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Job Title:  Assistant Commissioner, Infrastructure Development

Organisation:  Ministry of Lands, Housing & Urban Development

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

About US:

The Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, is a cabinet-level government ministry of Uganda. It is responsible for “policy direction, national standards and coordination of all matters concerning lands, housing and urban development.”

Key Duties and Responsibilities: The incumbent will be responsible to the Commissioner, Infrastructure Development for performing the following duties:-

• Providing technical and administrative leadership in review and development of policies, legislation, standards, regulations and guidelines for effective delivery of urban infrastructure services by the division;
• Supervising technical teams implementing urban infrastructure programmes, projects and activities in the Ministry and Local Governments;
• Coordinating provision of technical support, support supervision, guidance and training to Urban Local Governments, stakeholders and the general public on urban infrastructure development in the Country;
• Planning, budgeting and accounting for resources and performance of the Division;
• Monitoring and evaluating adherence to urban infrastructure policies, standards and guidelines by Local Governments and other stakeholders and reporting to the Commissioner;
• Undertaking analytical research so as to investigate key urban infrastructure challenges and reporting to the Commissioner in order to inform policy development and review;
• Supervising, mentoring and appraising the performance of junior staff of the Urban Development Department;
• Any other duties as assigned from time to time.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Applicants should be Ugandans holding an Honours Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering; or Urban Planning; or Urban and Regional Planning; or Land Use Planning; or Physical Planning; or Spatial Planning. Engineers should be registered with the Engineers’ Registration Board
• Applicants should have a minimum of nine (9) years relevant working experience, three (3) of which should have been served at Principal Officer level in the field of Civil Engineering and Infrastructure Development in Government

How to Apply:

Applications are invited from suitably qualified serving Public Officers in Ministries/Departments/Agencies and Local Governments dully appointed and confirmed by the Appointing National and Local Service Commissions to fill vacant posts.

Mandatory Instructions to Applicants: –

• Apply ON-LINE, Click Here
• Scan and submit relevant documents (‘O’ and A’ Level Result Slips and Certificates, Bachelor’s Degree and Post Graduate Transcripts and Certificates, Professional Documents, copies of letters of appointment, confirmation and promotion) on-line.
• Each attachment must not exceed a limit of 1MB and only portable documents format (PDF) is allowed.
• Print an Extract of PS Form 3 (2008) and obtain recommendation from the Responsible Officers.  Scan the recommendation together with the rest of the documents and submit online.

Application Process

• Visit the website https://vacancies.psc.go.ug/ors
• Click on ‘register as a new user’ to create your account and complete your profile starting with the Bio data moving downwards
• If you already have an account, simply click on your right and update your profile
• Click a Job from the list of advertised jobs in the menu.
• View the Job Details and Click ‘Apply now’
• Review your application and SUBMIT.
• NB. Applicants are allowed to apply for only one post.

Please Note: –

• Only applications on-line will be considered.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• Shortlisted candidates shall be required to bring along with them, their original certificates of ‘O’ and ‘A’ Level, Transcripts and Certificates, letters of employment, National Identity Cards during the Oral Interviews.
• Short listed Applicants should ensure that their Staff Performance Appraisals for the last three (3) Financial Years 2020/2021, 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 are submitted to the Commission before the date of Oral Interviews.
• In case of any inquiry, contact Tel. No. 0414254271 or 0414342279 or e-mail vacancies@psc.go.ug

Deadline: 31st May, 2024

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