Job Title: Senior Revenue Officer
Organisation: Local Government Finance Commission (LGFC)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Principal
Revenue Officer
Revenue Officer
About LGFC:
Local Government Finance Commission (LGFC) envisions “a Uganda with
Financially Sustainable Local Governments that provide Efficient and Effective
Services.” LGFC exists in order: “to Ensure Effective Mobilisation and
Equitable Distribution of Financial Resources for Service Delivery in Local
Governments.”
Financially Sustainable Local Governments that provide Efficient and Effective
Services.” LGFC exists in order: “to Ensure Effective Mobilisation and
Equitable Distribution of Financial Resources for Service Delivery in Local
Governments.”
The long-term objective of LGFC is “to establish and maintain an
appropriate balance between the services devolved to local governments at
different levels to match with the financial resources generally, and such
resources currently flowing from central grants, locally generated revenues and
donors.
appropriate balance between the services devolved to local governments at
different levels to match with the financial resources generally, and such
resources currently flowing from central grants, locally generated revenues and
donors.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
- Actively coordinate the activities of the
Commission’s Local Revenue Function - Plan and coordinate local tax collections
studies - Intuitively analyze problems occasioning
poor performance in Local revenue collection - Support the local Governments in
implementation of the recommended solutions to improved revenue collection
on a pilot basis - Evolve solutions to incidences of poor
local revenue collection - Devise instruments which can allow the
widening of the local tax base - Guide and coordinate studies aimed at
widening the local tax base - Intuitively direct Central Government in
implementing the grants system by developing mechanisms for identifying
which local government needs to be given an equalization grant, how much
should be allocated and how the local governments should account for the
grant - Perform any other duties assigned by the
Responsible Officer from time to time
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
Experience:
- All suitably qualified applicants should
be Ugandans holding any of the following qualifications: an honors Degree
majoring in Business Administration B.com (Accounting or Finance option)
Economics or Statistics plus a Masters degree in Finance, Economic Policy
and Planning from a recognized University/Institution with at least three
years working experience in a related field. - Additionally, he/she should have the
following; Quantitative analysis skills, Financial forecasting skills,
Data analysis skills, Report writing skills, communication skills.
Age: 30 years and above
How to Apply:
Applications are invited from suitably qualified public officers
working in Government Ministries, Departments, Agencies or Local Governments
who should submit handwritten applications indicating two referees one of whom
must be immediate supervisor. The relevant documents should include curriculum
Vitae and passport size photographs.
working in Government Ministries, Departments, Agencies or Local Governments
who should submit handwritten applications indicating two referees one of whom
must be immediate supervisor. The relevant documents should include curriculum
Vitae and passport size photographs.
The Commission Secretary
Local Government Finance Commission
10th Floor, Workers House
P.O Box 23143
Kampala
Email: [email protected].
Deadline: 11th July,
2014
2014
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