Job Title: Drivers (4 Vacancies)
Organisation: Chemonics International
Duty Station: Mbale, Gulu and Bushenyi, Uganda
Reports to: the Regional Bookkeeper/Administrative Assistant.
About Chemonics:
Chemonics International, a Washington DC based international consulting firm, seeks qualified candidates to fill four full-time driver positions on the USAID/ Uganda Feed the Future Commodity Production and Marketing Activity. The USAID/Uganda Commodity Production and Marketing Activity is a five year Activity that seeks to provide technical support towards sustainable production and marketing of high quality beans, maize and coffee in the 34 Feed the Future focus districts in Uganda. The Activity will contribute towards achieving USAID Feed the Future’s twin objectives of reducing poverty and under-nutrition by increasing the quantity and quality of coffee, maize, and beans produced and marketed by smallholder farmers.
Job Summary:
The main responsibilities are driving and maintaining the project vehicles and assisting the regional Bookkeeper/Administrative Assistant with carrying out day to day office administrative work in the regional office.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
-Drive assigned vehicle on scheduled field trips and other driving assignments as required.
-Maintain the trip log each time the vehicle is used, including: daily mileage, fill ups, oil changes, etc.
-Support monthly vehicle performance analyses and reports generation
-Initiate and supervise routine periodic maintenance of assigned vehicle.
-Initiate vehicle insurance renewals and licensing.
-Ensure the safety of the passengers and provide driving in compliance with all Ugandan traffic laws
-Ensure that the steps required by rules and regulations are taken in case of involvement in an accident.
-Maintain clean, smoke-free and safe project vehicles
-Assist with management of the front desk as needed
-Perform day to day clerical work in the regional office including photocopying and binding of official documents
-Provide logistical support to the technical teams during field based activities.
-Dispatch official documents as required
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
-The Drivers should possess at least five years working experience on a busy program
-Ability to understand and follow safety procedures
-Knowledge of basic vehicle inspection and maintenance including tyre pressure, checking oil and water levels
-Ability to safely and efficiently operate a loaded passenger vehicle
-Possess a Valid driver’s license and a clean driving record
-Self-motivated, innovative and able to work under tight time constraints
-Attention to details and follow through on assigned duties
-Experience working on donor funded programs is added advantage
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates should send their electronic application in MS Word or pdf file with a CV, 3 references and clearly highlight the regional area of preference to: cpmrecruit@ftfcpm.com.Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. No telephone inquiries, please. Chemonics is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, sex, national origin, religion, age, equal pay, disability, and genetic information.
Deadline: 24th October, 2013
Wednesday 23 October 2013
Careers at Danish Embassy (DANIDA)-Senior Adviser (N1) – Water Sector Adviser
Job Title: Senior Adviser (N1) – Water Sector Adviser
Organisation: Danish Embassy (DANIDA)
Project: Joint Water and Environment Sector Support Programme Uganda
Duty Station: Ministry of Water and Environment/Directorate of Water Resources Management, Kampala, Uganda
Reference number: DK-50991-2013/UGA.03-W
About US:
The Joint Water and Environment Sector Support Programme (JWESSP) has commenced with a six months inception phase from September 2013 to April 2014. The Water Sector
Adviser will therefore collaborate with two Danida recruited advisers as well as with advisers recruited by other Development Partners and the Government of Uganda.
About Joint Water and Environment Sector Support Programme:
The Government of Uganda (GoU) and Development Partners (DPs) are implementing a Joint Water and Environment Sector Programme Support (JWESSP) over the 5-year period 2013-2018. The programme is a continuation of a similar programme running from 2008 to 2013 and will support the GoU's effort to eradicate poverty in Uganda. In line with the mandate of the Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE) and the merging of the two subsectors, this new programme also incorporates support to environment and natural resources (ENR) sub-sector. It is also intended to further harmonise and align DP support to the sector by establishing one, co-ordinated and flexible sector programme, which DPs will be able to "buy in" to and support components or elements that comply with their respective policies and strategic areas of support.
