Vacancy title:
Technical & Commercial Officer

Jobs at:
Uganda National Oil Company

Deadline of this Job:
not later than Friday 3rd February 2017

Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda

Job details:
The Uganda National Oil Company Limited (UNOC) was established under Section 42 of the Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production) Act 20t3 and incorporated under the Company‘s Act 2012. It is a limited liability company wholly owned by the Government of Uganda.
The overall function of UNOC is; To handle the State's Commercial interests in the Oil and Gas industry and ensure that the resource is exploited in a sustainable manner.
UNOC now seeks to recruit the following;

Job Title: Technical & Commercial Officer
Report to: Chief Executive Officer
Job Purpose: To lead the design, planning and implementation of the strategic and commercial objective of UNOC
Time Frame: 6 months- with the option of extension

Essential Duties;

• Provide strategic commercial and economic guidance to support the planning, development, and implementation of UNOC's short, medium and long-term strategic objectives;
• To advise and provide support on commercial related issues for all technical, legal and other functional interfaces within UNOC.
• Identify opportunities for UNOC in the sector and structure options for the development and
  commercialization of those opportunities, and perform executive business/market strategies to achieve growth and profitability.
• To define marketing and funding strategies to support UNOC‘s broader commercial opportunities;
• To propose and implement a process of selection for Upstream “Joint Operations" partners for UNOC starting with Exploration, such that UNOC is positioned to actively compete in Uganda's Oil and Gas industry;
• Develop economic models to support negotiations and commercial decisions. Provide support in the framing of economic evaluations and identification of embedded options, risks and mitigations in commercial ventures;
• Conduct market studies for hydrocarbon resources and ensure economic tools for export and domestic related analysis are available.
• Provide the financial context for decisions, ensuring strategy alignment, transparency and impact on various financial metrics for UNOC
•  Developing effective business relationships and networks with industry and other stakeholders.
• Build and maintain commercial excellence within UNOC through mentoring and development of commercial skills’ behavior within the Company junior staff.
• To provide advice and support to the CEO and the Executive management team on all technical and commercial matters across the value chain as required.

Deliverables;

• Identification and tracking of technical and commercial progress with monthly reporting to the CEO.
• Submit a report on UNOC short, medium and long-term strategic objectives.
• Submit a report on the initial technical and commercial status and opportunities of UNOC.
• Propose a plan and implement a process for selection of Upstream “Joint Operations" partners for UNOC in order to provide financial and technical support such that UNOC is positioned to actively compete in Uganda’s Oil & Gas sector, starting with Exploration.
• Negotiate and agree commercial features and arrangements with existing and prospective partners;

Qualifications and attributes; ,

• At least a master’s Degree in Engineering, Economics, Business Administration, Finance, Energy or Petroleum Geosciences;
• Must have at least 15 years working experience, including management positions handling commercial negotiations;
• Knowledge and experience of company legal, engineering, development and commercial processes across the oil and gas value chain;
•  Knowledge and experience of working with Natural Resource / Energy Ministries in developing countries;
• Be commercially astute and possess sound negotiation and leadership skills;
• Have excellent communication and personnel management skills, and a high level of discretion and
  personal integrity.

Job application procedure
Electronically completed and signed Applications from together with certified copies of academic certificates should be addressed and submitted in TRIPLICATE to the address below by 17:00 hours (5:00pm EAT) not later than Friday 3rd February 2017. Applications delivered through registered mail and courier will also be received.

While we thank you for your interest, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Any form of lobbying will lead to automatic disqualification.
Job Application Form can be downloaded from Resources > Jobs and Tenders on www.petroleum.go.ug 
THE CEO
UGANDA NATIONAL OIL COMPANY LTD
P.O.BOX 36316, KAMPALA
4TH FLOOR AMBER HOUSE, PLOT 29/33KAMPALA ROAD.
ROOM C406