National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) Jobs – Senior Sociologist

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Job Title: Senior Sociologist
Organisation: National Water
and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports To: Principal Sociologist
About NWSC:
National
Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) a leading organisation in the Water
sector in Uganda with a Vision “To be a leading Water Utility in the World.”
NWSC is a utility parastatal 100% owned by The Government of Uganda. It was
established in 1972 under decree No: 34. The mandate of the Corporation as
defined in the National Water & Sewerage Corporation Statute of 1995, Section
5 (1), is to operate and provide water and sewerage services in areas entrusted
to it, on a sound, commercial and viable basis. The NWSC operations were
initially in three towns of Kampala, Jinja, and Entebbe.
Job Summary: The Senior
Sociologist will be responsible for ensuring that socio-economic aspects
of projects undertaken by the Division are well handled to in order to promotes
wider acceptance of project deliverables by the beneficiaries and hence lead to
overall project success and sustainability.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Offer Support in carrying out community
    mobilization, sensitization and awareness campaigns towards successful
    implementation of water and sewerage projects.
  • Carry out socio-economic studies and surveys
    for new water and sewerage development projects.
  • Develop concept notes and Terms of Reference
    for undertaking socio-economic studies for water and sewerage
    infrastructure development programs.
  • Participate in coordinating activities related
    to land/property valuation and compensation during implementation of water
    and sewerage development projects.
  • Securing easements for the water distribution
    mains, reservoirs and booster construction.
  • Involvement in post project evaluation of
    socio-economic outputs of the water and sewerage projects.
  • Involvement in progress reviews of on-going
    projects in regard to socio-economic outputs and providing feed-back.
  • Provide support in preparation and implementation
    of resettlement action plans.
  • Undertaking social marketing to ensure
    maximization of project benefits.
  • Support in dispute resolution during project
    implementation process.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
  • The candidate should hold an upper second
    degree in Social Sciences, Social Works and Social Administration,
    Development Studies and Community Psychology.
  • Masters degree in a relevant field will be an
    added advantage
  • Proficiency in MS Project, Word, Excel and
    PowerPoint, SPSS and other statistical software applications
  • Post-graduate education in project management
    field
  • Four (4) or more years working
    experience in community based projects or similar environment
  • Excellent communication, and presentation
    skills
  • Should have a good understanding and
    appreciation of project appraisal skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain
    effective business relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders.
  • Strong interpersonal and excellent
    team-building skills , problem-solving, and conflict resolution skills
Age: below 40 years
How to Apply:
All
suitably qualified and interested individuals should send their applications
with copies of their academic and professional qualifications addressed to the
Human Resource Manager, P.O. Box 7053 Kampala, Uganda or hand deliver them at
NWSC Head Office Plot 39 Jinja Road.
Deadline: 15th
November, 2013

NB: Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

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