Summary
Date Posted: Monday, January 24, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
The National Environment Management Authority (hereinafter called “NEMA") was established under the National Environment Act, Cap.153 in May 1995 (hereinafter called the “Act”). This has now been repealed by the National Environment Act No.5 of 2019 and mandated “as the principal agency in Uganda for regulating, supervising and coordinating all activities relating to the environment.
NEMA invites applications from suitably qualified candidates to fill the following vacant position:

Job Ref : NEMA/ADV/EXT/08/2022
Title : Senior Environment Inspector (Mining) (Re-advertised)
Reports to: Principal Environment Inspector
Salary Scale: E4
Vacancies: One (01)

Key duties and responsibilities
Support the Principal Environment Inspector to:
• Advise on policies, regulations, standards, strategies, guidelines and plans regarding environmental issues in mining and mineral sector related development projects.
• Work closely with the relevant MDAs to ensure that mining projects adhere to policies, regulations, standards and guidelines relating to environmental protection throughout the project lifecycle.
• Take lead in overseeing implementation of the environment mitigation measures for negative impacts from sectoral projects;
• Take lead in the review of Environmental and Social Assessment reports of projects in the mineral sector and other related projects;
• Promote awareness on sustainable utilization of mineral resources during the lifecycle of projects in minerals sector;
• Work with relevant MDAs to monitor environment quality parameters for soils, air, ground and surface water, noise, waste generated/treated/disposed, flora and fauna) within sector project areas; and
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned.


Person specifications
Qualifications:
• A Bachelor’s degree in any of the following: Geology, Environmental Science, Geo- physics, Geo-chemistry, Geology and Physics, Geology and Chemistry, Mineral
• Dressing, Mining Engineering, or any other Earth Sciences disciplines.
• Master’s degree in any of the above or related field of specialization.
• Experience:
• Should have at least a minimum of five (5) years of work experience in geological or mining tasks, three (3) years of practical experience in extractives or mines compliance assessment and monitoring.
Duty station: Successful candidate may in the interest of NEMA be required to serve in any part of Uganda.

Skills required for performing the job
• Analytical skills;
• Reporting skills;
• Communication skills;
• Good morals and high level of integrity
High levels of confidentiality.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Potential candidates should download an application form from the NEMA website, fill the form, attaching requisite academic transcripts and certificates in one pdf file named “Position-Name of Applicant”.
The one pdf file should be submitted to recruitment@nema.go.ug not later than 7th February 2022 at 5:00PM. Applicants who will not have heard from us by 7th April 2022 should consider their applications unsucceful.

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