Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, March 22, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) is mandated by the National Coffee Act, 2021, to regulate, promote and oversee the coffee sub sector; to regulate all on-farm and off-farm activities in the coffee value chain; and to provide for a coffee auction system; and for other related matters.

Its Vision is 'A sustainable coffee industry with high stakeholder value for social economic transformation’ and its Mission is “To facilitate increase in quality coffee production, productivity, and consumption”. UCDA believes in and aspires for Leadership, Integrity, Teamwork, Client Focus, Accountability and Professionalism.
In order to achieve its mandate, UCDA is desirous of recruiting motivated, qualified and competent professionals to fill the following vacant positions.

Job Title: Statistician (1 Position)
Directorate: Strategy And Business Development
Department: Market Intelligence And Information
Duty Station: Kampala
Reports To: Market Intelligence And Information Manager

Job Purpose
To provide timely statistics on coffee at farm level, processor level, export level, roaster level and cafes/coffee shops level, and also make annual projections at production, export and consumption levels at the beginning of the financial year using sound methodologies.

Key result areas
• Collect, collate and disseminate market information to stakeholders on coffee production, farm gate and export prices, price movements, and domestic coffee consumption trends.
• Provide support in the preparation of departmental annual budgets and work plans, and contribute to the compilation of the background paper and information to the overall annual UCDA Budget data and work plans.
• Design sampling methodology and standards for various research and survey activities and related questionnaires, as well as manuals and guidelines for data collection.
• Establish and maintain a comprehensive coffee statistics database for UCDA, and provide support in the computation of monthly CESS for exporters.
• Make production forecasts from different coffee regions and carry out quarterly stock and production surveys in the different regions and at exporter levels.
• Liaise with Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), Ministry of Finance Planning and Economic Development, and other relevant institutions to provide periodic data on projected coffee production, exports, opening stocks and domestic coffee consumption in order to inform the national GDP series.
• Liaise with UBOS and MAAIF (Planning) to produce a coffee statistics development plan and data management strategy.
• Prepare a Coffee Statistics Abstract annually comprising production, procurement, exports, consumption, stocks
• Identify key statistics related priorities as per the National Coffee Policy, Strategy and Coffee Roadmap in line with the Agricultural Sector Strategic Plan 3 and National Development Plan 3 to inform Management decision making.
• Prepare and disseminate periodic statistical reports for the Authority.
• Carry out any other duties as may be assigned by Management from time to time.

• Minimum education
• A Master’s Degree in Statistics, or Business Statistics, or closely related field obtained from a recognised institution.
• Honours Bachelor Degree in Statistics, or Economics and Statistics, or relevant field from a recognised institution.
• At least five (5) years relevant working experience in a public institution or reputable organisation.
• Proficiency in Statistical Methodologies of carrying out surveys

• Skills and competences
• Extensive knowledge & experience of the entire coffee value chain & proficient in agricultural statistics, forecasting and marketing.
• Good communication skills and able to handle clients’ data & information requests promptly.
• Be reliable and have ability to handle statistical analysis related to the coffee sector (national and global).
• Good analytical and drafting skills
• Proficiency in usage of statistical analysis packages such as: SPSS, STATA, Excel, MS ACCESS, Epinfo.
• Team work.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
• Follow the following link below to access the available positions:
• https://mis.ugandacoffee.go.ug/cportal/career
• To be able to apply for a particular position, you are required to first signup before applying for the vacancy. In case you had already registered, simply log in with the credentials you created
• Identify the vacancy that interests you and click “Apply for this Vacancy”
• Fill the Application Form and follow the prompts accordingly
• Upload Curriculum Vitae, Academic and Professional Certificates as a single document of maximum size 2MB, in Portable Document Format (pdf).
In case you have any further questions about the role, contact us on
ucda_hr@ugandacoffee.go.ug
Please note the deadline for applications is 5th April 2022.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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