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• Serve
  as the head of the Department of Production and Trade in NPA, the officer
  will exercise all the administrative; professional; technical; and
  financial powers that are exercised by the heads of the department of the
  Authority,
• Work
  closely with the relevant partners to ensure that Sector Development Plans
  (SDPs) for the sub-sectors of production and trade, policies and
  priorities complement and are consistent with the national development
  agendas as defined in Uganda Vision 2040 and the national development
  plans (NDPs)
• Develop
  appropriate planning capacities and frameworks at both central and local
  government levels to address the fragmented planning and associated
  problems within the production and trade sub-sectors and to coordinate
  planning activities across such sectors so as to bring about efficient and
  cost-effective attainment of national development agendas/strategies.
• Ensure
  the integration of sector development plans for production and trade
  sub-sectors into the National Development Plans (NDPs);
• Act
  as a Technical Advisor to the Authority and Executive Director on all
  matters relating to the development planning function for the sub-sectors
  of production and trade (agriculture, environment and natural resources,
  tourism, trade and cooperatives);
• Regularly
  analyze trends and issues in production and trade sub-sectors to inform
  policy;
• Prepare
  policy briefs on issues relevant to production and trade sub- sectors for
  Board consideration;
• Provide
  back stopping roles to the MDAs and Local Governments with regards to
  development planning for the sub-sectors of production and trade.;
• Prepare
  departmental plans and budgets;
• Prepare
  project proposals for resource mobilisation to undertake projects in the
  Department;
• Responsible
  for the preparation of various activity reports for inclusion in the
  quarterly and annual reports of the Authority.
• Actively
  participate in monitoring and evaluation of core programmes in the
  production and trade sub-sectors;
• Build
  and maintains relations with MDAs, Local Governments, the private sector,
  academia and the civil society to enhance inter-Sectoral collaboration in
  production and trade development;
• Build
  and maintains strong partnerships with international, regional, and
  academia that are directly involved in supporting production and trade
  development;
• Represent
  the NPA in meetings; seminars and workshops in country, at regional and
  international levels;
• Perform
  any other duties as may be directed from time to time.

• The
  incumbent should hold a Masters’ degree in Agriculture economics,
  Development Economics, Economic Policy & Planning,, or a closely
  related discipline from a recognized university.
• Possession
  of a Post graduate training in in any of the following areas: climate
  change, environment and natural resources; agriculture, trade and tourism
  development planning, or a closely related discipline from a recognized university/institution
  will be an added advantage.
• At
  least ten years’ experience, of which five at Senior Management level in
  the field of development planning in any of the following areas:
  agriculture; environment and natural resources;, tourism;, trade; and,
  cooperatives in a reputable public organization / institution.

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