Job Summary:
The adviser will support the sector in achieving its objectives by supporting the MWE management in effectively and efficiently using the resources made available for the sector, while contributing to improvement of alignment, harmonisation, accountability, and transparency as well as supporting the coordination and liaison function with a focus on capacity development. The Senior Water Sector Adviser will have two areas of focus in supporting the MWE at large, with the aim of strengthening the sector’s overall performance. The first focus area will be the three sub-sectors within the Directorate of Water Development (DWD), namely; Rural Water and Sanitation, Urban Water and Sanitation, and Water for Production, in fulfilling their mandate. The second focus will be support to the MWE liaison and capacity development functions, which include the Directorates of Environment Affairs (DEA) and Water Resources Management (DWRM).
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
The scope of work of the Water Sector Adviser will include advisory services to DWD and MWE at large, with the aim of strengthening the sector’s overall performance. Emphasis will be on the three sub-sectors of Rural Water and Sanitation, Urban Water and Sanitation, and Water for Production. It will include but not be limited to:
1. Improved sector performance
-The Water Sector Adviser shall contribute to strengthening the sector’s role in poverty reduction by supporting DWD/MWE in its efforts to:
-Improve sector planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting, with a special focus on employing a Rights Based Approach in i) the identification and reduction of socioeconomic disparities and gender inequalities; and ii) the relevance and reliability of data and the information systems in which they are used;
-Continuously improve the institutional, organisational, staffing and managerial structures of sector institutions, with the aim of enhancing their contributions to sector performance;
-Maintain and/or establish sector funding mechanisms that are well functioning, transparent and accountable, and aligned to government rules and procedures;
-Refine and implement the sector’s decentralisation policies, including the separation of functions such as implementation; regulation; policy-making; O&M and monitoring;
-Actively involve users/consumers in the planning, financing, management and monitoring of water and sanitation facilities;
-Enhance sector transparency and accountability at all levels, leading to a tangibly increased share of resources that actually benefit the end-user/consumer;
-Strengthen the overall sector coordination and liaison function;
-Support MWE in preparing inputs to the Joint Budget Support Framework/Joint Assistance Framework (JAF) planning and monitoring process for provision of budget support to the GoU;
-Implementation of the sector capacity development strategy.
2. Harmonisation and Alignment
-The Water Sector Adviser shall assist DWD /MWE in:
-Strengthening and consolidating SWAP arrangements, based on the Sector Investment Plan (SIP) as the point of departure for continuously increased alignment and harmonisation of contributions from JWESSP as well as non-JWESSP partners;
-Identifying strategic dialogue issues for the Joint Sector Reviews and Joint Technical Reviews, as well as policy and strategic issues for discussion in the WESWG;
-Developing procedures for integrating JWESSP resources in the planning, budgeting, implementation and reporting systems of MWE and its directorates, while ensuring that confidence from development partners and other stakeholders remains intact;
-Developing internal DWD/MWE support mechanisms for i) coordinating the utilisation of JWESSP resources and ii) preparing comprehensive work plans, budgets and reports – based on departmental inputs – for presentation to the WESWG and required sub working groups as well as development partners;
-Support the system of the WESWG and its sub-working groups, for interaction between government and JWESSP development partners, which allows strategic dialogue and informed decisions on work plans, budgets and reports, while discouraging outside involvement in tasks that are part of DWD/MWE’s management responsibilities;
-Improving uniform reporting systems that satisfy both government and development partners;
-Liaise closely with the Water Sector Adviser for the Directorate of Water Resources Management (SA-DWRM).
3. Strengthening the involvement of the private sector and civil society and the regulatory function of DWD over water utilities
-The Water Sector Adviser will provide support and advice to DWD/MWE on the following issues relating to the private sector and civil society:
-In liaison with the Operation and Maintenance Adviser, carry out promotion and training of private operators in small towns, rural growth centres and rural gravity flow schemes, hereunder the private sector organisations for operation and maintenance of private sector managed systems;
-Support to NGOs/civil society organisations through the Uganda Water and Sanitation NGO Network (UWASNET) Secretariat to leverage own funding, by empowering them to address development partners and access funds for sector activities directly from them;
-Support to NGO/civil society through UWASNET Secretariat in their watchdog role, as well as in strengthening the role of the user in monitoring and influencing how sector resources are used at the local level;
-Supervision and regulation of water authorities/utilities.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
-The applicant should possess a master’s degree or corresponding qualifications in subjects relevant to the water and sanitation sector, management and/or public sector restructuring and reform;
-Profound experience in comprehensive water and sanitation sector reform, including institutional reform and enhanced involvement of the private sector and civil society, or equivalent experience of institutional reforms in other sectors, where institutional reform of the public sector is combined with private sector and civil society involvement;
-Strong experience in capacity development within public institutions;
-Extensive work experience from central governments and/or donors;
-Strong experience from developing countries and, preferably, Eastern Africa;
-Fluency in written and spoken English;
-Experience in catchment-based planning and implementation;
-Experience in employing a Rights Based Approach to planning and implementation.
