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City: Kampala
Organisation: SolarAid
Job years of experience: 5-10 years
Closing date: 14 Apr 2014
About the Job:
This is a unique opportunity to join an innovative, ambitious organisation
which plans to establish operations in Uganda and sell solar lights at scale
across the country, reducing reliance on fuels such as kerosene. You will be a
leader capable of running a fast growing business with excellent project
management and people skills and experience of running commercial operations in
Africa.
About SunnyMoney
SunnyMoney is an innovative, fast-growing, social enterprise, owned by the
charity SolarAid, which sells pico-solar lights across Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania
and Zambia. Our aim is to enable the world’s poorest people to have access to clean,
renewable power. We do this by selling solar lights to rural households and
building a vibrant solar market. Our overarching goal in Uganda is to eradicate
the use of kerosene and candles for lighting and help create a genuine solar
lighting market. Our mission is to eradicate the kerosene light from Africa by
the end of this decade. To find out more, go towww.sunnymoney.org
Mission for this post
We are looking for a dynamic, business-minded individual to establish,
build and lead our operations in Uganda. Responsible for leading and growing
our existing team, you will drive forward the implementation of our business;
selling solar lights and chargers and helping create a viable and vibrant solar
market in off-grid communities. We plan to sell over one million lights across
Africa in this financial year (April 2014-March 2015).
Objectives for this post
·
Lead the implementation and scale
up of our ambitious SunnyMoney Way business model, which includes rolling out
our schools campaigns and the development of an agents network across the
country
·
Establish SunnyMoney as a leading
solar retailer and respected brand in Uganda
·
Work closely together with senior
management in the SunnyMoney Global team to meet and exceed all targets within
our business plan
·
Recruit and lead a team of
A-player staff who will successfully implement our work
·
Engage and work with key stakeholders, in
particular the education and energy authorities
·
Ensure that all reports are
submitted internally and externally on time, in the correct format and to a
high standard
Duties and Responsibilities
·
Build and lead a SunnyMoney team
which consistently hits and exceeds sales targets
·
Develop strong relationships with
partners, local and national governments to enable us to meet and exceed
targets
·
Proactively engage and
collaborate with senior management team
·
Ensure the organisation is
complying with all legal requirements
·
Ensure that end of year targets
and deadlines are met and within budget
·
Work closely with SolarAid staff
to maximise effectiveness of fundraising, research/M&E and communications,
where necessary
·
Liaising with SolarAid’s
fundraising team, based in the UK, providing information required for proposals
and reports to a range of donors.
·
Supporting fundraising by
building strong relationships with key government and aid agency
decision-makers in Uganda, through meetings, events, and active participation
in sector-wide advocacy.
·
Hosting occasional visits from
SunnyMoney Global and SolarAid team members as well as current and potential
donors.
Person Specification Skills/ knowledge
·
Strong business planning and
commercial skills
·
Substantial staff management
skills (recruiting, developing, performance managing large teams, motivating
staff)
·
Strong financial ability (prepare
budgets and to monitor expenditure against budgets)
·
Strong communication skills,
including representing the team at meetings and conferences and writing
regular, comprehensive reports
·
Able to make decisions, take the
initiative, originate action and be responsible for the decisions made
·
Excellent oral and written
English. Knowledge of local languages an advantage.
·
Computer literacy (project
planning, spreadsheets, word processing, email/internet)
·
Educated to degree level (or
considerable professional management and operational experience)
Five years experience of leading
successful commercial or social enterprises, preferably in Africa
Experience of managing human and
financial resources that demonstrates ability to set objectives, monitor and
evaluate progress and outcomes.
Other
Commitment to our mission and
developing the solar market
Participative and collaborative
working approach
Self-starting, passionate,
trustworthy, dependable and decisive leader who communicates effectively and
consistently works efficiently to high standards.
Terms and conditions
· Full-time, Permanent
· Notice period: one week within probationary period, three months
thereafter
· Annual leave: 25 days (calculated over 12 month period)
· Salary commensurate with experience. Salary Band: 30 – 45,000 GBP
(Equivalent)
· Opportunities for training and personal development will be made
available
· The employee will have a contract of employment containing more details
of the terms and conditions relating to the post.
· Location: Kampala, with frequent travel to rural Uganda
How to apply:
Interested applicants please email CV together with a covering letter
addressed to John Keane which explains how you meet the criteria in this job
description to recruitment@SunnyMoney.org
Important: Please entitle your email subject line with: Your Name
SunnyMoney Uganda Operations Director and save letter together with CV in one
attached file. Deadline for applicants: 14th April 2014
Job ID: #646474
