HEAD OPERATIONS Jobs at the Ministry of Education and Sports

Job title:-  HEAD OPERATIONS
Background Information;
The Government of the Republic of Uganda, through the Ministry of Education and Sports is making arrangements to introduce a Student Loan Scheme to increase equitable access to higher education in Uganda; support highly qualified students who may not afford higher education; ensure regional balance in higher education services in Uganda; develop and support courses which are critical to national development and ensure quality education in public institutions through quality assurance and supervision.
The Ministry of Education and Sports therefore intends to recruit staff to fill up vacant positions on the Students Loan Scheme Task Force which will kick start the implementation of the Loan Scheme and prepare for the formation of the Student Loan Board.

1. JOB TITLE: HEAD OPERATIONS
REPORTS TO: COORDINATOR
AGE: 30 YEARS AND ABOVE
POSITIONS: ONE (1)
JOB PURPOSE:
Responsible for processing all applications received for purposes of determining students who are eligible and ensuring that funds are disbursed to qualifying applicants and institutions.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES
• Coordinate team members’, work assigning and reassigning tasks, delegating tasks, prioritize to do lists, quickly notify team members of new assignments and track progress of each task and team member
• Motivate and inspire team members
• Lead by setting a good example
• Facilitate problem solving and collaboration
• Intervene when necessary to aid the team in resolving issues
• Set weekly, monthly and yearly targets for the team
• Provide weekly and monthly status reporting of team activities against the set targets to the Taskforce Coordinator
• Provide guidance to the team based on managements’ direction
• Liaise with strategic partners e.g. MoES; Universities; NCHE, for policy matters
• Handle all difficult cases relating to loan applications
• To develop necessary business processes and modalities to be applied to students intending to apply for the loans
• To provide projections for students loan budget and anticipated applicants
• To verify and confirm the principle loans awarded for the purpose of accurate billing.
• Verification of the disbursement schedules before disbursement of funds
• To verify loanee statement
• Undertake any other duty assigned from to time by the Taskforce Co-ordinator.
QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE
• An Honours Bachelors Degree in Business related courses and post graduate qualification in financial management preferably a member of a professional body holding either ACCA, CPA or CIMA.
• A Masters degree in the area of finance management will be an added advantage
• Not less than 5 years experience in a recognized Credit Institution/ financial institution, three of which should have been spent at senior management level is essential. Knowledge of operations of students’ loan scheme will be an added advantage
SKILLS
• Strong research skills.
• Good team player
• Analytical skills/ numerical skills
• High level of integrity
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Computer literate
COMPETENCIES
• Possession of excellent written and spoken English with strong report writing and presentation skills;
• Ability to work with minimum supervision with high level of integrity and interpersonal skills;
• Team work, result oriented, planning, coordinating and excellent customer care.


Applications procedure:-
Please deliver your hand written and sealed applications to;
The Assistant Commissioner- Human Resource Management
Ministry of Education and Sports Embassy House, 4th Floor, Room 10.
The closing date is 19th July, 2013 17:00