12 Principal Research Officers
2025-05-09T09:08:43+00:00
National Agricultural Research Organization
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FULL_TIME
Kampala
Kampala
00256
Uganda
Public Administration, and Government
Media, Communications & Writing
2025-05-13T17:00:00+00:00
Uganda
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Overall Responsibility:
The officer will be responsible for leading, coordinating, and executing high-impact, multidisciplinary research initiatives that align with the institute’s strategic objectives.
Generic Tasks and Responsibilities: The Generic tasks of the successful candidate will be to:
- Designing and implementing innovative and integrated research projects, experiments and studies based on thematic multi-disciplinary and cross-functional teams.
- Developing grant proposals to secure funding for conducting specific research programs in line with the Institute’s strategic management plan.
- Identifying sources of funding, mobilizing resources and developing proposals for competitive funding especially those that enhance linkages and partnerships.
- Publishing and disseminating scientific research findings in peer reviewed journals, books etc.
- Providing technical leadership, mentorship, supervision and consultation to team members, research officers, professional co-workers, collaborators, students and others attached to the organization.
Required Qualification and Experience:
Mandatory criteria: Applicants must meet the following five criteria.
- Should possess a PhD with the exception of staff in the Engineering Discipline who possess a master’s degree.
- Should have served as Senior Research Officer for at least five (5) years.
- Should with evidence have contributed towards development of at least five research development proposals in the last five years totaling to One Million United States Dollars (US $ 1,000,000).
- Should with evidence have participated in high caliber research resulting in the development of patented, licensed, and/or commercialized new products. This shall be evidenced by a patent, license, and/or registration number, or by any other defendable means.
- Should with evidence have conducted high caliber research and published as first author and/or co-author of at least four articles of which two should be in high impact journals (impact factor > 1.5) in the past five years.
Optional criteria: Applicants must meet any four of the following criteria.
- Should have published a book chapter. This shall be evidenced by ISBN, ISSN numbers.
- Should with evidence, in the past five years, have successfully supervised three post-graduate students.
- Should, with evidence, have been appointed to examine at least two post-graduate theses as “Internal/External Examiner” or “Opponent” in the past five years.
- Should, with evidence, have served as a reviewer for at least two peer reviewed Journals and/or grant award scheme.
- Should have served as a Principal Investigator (PI), Co-PI, or Team Member on an international and/or regional project.
- Should with evidence have directly mentored and/or supervised at least five staff of low ranks in the past five years.
- Should with evidence have caused diffusion /permeation of at least a technology causing reputable impact on livelihoods and economic development in a community.
Generic Tasks and Responsibilities: The Generic tasks of the successful candidate will be to: Designing and implementing innovative and integrated research projects, experiments and studies based on thematic multi-disciplinary and cross-functional teams. Developing grant proposals to secure funding for conducting specific research programs in line with the Institute’s strategic management plan. Identifying sources of funding, mobilizing resources and developing proposals for competitive funding especially those that enhance linkages and partnerships. Publishing and disseminating scientific research findings in peer reviewed journals, books etc. Providing technical leadership, mentorship, supervision and consultation to team members, research officers, professional co-workers, collaborators, students and others attached to the organization.
Required Qualification and Experience: Mandatory criteria: Applicants must meet the following five criteria. Should possess a PhD with the exception of staff in the Engineering Discipline who possess a master’s degree. Should have served as Senior Research Officer for at least five (5) years. Should with evidence have contributed towards development of at least five research development proposals in the last five years totaling to One Million United States Dollars (US $ 1,000,000). Should with evidence have participated in high caliber research resulting in the development of patented, licensed, and/or commercialized new products. This shall be evidenced by a patent, license, and/or registration number, or by any other defendable means. Should with evidence have conducted high caliber research and published as first author and/or co-author of at least four articles of which two should be in high impact journals (impact factor > 1.5) in the past five years.
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Vacancy title:
12 Principal Research Officers
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Public Administration, and Government, Category: Media, Communications & Writing]
Jobs at:
National Agricultural Research Organization
Deadline of this Job:
Tuesday, May 13 2025
Duty Station:
Kampala | Kampala | Uganda
Summary
Date Posted: Friday, May 9 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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JOB DETAILS:
Overall Responsibility:
The officer will be responsible for leading, coordinating, and executing high-impact, multidisciplinary research initiatives that align with the institute’s strategic objectives.
Generic Tasks and Responsibilities: The Generic tasks of the successful candidate will be to:
- Designing and implementing innovative and integrated research projects, experiments and studies based on thematic multi-disciplinary and cross-functional teams.
- Developing grant proposals to secure funding for conducting specific research programs in line with the Institute’s strategic management plan.
- Identifying sources of funding, mobilizing resources and developing proposals for competitive funding especially those that enhance linkages and partnerships.
- Publishing and disseminating scientific research findings in peer reviewed journals, books etc.
- Providing technical leadership, mentorship, supervision and consultation to team members, research officers, professional co-workers, collaborators, students and others attached to the organization.
Required Qualification and Experience:
Mandatory criteria: Applicants must meet the following five criteria.
- Should possess a PhD with the exception of staff in the Engineering Discipline who possess a master’s degree.
- Should have served as Senior Research Officer for at least five (5) years.
- Should with evidence have contributed towards development of at least five research development proposals in the last five years totaling to One Million United States Dollars (US $ 1,000,000).
- Should with evidence have participated in high caliber research resulting in the development of patented, licensed, and/or commercialized new products. This shall be evidenced by a patent, license, and/or registration number, or by any other defendable means.
- Should with evidence have conducted high caliber research and published as first author and/or co-author of at least four articles of which two should be in high impact journals (impact factor > 1.5) in the past five years.
Optional criteria: Applicants must meet any four of the following criteria.
- Should have published a book chapter. This shall be evidenced by ISBN, ISSN numbers.
- Should with evidence, in the past five years, have successfully supervised three post-graduate students.
- Should, with evidence, have been appointed to examine at least two post-graduate theses as “Internal/External Examiner” or “Opponent” in the past five years.
- Should, with evidence, have served as a reviewer for at least two peer reviewed Journals and/or grant award scheme.
- Should have served as a Principal Investigator (PI), Co-PI, or Team Member on an international and/or regional project.
- Should with evidence have directly mentored and/or supervised at least five staff of low ranks in the past five years.
- Should with evidence have caused diffusion /permeation of at least a technology causing reputable impact on livelihoods and economic development in a community.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 60
Level of Education: postgraduate degree
Job application procedure
Interested persons with the above requirements should submit hard copy applications in triplicate together with a detailed curriculum vitae giving telephone and e-mail addresses as well as copies of all your academic documents and certificates plus a summary of your appraisals for the past three years, to the undersigned not later than 5.00pm on Tuesday 13th May 2025.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and notified via NARO web-site, telephones and e-mail addresses as provided on the CV.
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