Organisation: National Planning Authority (NPA)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Director Development Planning
Job Reference: NPA/ADV/02/2015 (1)
The National Planning
Authority (NPA) was established by an Act of Parliament No.15 of 2002 in
compliance with article 125 of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda (1995).
Accordingly NPA is the principal statutory agency responsible for the
management of national and decentralized development planning in Uganda. The
primary function of the Authority is to produce comprehensive and integrated
development plans for the country elaborated in terms of the perspective
Vision, Long and Medium-term Plans.
Job Summary: The Head Production and Trade Planning will be
responsible for coordinating and harmonizing development planning for the
production and trade sub-sectors (agriculture, trade, tourism, environment and
natural resources and cooperatives) .
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
- Serve
as the head of the Department of Production and Trade in NPA, the officer
will exercise all the administrative; professional; technical; and
financial powers that are exercised by the heads of the department of the
Authority, - Work
closely with the relevant partners to ensure that Sector Development Plans
(SDPs) for the sub-sectors of production and trade, policies and
priorities complement and are consistent with the national development
agendas as defined in Uganda Vision 2040 and the national development
plans (NDPs) - Develop
appropriate planning capacities and frameworks at both central and local
government levels to address the fragmented planning and associated
problems within the production and trade sub-sectors and to coordinate
planning activities across such sectors so as to bring about efficient and
cost-effective attainment of national development agendas/strategies. - Ensure
the integration of sector development plans for production and trade
sub-sectors into the National Development Plans (NDPs); - Act
as a Technical Advisor to the Authority and Executive Director on all
matters relating to the development planning function for the sub-sectors
of production and trade (agriculture, environment and natural resources,
tourism, trade and cooperatives); - Regularly
analyze trends and issues in production and trade sub-sectors to inform
policy; - Prepare
policy briefs on issues relevant to production and trade sub- sectors for
Board consideration; - Provide
back stopping roles to the MDAs and Local Governments with regards to
development planning for the sub-sectors of production and trade.; - Prepare
departmental plans and budgets; - Prepare
project proposals for resource mobilisation to undertake projects in the
Department; - Responsible
for the preparation of various activity reports for inclusion in the
quarterly and annual reports of the Authority. - Actively
participate in monitoring and evaluation of core programmes in the
production and trade sub-sectors; - Build
and maintains relations with MDAs, Local Governments, the private sector,
academia and the civil society to enhance inter-Sectoral collaboration in
production and trade development; - Build
and maintains strong partnerships with international, regional, and
academia that are directly involved in supporting production and trade
development; - Represent
the NPA in meetings; seminars and workshops in country, at regional and
international levels; - Perform
any other duties as may be directed from time to time.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
- The
incumbent should hold a Masters’ degree in Agriculture economics,
Development Economics, Economic Policy & Planning,, or a closely
related discipline from a recognized university. - Possession
of a Post graduate training in in any of the following areas: climate
change, environment and natural resources; agriculture, trade and tourism
development planning, or a closely related discipline from a recognized university/institution
will be an added advantage. - At
least ten years’ experience, of which five at Senior Management level in
the field of development planning in any of the following areas:
agriculture; environment and natural resources;, tourism;, trade; and,
cooperatives in a reputable public organization / institution.
All candidates are encouraged
to send two sets of applications with detailed curriculum vitae clearly phone
and email contacts, photocopies of academic and professional certificates and
transcripts should be directed to: The Executive Director, National Planning
Authority, P.O. Box 21434 Kampala, Uganda; Planning – House Plot 17B Clement
Hill Road. The applicant should indicate the Ref No. of the post applied for in
the top hand right corner the application envelope. On delivery, the
applications shall be registered at the NPA Reception / Front desk.
Deadline: Thursday 30th April
2015 at 16:55 hours.
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