Vacancy title:
Principal Community Development Officer

Jobs at:
Public Service Commission

Deadline of this Job:
not later than 19th January, 2017

Duty Station:
Uganda

Job details:
Ministry: Gender, Labour and Social Development
Post: Principal Community Development Officer
Reference: HRM 74/272/01
Salary: Uganda Government Scale U2
Age: 28 years and above

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND WORKING EXPERIENCE:
Applicants should be Ugandans holding an Honours Bachelors Degree in Social Sciences or Humanities (Psychology, Human Resource management, Sociology, Social Work and Social Administration), Development Studies and Community Based Rehabilitation plus a minimum of a Post Graduate Diploma in Community Based Rehabilitation, Management and Community mobilisation.

Applicants should have at least six (6) years relevant working experience, three (3) of which should have been served at the level of Senior Community Development Officer in Government or equivalent level of experience from a reputable Organisation.

Applicants should have a minimum of at least twelve (12) years relevant working experience, three (3) of which should have been served at the level of Commissioner in Government or equivalent level of experience from a reputable organization.

Job application procedure
Applications are invited from suitably, qualified, applicants to fill the following vacant posts. Application forms public service forms No.3 (2008) in triplets and PSC summary form (one form) should be submitted to the Secretary, Public Service Commission P.O Box 7080 Kampala to be received not later than 19th January, 2017.

The Application and Summary Form are obtainable from the Public Service Commission Office, 2nd Floor, Farmer’s house, Parliamentary Avenue, Kampala, Ministry Departments and District Service Commission Offices or can be downloaded from the Public Service Commission website www.psc.go.ug. Handwritten applications are also acceptable.

Application forms should bear the title of the post followed by the reference number specified against the vacancy. The appropriate advert title e.g. “PSC External Advert No. 2/2016” should be clearly indicated on the top of each first page of the application form No. 3 (2008). Applicants should attach three sets of photocopies of their certificates and testimonials. Applicants subsequently shortlisted for oral interviews shall be required to present certified copies and originals of their academic transcripts and certificates at the time of sitting the oral interviews.

Applicants should attach three (3) recent certified passport size photographs and should apply for a maximum of two (2) posts clearly indicating the first and second choice against the post applied for. The details of the advert can be accessed on the Public Service Commission website www.psc.go.ug.

Applicants who shall not hear from the Public Service Commission on completion of the selection exercise should consider themselves unsuccessful.