-Good analytical skills, outgoing and robust with a pragmatic approach and appreciation of the dynamics in a politically managed organisation;
-Ability to work as part of an interdisciplinary team with relations to different ministries and stakeholders.
Terms of employment: The contract period is three years, with the third year pending budgetary approval. Attractive remuneration package reflecting family status. Contribution to a pension scheme, health insurance and reimbursement of school fees. Free housing. Grant for relocation.
How to Apply:
Information about the mandatory application procedure can be found at: www.danidajob.dk. Reference number DK-50991-2013/UGA.03-W should be stated in the application.
Preliminary interviews and personal evaluation: week 47 (18-19 November 2013). Mercuri Urval will conduct a personal evaluation of selected candidates.
Language test: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided that all candidates called in for interview - except for those to whom the relevant language is mother tongue - shall be language tested in Denmark in the working languages of the duty station (i.e. English).
Presentation to the appointments committee: 20 November 2013.
Decision: A decision is expected shortly after 20 November 2013.
Deadline: 24th October 2013 at 12 noon (CEST).
Organisation: Danish Embassy (DANIDA)
Project: Joint Water and Environment Sector Support Programme Uganda
Duty Station: Ministry of Water and Environment/Directorate of Water Resources Management, Kampala, Uganda
Reference number: DK-50991-2013/UGA.03-W
About US:
The Joint Water and Environment Sector Support Programme (JWESSP) has commenced with a six months inception phase from September 2013 to April 2014. The Water Sector
Adviser will therefore collaborate with two Danida recruited advisers as well as with advisers recruited by other Development Partners and the Government of Uganda.
About Joint Water and Environment Sector Support Programme:
The Government of Uganda (GoU) and Development Partners (DPs) are implementing a Joint Water and Environment Sector Programme Support (JWESSP) over the 5-year period 2013-2018. The programme is a continuation of a similar programme running from 2008 to 2013 and will support the GoU's effort to eradicate poverty in Uganda. In line with the mandate of the Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE) and the merging of the two subsectors, this new programme also incorporates support to environment and natural resources (ENR) sub-sector. It is also intended to further harmonise and align DP support to the sector by establishing one, co-ordinated and flexible sector programme, which DPs will be able to "buy in" to and support components or elements that comply with their respective policies and strategic areas of support.
Job Summary:
The adviser will support the sector in achieving its objectives by supporting the MWE management in effectively and efficiently using the resources made available for the sector, while contributing to improvement of alignment, harmonisation, accountability, and transparency as well as supporting the coordination and liaison function with a focus on capacity development. The Senior Water Sector Adviser will have two areas of focus in supporting the MWE at large, with the aim of strengthening the sector’s overall performance. The first focus area will be the three sub-sectors within the Directorate of Water Development (DWD), namely; Rural Water and Sanitation, Urban Water and Sanitation, and Water for Production, in fulfilling their mandate. The second focus will be support to the MWE liaison and capacity development functions, which include the Directorates of Environment Affairs (DEA) and Water Resources Management (DWRM).
