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Head Teacher

Reporting To: Board of Directors

Duty station:  At the school in Lweza off kigo road, Entebbe Road

Job description

The school provides education services to children in primary section.

Main duties include but not limited to:

  • Heading the primary section.
  • Supervising teachers.
  • Organizing school events including end of term activities.
  • Representing the school in different functions outside the school.
  • Scheming and lesson planning with the teachers.
  • Training of teachers.
  • Preparing home works, class tests and examinations.
  • Benchmarking with other prominent schools.
  • Conducting research for the school.
  • Involved in recruitment of Teachers
  • Any other business as required by management.

Educational level: Degree in education (Minimum)

Other Qualifications: Training in children with learning difficulties is an added advantage.

Preferred skills required:

  • Professional Teacher, Leadership skills, Teamwork, patient, capable of working with minimum supervision, organized, punctual, inspiring, cooperative, God fearing (preferably Christian), eloquent, knowledgeable about jolly phonics etc….

Age: Preferably between 30 and 55 years

Working hours / days: 8 hours/ day and 6 days/ week

Remuneration: Negotiable

Fringe benefits:

  • Free Education for 1 biological child
  • Tea and Lunch offered by the school

Country Sales and Trade Marketing Manager

Duty station: Kampala

Role Purpose

Mange sales, trade marketing and distribution of all company products effectively and efficiently within the country using available resources so as to achieve profitable volume of sales.

Building a strong route to market network and provision of efficient customer service so as to attain sustainable, profitable sales volume growth and to maximize sales opportunities presented in the market for premium products

Responsibilities

Leadership

Provide direction, set clear vision and strategy for the business, and maintain effective structures and performance standard across the

Planning and forecasting

Setting of targets and allocating it to various territories per week, month and annually

Setting objectives

Setting SMART objectives for the sales department with the programs and procedures for achieving them

Control and supervision of the sales force

  • Ensure the right standards for performance by sales staff
  • Measuring/recording the actual performance
  • Comparing actual against standards
  • Taking corrective measures

Selection and appointment of sales staff

  • Coordinate the interviewing and recruitment
  • Appraising and assessment of the sales staff against performance standards

Training and up skilling of the sales force

Upgrading and developing the skills of the sales force through continuous, relevant training

Motivating of sales staff

Endeavor to inspire sales personnel to work with zeal to deliver company sales objectives.

Team building

Develop open and collaborative relationship within the staff

Territory alignments

Defining of territories geographically and by annual/monthly sales quotas allocations

Communication

Allow flow of information and ideas vertically & horizontally within the organization

Managing resources

Managing man, machine and money to fall within set budgets

Marketing intelligence

Harnessing Market information from the trade and studying market conditions regularly in terms of competition consumer insights and trade behavior.

Sales administration

Merging the marketing policy with the sales policy in implementation and overseeing the implementation of the marketing plan and trade strategy.

Requirements

  • University professional degree in marketing or other relevant fields.
  • Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a similar position in a commercial organization.

Remunerations: Gross of UGx 3m – 4.5m

Fringe benefits: company car and airtime

Direct Sales Representative

Reporting to: Branch Manager

Position scope:

Reporting to the Branch Manager, the Direct Sales Representative will be responsible for acquisition and growth of sustainable Bank Business, developing new business prospects in specific geographic areas through cold calls. Interacts with existing customers to increase sales of the bank’s products and services.

Key responsibilities

  • Selling Retail Bank products and services in order to ensure sustainable business growth in professional manner.
  • Actively take part in sales activities organized by the Bank in order to acquire business
  • Offer excellent customer experience while interacting with customers on different channels
  • Gather feedback from customers on Bank products and their experience to seek improvement
  • Administer and ensure compliance to all sale objectives, manage various documents for all sales sources efficiently.
  • Daily sharing of business acquisition reports and administering all underwriting process and maintain records for same.
  • Continuously seek to deepen knowledge on the Bank’s offering and the Industry trends
  • Coordinate with customers and provide various company plans and services and detail quote for all required information.
  • Monitor all customer queries and ensure timely response to all issues.
  • Maintain knowledge on all competitor products and services and analyze all advantages and disadvantages for various products.
  • Ensure optimal utilization of all sales tools and resources.
  • Documents and maintain all records of sales activities and provide updates as per requirement.

Experience, Skills & Personal Attributes:

  • Excellent communication skills both oral and written
  • A confident person who is self-driven with strong interpersonal and negotiation skills.
  • A person of integrity and with good negotiation skills.
  • Ability to be an agent of change and Innovate with a strong desire to excel.
  • Ability to deliver set business targets and service with minimum supervision.
  • Flexible and willing to travel on short notice.

Age: 20 years – 35 years

Qualifications:

  • Degree or Diploma in a business related field from a recognized institution
  • Experience in bank sales or insurance will be an added advantage
  • Computer literacy – MS Office Suite

How to Apply:

Interested candidates who believe that they meet the above criteria should send their CV and application letter quoting the position title to: application@jobconnect.co.ug as of now its not functional

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Please note that applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the next stage/s of the process.

