustainable environment"

Hunger Fighters Uganda (HFU) is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization initiated in 2008, pursuing a vision of A hunger and Malnutrition free Uganda. HFU is engaged in activities of fighting hunger in Uganda with a local, national and global perspective. The organisation programmes are focused on a goal of creating empowered food secure communities. The main areas of work are Agriculture and sustainable livelihoods, Food and Nutrition Security, Humanitarian support, Research, Advocacy and Capacity Development. At the core of fighting hunger, the organization considers gender and sustainable environmental conservation as important crosscutting issues.

Job Title

Project Manager job at Hunger Fighters Uganda (HFU)

Hunger Fighters Uganda (HFU)

Job Description

Job Title:     Project Manager

Organisation: Hunger Fighters Uganda (HFU)

Duty Station: Isingiro, Uganda

Reports to: Team Leader


The key objective of the roles of the Project Manager are; work is to assist project teams with the coordination of resources, equipment, meetings, and information. He/she organizes projects with the goal of getting them completed on time and within budget.

Project Manager shall be responsible for ensuring the schedule, budget and details of a given project tasks are well organized. He/she communicate with various departments to keep everyone on board about any changes within the project plan. In addition, he/she shall organize reporting, plan meetings and provide updates to project line management.

Duties, Roles and Responsibilities

  • Ensuring projects adhere to frameworks and all documentation is maintained appropriately for the project

  • Maintaining and monitoring livelihoods field plans, project schedules, work hours budgets and expenditures

  • Organizing, attending and participating in livelihoods stakeholder meetings.

  • Documenting and following up on important actions and decisions from field meetings

  • Preparing necessary presentation materials for field meetings

  • Ensuring project timelines are met

  • Assess and regularly report resource utilization in line with best value for money practices

  • Providing field administrative support as needed

  • Develop project strategies

  • Assess project risks and issues and provide solutions where applicable.

  • Ensure stakeholder views are managed towards the best solution.

  • Chair and facilitate meetings where appropriate and distribute minutes to all project team members and other relevant officers.

  • Participate in Procurement evaluations for project goods and services

  • Create a field management calendar for fulfilling each goal and objective.

  • Coordinate project management activities, resources, equipment and information

  • Break projects into doable actions and set timeframes

  • Liaise with the project management to identify and define requirements, scope and objectives

  • Assign tasks to internal project teams and assist with schedule management

  • Make sure that project needs are met as project evolve

  • Help prepare budgets

  • Analyze project risks and opportunities

  • Oversee project procurement management

  • Monitor project progress and handle any issues that arise

  • Act as the point of contact and communicate project status to all participants

  • Work with the Project team leader to eliminate blockers

  • Use tools to monitor project working hours, plans and expenditures

  • Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation, plans and reports

  • Ensure standards and requirements are met through conducting project quality assurance.

  • Participate in project resource mobilization

  • Perform any other related duties as required

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Qualifications, Education and Competencies

  • BSc in Business Administration, Social Sciences or related field with not less than 5 years’ experience in projects implementation

  • Post-Graduate Qualification in Project Planning and Management, or Monitoring and Evaluation.

  • Proven work experience of project management from conception to delivery.

  • Have the ability to prepare and interpret flowcharts, schedules and step-by-step project action plans

  • Solid organizational skills, including multitasking and time-management

  • Strong client-facing and teamwork skills

  • Familiarity with project risk management and quality assurance control

  • Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Project and Microsoft Planner

  • Hands-on experience with project management tools

How to Apply

Applications should be addressed to

The Head of Human Resources, Hunger Fighters Uganda, P.O Box, 28175, Kampala

Hand deliver to Hunger Fighters Uganda Head Office or through e-mail:

hr@hfug.org and copy: p.agaba@hfug.org

Deadline:  15th January 2025 at 5:00pm.

NB:

  • Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

  • HFU offers equal opportunities to both women and men.

  • Solicitation will lead to automatic disqualification.

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