Requirements
• Advanced degree, ideally an MBA or master’s degree related to development, with at least 10 years of senior management experience; track record of effectively leading and regionally and/or nationally scaling a performance- and outcomes based organization and staff; ability to point to specific examples of having developed and operationalized strategies that have taken an organization to the next stage of growth.
• Strong understanding of rural development challenges and experience identifying and scaling evidence-driven solutions.
• Unwavering commitment to quality programs and data-driven program evaluation.
• Excellence in organizational management with the ability to coach staff, manage, and develop high-performance teams, set and achieve strategic objectives, and manage a budget.
• Past success working with a Board of Directors with the ability to cultivate existing board member relationships.
• Strong marketing, public relations, and fundraising experience with the ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders and cultures.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; a persuasive and passionate communicator with excellent interpersonal and multidisciplinary project skills.
• Action-oriented, entrepreneurial, adaptable, and innovative approach to business planning.
• Ability to work effectively in collaboration with diverse groups of people.
• Passion, idealism, integrity, positive attitude, mission-driven, and self-directed.
Leadership & Management:
• Ensure ongoing local programmatic excellence, rigorous program evaluation, and consistent quality of finance and administration, fundraising, communications, and systems; recommend timelines and resources needed to achieve the strategic goals.
• Actively engage and energize board members, funders, and partnering organizations.
• Develop, maintain, and support a strong Board of Directors.
• Lead, coach, develop, and retain a high-performance senior management team, fostering their professional growth and honing their managerial capabilities to drive organizational excellence.
• Ensure effective systems to track scaling progress, and regularly evaluate program components, to measure successes that can be effectively communicated to the board, funders, and other constituents.
• Promote a positive and ethical work environment centered on collaboration, problem-solving, and mutual support.
Fundraising & Communications:
• Expand revenue-generating and fundraising activities to support existing program operations and expansion in Uganda and beyond.
• Deepen and refine all aspects of communications—from web presence to external relations with the goal of creating a stronger brand.
• Represent the organization externally at national and international conferences and develop relationships to garner new opportunities and insights.
Planning & New Business:
• Lead strategic planning and expansion planning into new markets.
• Build partnerships in new markets, establishing relationships with the funders, and political and community leaders.
• Be an external local and national presence that publishes and communicates program results with an emphasis on the successes of the local program as a model for regional and national replication.