Jobconnect Limited is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Relationship Manager, Corporate Banking

Number of positions: Three (3)

Location: Kampala, Head Office

Department: Corporate Banking

Section: Business

Reporting to:  Chief Relationship Manager

Job Summary:

To grow the Bank’s books and maximize profitability by marketing the Bank’s lending products to corporate clients. This will involve ascertaining minimal risk exposure for the Bank and maintaining customer satisfaction through professional relationship building.

Key Duties / Responsibilities and Percentage of time (%)

Business Development (20%)

  • Product development – develop products that meet specific credit needs in liaison with other functions as required. For example, work with Treasury or Trade Services department to develop a product that meets client needs.
  • Marketing – Meeting potential clients to discussing their specific credit needs and possible products available to meet these needs.
    • Growing business through existing clients. This entails assessing the clients business and identifying potential areas for additional business for the Bank aligned to the customer’s business growth.
  • Cross selling – to ensure that each client benefits as much as possible from the diverse range of other products the Bank has to offer.

Credit analysis (30%)

  • Preparing defensible credit proposals that build a case for lending once details have been agreed upon with the client.
  • Review credit proposals initiated by the subordinate staff and amend as necessary to ensure laid out standards are adhered to.
  • Sign off on credit proposals as a signatory and within the delegated authority limits.

Risk management (15%)

  • Carrying out risk assessments at the marketing stage to establish how much risk the bank will be exposed to by taking on a new client.
  • Performing continuous client risk assessment through reviewing documentation such as the monthly operational statement analysis, the “Watch List” report and through consistent monitoring of accounts and periodic operational and financial analysis reports.
  • Consistent monitoring of clients’ accounts to ensure limits are not exceeded and that clients are abiding to agreed upon covenants.
  • Carrying out site visits to clients’ business premises to ascertain that operations are as expected.

Control of facilities disbursement (10%)

  • Following up on all agreed upon requirements necessary to disburse approved credit, these include insurance, security documents and any other covenants with the concerned parties.
  • Drafting the letter of offer for approval by the authorized signatures and following up with the client to ensure this is signed off.
  • Maintaining track of actual credit disbursed to the clients once final approval has been obtained. This will also entail ascertaining that the correct rate of interest is charged and that the credit is disbursed within the agreed time schedule.
  • Following up with the client to ensure that expired guarantees have been cancelled/returned/or renewed, valuations reports have been obtained and land rates paid as necessary.
  • Ensuring that all fees that accrue to the bank have been collected as agreed.

Client relationship management (20%)

  • Responding to any queries by existing and potential Bank customers on the services provided or any other services within the Bank.
  • Ensuring that agreed upon turnaround time for client applications is achieved by following up to ensure flow of documentation.
  • Understanding the clients businesses and developing professional relationship which results in trust.

Staff management (5%)

  • Carrying out day to day supervision of subordinate staff.
  • Carrying out on the job training to self/staff.

Occasional duties:

  • Participate in departmental strategy formulation, review and implementation.
  • Participate in the preparation of regulatory reports as required to the Central Bank of Uganda
  • Carry out performance reviews of staff reporting directly to the jobholder and consistently provide guidance that assists in staff development.
  • Participate in departmental process reviews and appraisals, giving suggestions of ways to improve the process.

 

Educational Requirements:

  • Bachelors degree in a business related course e.g. Economics, Commerce, Finance
  • Basic credit analysis and marketing qualifications.

Related Job Experience/Qualifications:

  • At least 5 years’ experience in Banking of which 2 years should have been spent in a supervisory role.
  • The jobholder will need to have knowledge of various functions within the Bank set up e.g. Operations, Treasury and Deposits.

Additional skills:

  • Proficiency in computers – MS Office, Internet
  • Good negotiation skills
  • Good Communication skills – both written and oral
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Presentation skills

Personal attributes:

  • The ability to work well under minimal supervision and within a team set up.
  • High integrity
  • Judgement, able to effectively assess new business proposals to the Bank.

Hotel Sales Manager

Main purpose of the Job

The Sales Manager is responsible for the hotel’s reactive and proactive sales efforts.

The position provides for day to day leadership to sales associates to achieve hotel sales objectives with overall responsibility for achieving booking goals and property revenues.

The Sales Manager implements the Company’s brand’s service strategy and applicable brand initiatives in all aspects of the sales process and focuses on building long-term, value based customer relationships that enable achievement of the hotel’s sales objectives.

The position evaluates the hotel’s participation in the various sales channels and develops strong working relationships to proactively position and market property.

The sales and Marketing Manager shall manage marketing budgets to enable development of hotel specific campaigns, promotions and collateral to drive revenue and meet property objectives.

The Sales and Marketing manager develops and implements hotel-wide strategies that deliver products and services to meet or exceed the needs and expectations of the brand’s target customer profile and property associates.

