Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, January 14 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Department: Environment Compliance
Reports To: Senior Environment Inspector - Oil And Gas
Salary Scale: Nema E5
Supervises: None
No. Of Posts: 01
Main Purpose Of The Job
To assist in the effective management of Environment and Social Impacts of Oil and Gas development.

Duties And Responsibilities
1. Contribute to the development and implementation of Work Plans and Budgets.
2. Assist in monitoring and coordination of Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIAs) and Strategic Environment Assessments (SEAs) in the petroleum industry.
3. Assist in coordination of compliance monitoring and inspections of oil and gas activities.
4. Advise the Authority on procedures, guidelines, and protocols on conduct and review of ESIAs in the oil and gas industry.
5. Assist in coordination of Lead Agency participation in the review of ESIAs related to oil and gas.
6. Assist in coordination of capacity-building activities for ESIA in petroleum.
7. Assist in coordination of the development of National Policy Guidelines for ESIAs and SEAs in areas of focus.
8. Effectively contribute to development and management of an ESIA and SEA information system as part of the overall Environment Information Management System.
9. Coordinate with other staff on all matters relevant to environment and social assessments.
10. Assist in promoting applied research on best environment practices.
11. Support public awareness and education about ESIA requirements in oil and gas, minerals, and geothermal.
12. Support coordination of the licensing regimes for waste streams in the oil and gas sector.
13. Assist in the coordination of health, safety, quality, and environment aspects of facilities in the petroleum industry.
14. Perform any other official duties as may be assigned by the Supervisor.

Person Specifications
Qualifications
• An Honors Bachelor’s Degree in the relevant field of Environment and Natural Resources, Physical or Natural Sciences, Environmental, Chemical or Petroleum Engineering, Geology, or Chemistry.

Competences and Skills
a) Leadership, team building, and supervision skills.
b) Strong interpersonal, communication, and negotiation skills.
c) Conservation planning knowledge.
d) Good understanding of the mitigation hierarchy.
e) Excellent scholarly writing and publication skills.
f) Excellent analytical and presentation skills.
g) Financial and Human Resource Management skills.
h) Excellent report writing skills.
i) Resource Mobilization skills.
j) Risk management skills.
k) Command of excellent Information Communication Technology skills.

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months:

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
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• The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) was established under the National Environment Act, Cap.153 and continued under the National Environment Act No.5 of 2019 as the Principal Agency for Environment Management in Uganda with mandate to Regulate, Monitor, Supervise and Coordinate all activities relating to the environment in Uganda.
• Applications are hereby invited from suitably qualified Ugandans to fill the following vacant positions:
• Details of the Job Descriptions and Person Specifications for the above positions are available on the NEMA website www.nema.go.ug .
• Potential candidates should download an application form from the NEMA website, fill the form, and attach “O” and “A” level certificates, Bachelor’s and Postgraduate Degree Transcripts and Certificates, Professional certificates where applicable, and Employment letters in one PDF file named: “Position-Name of Applicant”.
• The one PDF file should be submitted not later than 10th February 2025.
• Applications not in one PDF file and those arriving after closing time will not be considered.
• Applicants are allowed to apply for not more than two posts. Only successful candidates at any stage shall be contacted.
• Any form of lobbying to Executive Director, Board or any other authority or individual will lead to automatic disqualification of the Applicant.
• Barirega Akankwasah, PhD
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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