NEMA Jobs – Environmental Inspector

Job Ref: NEMA/ADV/EXT/04/2013
Organisation:  National Environment Management Authority (NEMA)
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Reports to: Senior
Environmental Inspector
Salary Scale: E4
About NEMA:
The National Environment
Management Authority (NEMA) was established under the National Environment Act
Cap. 153 to coordinate, monitor, enforce and supervise all activities in the
field of environment for purposes of ensuring sustainable development in Uganda.
Job Summary: The Environmental
Inspector will contribute to environment management by undertaking inspections
of site, factories, premises both public and private, land, water bodies and
other establishments for the purpose of determining how respective activities undertaken
conform to Environmental Laws and Regulations. 
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Develop
    criteria and checklists of areas to be inspected and ensuring that it is
    discussed, agreed and implemented;
  • Conduct
    inspections of sites that have been degraded or activities that are
    degrading the environment with a view of monitoring trends; and
    recommending and taking remedial actions;
  • In
    liaison with the Senior Environmental Inspector in coordinating
    inspections and monitoring activities of licensed inspectors from sectoral
    inspections and the private sector;
  • Ensuring
    compliance with environmental laws and other guidelines; 
  • Preparing
    periodic inspection reports and recommending follow-up actions;
  • Preparing
    an inventory of degraded areas from time to time indicating their
    degradation agents with a purpose of taking mitigation measures;
  • Training
    District Environment Officers, Environmental Inspectors and other
    stakeholders and also providing technical advise to the Authority on
    compliance with Environmental Laws and Regulations; 
  • Carrying
    out any other duties assigned by the Director of the Department and Senior
    Environmental inspector; 
  • Carry
    out other relevant responsibilities as may be assigned by Management.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
  • The
    candidate should hold a Masters degree in any of the following fields:
    Environment and Natural Resources. Any other additional relevant
    qualifications are an added advantage.
  • At
    least 3 years working experience working on production processes  and systems; Environmental Inspections
    and auditing ,Laboratory processes, cleaner production practice as an
    Inspector in a related field.
  • Proven
    skills in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or Environment Science will be
    added advantage or any other related position in an industrial production
    and environmentally related field.
  • Additional
    training in Environmental Monitoring or inspection discipline will also be
    an added advantage. 
.
How to Apply:
All applicants should send their
handwritten applications either by hand or via electronic mail and/or  through post office enclosing copies of
certificates/testimonials and detailed curriculum vitae indicating 3 referees
addressed to:-
The Executive Director
National Environment Management
Authority (NEMA)
NEMA House, Plot 17/19/21 Jinja
Road
P.O. Box 22255
Kampala. Uganda
Deadline: 23rd September 2013 by 5.00 pm
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