Job Title: Programme Officer – 2 Positions
Organisation: Office of the Prime Minister
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Organisation:
The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, through the Secretariat for Private Sector Development (PSD)/Development Plan Implementation (DPI) Programmes invites applications to fill vacant positions under the National Development Plan (NDP) IV Programme Secretariats as summarized below.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide Support to the Commissioner Strategic Coordination and Implementation in the development, implementation and monitoring of the fourth National Development Plan 2025/26 – 2029/30
- Provide technical and administrative support, through identifying problems and issues to be addressed with proposed corrective actions,
- Liaise with relevant programme units and MDAs, identifying and tracking follow-up actions.
- Provide support in organizing for National governance structures meetings (PWG and Leadership Committees) meetings
- Compile information and draft/edit documents in response to scheduled and emerging calls for support, including project programme proposals, background papers, analysis, concept notes, briefs, presentations, etc.
- Provide support in the development of collaborative
- work in integrated programme development across technical teams in NOP IV programme implementation.
- Support programme coordination for OPM/SCI and partnership
- Participate in coordination meetings, and advancing follow-up actions; and Support the office’s participation in coordination fora
- Undertake field missions as and when required
- Perform any other related duties as required.
- Ensure that quarterly reports are completed for the secretariat.
- Support coordination of partner and donor engagements with Programmes, MDA
- Ensure donor correspondence and key information are filed in appropriate folders, and support other donor communication and material development as needed.
- Support in our partner on-granting processes including coordinating their onboarding, monitoring and tracking progress once onboard.
- Coordinate with the programme leads to track and document participation in external coordination meetings and events, that staff are attending and ensure notes are shared and saved on SharePoint.
- Respond to ad-hoc requests at the department for document or information that may arise and respond proactively.
- Ensure all PPT presentations follow GoU branding guidelines (project and external presentations)
- Record minutes and actions from all meetings attended, circulating, and saving notes and updating the Action Tracker in a timely manner.
- Ensure all folders are up to date, new folders and folder structures and Teams Channels are set up in a timely way, and relevant people have access links
- Ensure weekly and monthly briefs/reports are submitted on time, in the right format, shared with the Team Leader.
- Ensure the Department has timely access to relevant documents, including contracts, MoUs, reports, meeting minutes and key actions to support country programme compliance and coordination.
- Support Programme Team to submit required paperwork and file documents.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Masters’ degree in in either Statistics; Monitoring and Evaluation; Project Planning and Management; Public Finance Management; Economics; Public Policy and Administration; or Development Studies
- Bachelor’s Degree in Development Studies, Social Sciences, Economics, Statistics or a related discipline.
- Experience: Minimum 5 years’ experience in a similar role in the development sector
- Experience in coordinating Government of Uganda Programmes and reporting.
- Experience with development partner coordination.
How to Apply:
Applications must include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, certificates and transcripts, and be addressed as below and submitted online to [email protected] by 1700hrs on Wednesday 31st December 2025.
Address the email submitting your application as follows: POSITION – SURNAME- FIRST NAME – OTHER NAMES
Under Secretary/Accounting Officer
Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic
Development Plot 2/12 Apollo Kaggwa Road
P O Box 8147
KAMPALA
Tel: 256-41-4707900
Deadline: 31st December 2025
Please Note:
- The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development is an equal opportunity employer. Any form of lobbying shall lead to disqualification.
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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Level of Education: postgraduate degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 60