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Job Title:  Senior Planner

Organisation: Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB)

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

Responsible to: Principal Planner

Salary Scale: EB 4

About US:

The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) is a body corporate established under Cap.137 Laws of Uganda. Its Vision is “A Recognized Centre of Globally Competitive Educational Assessment and Certification” and its mission is “Conduct Valid, Reliable, Equitable and Quality Assessment of Learners’ Achievement in a Professional and Innovative Manner and Award Internationally Recognized Certificates”.

Job Summary:To coordinate the planning, monitoring and evaluation of functions as well as develop project proposals to attract the required resources in order to enable the Board, effective delivery on its mandated functions.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Coordinating the preparation of Strategic Plans, work plans, master budget and guidelines to guide the Secretariat on the priority actions and resource allocation.
• Coordinating all stakeholders in order to undertake development programming and planning.
• Coordinating the development and disseminating of technical standards and guidelines for the Board’s implementation.
• Developing and maintaining a data Bank for planning and decision making purposes.
• Developing and constantly reviewing Board Plans, Projects and Policies in line with established guidelines and procedures.
• Collecting, analysing and storing data into useful information for end users.
• Coordinating the dissemination of relevant information during implementation progress through various media.
• Conducting research on issues related to operations of the Board Secretariat in order to provide input to the policy formulation process
• Coordinating the incorporation of overall planning and management into the programmes operational planning in line with guidelines for planning
• Monitoring and evaluating the implementation of UNEB plans programmes and projects.in line with the set strategic objectives

Key Performance Indicators:

• Strategic Plans, work plans, master budget, annual plans and quarterly reporting and guidelines preparations well-coordinated
• Technical recommendations on planning tendered
• Development programing and planning by stakeholders coordinated
• Gender disaggregated data and other data for end user information collected, analysed and stored.
• Dissemination of information through various media coordinated
• Research on operations of the Board secretariat carried out.
• The implementation of UNEB plans programmes and projects monitored and evaluated

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The ideal candidate must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Economics or Statistics or its equivalent
• A Master’s degree in Economics or Statistics or related field
• A post graduate diploma in planning and management or a related field from a recognized institution.
• At least 6 years related/relevant working experience 3 years of which is working experience obtained in related duties in Government Ministries, Departments, Agencies or a reputable organization.
• Planning, Organizing and coordinating
• Policy Management
• Project Management
• Information Communication Technology
• Effective communication
• Time management.
• Ethics, integrity and confidentiality

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified candidates should submit their applications with detailed CVs, copies of academic transcripts and certificates, telephone contacts and addresses of at least three referees in hard copies, delivered to the address below OR submit in soft form at careers@uneb.ac.ug

The Executive Director

Uganda National Examinations Board

Plot 35 Martyrs way – Ntinda

P O Box 7066 – KAMPALA

Deadline: Monday 30th May 2022 at 5:00 pm

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