Are you qualified and skilled to take up the role of an Executive Administrator in a busy financial establishment? Our client, an established financial management company in Kampala, Uganda is seeking to recruit you to support its team in carrying out the following roles for the smooth-running of its business:

• Safe custodian of the office and all documents.
• Dealing with email enquiries
• Preparation of borrower files and recovery of issued out loans
• Taking minutes
• Answering incoming calls; taking messages and re-directing calls as required
• Diary management and arranging appointments, booking meeting rooms.
• Data entry
• General office management such as ordering stationary and basic office needs.
• Organising travel and accommodation for staff and customers
• Maintaining the company social media accounts
• Providing administration support to the Senior Management and colleagues

Qualifications and key Skills:

• Undergraduate degree in Business, Administration, Human Resource Management or any other related field
• Great customer care and people management skills
• Basic knowledge in accounting and reporting
• Good organization skills
• Basic knowledge and use of computer
• Experience in planning and implementing strategies
• Excellent written, oral or verbal communication skills
• Ability to perform tasks with minimal guidance
• Ability to manage complex projects and multitask

If you believe that you are qualified for the above position then send your application and curriculum vitae to cv@tideventures.org on or before the close of business of Friday 21st May 2021.

Our client, a Christian mixed private school with a daycare, kindergarten and junior school in Kampala, Uganda is seeking to recruit qualified and passionate individuals for the following positions:

1. Primary and Nursery School Teachers

Reporting to the Director and Head Teacher, the teacher’s responsibility shall be ensuring that teaching and childcare process stimulates infant’s growth and development. S/he shall ensure that curriculum delivery is reflected in the scheme of work and that lessons are planned, delivered according the to timetable, and records of work kept. The teacher shall make sure that assessments stimulate memory, growth and development. Additionally, s/he is expected to demonstrate good administrative and management skills; including living up to the teacher’s professional code of conduct and setting a good example of maintaining a learning attitude as the leading learner.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Jointly develop schemes of work, lesson plans and teach given subjects.
• Ensure a suitable environment for teaching/childcare and projecting infants expected development steps.
• Ensure that all kindergarten events are well represented, and infants closely monitored for safety, growth and advancement.  
• Manage own need for learning and improvement while living up to sound ethical and behavioural expectations as a leading learner.
• Coordinate specific routine, roles and responsibilities in the school. 
• Carry out other duties as requested by the Supervisor and Head teacher

Education/Qualifications/Training required:

Essential: Grade III or Diploma in ECD Education from a recognised institution.

Desirable: Grade V.

Previous work experience required:

Essential: Minimum of 3 years teaching in the subject area

Desirable: 3 years teaching in the subject area

Technical knowledge or skills:

Essential: Excellent Early Childhood Development teaching skills

Desirable: Ability to develop, subject teaching resources

• Business Development Officer (BDO)

Reporting to the Director and the Head Teacher, the Business Development Officer shall supervise the administrators and teachers, work together with the Director and Head Teacher to ensure that the School achieves its mission by aligning it to the strategic plan and the vision. S/he shall be responsible for ensuring that the school grows and the customers needs are met to satisfaction. The BDO shall also be responsible for ensuring that standards of excellence are set and maintained in every sphere. This includes forming and supporting a highly motivated team of both teaching and non-teaching staff, promoting the school’s visibility and presence plus overseeing the school’s achievements.

Key roles and responsibilities:

1. Growing the school numbers
2. Provision of Customer experience
3. Sales and marketing
4. Tracking and evaluation of performance
5. Branding of the School
6. Promotion and events

Requirements:

• Undergraduate degree in business, marketing, human resource management and or any other related field
• Experience in planning and implementing sales strategies
• Experience in customer relationship management
• Excellent written, oral or verbal communication skills
• Fluent with social media marketing and information technology
• Excellent organizational skills
• Dedicated to providing a great customer service
• Ability to lead the sales team
• Ability to flourish with minimal guidance
• Ability to manage complex projects and multitask

If you are qualified for either of the above positions then send your application and curriculum vitae to cv@tideventures.org on or before the close of business of Friday 21st May 2021.

