Programme Officer - Natural Resources, Environment, Climate Change, Lands and Water Management (Nrecclwm) Programme

Nature of position: Full Time

Location: Kampala with frequent travel countrywide

Contract Period: 24 months

Reports to: Technical Leader, Natural Resources, Environment, Climate Change,Landsand Water Management (Nrecclwm) Programme

Qualification:

• Bachelor's degree (Honors) in either Economics, Environmental Management, Climate Science, Land Use Planning, Water Resources Management or related fields from a recognized University /Institution.
• A Masters' Degree either Statistics; Monitoring and Evaluation; Project Planning and Management; Public Finance Management; Economics; Public Policy and Administration; or Development Studies.

Experience:

• At least nine (9) years of relevant experience in research, project management, Programme coordination, policy analysis, or environmental/natural resources management
• Demonstrable experience in the fields of program/project Planning and Management, Budgeting, Procurement Management, Monitoring and Evaluation.

Duties

• Support to ensure that the project ideas are mapped to the comprehensive National Development Planning Framework and other Government development policies as issued from time to time. Ensure that the proposed interventions are not duplicating an existing project within the Programme.
• Enhance the capacity of PWG members throughout the project cycle stages and phases.
• Ensure that all stakeholders are involved in the project cycle from the inception to ex-post evaluation stage.
• Support the periodic review of ongoing and commissioned projects to assess the level of implementation, identify challenges, recommend corrective actions to inform new projects and evaluate the attainment of objectives.
• Support the custody of all pipeline ideas and profiles submitted by the respective MDAs pending submission to the DC.
• Review all project reports from the MDAs within the Programme pending submission to the DC.
• Ensure all DC actionable points and recommendations are comprehensively addressed by the Votes under the Programme.
• Facilitating M&E, joint monitoring missions and Annual Programme performance reviews,
• Supporting preparation of the Annual Programme Performance Reports (APPR), M&E Reports and midterm and end term reviews of projects, policies and strategies

Please Note:

1) The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development is an equal opportunity employer. Any form of lobbying shall lead to disqualification.

2) Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

• Support to ensure that the project ideas are mapped to the comprehensive National Development Planning Framework and other Government development policies as issued from time to time. Ensure that the proposed interventions are not duplicating an existing project within the Programme.
• Enhance the capacity of PWG members throughout the project cycle stages and phases.
• Ensure that all stakeholders are involved in the project cycle from the inception to ex-post evaluation stage.
• Support the periodic review of ongoing and commissioned projects to assess the level of implementation, identify challenges, recommend corrective actions to inform new projects and evaluate the attainment of objectives.
• Support the custody of all pipeline ideas and profiles submitted by the respective MDAs pending submission to the DC.
• Review all project reports from the MDAs within the Programme pending submission to the DC.
• Ensure all DC actionable points and recommendations are comprehensively addressed by the Votes under the Programme.
• Facilitating M&E, joint monitoring missions and Annual Programme performance reviews,
• Supporting preparation of the Annual Programme Performance Reports (APPR), M&E Reports and midterm and end term reviews of projects, policies and strategies

• Program/Project Planning and Management
• Budgeting
• Procurement Management
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Policy Analysis
• Environmental/Natural Resources Management
• Research
• Programme Coordination

• Bachelor's degree (Honors) in either Economics, Environmental Management, Climate Science, Land Use Planning, Water Resources Management or related fields from a recognized University /Institution.
• A Masters' Degree either Statistics; Monitoring and Evaluation; Project Planning and Management; Public Finance Management; Economics; Public Policy and Administration; or Development Studies.