Director Uganda Virus Research Institute Job Opportunity at Uganda National Health Research Organization

Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Provide quality scientific leadership and appropriate research guidance in the institute:
• Manage budgets for the institutes;
• Plan and prepare departmental budgets and obtain their approval from the UNHRO Board;
• Manage, organize and protect the assets of the Institute including land, infrastructure and logistics;
• Coordinate human resource management and training programmes;
• The jobholder will serve as the Chairperson of the Management Committee of the Institute;
• Handle the overall supervision of the Institute's’ collaborative programmes and projects;
• The incumbent will maintain a culture of accountability, transparency and ethics;
• Prepare and provide periodic, annual and other relevant reports about the Institute to UNHRO and related stakeholders;
• Maintain an accessible library including the archives and publications.
• Communicate with internal and external stakeholders and be the spokesperson of the Institute;
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Director General of UNHRO.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

• The applicant must hold a PhD or its equivalent in the Medical Field, Humanities or Biological Sciences from a recognized Institution;
• A minimum of thirty (30) publications in peer reviewed journals, fifteen (15) of these publications as the first or senior (last) author;
• At least fifteen (15) years of experience in active research;
• Excellent track record of attracting funding and grants;
• Evidence of leading a research team(s);
• Excellent written and verbal skills and ability to prepare and present papers to a wider range of audience;

How to Apply: 

All applicants who wish to apply should send their applications together with their updated Curriculum vitae and other related documents to the address below;

The Director General,

Uganda National Health Research Organisation, The UNHRO Secretariat;

Plot 2 Berkeley Lane Entebbe;

P.O Box 465, Entebbe Uganda

Deadline: 20^th April, 2016