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Job Title:  Assistant Commissioner-Research and Innovation  

Organisation: Ministry of Education and Sports

Duty Station:  Uganda

Reference: HRM 48/272/01

About US:

The Ministry of Education and Sports (MES), is a cabinet-level ministry of Uganda. It is mandated “to provide technical support, guide, coordinate, regulate and promote quality education, training and sports to all persons in Uganda for national integration, development and individual advancement”, according to the website of the ministry.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

The incumbent will be responsible to the Commissioner Education Policy and Research for performing the following duties:-

• Providing overall leadership to the research and capacity building function of the Division;
• Coordinating the development of strategic plans of the Research Division in line with the Department’s strategic goals, objectives and priorities.
• Presenting and defending resource requirements needed to carry out the annual work-plans of the Research Division.
• Coordinating the development of technical proposals on research and capacity building in accordance with the Ministry and Department’s strategic priorities.
• Assisting management in mobilizing resources for the research function and capacity building activities of the Education Policy and Research Department.
• Monitoring the performance and preparing progress reports on the research and capacity building activities of the Department.
• Coordinating the monitoring and evaluation of programmes under the Research and Capacity Building functions in the Division.
• Compiling briefing notes, strategy documents, regular regional/continental reports on Education and Sports, White Papers and contributing to national, regional and continental journals on Eduscation and Sports.
• Representing the Ministry at relevant regional/international seminars and conferences.
• Leading the development of research frameworks for coordinating and harmonizing policies originating from Line Ministries /Departments in line with the national policy frameworks;
• Writing research proposals and findings for publications, papers, grants, and other documents.
• Identifying knowledge, skills and manpower gaps and advise the relevant authorities for appropriate action;
• Identifying potential areas of research and supervision of actual research exercises;
• Using data to inform and support evidence-based decisions in the Ministry of Education and Sports system (from the MoES central to the district levels);
• Managing and coordinating the day-to-day activities, like data collection progress, field deployments of enumerators, and budget management.
• Developing sensitization and educational programmes on policy research processes;
• Performing any other duties as assigned from time to time.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The ideal applicants should be Ugandans holding an Honors Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences; or Social Work and Social Administration (SWASA); or Public Policy; or Law; or Economics; or Quantitative Economics; or Statistics; or Development Studies from a recognized University /Institution plus a Masters Degree in any of the above stated fields from a recognized University /Institution.
• Applicants should have a minimum of nine (9) years relevant working experience, three (3) of which should have been served at Principal Research Officer level in Government or equivalent level in a reputable organization.

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and interested candidates should apply online at the link below

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Deadline: 6^th June 2022

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