Our client, a medium size civil works and construction company in Uganda with a focus in all aspects of civil works specializing in construction, reconstruction and maintenance, drainage and site works for residential and commercial building developments, pipework, electrical installation and interior design is seeking to recruit an Administrative Assistant.

Job Roles

• Scheduling activities and programs.
• Answering and directing phone calls to relevant staff.
• Scheduling meetings and appointments.
• Taking notes and minutes in meetings.
• Ordering and taking stock of office supplies.
• Being a point of contact for a range of staff and external stakeholders.
• Preparing documents for meetings and business engagements.
• Greeting and directing visitors and new staff to the organization
• Sending emails to teams and departments on behalf of teams or senior staff
• Finding ways to improve administrative processes

Job Requirements 

• Diploma in Business Administration
• Diploma in Office Administration/ secretarial studies.
• Proficiency in MS Office, with exceptional knowledge of Excel 
• Great customer care and communication skills.
• Knowledge and experience in dealing with contractors
• Basic accounting and reporting skills
• Understanding of Kampala city

Qualified candidates are invited to send their applications and curriculum vitae to cv@tideventures.org before or by close of business of Friday 30^th April 2021.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

1. Diploma or higher qualification in Baking, Catering or Patisserie or related discipline.
2. At least 1 year relevant work experience.
3. Artistic flair an added advantage with close attention to detail.
4. Self-motivated team player, able to multi-task and adapt to new situations quickly and effectively.
5. Strong administrative skills, highly organized, with excellent time management and structured approach to work.
6. An innovative, self-starting problem solver with a ‘can-do’ attitude.
7. Passion for learning, and keen and able to continuously improve oneself.
8. Excellent communicator with strong customer service orientation.
9. Basic computer literacy able to use MS. Word and Excel, internet search and YouTube. .
10. Fluency in spoken and written English.
11. High integrity and strong character.
12. A background in Art and designed is an advantage.

KEY RESULT AREAS

• To actively drive sales, recruit new customers, retain existing customers and increase the ASPC (average sales per customer) and bring in sales of at least 400,000 per month.
• To maintain proper records of all work done and materials used to support effective bookkeeping and accounting.
• To maintain strong controls over all aspects of production, including tools, materials, equipment, semi-finished products, and finished products.
• To run a highly organized production section ready to produce high quality output in the shortest possible time.
• To ensure adherence to all applicable standards and policies including internal operational manuals, hygiene, health & safety, KCCA and UNBS standards. Standards must be upheld all day, every day.
• To produce / bake / decorate high-quality products, right-first-time to avoid losses due to repeat work, or refunds to dissatisfied customers.
• To develop and continuously maintain quality standards in baking and decorating.
• To maintain the highest standards of Hygiene, Health and Safety in all aspects of work in the bakery.
• To deliver excellent customer service every time through high quality, highly innovative products and service, including engagement on customer orders and service at events.
• To promptly address any customer complaints and put measures in place to avoid repeat of incidents that may lead to customer complaints.
• To truly differentiate the Company through highly innovative and creative products through constant research, recipe testing and development, in order to wow the customer.
• To proactively share knowledge and train colleagues on baking, new recipes, new decorating techniques.
• To work proactively with team members to resolve problems that may affect achieving of the Company's objectives.
• To be highly effective on both baking and decorating stations. Where your strength lies in one area, you must be able to do the basics on the other station.
• To provide prompt, clear, unambiguous and effective communication to all stakeholders, using the appropriate channel(s); Respond clearly and promptly to messages; provide proactive updates and feedback.
• To comply with Company policies and immediately report or escalate any incidents of breaches of integrity that may come to your attention.
• To conduct yourself with the highest levels of integrity in everything that you do, both at work and outside work.

