Operations Manager Jobs
Work Hours: Full-time, 08 hours per day
Salary:
Attractive
Job Deadline: 10 April 2026
Number of Jobs: 01
Hiring Entity: VVOB in Uganda
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| VVOB in Uganda |
Location: In Uganda
Job Details:
As Operations Manager you contribute to this ambition and these values by setting up, managing, executing, monitoring and optimising our operational systems and guiding the operations team (Finance, Procurement, HR, Logistics) in doing so. As a key member of the management team, you know how to inspire direct reports to grow and change with us and you easily
navigate between operations and strategy.
The Operations Manager reports into the Programmes Manager and is part of the management team. You are part of, and work
closely with the other members of a country’s management team and are responsible for the operations department, thus managing all possible direct reports within this department. Furthermore, you work closely with the operations departments of Head Office/ the operations departments across all the country teams. You are managing all direct reports within the operations department.
Furthermore, the Operations Manager will work closely together with the finance and HR teams at Global Office, specifically with the Global Director of HR and the Global Director Finance
Result areas of this position:
1. You maintain, strengthen and oversee effective systems and procedures for HR management, and you manage HR policies and procedures aligned with global VVOB standards and local law.
2. You maintain, strengthen and oversee effective systems and procedures for financial management, reporting and auditing, and you manage finance policies aligned with global standards and local law.
3. You oversee the procurement, logistics and administrative functions, ensuring value, efficiency, and compliance of the organisation to local and global policies. You review and manage contracts with suppliers and staff, ensuring compliance with relevant laws.
4. You provide strong organisational leadership (on-the-job mentoring, coaching, capacity development, change management) for your direct reports, and you foster good relationships with and between partners and teams, supporting a positive organisational culture. Leading by example, you represent our organisation to external stakeholders in your field.
If you’re our Operations Manager, your workweek at the office will include the following highlights:
You have a check-in meeting with the Country Programmes Manager to give updates on any outstanding work, on budget monitoring, HR policies and procedures, procurements and logistics, and budget discussions on any upcoming funding proposals.
You review and manage contracts with suppliers and staff and ensure their compliance with relevant laws.
Being part of management, you will share weekly updates in the management meetings on the organisation’s operations systems.
Check-ins with the operations team for the day-to-day running of the HR, finance and procurements functions.
You respond to queries sent by the VVOB Director of Finance on financial matters.
You log in to a Teams meeting to touch base with VVOB’s head office HR Advisor, and Director of Finance and all the global operations committee to give inter- country updates and share best practices in operations.
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Who are you?
You are a proactive and collaborative professional with strong technical expertise in operations management. You have significant, practical experience in providing strong organisational leadership (on-the-job mentoring, coaching, capacity development,
change management) to your direct reports, and you foster good relationships with partners and teams, supporting a positive organisational culture. This position is open to Ugandan nationals.
Required expertise and experience
• Essential
• Master’s degree in business management, accounting, law, public admin, HR management or related field or equivalent experience.
• Operational management experience in at least 2 out of 3 of the following result areas: Finance, HR, procurement.
• Experience in leading multicultural and effective teams.
• IT expertise: bookkeeping software, Office 365, spreadsheet skills, managing IT systems.
• Fluent in English
• Preferred
• 10 years of working experience and 5 years of management experience.
• A member of CPA/ACCA
Application procedure
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Posting Date: 2026-04-27
