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Kampala, Uganda
Full Time
Whether it’s protecting the local environment, delivering health benefits, or providing financial savings and employment opportunities, our projects sustainably benefit and enable people to live better lives within climate resilient communities.
Livelihoods - Over 90% of the UpEnergy Team is based on the ground within project countries. From local manufacturing and distribution to customer support and monitoring teams, we actively create a range of long-term employment opportunities with every new project.
Health - We seek to deliver meaningful health benefits, improving quality of life for end-users from reducing indoor air pollution using electric pressure cookers to removing the risks of contaminated drinking water from households and schools with water filters.
Financial - Our projects reduce fuel needs, lessening the financial burden on families and provide savings that can be repurposed towards other meaningful needs e.g education and health.
Gender - Providing women access to modern energy, such as cleaner cooking can reduce exposure to household air pollution; cut down cooking time and save time to engage in productive economic and educational opportunities.
Chief of Staff job at UpEnergy
UpEnergy
UpEnergy delivers high-impact, emission-reducing projects that accelerate decarbonization and create long-term benefits for local communities. We focus on making life-improving clean technologies available across Africa, impacting millions of lives and significantly reducing CO2 emissions. With a growing team spread across multiple countries, we seek motivated and entrepreneurial talent eager to help us deliver even more impact.
About the role:
The Chief of Staff at UpEnergy Group will play a crucial role in driving strategic initiatives and ensuring the seamless operation of the leadership team. This position requires a dynamic individual capable of managing cross-functional projects, conducting key strategic analyses, leading business planning and key analysis workflows, owning organizational performance management, and providing critical high-level support to CEO and the executive team. The Chief of Staff will be instrumental in ensuring that UpEnergy's strategic objectives are met and that the leadership team remains well-coordinated and focused on their key priorities.
Strategic Business Planning:
Identity, lead and manage strategic projects across the organization, ensuring alignment with UpEnergy’s long-term goals and ensuring that they are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget.
Identify and mitigate risks associated with key projects, ensuring successful outcomes.
Build critical cross-functional understanding of UpEnergy’s business to help identify strategic priorities and propose work programs to optimise performance and governance across the organisation.
Organizational and Leadership Development:
Prepare and manage leadership team meetings, including setting agendas, documenting action items, and following up on deliverables.
Energise and facilitate effective communication and collaboration across the leadership team, ensuring that all members are aligned on key initiatives and accountable to their deliveries.
Serve as a key liaison between the leadership team and other parts of the organization, ensuring that information flows smoothly and that strategic priorities are communicated effectively.
Direct a leadership program with the view to improve performance and communication, whether through coaching sessions and/or a planned program of activities.
Contribute to the development of organizational strategies and the continuous improvement of processes and systems.
Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence across the organization.
Performance Management:
Work closely with the leadership team to define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) for the leadership team that align with UpEnergy’s strategic objectives.
Improve existing strategic planning cycles to ensure that all departments are meeting their targets.
Provide regular reports and updates to the leadership team on organizational performance, identifying areas for improvement and making recommendations for action.
Create platform uniformity across the company in key areas – e.g. project management, CRM, tableau – to improve cross-function collaboration.
Executive Support:
Provide direct support to the CEO and Chairman on key strategic initiatives.
Assist in the preparation of key communications, including speeches, PR initiatives and Board reports.
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Minimum of 5-8 years of experience in a strategic, consulting or operational role, ideally within a high-growth company or a similar environment.
Proven track record of managing complex projects and driving organizational performance, preferably at C-Suite level.
Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate with senior executives.
Thrives on improving processes and collaboration, and is not afraid to challenge the status quo.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a focus on results.
Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal.
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, remote, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities.
Preferred ability to condense complex technical and financial information into strategic input with clarity.
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