Vacancy title:
Principal Environment Intelligence Officer (Re-advertised)

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Deadline of this Job:
Sunday, April 16 2023 

Summary
Date Posted: Sunday, April 16 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
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 NEMA staff to fill the following vacant positions on the new NEMA structure.

Main purpose of the job
Ensure the collection, analysis and timely dissemination of all intelligence information to inform timely decision-making.

Duties and responsibilities
1. Ensure intelligence information is collected, processed and fed to the relevant senior officers of the organization for necessary action based on the‘’ Right to know and need to know principal’’.
2. Develop guidelines of handling informants, informers and agents for better information gathering/collection and reporting procedures.
3. Ensure the recruitment and maintenance of a network of informers, informants and agents and ensure that they are fairly treated.
4. Establish and maintain effective surveillance and intelligence support systems
5. Coordinate with and establish a link with the intelligence agencies to detect and preempt environment crime
6. Coordinate with investigations and law enforcement personnel to curtail environment crime.
7. Develop and implement quarterly work plans and prepare timely unit performance reports
8. Supervise and appraise the staff under the division
9. Perform any other official duties as may be assigned by the supervisor.

Person specifications

Qualifications
Possession of a Bachelors Degree and Masters Degree in either of the following: - Law, Psychology, Criminology or environment and natural resources or any other related field from a reputable University or Institution

Must have undergone military training and training in intelligence services For those without a Bachelors Degree in law Possession of a Diploma in Law will be an added advantage.

A qualification in Environment and natural resource management shall be an added advantage

Possession of certificates in Counter Intelligence and/or Analytical Intelligence with knowledge of Web Based Intelligence and Human Intelligence shall be an added advantage

Should have working knowledge of at least one web based intelligence software (such as i-base/i-note, Sentinel or any other intelligence software)

Experience
At least six (6) years working experience in Crime Intelligence from a reputable organization two (2) of which should have been at Senior Officer Level.

Competences
a) Leadership, team building and supervision skills
b) Strong interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills
c) Conservation planning knowledge
d) Good understanding of 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

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 72

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Details of the Job Descriptions and Person Specifications for the above positions are available on the NEMA website www.nema.go.ug 

Staff of Uganda Police Force, Uganda People's Defense Forces, Uganda Wildlife Authority and the Uganda Intelligence Services who have requisite requirements for the positions of Manager Environment Protection Force, Principal Environment Intelligence Officer, Principal Investigations Officer and Environment Protection Officer may respond to this Internal Advert for only the said positions subject to their internal clearance processes as appropriate.

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 to ed@nema.go.ug not later than 16th April 2023. 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. Those who applied for the re-advertised jobs, need not to reapply except if they have now acquired requisite qualifications.

Only succesful 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.

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