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• Undertake
  macroeconomic analysis of the fiscal, monetary, external and the real
  sectors to inform development planning, policy formulation and assessment
  of economic performance;
• Undertake
  an effective independent assessment of the performance of the economy of
  Uganda.
• Spearhead
  development and utilization of macroeconomic model to facilitate
  assessment of impacts of socioeconomic programmes and budgetary
  interventions;
• Together
  with key players institute models for determining the country’s short and
  medium term macroeconomic frameworks;
• Develop
  the medium-term expenditure frameworks (MTEFs) for the National
  Development Plans, and regularly track expenditure against the approved
  MTEF and budgets;
• Liaise
  with key players in tracking performance of the financial services sector
  to inform the Authority’s reports;
• Participate
  in the preparation of National Development Plans;

• Design
  and conduct statistical surveys and other data collection, in
  collaboration with relevant stakeholder institutions, to inform planning
  and monitoring and evaluation activities of the Authority;
• Establish
  databases and long-term time series data sets to support planning and production
  of realistic analyses;
• Provide
  manpower data for planning and policy actions, including forecasts of
  short, medium and long term manpower requirements within the country;
• Develop
  the Authority’s Strategy and Action Plan for innovation;
• Design
  and implement innovations frameworks for key sectors of the economy;
• In
  collaboration with other departments within the Authority, review high
  priority development issues and needs and make recommendations;
• Establish
  and actively maintain close links with national policy research institutes
  and organizations, both to promote economic and other thematic research
  within their structures and to promote frontier research into issues
  bearing on national development;
• Coordinate,
  facilitate and provide leadership in field research; data/information
  collection, electronic data processing, analysis, storage/management and
  retrieval whenever required; as well as information dissemination;
• Develop
  and manage a robust, reliable and state of the art National Electronic
  Data Bank to service and support all the other departments in executing
  the various dimensions of NPA’s mandate;
• Develop
  and maintain NPA’s Networking capacity with various stakeholder
  institutions (Governmental and Non-Governmental), so as to ensure reliable
  data/information flow and sharing between NPA and its
  stakeholders/partners in development planning, monitoring and evaluation;
• Coordinate
  and provide leadership in efforts to develop national Innovation Policies
  and Systems, as well as NPA’s efforts to identify, follow-up and support
  all forms of scientific research, development and innovations in the
  country;
• Oversee
  the management of NPA’s Library and Resource/Documentation Centre.

• Develop,
  operationalize and maintain the monitoring and evaluation system for
  tracking progress on the National Development Plan and the National
  Vision;
• Monitor
  and evaluate the internal and external activities of the Authority and
  coordinate and facilitate the Monitoring and Evaluation work of the Authority;
• Prepare
  annual reports of the NPA’s activities as well as reports on the
  performance of sectors, ministries, local governments and their
  performance relevant to implementation of the planning;
• Prepare
  annual National Development Report (NDR) comprising an assessment of the
  country’s annual development progress, the National Development Plan (NDP)
  implementation performance and the macroeconomic performance;
• Prepare
  reports from time to time on emerging national, regional and global
  macroeconomic issues to inform policy actions;
• Review
  departmental quarterly and annual reports and consolidate them into the
  directorate’s respective overall reports

• Review
  directorate annual and quarterly work plans and budgets, and consolidate
  them into the Directorate’s overall work plans;
• Ensure
  that all Directorate staff are properly supervised and their performance
  appraisals are properly and timely done;
• Oversee
  development and implementation of directorate programs and activities;
• Provide
  quality assurance for any other deliverables under the directorate;
• Perform
  any other duties as and when directed by the relevant authority.

• Master’s
  degree in: Economics, quantitative economics, Economic Policy and
  Planning, Statistics, Development Economics; or a Master of Science or
  Arts degree in relevant areas from a recognized University or Institution.
  Other post graduate qualifications, diplomas, certificates etc in any of
  these areas will be considered an added advantage;
• Demonstrated
  experience of at least 10 years development planning, policy analysis and
  evaluation, applied research;
• Experience
  of at least 10 years in professional work at senior management level in
  reputable organizations;
• Understanding
  of public sector management and information systems;
• Adequate
  knowledge of central Government operations, policy formulation is
  desirable.

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