Job Title: Assessment Officer – 6 Positions
Organisation: Uganda Health Professions Assessment Board
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Organisation:
The TVET Act 2025, and the Gazette of Statutory Instrument No. 25 of 2025 established the Uganda Health Professions Assessment Board (UHPAB), which is responsible for the Assessment and Certification of health professionals under Technical and Vocational Education and Training. The ACT was assented to in February 2025, by H.E. the President of the Uganda, Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.
Job Summary: To implement plans and programs for management and administration of examinations for the Health Professionals in Uganda
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Inspect examinations centres for accreditation and validation.
- Provide support in registration of candidates for examinations.
- Supervise the preparation of examination materials including; production of examination cards and albums, receive and crosscheck them for accuracy and authenticity
- Initiate the procurement of examination booklets for all registered candidates
- Provide support in the preparation of examinations time table.
- Scheduling of examiners, invigilators and centre coordinators and invite them for the respective activities.
- Prepare and issue examination materials to the stakeholders in readiness to the conduct of examinations.
- Labelled examination bags by name and code of schools, pack, bag them and attach functional padlocks with keys and chains.
- Identify persons to write on the envelopes, and supervises the process of writing of examination envelopes, ensures that envelopes are written and segregated as per the time and packing list generate from registration of candidates.
- Prepare for and provide support in briefing examination stakeholders to ensure that quality work is done during the conduct of examination
- Prepare the schedule and identify officers to deliver examinations to the various police stations country-wide for safe custody in readiness for the conduct
- Supervise examination centres to inspect the conduct of examination
- Manage Examination Marking centres and actual marking of examinations
- Supervise data entry
- Update the examiners data base
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- An Honors Bachelors of Science degree in Nursing or Midwifery or any Allied Health field or Medical Education from a recognized University/Institution.
- Must be registered and in possession of a valid practicing license from the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council or Allied Health Professionals Council.
- OR (For Staff who were awarded Advanced/Higher Diploma before 2002)
- An Advanced/Higher Diploma in Nursing or Midwifery or any Allied Health field from a recognized University/Institution.
- Must be registered and in possession of a valid practicing license from the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council or Allied Health Professionals Council.
How to Apply:
Applications are invited from suitably qualified applicants to fill the vacant posts tenable at the Uganda Health Professions Assessment Board. The applications should be filled on the PSC Form 3 and submitted to the Executive Secretary, Uganda Health Professions Assessment Board on Plot 157, Ssebowa Road, Kiwatule, P.O. Box 236, Ntinda not later than 5.00 pm on Friday 14th November, 2025.
Instructions
1. Applicants are advised to:
- Complete Public Service Form 3 (PSF 3) in triplicate, Download Here.
- Attach one (1) recent coloured passport size photograph on each form and a detailed Curriculum Vitae
- Indicate title of the post on the application form and reference number against the post.
2. Relevant Documents required include the following:
- Certified Academic documents (Master’s Degree Certificate and Transcript, Post Graduate Diploma Certificate and Transcript, Bachelor’s Degree Certificate and Transcript, Diploma Certificate and Transcript, UACE, UCE.
- Certified Registration Certificates and valid Practicing Licenses for health workers who are required by law to register with relevant Professional Councils.
- Evidence of training and practice in specialized areas where applicable.
- National and Current Institutional Identity Cards.
- Priority should be given to only the relevant documents in the job specifications.
- All applicants will have the opportunity to present additional relevant qualifications.
3. It is emphasized that:
- Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
- Shortlisted applicants shall be required to bring at the oral interview their original Academic and Professional Documents, letters of appointment and confirmation.
- Candidates who will present forged Certificates shall be handed over to the Police for appropriate action.
- Applicants who are on long term training of one year and above should not apply.
Deadline: 14th November, 2025.
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Level of Education: Bachelor Degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: no experience required