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
The scope of work of the Water Sector Adviser will include advisory services to DWD and MWE at large, with the aim of strengthening the sector’s overall performance. Emphasis will be on the three sub-sectors of Rural Water and Sanitation, Urban Water and Sanitation, and Water for Production. It will include but not be limited to:
1. Improved sector performance
-The Water Sector Adviser shall contribute to strengthening the sector’s role in poverty reduction by supporting DWD/MWE in its efforts to:
-Improve sector planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting, with a special focus on employing a Rights Based Approach in i) the identification and reduction of socioeconomic disparities and gender inequalities; and ii) the relevance and reliability of data and the information systems in which they are used;
-Continuously improve the institutional, organisational, staffing and managerial structures of sector institutions, with the aim of enhancing their contributions to sector performance;
-Maintain and/or establish sector funding mechanisms that are well functioning, transparent and accountable, and aligned to government rules and procedures;
-Refine and implement the sector’s decentralisation policies, including the separation of functions such as implementation; regulation; policy-making; O&M and monitoring;
-Actively involve users/consumers in the planning, financing, management and monitoring of water and sanitation facilities;
-Enhance sector transparency and accountability at all levels, leading to a tangibly increased share of resources that actually benefit the end-user/consumer;
-Strengthen the overall sector coordination and liaison function;
-Support MWE in preparing inputs to the Joint Budget Support Framework/Joint Assistance Framework (JAF) planning and monitoring process for provision of budget support to the GoU;
-Implementation of the sector capacity development strategy.
2. Harmonisation and Alignment
-The Water Sector Adviser shall assist DWD /MWE in:
-Strengthening and consolidating SWAP arrangements, based on the Sector Investment Plan (SIP) as the point of departure for continuously increased alignment and harmonisation of contributions from JWESSP as well as non-JWESSP partners;
-Identifying strategic dialogue issues for the Joint Sector Reviews and Joint Technical Reviews, as well as policy and strategic issues for discussion in the WESWG;
-Developing procedures for integrating JWESSP resources in the planning, budgeting, implementation and reporting systems of MWE and its directorates, while ensuring that confidence from development partners and other stakeholders remains intact;
-Developing internal DWD/MWE support mechanisms for i) coordinating the utilisation of JWESSP resources and ii) preparing comprehensive work plans, budgets and reports – based on departmental inputs – for presentation to the WESWG and required sub working groups as well as development partners;
-Support the system of the WESWG and its sub-working groups, for interaction between government and JWESSP development partners, which allows strategic dialogue and informed decisions on work plans, budgets and reports, while discouraging outside involvement in tasks that are part of DWD/MWE’s management responsibilities;
-Improving uniform reporting systems that satisfy both government and development partners;
-Liaise closely with the Water Sector Adviser for the Directorate of Water Resources Management (SA-DWRM).
3. Strengthening the involvement of the private sector and civil society and the regulatory function of DWD over water utilities
-The Water Sector Adviser will provide support and advice to DWD/MWE on the following issues relating to the private sector and civil society:
-In liaison with the Operation and Maintenance Adviser, carry out promotion and training of private operators in small towns, rural growth centres and rural gravity flow schemes, hereunder the private sector organisations for operation and maintenance of private sector managed systems;
-Support to NGOs/civil society organisations through the Uganda Water and Sanitation NGO Network (UWASNET) Secretariat to leverage own funding, by empowering them to address development partners and access funds for sector activities directly from them;
-Support to NGO/civil society through UWASNET Secretariat in their watchdog role, as well as in strengthening the role of the user in monitoring and influencing how sector resources are used at the local level;
-Supervision and regulation of water authorities/utilities.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
-The applicant should possess a master’s degree or corresponding qualifications in subjects relevant to the water and sanitation sector, management and/or public sector restructuring and reform;
-Profound experience in comprehensive water and sanitation sector reform, including institutional reform and enhanced involvement of the private sector and civil society, or equivalent experience of institutional reforms in other sectors, where institutional reform of the public sector is combined with private sector and civil society involvement;
-Strong experience in capacity development within public institutions;
-Extensive work experience from central governments and/or donors;
-Strong experience from developing countries and, preferably, Eastern Africa;
-Fluency in written and spoken English;
-Experience in catchment-based planning and implementation;
-Experience in employing a Rights Based Approach to planning and implementation.
-Good analytical skills, outgoing and robust with a pragmatic approach and appreciation of the dynamics in a politically managed organisation;
-Ability to work as part of an interdisciplinary team with relations to different ministries and stakeholders.
Terms of employment: The contract period is three years, with the third year pending budgetary approval. Attractive remuneration package reflecting family status. Contribution to a pension scheme, health insurance and reimbursement of school fees. Free housing. Grant for relocation.
