Vacancy title:
Principal Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Jobs at:

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
To effectively coordinate and manage the Monitoring and Evaluation function of the Authority

Duties and responsibilities
1. Spearhead the development and implementation of Work Plans, Budgets and prepare timely reports for the unit
2. Develop and implement a robust Monitoring and Evaluation framework for NEMA
3. Periodically Monitor and Evaluate Performance of the Strategic Plan, Annual Work Plans and Projects
4. Develop performance indicators for NEMA including establishment and reviewing of monitoring and evaluation system;
5. Mobilize resources for Monitoring and Evaluation programs
6. Support research and innovations
7. Collaborate with other departments and units in the delivery of monitoring and evaluation function
8. Build capacity of NEMA staff in monitoring and evaluation
9. Prepare statutory performance reports timely
10. Supervise and appraise staff in the unit
11. Perform any other official duties as may be assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications
• An Honors Bachelor’s Degree in the relevant field of Environment and Natural Resources, Monitoring and Evaluation, Natural Resources Economics, Development Economics, Development Studies or Statistics
• Master’s degree in any of the relevant fields above.
• Postgraduate qualification in Monitoring and Evaluation is a must for qualifications that are not mainstream Monitoring and Evaluation

Experience
• Should have at least a minimum of six (6) years post qualification professional relevant working experience in Monitoring and Evaluation three of which should have been at senior level in a reputable institution.

Key competences and skills
a) Leadership, team building and supervision skills
b) Strong interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills
c) Good understanding of mitigation hierarchy
d) Excellent scholarly writing and publication skills
e) Excellent analytical and presentation skills
f) Financial and human resource management skills
g) Excellent report writing skills
h) Resource Mobilization skills
i) Risk management skills
j) 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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