Production and Marketing Manager at The Urugo Women’s Opportunity Center (WOC): (Deadline 8 April 2025)

Production and Marketing Manager at The Urugo Women’s Opportunity Center (WOC): (Deadline 8 April 2025)

JOB TITLE: Production and Marketing Manager Vacancy Announcement: Kayonza, April 1st 2025

Urugo Women’s Opportunity Center is recruiting for the position of Production, and Marketing Manager. This position is open to All Interested Candidates/All Sources and is available to start immediately. The ideal candidate will be a hard-working professional able to undertake a variety of program management tasks and work conscientiously under pressure. This person will be comfortable working with a high degree of attention to detail and technical and managerial responsibilities with high discretion, as well as incorporating new and effective ways to achieve better results.

The successful candidate oversees the coordination of several technical sections of Urugo and will be responsible for the quality and implementation of all programs. S/ he will lead, supervise, and coordinate the heads of dairy, weaving, marketing, tailoring, kitchen, TVET, and training. The successful candidate for this challenging, demanding, and high-profile role should be highly motivated, independent-minded, and a qualified manager.

Specific duties include but are not limited to:

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Worksin coordination with ED to oversee and manage all PMM components and ensure the program is
• carriedout in accordance with the mission, goals, and terms and conditions of relevant grants
• Engageall sections in the transformation process to invigourate their approaches, processes, and
• proceduresin the whole phases of learning, processing, producing, fine-twining, making, and advertisements
• usingadequate technologies and clients’ needs;
• Coordinateclosely with managers and heads of sections to facilitate the staff use of and training in all PMM –
• specific
• Manageand provide PMM guidance to the team and other staff in the implementation of all SDPM activities,
• programs,and
• Coordinatewith section leads to ensure that PMM activities are integrated into all WOC planning,
• programming,and
• Overseeskills development, production, marketing, and the use of IT tools, training of staff in PMM activities,
• andtracking of the level of performance of the programs, participants, and clients/beneficiaries.
• Coordinateunique evaluations, impact studies, and community assessments as
• Initiatethe process of getting new tailored skills development programs through TVET, conduct on-job
• training,upgrade production equipment, revisit production process, ensure quality control, marketing and advertising using the Urugo brand and narrative behind the creation of Urugo with the milestone of serving the interest of vulnerable women;
• Participate in regular field visits to support implementation and identify areas where adjustments are needed forbetter PMM
• Conducting internal periodic (annually) diagnoses to ensure all sections are upgraded, need to be mapped, andcapacity

 ADDITIONS SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS

Communication & Teamwork

• Promotea culture of “Lessons Learned” and best practices of PMM activities, ensuring that data and processes are discussed in appropriate forums and in a timely fashion for practical use in field
• Consistentlycompile and report on key PMM information and maintain accurate records of communication
• Responsiblefor efficient and effective use of allocated budget and compliance with finance procedures
• Participatein internal meetings and processes to represent the PMM teams as

Personnel Management:

• Supervise,guide, and manage PMM
• Followthe annual performance of the PMM staff
• Ensurepersonnel performance management meets the WOC vision, goals, and plans in the area of
• Conductannual performance appraisal of PMM staff subject to the approval of the ED of
• Manageperformance appraisal of staff in the PMM
• Ensureregular meetings regarding progress throughout the year on all subjects of SDPM
• Providecoaching, mentoring, and on-the-job training of the PMM

Creating and developing

• Createsthe PMM
• EstablishPMM data collection process and data
• Createsline of data sharing across departments and
• Establishlines of data collections from community on all WOC

Planning, Monitoring and evaluation

• Organizeand streamline PMM staff work
• Alignthe PMM staff to the WOC vision, mission, and goals
• Developand coordinate planning across WOC
• CoordinatesWOC planning documents, including business plans, operational plans, annual and monthly
• plans
• Coordinatethe implementation of the WOC implementation plan
• Consistentlyfollow the implementation of WOC staff activities
• Guidethe PMM staff data collection and analysis
• Analysesand document the WOC activities with statistical data to support mobilization and advocacy for
• potentialand continuation of program support
• Providedata to ensure the WOC decision process is guided by facts and evidence
• Publishregularly (quarterly) the PMM report to inform high-level leadership of the PMM and partners

Quality control

• Providestandards of quality work (i.e., data collection and analysis protocols, )
• Establisha quality control mechanism to ensure PMM staff work meets high standards and guide the
• decision-makingof the organization on a daily basis
• Workon quality criteria to ensure PMM staff meet the expected results in their respective sections
• Monitorthe respect of protocols in terms of learning, production, processing and analysis, and reporting
• acrossthe WOC programs
• Providemeasuring tools for the WOC to enable services to work towards high performance in effective and efficient
• Ensure all staff in all sections are conversant and able to work toward high-quality standards established by WOC and regulatory bodies in the countries, including RICA, FDA, RDB,

Capacity Building

• Conductingneeds assessment of TVET and developing TVET programs
• Establishinga learning system that is job-tailored and responds to market demands
• Conductingregular capacity assessments of the PMM staff team
• Provideon-the-job training (i.e., internal one-hour session, testing tools, piloting and sampling, sharing
• experiences,packaging lessons learns and good practices)
• ConductPMM staff training on specific new approaches or new tool, and equipment as required
• TrainWOC on data analysis and interpretation
• TrainWOC on reporting and use of

Reporting 

• Establisha reporting system and tools for the WOC
• Developa WOC reporting calendar
• Ensuredepartments and sections report regularly and consistently
• Compileall reports from different departments and activities to produce monthly, quarterly, and annual
• WOCreports

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Master’s Degree in Economics, Development Studies, Program, and Project management, or related discipline with a significant number of 7 to 10 years as a program or project manager in relevant work experience may be considered in lieuof an advanced degree, but minimum Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field is required;
• Proven experience in managing program, and project and able to lead people with tangible success and motiving qualities;
• Proven experience in managing multi-purpose programs with production and making social change and impact;
• Minimum of 5 years of work experience as a manager in a relevant field, preferably within civil society organizations, NGOs, or INGOs;
• Proven experience in using participatory toolsand methodologies for program identification, implementation, Monitoring, and evaluation;
• Understanding and experience of gender issues and commitment to addressing gender inequalities in all areas of responsibility;
• Excellentanalytical skills and ability to present complex data and analysis clearly;
• Experience managing staff and working in cross-departmental, cross-country contexts with a proven
• recordof building, managing, and working with virtual teams and creating an enabling
• Excellent spoken and written English to include research, writing, and communication
• Demonstrated experience building the capacity of
• Independent and able to coordinate with others to produce proposals by the
• Excellent budget management
• Computer skills, including working with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and

If you are interested in this position, please send your detailed e-mail application, High Academic Degree, CV, and cover letter in English by April 8^th, 2025, to Careers@urugowoc.com Please include the position title in the subject line. ONLY SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED. Urugo Women’s Opportunity Center (WOC) is an equal opportunity employer and women and girls are strongly encouraged to apply.