Job Title: Chief of Staff
Organisation: Zoe Recruitment
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About US:
Zoe Recruitment is a people-focused consulting firm whose mission is to contribute to the transformation of productivity and work ethic, by linking talent to Businesses/organizations and placing people right. At Zoe we believe this then forms the Foundation for sustainable businesses and on a larger scale, economic growth.
Our client, an ecosystem builder is seeking to add a Chief of Staff to their team at their head Office in Kampala. Our Client has become a destination where innovators go to transform their ideas into solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges. They create an environment where start-ups grow in confidence and capability scaling from promising tech into fully established sustainable businesses.
The center of our Client’s strategy is to reinvent the future by bringing together the innovation community to grow the economy and make an impact. They are excited by the existing evidence that innovation can drive a new economy and should be more than just a word that’s thrown around the startups we support build new technologies not only to create jobs and economic prosperity but to tackle big problems and improve people’s lives
Ranging from their vision, mission, core values down to our team, our client is committed to inspiring the role of technology in solving challenges for society and (various industries)-NB: this is on the basis that the industry of technology is infused in other sectors.
The Chief of Staff will use strong leadership and problem-solving skills to assist with the daily operation of an organization and must possess confidence to take initiative and make decisions each day that can impact the organization’s daily operations.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Including the responsibilities listed, the desired CoS should be self-motivated and excited to work fast paced environment entrepreneurs in Tech. He / she should be a fast thinker and flexible with a heart and mind to see innovators’ ideas thrive.
- Collaborating with executive team members to determine and prioritize organization’s strategies
- Managing the Chief Executive’s schedule, scheduling meetings and planning travel.
- Providing department leaders with recommendations and consultation to improve teamwork.
- Planning, coordinating and keeping contents of a meeting focused.
- Determining key performance indicators and how to measure team performance
- Providing tactical support to implement ideas
- Working with leadership to deliver, monitor and communicate progress towards goals
- Responding to inquiries on behalf of the Chief Executive
- Overseeing strategic business initiatives from ideation to implementation
- Identifying and helping solve core problems or opportunities within business processes
- Providing Chief Executive and other senior leaders with insight and analysis on the company’s operations
- Assessing risk when business decisions are made
- Providing support and oversight for special projects and initiatives
- Planning, coordinating and leading meetings and workshops
- Identifying and providing recommendations on improvements across the organization
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- A bachelor’s degree in business administration or a related field.
- At least four years of experience and knowledge in this kind of role is highly required.
- Strongly developed written and verbal communication skills are crucial.
- The ability to lead in an effective and trustworthy way is important.
- Time management and prioritization skills.
- Problem-solving skills.
- Ability to coordinate more than one project at the same time.
How to Apply:
If you think you fit this profile and would like to apply go to zoe.ug/jobs and click on the relevant job.
Deadline: 16th January 2023