Qualified candidates are invited to send their applications and curriculum vitae to cv@tideventures.org before or by close of business of 15th July 2021. 

Our client, a bakery located in Uganda is seeking to fill the position Business Development Executive.  

Reporting to the Executive Director, the post holder shall play a key role in driving customer acquisition, sales growth, brand building, setting trends and provide new ways of reaching existing and prospective markets.

Key Responsibilities:

• developing, implementing and tracking business growth, marketing and brand building strategies and plans for the short, medium and long term.
• prepare business proposals, presentations, tender responses and related submissions as part of the business acquisition strategy.
• maintain strong and highly effective relationship with customers, sales agents and business partners, ensuring that aspects of payment, administration, purchase orders are promptly and effectively managed.
• Ensure high quality service delivery in all aspects of work.
• develop and continually review and update quality standards for the Business Development function, and continually train all concerned staff and partners on the same.  
• deliver excellent customer service every time through high quality, highly innovative products and services.
• To promptly address any customer complaints and put measures in place to avoid repeat of incidents that may lead to customer complaints.
• lead the orientation and training of all new joiners and sales agents on customer service, sales and business development basics, ensuring full product and service knowledge is effectively passed on, as well as running periodic sales, branding and customer experience and product knowledge training to keep these up to date among all staff.  
• effectively oversee the sales commission agents ensuring they abide by the company’s values, culture and standards.
• drive a high-integrity, zero tolerance culture within the team, and ensure that commission agents fully understand and comply with the company’s ethical standards.

Qualifications:

• University degree in Business, Commerce, Economics or Marketing.
• Post-graduate qualifications in a relevant field an added advantage.
• At least 2 years relevant work experience, with experience in digital marketing, branding, advertising or strategy an added advantage.
• Self-motivated team player, able to multi-task and adapt to new situations quickly and effectively.
• Strong administrative skills, highly organized, with excellent time management and structured approach to work.
• An innovative, highly creative self-starter with a ‘can-do’ attitude and ability generate initiatives for growth.
• Ability to supervise, monitor and develop others.
• Excellent communicator with strong customer service orientation and relationship management and skills.
• Excellent selling, negotiation and persuasion skills.
• Highly analytical with business intelligence skills.
• Computer literate with ability to use ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems.
• Highly goal-oriented with a track record of achieving or exceeding targets.
• Fluency in spoken and written English.
• High integrity and strong character.

Qualified candidates are invited to send their applications and curriculum vitae to cv@tideventures.org on or before the close of business on Friday 21st May 2021.

Our client, a fast growing ICT solutions provider, focusing on online marketing, software development and telecommunications, is looking to recruit on full time a Sales Executive.  Reporting to the Chief Technical Officer, the Sales Manager’s responsibilities will include.

• Make follow up calls to leads with a purpose of converting leads and enquiries into sales.
• Establish sales objectives by forecasting and developing annual sales quotas for company and project expected sales volume and profit for existing and new products.
• Implements sales programs by developing field sales action plans.
• Establish good relations with your assigned Odoo Client
• Identify Market Opportunities and explore how to penetrate them better with the relevant product.
• Understand Odoo Demo software account for purposes of presentation and testing for clients, Templates on proposals, Contracts, Project Implementation Plans, Sign off Documents.
• Coordinating with the technical team to set up the Client account.
• Look out to upsell to existing Clients.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing and Communication, Business, Sales, IT or related field.
• Past experience in a similar field.
• Strong communication skills
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to collect, track, and analyze large amounts of data.
• Adaptability and strong problem-solving skills.
• Ability to meet sales goals by monitoring progress
• Great presentation skills
• Management and leadership skills
• Ability to mentor and coach sales representatives

Qualified candidates are invited to send their applications and curriculum vitae to cv@tideventures.org before or by close of business of 30th April 2021. 

