Job Title: Marine Safety Officer (2 No
Experience Jobs)
Organization: Public
Service Commission
Placement Organization: Ministry of Works and Transport
Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda
About US:
The Public Service
Commission is established under the provisions of Article 165(1) of the
1995 Constitution. In fulfillment of its functions under Article 166, the
Commission is required to make a report to Parliament in respect of each year’s
performance of its functions.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities: The incumbent
will be responsible to the Senior Marine Safety Officer for performing the
following duties:-
·
Participating
in the formulation of Policies and strategies intended to promote safety and
efficiency of water transport;
·
Participating
in the development of Merchant safety shipping regulations;
·
Supervising
manning vessels, qualifications and training of seafarers and issuance of
relevant certificates related to
manning of vessels;
·
Assisting
in the planning, monitoring and evaluation of training programs against any
maritime conventions;
·
Assisting
in the management of training, recruitment and welfare of Uganda seafarers;
·
Participating
in dealing with prevention of collisions of ships and safety of navigation
through installation of Aids to Navigation and their maintenance and
investigation of maritime related accidents;
·
Assisting
in the coordination of matters relating to the national maritime search and
rescue activities;
·
Coordinating
hydrographic surveys, dredging works and charting of waterways including
updating hydrographic information;
·
Ensuring
compliance by the Maritime Training Institutes and training centres with STCW
95 convention as amended and other relevant sections of IMO conventions;
·
Any
other duties as may be assigned from time to time.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
·
Applicants
should be Ugandans in possession of an Honours Bachelor’s Degree in Business
Administration; or Economics; or Mechanical Engineering; or Arts; or Social
Sciences; or Mass Communication; or Information Technology; or Transport and
Logistics Management; or Master Mariner and Chief Engineer Certificate; or
related qualification in Marine Transport from a recognized
University/Institution.
·
Ethics
and integrity; interpersonal, communication and computer skills; ability to
adapt to multi-cultural settings; effective organizational and planning skills;
time management skills; technical skills; report writing skills; negotiation
skills; capacity for teamwork; innovation and concern for results, quality and
standards.
·
Age: Above 21 years
How to Apply:
All candidates
should apply online, Click Here
·
Scan and
submit relevant documents (‘O’ Level, ‘A’ Level, Degree and 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.
·
Officers
serving in the Public Service are required to print an Extract of PS Form 3
(2008) and obtain recommendation from their Responsible
Officers. Scan the recommendation together with the rest of the
documents and submit online.
Deadline: 2nd December 2020
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