Land Officer Job at Ministry of Energy & Mineral Development (MEMD)

Job Title: Land Officer
Organisation: Ministry
of Energy & Mineral Development (MEMD)
Duty Station:  Entebbe,
Uganda
Reports to: Commissioner,
PEPD.
About Us: 
The
Government of Uganda through the Ministry of Energy & Mineral Development
(MEMD) requires the services of qualified and experienced persons for the posts
indicated below to work at the Petroleum Exploration & Production
Department (PEPD), Entebbe.
Job Summary: The Land
Officer will be responsible for the functions related to land use planning and
land acquisition for oil and gas activities, operations and infrastructure. The
successful applicant will also be responsible for ensuring that land use and planning
is conducted in compliance with existing legislation.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
  • Offer support PEPD in planning and budgeting
    for the land management function.
  • Providing input on land management during the
    review and development of land administration policies, legislation,
    standards, regulations and guidelines.
  • Reviewing and evaluating project proposals for
    land use and development plans for the oil and gas sector and prepare
    recommendations.
  • Monitoring and reporting on the implementation
    of land use and planning policies, laws, standards and regulations as they
    relate to the oil and gas sector.
  • Developing and maintaining data bases on
    information relating to the utilisation of land for the oil and gas
    sector. This will include developing color coded maps for areas approved
    by the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development for the
    development of different oil and gas projects.
  • Participating in conducting Resettlement Action
    Plans (RAP) and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for identified oil
    and gas project locations.
  • Participate in raising awareness to
    stakeholders and the general public on land use planning for oil and gas
    activities.
  • Undertaking any other land use planning
    exercises to support the provision of information required by different
    projects.
  • Performing any other duties assigned by
    management.
Qualifications, Skills
& Experience:
  • The applicant should possess a Bachelor’s
    Degree (minimum of second class upper) or equivalent in any of the
    following fields; Physical Planning, Urban Planning, Urban and Regional
    Planning, Land Use Planning, Land Economics or Land Surveying from a
    recognised University or Institution.
  • Sound knowledge of land use and planning
    policies, laws, regulations, standards and guidelines in the country.
  • Familiarity with environmental and
    socio-economic issues related to land use planning.
  • Knowledge of land surveying and using various
    planning tools (including but not limited to AutoCAD, GIS and remote
    sensing), and experience in land use planning will be an added advantage.
  • Ability to work long hours in Entebbe to meet
    the set deadlines.
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills and
    able to work with a multiplicity of stakeholders.
  • The applicant should also be highly innovative
    and creative thinker.
  • Possess excellent computer, writing, and
    presentation skills.
  • High degree of integrity, self-driven and able
    to set own work schedule with rigorous deadlines.
  • Ability to initiate and complete assignments
    and to work under demanding circumstances with minimal supervision.
Age: 25-35 years.
How to Apply:
All
suitably qualified job seekers should download an application form from the
ministry’s website www.petroleum.go.ug
in the Jobs and Tender section. The applicant should fill
this
form electronically and print it for submission together with their curriculum
vitae and photocopies of the academic documents to Amber House Second Floor
Room, A 203, Kampala Road, Uganda.
Physical
Address: 
The
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of  Energy
and Mineral Development, P.O. Box 7270, Kampala, Uganda.
Location:
Amber House, Kampala Road. Tel: 256-414-344414.
Attn:  The Principal Human Resource Officer, Room A
203
Deadline:  6th day of January, 2014 by 4PM

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