Assistant Project Manager(National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO))-Job vacancies in Uganda

Job Title:  Assistant Project Manager
Organisation: National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO)
Job Location: Kampala, Uganda
Deadline: 30th December, 2013
Institute: National Crops Resources Research Institute (NaCRRI)
About NARO:
The National Agricultural Research Organisation is established by the National Agricultural Research Act 2005 as a body corporate with the mandate to provide strategic direction for publicly funded agricultural research in Uganda. National Crops Resources Research Institute (NaCRRI) is one of the public agricultural research institutes under the National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO) established under the Act of Parliament of the Republic of Uganda. NaCRRI has an approval for a grant to run a four year project to establish a Cassava Seed Systems for Uganda. Part of this grant will be used to hire competent personnel for efficient and effective management of the project.

Job Summary:
The Assistant Project Manager serve as an assistant to the Project Manager to coordinate and manage the project

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

•     Develop a detailed theory of change for the project
•     To develop a learning agenda
•     Develop project monitoring and implementation plan
•      Develop tools to collect, analyze and report data
•     Properly organize stakeholder engagement platforms
•     Responsible for supervision of monitoring and evaluation activities
•     Assist the project manager in formulation of work plans, budgets and frameworks for environmental and social safe guards, gender, capacity building, information and knowledge management
•     Assist the project manager in organizing all project conferences, workshops and meetings within and outside the country
•     Assist the project manager in preparing project reports (process and technical) and publications
•     Performing any other duties as assigned by the designated supervisor

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

•     The applicant should possess a Masters Degree in management, development studies or business related field is required
•     Additional training and working experience in project monitoring and evaluation is strongly required
•     Strong strategic, quantitative and analytical skills.
•     Demonstrated practical experience in project management
•     Highly Results-oriented
•     Good working knowledge of data collection, survey design, sampling tools
•     Excellent interpersonal skills and conversant with interdisciplinary, multi-stakeholder management
•     Willingness to spend extra time to achieve results with minimum supervision
•     Excellent computer, oral and written communication skills
•     Past working experience with the M&E organizations/ institutions, with regional and international exposure
•     Excellent command in English and major local languages in Uganda

NB: Young and dynamic candidates willing to undertake extensive travel are preferred
Women with suitable qualifications are strongly encouraged to apply.

How to Apply:
All interested candidates should send their applications with recent passport size photographs, Curriculum Vitae, certified copies of academic certificates and transcripts and indicate two competent referees with day time telephone contacts to:
The Director, National Crops Resources Research Institute, 
National Agricultural Research Organization, 
P 0. Box, 7084, Kampala, Uganda 
Telephone No: +256414573016 Gayaza Zirobwe Road.