Our client, a fast growing professional cleaning company based in Kampala with outlets in different parts of Uganda is seeking to hire a Human Resource Officer.  Reporting to the Managing Director, the holder of the position shall provide administrative, practical and strategic solutions as well as serve as an internal employee relations/performance consultant to drive the company’s people strategy.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Analyze the skills and qualities required for each particular job and develop job descriptions and performance targets.
• Advertise for staff vacancies, assess applications, interview applicants, administer selection tests, prepare reports and make recommendations to management about staff appointments.
• Maintain personal records of employees on matters such as wages, superannuation, leave and training, and prepare associated management reports
• Arrange and conduct staff training
• Use a number of management information systems to record, maintain, plan and manage the organization’s human resources.
• Provide advice and information to management and employees on human resource policies and procedures, including equal opportunity, anti-discrimination and occupational health and safety programs.
• Assist employees on work matters, career development, personal problems and industrial matters.
• Create and distribute guidelines and documents about company policies.
• Organize employee welfare services such as health and wellbeing programs, first aid and fire warden training, superannuation and social activities
• Take part in enterprise bargaining talks where employees, management and unions discuss the development of specific work arrangements and conditions (pay and hours of work, for example)
• Help put in place organizational changes (such as those to ensure planning, monitoring, and appraisal of employee work results by training managers to coach and discipline employees; scheduling management conferences with employees; hearing and resolving employee grievances; counseling employees and supervisors
• Maintains employee benefits programs and informs employees of benefits by studying and assessing benefit needs and trends; recommending benefit programs to management; directing the processing of benefit claims; obtaining and evaluating benefit contract bids; awarding benefit contracts; designing and conducting educational programs on benefit programs
• Ensures legal compliance by monitoring and implementing applicable human resource federal and state requirements; conducting investigations; maintaining records; representing the organization at hearings.
• Maintains management guidelines by preparing, updating, and recommending human resource policies and procedures flowing from industrial relations legislation, revised job classification structures or technological changes

Qualifications and skills:

• Undergraduate degree in Human Resource Management
• Previous experience as a Human Resource and Administration Officer or similar role.
• Familiarity with human resources information systems
• Basic knowledge of Uganda labor legislations
• Experience using spreadsheets
• Good planning and organizational skills
• Excellent communication skills.  

Qualified candidates are invited to send their applications and curriculum vitae to cv@tideventures.org on or before the close of business on Friday 21st May 2021.

Our client, a fast growing ICT solutions provider, focusing on, online marketing, software development, and telecommunications, is looking to recruit a full time Account Manager. Reporting to the Chief Technical Officer, the Account Manager’s roles will include:

1. Managing all Odoo clients assigned to you
2. Establishing good relations with the assigned clients
3. Identifying market opportunities and exploring how to penetrate them better with the relevant products.
4. Managing existing projects which involve:
5. coordinating the technical team to setup clients’ accounts.
6. Testing the setup accounts
7. Training users on their setups
8. Seeing to it that projects get successfully completed in time
9. Looking out to upsell to the clients
10. Promptly providing updates on the client projects
11. Checking on Clients weekly, or bi-weekly or monthly on the Odoo usage

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Sales, Communication, or related field.

Experience in a related field

Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.

Ability to collect, track, and analyze large amounts of data.

Adaptability and strong problem-solving skills.

Qualified candidates are invited to send their applications and curriculum vitae to cv@tideventures.org before or by close of business of Friday 16^th April 2021.

