Job Title: ICT Innovation Officer – 2 Positions
Organisation: Uganda Civil Aviation Authority
Duty Station: Entebbe, Uganda
Reports to: Senior ICT Innovation Officer
About Organisation:
Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) is a corporate body responsible for regulation of civil aviation in the country. It manages Entebbe International Airport (EIA) and thirteen (13) other upcountry aerodromes. UCAA carries out its work in conformity with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs).
Job Summary: The position exists to provide an Information Technology platform for UCAA through writing, developing and customizing IT programmes that result in operational efficiencies and effectiveness thereby contributing towards the attainment of UCAA’s objectives and mandate.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Information Technology Management Processes
- Develops and documents IT programmes and solutions in support of the business
- Customizes programmes to suit UCAA needs and conditions
- Verifies specifications for solutions and makes input before they are purchased or developed
- Verifies programmes for consistence and relevance to UCAA requirements
- Understands the business to ensure relevant and adequate IT programmes
- Ensures that the internal users are trained to take advantage of the full IT solutions
- Scans the technological horizon and consults with other Civil Aviation IT Officers to ensure IT programmes at UCAA are in line with world trends.
- Participates in the integration of UCAA Systems.
Customer Satisfaction
- Understands the needs of UCAA departments and offers IT solutions to resolve these needs
- Reviews the customers’ needs and integrates the needs with best practice and develops programmes for them.
Carries out any other lawful assignment allocated by the immediate Supervisor.
- The job holder is cooperative and readily responds to any ad hoc tasks assigned to him.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- An honours Bachelors’ degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics or equivalent.
- AGE: From 25 to 35 years old
Desirable Requirements
- Knowledge of DBMS such as Oracle, Ingress,
- Sybase, and MS SQL Server.
- Working knowledge of programming
- languages such as C/C++, visual Basic, Java, Python and web scripting languages like HTML, XML, PHP, etc
Work Experience
- At least three years relevant work experience.
Special skills & attributes
- Problem solving skills,
- Team working capabilities,
- Personal initiative and
- Good interpersonal and communication skills.
How to Apply:
- To view the above-mentioned job advertisements and apply, please enter the link https://recruitment.caa.co.ug into your browser to create an account and start the application process.
- Sign up to create an account (New users).
- Log in with your username and password.
- Create a CV by filling in all the required information before proceeding.
- Click Home and there you will see the advertised job. To apply, click the “Apply” button. Thereafter a popup message will appear confirming your application was successful.
- Please note that falsification of information is an offense in UCAA. You are advised to only apply for the jobs where you meet the minimum requirements as indicated in the job description as well as being very sincere while responding to the application questionnaire.
- Physical/hard copy applications will not be accepted.
Note:
For any inquires or assistance, please contact: +256-312-352000.
Deadline: 28th July 2025
NB:
- It is the duty of the applicant to ensure that his/her application is received by the indicated date and late applications will not be entertained under any circumstances.
- In your CV please include contacts of two credible referees i.e. one professional (past or present employer/supervisor) and the other for character assessment.
- We pledge to conduct a transparent recruitment process!
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Level of Education: Bachelor Degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 35