Job Title: Programme Officer
Organisation: Ministry of Water and Environment
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:
- Support to ensure that the project ideas are mapped to the comprehensive National Development Planning Framework and other Government development policies as issued from time to time. Ensure that the proposed interventions are not duplicating an existing project within the Programme.
- Enhance the capacity of PWG members throughout the project cycle stages and phases.
- Ensure that all stakeholders are involved in the project cycle from the inception to ex-post evaluation stage.
- Support the periodic review of ongoing and commissioned projects to assess the level of implementation, identify challenges, recommend corrective actions to inform new projects and evaluate the attainment of objectives.
- Support the custody of all pipeline ideas and profiles submitted by the respective MDAs pending submission to the DC.
- Review all project reports from the MDAs within the Programme pending submission to the DC.
- Ensure all DC actionable points and recommendations are comprehensively addressed by the Votes under the Programme.
- Facilitating M&E, joint monitoring missions and Annual Programme performance reviews,
- Supporting preparation of the Annual Programme Performance Reports (APPR), M&E Reports and midterm and end term reviews of projects, policies and strategies
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree (Honors) in either Economics, Environmental Management, Climate Science, Land Use Planning, Water Resources Management or related fields from a recognized University /Institution.
- A Masters’ Degree either Statistics; Monitoring and Evaluation; Project Planning and Management; Public Finance Management; Economics; Public Policy and Administration; or Development Studies.
- Experience: At least nine (9) years of relevant experience in research, project management, Programme coordination, policy analysis, or environmental/natural resources management
- Demonstrable experience in the fields of program / project Planning and Management, Budgeting, Procurement Management, Monitoring and Evaluation.
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: 108