About Deloitte

Deloitte provides audit, tax, consulting, and financial advisory services to public and private clients spanning multiple industries. With a globally connected network of member firms in more than 150 countries, Deloitte brings world-class capabilities and high-quality service to clients, delivering the insights they need to address their most complex business challenges. Deloitte has approximately 456,800 professionals all committed to becoming the standard of excellence of professional services firms.

Deloitte’s professionals are dedicated to strengthening corporate responsibility, building public trust, and making a positive impact in their communities, and enjoy an environment of continuous learning, challenging experiences, and enriching career opportunities. All our professionals are united by our shared values, a set of core principles that guide our collective behaviour. They set the expectations we have for one another and define how we, as stewards of Deloitte, should behave. They provide common ground to unite us across cultures and geographies. And, importantly, they help us to earn the trust and respect of our key stakeholders. Our shared values are: Lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact.

Deloitte East Africa provides seamless cross-border services to multinationals, large national enterprises, small and medium sized enterprises and the public sector; with offices in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, and in the process of expanding our operations by re-opening an office in Ethiopia.

A career with Deloitte offers you the opportunity to engage with and work alongside leading corporations within the East African region, and an opportunity to grow your career within a dynamic and rewarding environment. You will get the support, coaching and training needed to advance your career in Uganda and within the East Africa market.

What impact will you make?

At Deloitte we have a clear purpose, to make an impact that matters to our clients, our colleagues and our communities. From professional development to leadership opportunities and career advancement, we empower our people to be their very best - because that’s how you make an impact.

About the program

Deloitte Uganda’s Consulting practice is recruiting three (3) qualified candidates for the District Program Manager position for an anticipated five-year USAID-funded Urban Health Activity. The activity aims to enhance health system resilience and improve the survival and well-being of the residents in Kampala city, Mukono, and Wakiso districts.

The positions are contingent upon project award, funding availability and approval.

Main purpose of the job

Oversee the implementation of Program activities in the respective district. Build and maintain relationships with district secretariats, local councils, civil society organizations (CSOs) and implementing partners to ensure the program objectives are achieved.

What you will do

• Oversee all program activities in the district and provide the required support to ensure that they are implemented as scheduled.
• Maintain relationships and mutual understanding with the district leadership on program activities.
• Follow up on the implementation of signed Memorandum of Understanding with local partners as well as any sub awards or sub grants.
• Promote partnership among members of the program staff.
• Organize and participate in the facilitation of data reviews and compilation.
• Participate in supportive supervision activities.
• Facilitate the implementation of new policies, resource mobilisation and integration activities at district level.
• Facilitate capacity building of health facilities and ensure they conduct supportive supervision on a regular basis.
• Provide weekly updates of ongoing district activities to the Head Office.
• Oversee the preparation of quarterly reports and submission to the Head Office.
• Provide program performance updates to the relevant district stakeholders.
• Ensure program planned activities are incorporated into relevant comprehensive health plans.
• Provide overall supervision of the district office activities, office management, project expenditures and financial management.
• Perform other related duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Medicine, Public Health, Project Management or related field;
• Master’s degree in Medicine, Public Health, Project Management, Business Administration or related field;
• A minimum of five years’ relevant working experience with two years at managerial level;
• Experience working with a range of government, private sector, civil society counterparts, donors, and multilateral partners;
• Previous participation in local government, private sector, and NGOs in local events and initiatives;
• Good writing and communication skills in English;
• Good leadership and team management skills;
• Excellent knowledge of MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook;
• Be a Ugandan citizen or eligible to work in Uganda.

Your role as a leader

At Deloitte we believe in the importance of leadership at all levels. We expect our people to embrace and live our purpose by challenging themselves to identify issues that are most important for our clients, our people, and the society and make an impact that matters.

Leadership Capabilities

Living Our Purpose - Acts as a role model, embracing and living our purpose and values, and recognizing others for the impact they make.

Talent Development - Develops high-performing people and teams through challenging and meaningful opportunities.

Performance Drive - Delivers exceptional client service; maximizes results and drives high performance from people while fostering collaboration across businesses and borders.

Influence - Influences clients, teams, and individuals positively, leading by example and establishing confident relationships with increasingly senior people.

Strategic Direction - Understands key objectives for clients and Deloitte, aligns people to objectives and sets priorities and direction.

Why Deloitte?

At Deloitte, our professional development plan focuses on helping people at every level of their career to identify and use their strengths to do their best work every day. From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe there is always room to learn. We offer opportunities to help build world-class skills in addition to hands-on experience in the global, fast-changing business world.

Deloitte opens the door to a career that can cross borders virtually and physically across the African continent and globally to gain experience and access projects beyond our borders. We value difference, and embrace people with diverse backgrounds, experiences, abilities and thinking styles.

Our purpose

Deloitte is led by a purpose: to make an impact that matters. Every day, Deloitte people are making a real impact in the places they live and work. We pride ourselves on doing not only what is good for clients, but also what is good for our people and the communities in which we live and work—always striving to be an organization that is held up as a role model of quality, integrity, and positive change. Learn more about Deloitte’s impact on the world. #Makinganimpactthatmatters

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If you meet the above requirements, please visit our website and apply online: Deloitte East Africa Careers portal. 

Your details will be treated with confidentiality and will not be shared with any third party.

Closing date:  21 April 2024

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not ask individuals to pay any fees or money as part of the recruitment process. Women and Persons with Disabilities are encouraged to apply.

At Deloitte, we want everyone to feel they can be themselves and to thrive at work—in every country, in everything we do, every day. We aim to create a workplace where everyone is treated fairly and with respect, including reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. We seek to create and leverage our diverse workforce to build an inclusive environment across the African continent.