Vacancy announcements

1. ORGANISATION PROFILE
The National Information Technology Authority-Uganda (NITA-U) is established as a statutory body under the National Information Technology Authority, Uganda Act, 2009 as one of the key players in the Information and Communications Technology Sector.

It’s mandated is to coordinate, promote and monitor IT development within the context of national social and economic development, with a vision as “a facilitator of a knowledge-based, globally competitive Uganda where social transformation and economic development is supported through IT enabled services”.

The Government of Uganda has set aside funds to fully operationalise the Authority during the Financial Year 2010/11 and this will, amongst others, entail recruitment of key personnel.

2. EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS
NITA-U now seeks to recruit suitably qualified, competent and experienced professionals to fill vacancies within its various directorates and departments. These positions require persons with integrity, dedication, diligence and commitment who are professionals in one or more of the following functional areas:- Information Technology, Planning, Research & Development, Project Management, Finance & Accounting, Human Resource Management, Internal Audit, Procurement, Legal Services and Administration, amongst others.

Interested applicants are advised to refer to the detailed job descriptions and specifications available in this News Paper’s official home page (website): www.newvision.co.ug. The same can also be found in the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology/National Information Technology Authority-Uganda (NITA-U) home page (website): www.ict.go.ug.

3. EMPLOYMENT TERMS
As a responsible and equal opportunity employer, NITA-U is committed to providing a very competitive employment terms, rich career development opportunity and healthy working environment, over 3 – 5 years contract period as applicable, to deserving professionals with the right qualifications, skills, competencies and experiences.

4. APPLICATION PROCESS
Interested candidates who fully meet the required job specifications and with the right personal attributes are invited to submit their application letter indicating day time telephone contact, postal and email addresses, of both the applicant and three reputable referees, accompanied by a completed application form (template can be accessed/printed from the relevant websites), certificates and testimonials, to reach the Authority not later than Friday, 10th December 2010 to:

The Executive Director,
National Information Technology
Authority – UGANDA (NITA-U),
Statistics House, Plot 9 Colville Str.
P. O. Box 7817; Fax: +256-414-251775; Tel: +256-414-705701
Email: nitau@ict.go.ug
Kampala, UGANDA.

5. FEEDBACK
Only successful candidates will be contacted. Any form of canvassing, infl uence peddling
and or any other “backdoor” attempt, of whatsoever nature, to infl uence the selection
process will automatically lead to disqualifi cation of a candidate without any recourse.

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