Open Positions
How to apply: Submit application to careers.ug@uzimachicken.com
Location: Nakasongola
Vacancies: Two (2)
Deadline: 15th July 2024
About the Company
Uzima Chicken Uganda is a social enterprise focused on making smallholder farmers healthier and wealthier. Uzima Chicken distributes an improved breed of chicken that is 4x more productive than localbreeds in terms of egg and meat production, while requiring the same level of management and care as thelocal chicken. Rearing a flock of 10 improved breed chickens can generate a 270,000 UGX net profit uplift for a smallholder family. With Uzima’s bird, rural households in Uganda can build income resilience, confidentlypay for their children’s school fees, and introduce larger volumes of animal protein into their daily diets.
Uzima Chicken seeks to reach every rural household by 2025 and aims to be the leading smallholder-focused poultry enterprise in East Africa. In the past 2 years of operations, Uzima Chicken has attracted investments from AgDevCo, Acumen, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Uzima Chicken Uganda prioritizes hiring and developing Ugandan talent and offers significant professionalgrowth opportunities and leadership development. Further, Uzima is committed to female empowerment across the company and is proud that 40% of staff are women.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVE
Uzima Chicken will recruit recent graduates with degrees in Veterinary Medicine, Animal Science or AnimalProduction. The objective of the Poultry Leadership Develop Program (LDP) is to provide fresh recruits with the skills they need to be successful to step into supervisory and managerial positions in the poultry industry. In addition, Uzima believes it is critical to provide this class with experience across different functions so that they:
- have a strong understanding of key technical functions that lead to Company success
- reinforce our Company culture by establishing relationships and understanding the commitment of all of our employees.
On boarding will be one of the most critical times of the program. The new trainees will spend the first week in the same location, learning about the purpose of the Company, the vision, and meeting the full senior management. In addition to this orientation period, the class will participate in team building and listen to presentations from existing technical site managers.
In addition, the Production Manager and other selected presenters will provide technical overviews ofbreeding and hatchery. Trainees will read all standard SOPs during the first week, and take a pre-test on poultry knowledge.
After the first week, the trainees will be assigned to 3 months in a single position. While in these positions,the trainees will start off in entry level positions to learn the business from the ground up. On the breeding farm and hatchery, they will be attendants and vaccinators then finally they will do a rotation reporting directly to the Production Manager as data analysts/quality control analysts.
This intensive period is designed to give the trainee exposure to the entire Company from a technical andfunctional perspective. This will also give department managers the opportunity to work with trainees and to allow for the selection process.
One day per month during this period, trainees will be trained on finance, HR, admin, and procurement processes and procedures.
At the end of the month, the trainees will receive testing on all 5 rotations and administrative information. A minimal score must be achieved to pass the training.
Qualifications required
- BA Animal Science, Animal Production
- Strong problem-solving
- Exceptional analytical and interpersonal
Experience:
Fresh Graduate / 2023 or 2024
Competences
- Passion to learn and grow professionally and to serving small holder farmers with improved breeds of chicken
- Ownership mentality and commitment to work hard
- Strong problem solvers that find practical solutions
- Fast learners with a record of high achievement
- Adaptable/Willing to work in fast-paced environment
- Ability to communicate clearly with
- Computer Skill
- Critical thinking
- Communication
How to apply: Submit application to careers.ug@uzimachicken.com
Title: Sales Admin Intern (1 position)
Work location: Kampala, Naguru
Period: 3 months
Reports to: Senior Sales Admin
About the Company
Uzima Chicken Uganda is a social enterprise focused on making smallholder farmers healthier and wealthier. Uzima Chicken distributes an improved breed of chicken that is 4x more productive than local breeds in terms of egg and meat production while requiring the same level of management and care as the local chicken. Rearing a flock of 10 improved breed chickens can generate a 270,000 UGX net profit uplift for a smallholder family. With Uzima’s bird, rural households in Uganda can build income resilience, confidently pay for their children’s school fees, and introduce larger volumes of animal protein into their daily diets.
Uzima Chicken seeks to reach every rural household by 2025 and aims to be the leading smallholder-focused poultry enterprise in East Africa. In the past 2 years of operations, Uzima Chicken has attracted investments from AgDevCo, Acumen, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Uzima Chicken Uganda prioritizes hiring and developing Ugandan talent and offers significant professional growth opportunities and leadership development. Further, Uzima is committed to female empowerment across the company and is proud that 40% of staff are women.
Summary of Position
The sales admin is responsible for supporting Uzima sales functions in organizing order collection and order submission into DEAR and is also a point of contact for sales team inquiries and giving updates to the sales team daily concerning dispatch lists
The sales admin position demands a high level of professionalism, commitment and motivation, as well as great communication and interpersonal skills
Responsibilities Include:
- Creating sales quotes of orders from the sales team using Uzima’s order collection process daily; liaise with the Finance team to confirm payment for orders on chicks and feed in a timely and accurate manner.