Our client, a fast growing bakery located in Uganda is seeking to recruit a Finance and Human Resource Manager who shall effectively lead the Finance function by providing sound financial management and strategic insights for decision making. The post holder shall also play a key role in ensuring the sustainable, profitable growth of the Company with sound internal controls and good corporate governance. He/she shall also oversee the HR function, and deputize the Managing Director. The Finance and Human Resource Manager’s roles will include but not limited to:

1. Maintain proper books of account, and producing value-adding management accounts and related daily, weekly and monthly, analytically and reconciling reports to enable effective decision making which will sustainably and profitably grow the business and achieve the Company’s financial targets.
2. Maintain and continually improving effective internal controls to safeguard the company resources and optimize use of existing resources.
3. Prepare tax returns and ensure that taxes are paid properly and on time.
4. Evaluate financial operations to recommend best-practices, identify issues and strategize solutions and help organization run effectively and efficiently.
5. Offer guidance on cost reduction, revenue enhancement, and profit maximization.
6. Conduct forecasting and risk analysis assessments.
7. Design, maintain and continually improve on appropriate quality KPIs and standards in order to uphold high quality in all aspects of the business, both financial and non-financial, report on these monthly and make recommendations to continually improve the business.
8. To be innovative in continuous design and improvement of processes, performance measures and relevant initiatives in order to embed an impactful continuous improvement culture which grows the business and improves efficiency and effectiveness.
9. To provide strong leadership to the Senior Management team, effectively deputizing the MD, and providing strong strategic guidance.
10. As HR Manager, to lead by example, as well as provide effective leadership across the Company, embedding the Company’s mission, values and culture, and making our Human Resources a true source of differentiation.
11. Additionally, she/he shall have a legal obligation to act honestly and avoid negligence in their practices. As such, he/she shall be responsible for ensuring that the employer’s financial records are compliant with the relevant laws and regulations.

Qualifications and Experience

A university graduate in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, Business or related discipline with a second-class degree or better.

Fully qualified or Finalist in ACCA, CPA or other internationally recognized accounting certification.

Computer knowledge with ability to use a computerized accounting package e.g., QuickBooks, Tally, Dynamics with Practical experience with ERP systems is an added advantage.

Strong financial management skills from bookkeeping, to management and statutory reporting, budgeting and liquidity management.

Good understanding of tax and other applicable statutory requirements.

Highly analytical, numerate, logical and structured, with ability to think outside the box.

A strong leader with excellent communication skills, business-oriented individual capable of developing and implementing strategies to grow the businesses, influencing and great interpersonal skills.

A self-starting problem solver with strong administration and organisational skills, strong control, compliance and risk management mindset.

Minimum of 2 years relevant working experience in a busy, computerized environment.

Qualified candidates are invited to send their applications and curriculum vitae to cv@tideventures.org on or before the close of business on Friday 30th April 2021.

Our client, an East African social enterprise that supports smallholder farmer incomes by integrating smallholder producers into sustainable supply chains is looking to recruit on full time a Finance Manager.  Reporting to the Head of Finance and Operations the FM will be responsible for management of finance and administration in Uganda.

Key Responsibilities

1. Grant Management
2. Financial Management
3. Procurement and asset management
4. Provide human resource support:
5. Manage Trade Finance
6. System Development

Key relationships:

• Head of Finance and Operations (Line Manager)
• Country Lead (Close collaboration)
• Area Supervisors & Agents (liaison/support)

Requirements:

Qualifications and experience:

• Minimum of 5years practical experience in financial management
• Degree in Business Studies-options
• Fully Qualified Accountant of Internationally recognized Accounting Qualification (CA/ACCA /CPA)
• Sound technical abilities and up to date knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
• Fluency in spoken and written English and Kiswahili,

French would be an added advantage.

• Willingness to travel nationally and occasionally regionally
• Experience of both Private and NGO sector would be an advantage

Competencies:

• High level of Integrity, drive, initiative, motivation, commitment and professionalism.
• Experience of working with donors/grants would be an added advantage
• Excellent verbal, analytical and organizational skills. Pay attention to detail.
• Excellent ICT skills including a good knowledge of MS Office and accounting software- QuickBooks and other packages are an added advantage.
• Excellent inter-personal skills; ability to work as part of a team and independently.
• Ability to exercise objectivity in all situations without compromise.

Qualified candidates are invited to send their applications and curriculum vitae to cv@tideventures.org before or by close of business of Saturday 17^th April 2021.