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 Uganda Village Project is currently recruiting for a Managing Director to oversee the activities in our Iganga office. This two-year contract position will start in March 2015.

Position Title:Managing Director

Duty Station: Iganga

Organization:Uganda Village Project

Employment Type:Full Time Permanent

Application Deadline:February 6th, 2015

Organizational Profile:

The Managing Director is the leader of UVP’s staff in Uganda and ensures the programming, finances, human resources, and other Ugandan-side needs of the organization are being met. The Managing Director has the responsibility of trying to look ahead to foresee the organization’s needs, and to see what areas need improvement or development. This is an opportunity to work with a young, small and flexible, vibrant organization that has been growing quickly.

Required skills and experience:

• Master’s degree in Public Health, graduate degree in nonprofit management, or other Master’s level degree (must be in a related field)

• Adaptability, creativity

• Strong leadership skills and experience

• Extensive (minimum 1 year) work or volunteer experience in a developing country or resource poor environment

• Experience in program management

• English fluency including superior communication skills (oral and written)

• Strong computer literacy, comfort with Microsoft Office programs, and ability to successfully use social networking websites to promote our activities. Experience with the Google for Business suite is a plus.

• Ability to work collaboratively with a diverse group of partners and stakeholders

• Ability to balance and prioritize a variety of tasks concurrently

• Basic accounting skills for budget projections and financial record-keeping.

• Negotiation and conflict management skills

• High level of energy and commitment

Experience with grantwriting and program monitoring and evaluation are pluses.

Mode of application:

Interested applicants should submit a cover letter and CV/resume to the Executive Director at info@ugandavillageproject.org.

 You will be contacted if you are chosen for an interview.

The deadline is February 6th, 2015, but applicants will be interviewed on a rolling basis as applications are received.