Summary
Date Posted: Monday, April 11, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
PEAS (Promoting Equality in African Schools) is social enterprise with a mission to expand access to sustainably delivered, quality secondary education across Africa'. PEAS establishes and operates affordable secondary schools in Uganda and Zambia in areas where access to quality secondary education is limited due to cost and geographical barriers. PEAS launched an ambitious strategy in 2021, aimed at expanding Access to Quality education, ensure schools are Sustainable and invest in systems strengthening. With over 30 secondary schools in Uganda educating over 13,500 students, 41 staff at the Country Office and 900 staff working in the network schools, PEAS intend to expand its geographical coverage and impact by recruiting in various positions:

Job Title: Head of Operations
Reporting to: Country Director
Location: Kampala

Job Summary:
The Head of Operations role is more than just finances - it is about building robust and scalable systems and processes to deliver our ambitious strategy. As a member of the Country Strategic Team (CST) you will provide critical strategic leadership to ensure we are delivering our ambitious five-year strategy including the delivery of ambitious Access, Quality and Sustainability impact goals.
As Head of Operations, you will be leading on the delivery of operational excellence at all levels of the organization to support sustainability, strengthen practices, and improve ways of working in the school network and office. This includes the senior operational management for key areas of service delivery including Finance, Procurement, HR, IT and School Construction.
As an organization working to expand equitable access with a strong focus on girls' and one whose DEI approach is prioritizing increasing gender parity in leadership roles, we strongly encourage applications from female candidates.

Experience and Qualifications:
• A Business or Accounting degree and certification to relevant accounting bodies.
• Minimum of 5 years management and leadership experience in an operational and financial capacity - including managing departments of professionals with high levels of technical expertise.
• Experience in creating and improving systems, policies and processes organization wide across finance, operations, and HR, together with overseeing operational adherence.
• Experience in utilizing sound leadership and management skills to ensure key deliverables are achieved on an individual, departmental and organizational basis
• Experience of mentoring and managing staff (including professional development, performance management, appraisals, addressing poor performance)
• Experience in budget setting, cash flow management and monthly management accounts reporting, together with overall management of financial systems and processes
• Knowledge and experience of financial regulatory requirements including taxation, the financial year end process, the creation of statutory accounts and liaising with external auditors and other stakeholders to ensure regulatory requirements are met.

Personal attributes and skills:
• A champion of PEAS values.
• Ego-less-ready to be a great leader and a great doer.
• A credible leader who cares and can successfully influence, motivate and get the best out of people both within and outside of a line management relationship.
• A clear and concise communicator, drawing out and communicating salient points (verbally and in written form).
• Able to get things done by focusing on solutions as opposed to problems and able to see the big picture while demonstrating excellent attention to detail
• Humble - reflective, recognizing own areas of development and being proactive to learn.
• Adaptable, approaching uncertainty with positivity and resilience.
• Comfortable in managing a complex and varied workload, with multiple competing deadlines

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
If you are excited by the role and meet the requirements, we would love for you to apply.
To apply, please click on the link here to complete the application form and attach your CV.
The closing date for ALL applications is Monday 25th April 2022 at 1700hrs (EAT).
To be eligible to apply, you must have the right to live and work in Uganda.
PEAS is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate in its recruitment practices and, in order to build the strongest possible workforce, actively seeks a diverse applicant pool.
As an organisation working to expand equitable access with a strong focus on girls’ and one whose DEI approach is prioritising increasing gender parity in leadership roles, we strongly encourage applications from female candidates.
We will review and shortlist applications on a rolling basis and may close the application process sooner than the date specified should we receive a high number of suitable candidates.

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