Chief Executive Officer- Employment, career opportunity in Uganda

Job Title:  Chief Executive Officer
Organization:  Ministry of Finance, Planning & Economic Development Jobs
Deadline:   18th Oct 2013
Job Information    
Recruitment of Chief Executive Officer for the Uganda Retirement Benefits Regulatory Authority (URBRA)

The Government of Uganda has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Institutional Development of the Uganda Retirement Benefits Regulatory Authority, and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services in the form of a Chief Executive Office for the URBRA.
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 teams within the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, and the Ministry of Public Service.11’
(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. The attention of interested applicants is drawn to paragraph 1.9 of the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers January 2011 (“Consultant Guidelines”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.

The CEO will be selected in accordance with the Individual Consultants Selection Method set out in the Consultant Guidelines.
Detailed information can be found at www.finance.go.ug, under “Vacancies”.
Applications with detailed CV, copies of academic certificates and professional qualifications clearly indicating the position applied for should be sent to the address below by 18 October 2013:

Programme Coordinator
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@finance.go.ug