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Isingiro, Uganda
Full Time
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.