- Transferring orders from form responses to orders in the order trucker
- Organizing dispatch list in line with the waiting period of 2-3 weeks
- Timely submission of orders to operations to ensure timely organization of dispatch
- Contact clients to obtain missing information concerning their orders
- Improving Sales order process Via sales team Relations with Guidance from the Supervisor.
- Any other activity assigned by the supervisor.
Key Characteristics
Uzima Chicken Uganda is seeking a candidate who has the following characteristics:
- Demonstrated strong and effective communication skills.
- Adequate computer skills with some knowledge of Google Suite (sheets, DOC)
- Strong team and time management skills: You know and understand your role, welcome collaboration and are willing to be coached to success. You bring a positive attitude to the department to help your team hit deadlines.
- Self-driven: You’re an independent worker who can complete tasks assigned to you with limited follow-up
- Passionate and excited about positively impacting smallholder farmers and customers in rural areas: You are excited by the possibility of directly impacting millions of Ugandans, helping them build sustainable livelihoods and improving nutritional outcomes.
- Entrepreneurial and Growth mindset: You are energized to generate ideas, learn and grow, proactively seeking feedback from your managers or proposing new ideas and seeking out learning opportunities.
Required skills
- Degree in Marketing, Business Admin, Office administration, Record management or any related field.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to engage with the sales team in a friendly and professional manner
- Very good interpersonal skills.
- Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Word, Powerpoint) or Google Suite (Google Docs, Google Slide, Google Sheets)
- Highly detail-oriented and process-oriented, with a highly developed sense of reliability and responsibility
- Time Management / Multi-tasking Skills: Handling multiple Customers and several Job Duties while Providing a timely service to the Demanding company needs
Note: This job description is not exhaustive and may evolve to encompass additional responsibilities as deemed necessary by the supervisor.
Location: Kampala Uganda
Position: Senior sales administrator
Reports to: National Sales Manager
About the Company
Uzima Chicken Uganda is a social enterprise focused on making smallholder farmers healthier and wealthier. Uzima Chicken distributes an improved breed of chicken that is 4x more productive than local breeds in terms of egg and meat production while requiring the same level of management and care as the local chicken. Rearing a flock of 10 improved breed chickens can generate a 270,000 UGX net profit uplift for a smallholder family. With Uzima’s bird, rural households in Uganda can build income resilience, confidently pay for their children’s school fees, and introduce larger volumes of animal protein into their daily diets.
Uzima Chicken seeks to reach every rural household by 2025 and aims to be the leading smallholder-focused poultry enterprise in East Africa. In the past 2 years of operations, Uzima Chicken has attracted investments from AgDevCo, Acumen, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Uzima Chicken Uganda prioritizes hiring and developing Ugandan talent and offers significant professional growth opportunities and leadership development. Further, Uzima is committed to female empowerment across the company and is proud that 40% of staff are women.
Summary of Position
The Senior sales admin is responsible for supporting Uzima sales functions in overseeing the organization of order collection and order submission into DEAR and is also responsible for assessing the sales pipeline and giving updates to the sales team daily, coaching sales admins to ensure a smooth order process and generating and updating sales reports
The senior sales admin position demands a high level of professionalism, commitment and motivation, as well as great communication and interpersonal skills
Key responsibilities
- Ensure timely agent quotes creation and payment confirmation with finance.
- Analyze and cleanse the sales pipeline weekly, sharing updates with the sales team.
- Verify data accuracy in the order tool.
- Oversee dispatch lists to enforce 2-3 week waiting period policy.
- Coach sales admins on their roles and responsibilities.
- Develop monthly sales reports on target achievement.
- Update sales dashboard data.
- Manage sales fuel and stipend calculations.
- Organize sales team campaigns and programs (e.g., quarterly prizes, events).
- Report on district sales representatives’ onboarding/offboarding and follow up on agent compensations
Key performance indicators
- Developing monthly sales report on performance against targets
- ASM-DSR onboarding and offboarding report
- Weekly analysis of sales pipeline
Requirement and skills
- Proven work experience as a sales administrator or sales support agent
- Hands on experience with CRM software and MS office (MS excel in particular
- Understanding of sales performance metrics
- Excellent organizational and multitasking skills
- Team player with high level of dedication
- Ability to work under strict deadlines
- Certificate in marketing, sales or relevant field is a plus
Note: This job description is not exhaustive and may evolve to encompass additional responsibilities as deemed necessary by the supervisor.
Join Us!
We are a quickly growing social enterprise with a wide range of job opportunities at various levels. We are always looking for individuals who are passionate about our mission, vision and values. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, as well as on-the-job training and learning opportunities to ensure our team has the necessary tools to excel in their respective positions.
For job inquiries, please contact:
jobs.ke@uzimachicken.com (Kenya)
careers@uzimachicken.com (Rwanda)
careers.ug@uzimachicken.com (Uganda)