How to Apply:
Information about the mandatory application procedure can be found at: www.danidajob.dk. Reference number DK-50991-2013/UGA.03-W should be stated in the application.
Preliminary interviews and personal evaluation: week 47 (18-19 November 2013). Mercuri Urval will conduct a personal evaluation of selected candidates.
Language test: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided that all candidates called in for interview - except for those to whom the relevant language is mother tongue - shall be language tested in Denmark in the working languages of the duty station (i.e. English).
Presentation to the appointments committee: 20 November 2013.
Decision: A decision is expected shortly after 20 November 2013.
Deadline: 24th October 2013 at 12 noon (CEST).
Commissioner Job Vacancy at Uganda Law Reform Commission
Job Title: Commissioner
Employer: Uganda Law Reform Commission
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Duties and Responsibilities:
•The Commissioner heads the Law Revision department;
•Proposing programmes for law revision for approval by the Commission;
•Planning and reviewing work programmes for the law revision department for approval by the Commission;
•Coordinating activities of the department with other Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies;
•Carrying out sensitization of stakeholders on activities of the Commission;
•Developing work plans and budgets for the department;
•Implementing and appraising national development strategies and projects in relation to Law Revision;
•Supervising, directing and evaluating performance of subordinate staff of the department;
•Providing professional leadership in the department;
•Overseeing staff development strategies;
•Monitoring and evaluating the implementation of departmental activities;
•Performing any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
•All candidates should be Ugandans who possess honours’ bachelor's degree in Law from a recognised University and a diploma in legal practice from Law Development Centre.
•At least ten (10) years of relevant working experience, two (2) of which should be at the level of Assistant Commissioner in Government or equivalent experience from a reputable organisation.
•Possession of Computer skills is desirable.
•Knowledge of project planning and management is desirable
•A relevant Masters' degree will be an added advantage..
How to Apply:
All interested candidates should send their applications to fill the post of Commissioner currently available at Uganda Law Reform Commission. Applicants should attach fully certified photocopies of their testimonials and up-to-date Curriculum Vitae (CV) accompanied by a recent passport size photograph.
Serving Government Officers should preferably route their applications through their Heads of Department.
Applications should be submitted in triplicate to;
The Secretary,
Uganda Law Reform Commission,
Plot 1, Pilkington Road, 8th Floor, Workers House,
P.O. Box 12149 Kampala. Uganda
Email address: ulrc@ulrc.go.ug
Application Deadline: 28th Oct 2013
Employer: Uganda Law Reform Commission
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Duties and Responsibilities:
•The Commissioner heads the Law Revision department;
•Proposing programmes for law revision for approval by the Commission;
•Planning and reviewing work programmes for the law revision department for approval by the Commission;
•Coordinating activities of the department with other Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies;
•Carrying out sensitization of stakeholders on activities of the Commission;
•Developing work plans and budgets for the department;
•Implementing and appraising national development strategies and projects in relation to Law Revision;
•Supervising, directing and evaluating performance of subordinate staff of the department;
•Providing professional leadership in the department;
•Overseeing staff development strategies;
•Monitoring and evaluating the implementation of departmental activities;
•Performing any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
•All candidates should be Ugandans who possess honours’ bachelor's degree in Law from a recognised University and a diploma in legal practice from Law Development Centre.
•At least ten (10) years of relevant working experience, two (2) of which should be at the level of Assistant Commissioner in Government or equivalent experience from a reputable organisation.
•Possession of Computer skills is desirable.
•Knowledge of project planning and management is desirable
•A relevant Masters' degree will be an added advantage..
How to Apply:
All interested candidates should send their applications to fill the post of Commissioner currently available at Uganda Law Reform Commission. Applicants should attach fully certified photocopies of their testimonials and up-to-date Curriculum Vitae (CV) accompanied by a recent passport size photograph.
Serving Government Officers should preferably route their applications through their Heads of Department.
Applications should be submitted in triplicate to;
The Secretary,
Uganda Law Reform Commission,
Plot 1, Pilkington Road, 8th Floor, Workers House,
P.O. Box 12149 Kampala. Uganda
Email address: ulrc@ulrc.go.ug
Application Deadline: 28th Oct 2013
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