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Post Title: Chief
Executive Officer (CEO)
Organisation: Uganda
Retirement Benefits Regulatory Authority (URBRA)
Location: based
in Kampala.
Reports: to the
Board of Directors
Contract Duration: This
is a three-year contract appointment, with possibility of extension
up to five years, with one year as probation.
Background
Information:
The Uganda Retirement Benefits Regulatory Authority (URBRA)
was created by the URBRA Act 2011 to oversee and regulate the establishment,
management and operation of retirement benefits schemes in Uganda both in the
public and private sector, and to protect the interests of members and
beneficiaries of all schemes.
URBRA is seeking the services of a Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) to lead the Authority during the institutional development phase and the
reform process of the Uganda pension sector reform. The CEO will report to the
Board of Directors and undertake all the administrative functions of the
Authority, including:
(i) Providing leadership to the URBRA to make it a fully
functional regulatory and supervisory authority.
(ii) Establishing and achieving the current and long-term
objectives of the authority, including developing and implementing a strategic
plans.
(iii) Day-to-day decision making regarding the
organizational financial, regulatory and other obligations.
(iv) Overseeing operations to ensure internal efficiencies
and outstanding quality of customer service.
(v) Supporting the pension reform team within the Ministry
of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, and the Ministry of Public
Service.
(vi) Undertaking outreach initiatives to create awareness of
the general public on the objectives of the pension reform.
The CEO will have at least 15 years of relevant
international experience in the pension and
financial sector, including regulation and supervision, with
high moral character and proven integrity, and demonstrated leadership and
management of pension schemed in other countries.
Compensation will be competitive and comparable to similar
positions internationally.
This is a three-year contract appointment based in Kampala,
with possibility of extension
up to five years, with one year as probation.
Detailed information can be found at www.fi nance.go.ug,
under “Vacancies”.
Applications with detailed CVs, copies of academic
certificates and professional qualifications clearly indicating the position
applied for should be sent to the address below by Friday, 18 October 2013:
Programme Coordinator
How to Apply:
The Second Financial Management and Accountability Programme
(FINMAP II)
Ministry of Finance, Planning & Economic Development
Finance Building; 3rd Floor, Room 3.4
Plot 2/12 Apollo Kaggwa Road
P.O. Box 8147, KAMPALA
Tel: 256-41-4707900
Email: finmap@fi nance.go.ug
