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Job Title:    Marine Safety Officer (2 No
Experience Jobs)

Organization: Public
Service Commission

Placement Organization: Ministry of Works and Transport

Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda

About US:

The Public Service
Commission is established under the provisions of  Article 165(1) of the
1995 Constitution. In fulfillment of its functions under Article 166,  the
Commission is required to make a report to Parliament in respect of each year’s
performance of its functions.

Key Duties and
Responsibilities: The incumbent
will be responsible to the Senior Marine Safety Officer for performing the
following duties:-

·        
Participating
in the formulation of Policies and strategies intended to promote safety and
efficiency of water transport;

·        
Participating
in the development of Merchant safety shipping regulations;

·        
Supervising
manning vessels, qualifications and training of seafarers and issuance of
relevant certificates related   to
manning of vessels;

·        
Assisting
in the planning, monitoring and evaluation of training programs against any
maritime conventions;

·        
Assisting
in the management of training, recruitment and welfare of Uganda seafarers;

·        
Participating
in dealing with prevention of collisions of ships and safety of navigation
through installation of Aids to Navigation and their maintenance and
investigation of maritime related accidents;

·        
Assisting
in the coordination of matters relating to the national maritime search and
rescue activities;

·        
Coordinating
hydrographic surveys, dredging works and charting of waterways including
updating hydrographic information;

·        
Ensuring
compliance by the Maritime Training Institutes and training centres with STCW
95 convention as amended and other relevant sections of IMO conventions;                       

·        
Any
other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

·        
Applicants
should be Ugandans in possession of an Honours Bachelor’s Degree in Business
Administration; or Economics; or Mechanical Engineering; or Arts; or Social
Sciences; or Mass Communication; or Information Technology; or Transport and
Logistics Management; or Master Mariner and Chief Engineer Certificate; or
related qualification in Marine Transport from a recognized
University/Institution.

·        
Ethics
and integrity; interpersonal, communication and computer skills; ability to
adapt to multi-cultural settings; effective organizational and planning skills;
time management skills; technical skills; report writing skills; negotiation
skills; capacity for teamwork; innovation and concern for results, quality and
standards.

·        
Age: Above 21 years

How to Apply:

All candidates
should apply online, Click Here

·        
Scan and
submit relevant documents (‘O’ Level, ‘A’ Level, Degree and Professional
Documents, copies of letters of appointment, confirmation and promotion)
on-line.

·        
Each
attachment must not exceed a limit of 1MB and only portable documents format
(PDF) is allowed.

·        
Officers
serving in the Public Service are required to print an Extract of PS Form 3
(2008) and obtain recommendation from their Responsible
Officers.  Scan the recommendation together with the rest of the
documents and submit online.

Deadline: 2^nd December 2020

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