Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, August 19, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
National Social Security Fund (NSSF) is positioning itself to be the Social Security Provider of Choice in Uganda. With our shared purpose of being the Social Security Provider of choice, providing exceptional customer service and better operations with a workforce that is well motivated and skilled, we are looking to recruit persons with high integrity and dedication to work with us.
JOB TITLE: RESEARCH AND INSIGHTS SUPERVISOR (1POSITION)
REPORTS TO: STRATEGY SERVICES MANAGER
DEPARTMENT: MANAGING DIRECTOR’S OFFICE
DUTY STATION: KAMPALA, WORKERS HOUSE
Main Purpose:
The Research and Insights Supervisor will be responsible for collecting, analyzing, interpreting, reporting, and managing research data in order to develop valuable strategic insights for The Fund. The core role is to keep The Fund’s eyes and ears on the pulse of change within the business environment, picking up weak signals on economic, customer, technology, and industry trends. .

Duties and Responsibilities include:
• National and regional trend analysis by overseeing the Fund’s partnerships with regional and national research data providers (such as UBOS, Financial Sector Deepening Project etc, Bank of Uganda) and presenting the insights for adoption in the development and/or review of the Fund’s business strategy
• Oversee the Fund’s partnerships with global research data providers (such as Fitch) and present the insights for adoption in the development and/or review of the Fund’s business strategy.
• Take the lead in conducting customer and stakeholder surveys to ensure an effective loop-back into the long-term strategy of the Fund.
• Organize and store research data in a manner that is convenient for quick reference for key stakeholders’ use in presentations, analysis, and planning. The scope should include relevant market and industry data (e.g. bank, telecoms, insurance performance and KPIs).
• Take the lead in shaping The Fund as a Centre of Excellence by preparing thought-provoking research, papers, and presentations for dissemination by the MD and DMD. You will also coordinate and manage in-bound and out-bound benchmarking exercises and research projects.
• Support the department in the execution of its “business as usual” operations and occasional ad hoc assignments

Skills and Abilities:
• Ability to manipulate large, complex data sets using a variety of analytical tools (e.g. SPSS, SAS, Excel, R/Rstudio, etc.), including the use of relational databases, Strong spreadsheet skills and ability to use BI software tools
• Ability to perform statistical analysis
• Strong Presentation Skills
• Comfortable interacting with seniors and peers
• Strong self-leadership
• Proactive
• Critical thinker
• Comfortable with ambiguity
• Strategic Thinker
• Strong writing, verbal, and presentation skills
• Strong organization skills – multi-task, plan for time and resources

Education Requirements:
• The applicant must have Bachelor’s Degree in an area of numerical bias (Statistics, Business, Economics and any other related degree.
• A professional qualification in an analysis and/or analytics field is of added advantage
• The applicant must have at least 3 years working experience in an applied research environment; experience in economics, business analysis, or Quantitative sciences.

Job Education: Bachelor’s Degree
Job Experience: 3 years

Work Hours: 8

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Job application procedure
Interested individuals should send copies of academic credentials, application letters and detailed CVs addressed to the Head of Human Resources & Administration to? recruitment@nssfug.org by Friday 21st August 2020, for registration and onward transmission.
Please note that canvassing or lobbying will lead to automatic disqualification of the candidate

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