Job Title: Economist/ Secretariat Support Officer
Organisation: Ministry of Education and Sports
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Secretariat Coordinator
Job Reference: HCDP-EC001 Key
About US:
The Ministry of Education and Sports (MES), is a cabinet-level ministry of Uganda. It is mandated “to provide technical support, guide, coordinate, regulate and promote quality education, training and sports to all persons in Uganda for national integration, development and individual advancement”, according to the website of the ministry.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Carry out macroeconomic analysis and forecasting;
- Coordinating the implementation of fiscal and monetary policy;
- Reviewing external and domestic debt strategies;
- Updating and maintaining a statistical database to support macroeconomic analysis and forecasting;
- Reviewing development policies, strategies, projects and programmes prepared at Sectoral level;
- Coordinating sectoral development plans;
- Controlling, directing, guiding and supporting professional staff and non-junior professionals;
- Actively participating in the analysis of national and sector development policies, plans and public expenditure programs.
- Coordinating the participation of sector Secretariat and other stakeholders in the economic development planning and budgeting processes;
- Perform any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.
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Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- An Honors Bachelor’s Degree degree in either Economics, Statistics, Quantitative Economics or Business Administration from a recognized University/Institution.
- Applicants should have at least three (3) years of working experience in a reputable organization or institution
How to Apply:
Applications are therefore invited from suitably qualified candidates to fill the vacant position as specified in the job description above. All applicants should attach photocopies of their certificates and testimonials, curricula vitae, referee letters, plus recent passport-size photographs.
Eligible female candidates are encouraged to apply. Only short-listed applicants shall be contacted for the interview and final selection process.
Applications, quoting the job reference, should be addressed to:
The Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Education and Sports,
Floor 4 Room 4.10, Embassy House,
King George VI Way,
P.O. Box 7063, Kampala, UGANDA
Hard copies should be hand delivered to Security Registry (Floor 4, Room 1), Embassy House
Electronic submissions are acceptable, but shall be in addition to the hard copies, and should be emailed to [email protected]. All applicants should quote the job reference, and ensure that the submission package is as concise as possible, not exceeding 5MB.
Deadline: 11th November 2022 at 5:00 pm
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