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Job Title:   Portfolio Manager

Organisation: Enabel

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

About US:

Enabel is the Belgian development agency. It implements the Belgian governmental cooperation. The agency also implements actions for other national and international donors. With its Belgian and international partners, Enabel provides solutions to address urgent global challenges: Climate Change, Urbanisation, Human Mobility, Peace and Security, Social and Economic Inequalities and Global Citizenship. With 1,800 staff, Enabel manages about 150 projects in twenty countries, in Belgium, Africa and the Middle East.

Background

Enabel in Uganda will be implementing a new Country strategy 2023-2027. The overall objective is of the interventions is that “Young people and women in Uganda develop into active, economically independent citizens in a sustainable society that respects human rights and ensures quality basic services’’.

WeWork focuses on providing youth, and especially young women, with the right vocational & soft skills training, followed by post-skilling support, to generate an income and contribute to the economy through sustainable, decent work.

This objective will be pursued by addressing barriers both from the supply-side (employability) and the demand-side (entrepreneurship & enterprise development). The portfolio will consist of 4 projects in different geographies (in Rwenzori/Albertine, Busoga, West Nile, and Kampala) called “WeWork” and will follow an economic sector logic approach, with a focus on specific value chains in agriculture and the green economy.

Job Summary:  Within this context, Enabel is seeking to recruit 1 (ONE) Portfolio Manager to manage the WeWork intervention in order to achieve the specific objectives of the country portfolio and the intervention.

Joining Enabel as the Portfolio Manager- We Work, you will be directly reporting to the Resident Representative and you will oversee the team linked to your project.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• You steer the WeWork intervention towards high quality management in order to achieve the country portfolio objectives;
• You coordinate all the activities of the WeWork intervention in association with the project managers and partners;
• You lead the team placed under your hierarchical responsibility;
• You work at Enabel as a strategy officer, you create optimal conditions for implementing the Uganda country portfolio within the set frameworks of Enabel;

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Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a Master’s degree in Business Administration, Education Management, Development Studies or other relevant fields related to the area of expertise.
• At least ten years of relevant experience in steering and managing large international development projects;
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in the private sector development, skilling, Entrepreneurship or related field to the core focus of the WeWork;
• Minimum 5 years in a Management role with a team of staff;
• Experience in managing diverse team of Ugandan and international experts and managers is an asset;
• Experience working in the private sector is an asset.
• Comprehensive knowledge of project management methodologies;
• Knowledge in the areas of Agriculture and Green Economy, skilling in the formal and non-formal sectors, entrepreneurship promotion and support to vulnerable youth and women;
• Monitoring and evaluation competences;
• You are result oriented;
• Considering the working language of Uganda and the international environment in which you work, excellent knowledge of English is required.
• You must also have a working /passive knowledge of both written and spoken French and/or also be willing to continue on the learning curve of French within the first 12 months of employment and thereafter.
• Applicants are also required to commit to the vision, mission and values of Enabel (https://www.enabel.be/content/enabel-vision-mission-values).

How to Apply:

All candidates should submit their applications online at the link below (indicating your preferred duty location) with an updated CV (maximum 3 pages)

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Deadline: 31^st May 2023

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