Qualifications:

University Graduate preferably in Hospitality Management, Business or Related field

Experience

4-5 years post qualification experience in the similar position or in the Rank of an Assistant in 5 star Hotel and Hotel experience is an added advantage.

Age

Between 30-40 years with excellent health.

Interested candidates may send their applications along with a copy of CV to application@jobconnect.co.ug before 15th Feb 2018.

Executive House Keeper

Main purpose of the Job

Supervise, train and inspect the performance of assigned floor supervisor, Housekeeping Office Coordinator , Guest Room Attendant, Laundry Attendant ,Turn down Attendant, Uniform Attendant, Seamstress, Linen room Attendant, Public Space Cleaner, And mini-Bar Attendants and outside cleaning services ensuring that all procedures are completed to the hotels standards. Assist where necessary to ensure optimum services to guests.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in business management or hotel management, on-the-job training, Housekeeping experience, managerial or business experience; voluntary certification if available

Experience

3-5 years post qualification experience in the similar position or in the Rank of an Assistant in 5 star Hotel.

Age

Between 28-35 years with excellent health.

Interested candidates may send their applications along with a copy of CV to application@jobconnect.co.ug before 15th Feb 2018.

Security Manager

Main purpose of the job

To enforce the procedural rules and regulations in order to ensure the personal safety of staff, visitors, guests and property by managing the functions of the security department.

Promotes the desired work culture.

Empowerment of the Employees at all levels. Encourage high morale, Fosters team work and partnering among all team members.

Qualifications

University Graduate preferably a degree from a recognized university in Criminal Justice or related major. Proficiency in Computers, CCTV, Fire and Safety systems.

Experience

3-5 years post qualification experience in the similar position or in the Rank of an Assistant in 5 Star Hotel and hotel experience is an added advantage.

Age

Between 28-35 years with excellent health.

Interested candidates may send their applications along with a copy of CV to application@jobconnect.co.ug before 15th Feb 2018.

Store Keeper

Main purpose of the job

To ensure that optimum stock levels are maintained, that all goods, perishable and non-perishable are stored under ideal conditions and that maximum security applies at all times, particularly when receiving and issuing goods.

Qualifications

University Graduate preferably in Store Management, Storekeeping and related field.

Experience

3-5 years’ experience in storekeeping, inventory control, or recordkeeping, or in the similar position and hotel experience is an added advantage.

Age

Between 28-35 years with excellent health.

Interested candidates may send their applications along with a copy of CV to application@jobconnect.co.ug before 15th Feb 2018.

SHIFT SUPERVIOSR

REPORTING TO: SITE ADMINISTRATOR

Job summary: To manage the shift and all workers. To ensure the smooth running of the production process. To ensure that all products are produced to the specified specifications. Target and deadlines are met to achieve the orders. To ensure that all direct workers comply with the company’s Health and Safety procedures

  1. To take full responsibility of the shift in terms of management of workers, management of production and quality targets and to ensure the smooth running of the production processes.
  2. To take full responsibility of the quality and product that is produced within the shift in line with the companies quality systems, processes and procedures
  3. Manage, develop and motivate directly the workers.
  4. Monitor, measure and report on production related process performance, general issues.
  5. To ensure good communication is given either verbally or written to all workers under supervision.
  6. To ensure that Health and Safety rules and regulations are adhered to during the shift and all matters relating to this are dealt with using the resources within the company in line with the companies Health and Safety policy
  7. Maintain housekeeping standards to ensure a clean and safe workplace.
  8. And perform any other duties assigned by your supervisors.

QUALIFICATIONS

A university degree or Diploma in Human Resource Management, office management, organizational psychology, social sciences, business administration with a bias in Human Resource.

1 year Experience in a similar role.

Should be residing in areas of Wankulukuku, Kabuusu, Mutundwe, bunamwaya

SKILLS

  • Problem solving and troubling shooting skills.
  • Strong leadership Skills.
  • Planning and organizational skills essential
  • Timekeeping management.
  • Numerical skills
  • Flexibility

Sales engineer

To specialize in technologically and scientifically advanced products. They should use their technical skills to explain the benefits of their products or services to potential customers and to show how their products or services are better than their competitors’ products. In other words to sell complex scientific and technological products or services to businesses.

Duties and responsibilities

  • Prepare and deliver technical presentations explaining products or services to customers and prospective customers
  • Confer with customers and engineers to assess equipment needs and to determine system requirements
  • Collaborate with sales teams to understand customer requirements and provide sales support
  • Secure and renew orders and arrange delivery, in other wards meet sales targets and coordinate project sales
  • Plan and modify products to meet customer needs
  • Help clients solve problems with installed equipment
  • Recommend improved materials or machinery to customers, showing how changes will lower costs or increase production
  • Help in researching and developing new products

Education and Training: 

A minimum of a diploma is required in any ICT related field. And should be capable to combine technical knowledge of the products or services they are selling with strong interpersonal skills and good communication skills.