Job Title: Senior Land Officer
Organisation: Uganda National Mining Company (UNMC)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
REF: UNMC-2025-EE-02-03
About Organisation:
The Uganda National Mining Company (UNMC) was established under the Mining and Minerals Act, 2022, (Act No. 25 of 2022) and incorporated under the Companies Act 2012, (Act No.1 of 2012). It is a limited liability company wholly owned by the Government of Uganda. The overall function of UNMC is to manage the commercial holding and participating interests of the State in the mining and mineral industry to ensure that the country obtains optimal value from its mineral resources.
Job Summary: To ensure that Land acquisition and relocation of people is done efficiently, in time and in compliance with all the relevant regulations and safeguards and all documentation relating to titling and lease of land are acquired and updated in time.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Monitoring the implementation of Land Administration policies, laws, standards and regulations that relate to the development of the mineral sector
- Supervising the processing of transactions for the acquisition of land like lease offers and deed plans.
- Arbitrating and reporting on the settlement of land disputes.
- Developing and maintaining data bases on basic information on project areas that include; land resources, present land use, infrastructure, population, land tenure, social structure, etc.
- Offering expert witness testimony and valuation expertise in legal proceedings, such as property disputes, eminent domain cases, or challenges to property assessments;
- Reviewing and evaluating project proposals for land use and development plans and prepare recommendations.
- Participating in conducting Resettlement Action Plans (RAP) and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for identified project locations.
- Undertaking any other land use planning exercises to support provision of information required by the different projects.
- Identifying potential sources of grievances, designing and implementing appropriate grievance redress mechanism.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Honours Bachelor’s Degree in Land Economics; or Land Valuation; or Land Use Management from a recognized University or Institution.
- A Master’s Degree in either Economics, Finance, Business Administration, Project planning and management or any relevant discipline
- At least Six (6) years related experience with land acquisition and resettlement for large public or private projects, infrastructure or natural resources projects.
- Previous experience in mineral Exploration and production operations including social development or natural resource projects, is an added advantage.
- Experience in managing multidisciplinary teams and managing group dynamics
- Demonstrated experience in planning and implementing complex projects
- Working with tight timelines and managing pressure from all stakeholders.
- Age: 30-45 years
How to Apply:
Applicant should visit the UNMC website at www.unmc.co.ug or the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development website: www.memd.go.ug to view the detailed job description, select and apply for the job of choice and submit application through the online application system https://form.jotform.com/250122842226548
Only applications received online will be accepted. Applicants are required to attach CERTIFIED copies of the required academic documents. (Note that the academic documents should be certified by the awarding local institutions while awards by foreign institutions should be certified by the foreign institution or a duly authorized Certification body of that country) All applicants must attach soft copies of relevant motivation letter, CV and academic transcripts in word and PDF formats only.
Applications without Certified academic documents will not be considered.
UNMC offers a highly dynamic work environment and provides competitive and attractive benefits.
Deadline: Friday 19th April 2025 at 5:00pm
NB: Only shortlisted and successful candidates will be contacted, and any form of lobbying will lead to automatic disqualification.
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