Organisation: Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF)

Funding Source: Islamic Development Bank (IDB)

Project Name: Enhancing National Food Security through Increased Rice Production (ENRP) Project

Reports to: Project CoordinatorThe Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries received funding from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to implement the Jeddah Declaration initiative (2008) through Enhancing National Food Security through Increased Rice Production (ENRP) project. The project is to provide short term assistance to the Government of Uganda to withstand global food market and climate shocks as well as medium to long term support to build and strengthen the institutional and technical capacities, for sustained agricultural growth that contributes to poverty alleviation and food security.

Job Summary: The Procurement Officer will oversee and manage the procurement for the PMU project under strict deadlines and standards as set out in the IDBs Guidelines Procurement of works and goods by IBD Borrowers.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: Preparing specifications, bidding documents for goods and equipment contracts, requests for proposals for consulting assignments, and proposal application packages for subproject proposals using standard documentation agreed with IDB.Arranging for advertising contract opportunities and assistance in preparing contract bidsPreparing required procurement and other documentation for review and or no objection by the IDBPreparing of contracts to be signed with suppliers, consultants, NGOs, CBOs and other entitiesMaintaining a record of and ensure compliance with agreed procurement method thresholds, IDB prior review thresholds and agreed aggregate threshold amounts for less competitive procurement methods.Work collaboratively with Technical Specialists and Accountant in preparing quarterly Project Management Reports (PMR) to be submitted to IDBMonitoring the implementation and performance of contracts by suppliers, consultants and other entities under time and cost management and produce monthly and quarterly reports.Documenting the lessons learnt and provide the best practices on design of follow-on projects.Performing any other duties as assigned by his/her supervisor

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: The Procurement Officer for the MAIF Project should be a Ugandan holding an honors degree in Procurement, Business, Law or Engineering with at least 5 years post graduate experience in procurement and contract management in public sector.He/she should be a member of CIPS and have good knowledge of procurement policies and procedures of a multilateral financial institution (preferably the PPDA, Government of Uganda, Donor Projects); as well as good knowledge of the institutional, technical, and commercial aspects of procurementPlease send your applications with a detailed CV indicating contact addresses and details of three references should be submitted during official working hours to: The Permanent Secretary Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, P.O. Box 102, Entebbe, Uganda. Please obtain forms from the Public Service Commission or Ministry of Agriculture Headquarters and government ministries and departments. Download it here.

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Bulindi Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Bulindi ZARDI] is one of the Public Agricultural Research Institute established by the National Agricultural Research Act (2005).

The Institute is mandated to conduct applied and adaptive agricultural research in mid-western agro-ecological zone of Uganda under the policy guidance of National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO). The Director of Research, Bulindi 2ARDI invites suitably qualified Ugandans to fill the following positions at the institute located in Hoima District,

Job Ref: BUZARDI/01/2010
Position: Animal production Technician
Salary Scale UR 6
Reports to: Animal Health Scientist

Duties and Responsibilities:
a. Collect and prepare laboratory samples for analysis of specimens and samples such as of spleen, brain, blood serum, heart, liver, lung, mucus, pus, urine, faeces, blood, milk and other animal fluids and tissues for isolation, analysis and labelling
b. Conducting standardized microbiological and biochemical tests and laboratory analyses to diagnose diseases and evaluate the quantity or quality of physical or chemical substances in animals and other products,
c. Attends to livestock and undertake activities such as spraying, vaccinations, deworming, dehorning, castration, tagging, insemination, diagnosis and treatment, weighing, milking and general maintenance of the paddock.
d. Prepares animal feeds and ensure right quality and quantity of feed is given to animals
e. Any other duty as s signed to by immediate supervisor

Minimum Qualifications:
a. Diploma/Higher National Diploma in Animal Production from recognized Institution Possession of Bachelors degree will be an added advantage.
b. Two (2) years relevant experience

Key Competencies:
a) Knowledge of animals, insects and other micro-organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
b) Proficiency in computer software applications and statistical packages

Applications should be addressed to:

The Director of Research
Bulindi Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute (BuZARDI)
P.O. Box 101 Hoima (u)
Email; Bulindizardi@yahoo.com

N.B only short listed candidates will be contacted.

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Post: LABORATORY TECHNICIANS
Salary Scale: U7 Age:-20-40 Years
Minimum Qualifications:
Applicants should be Ugandans holding a diploma in Science Laboratory technology or food processing. Training in food analysis and good laboratory practices (GLP) and training or experience in ISO/IEC 17025:2005 requirements and quality control and good computer skills are desirable.

Duties:

The successful candidate will be responsible to the Laboratory Manager in performance of the following duties:
i. Performing sample analysis
ii. Prepare media and perform for analysis,
iii. Responsible for routine equipment checks
iv. Any other duty assigned.

The Permanent secretary wishes to invite suitably qualifies candidates to fill the following vacant posts at the secretariat. Applications should be filled on Public Service form 3 (Revised) and submitted to the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, animal Industry and Fisheries P.O. Box 2, Entebbe not later than 29th October 2010. The forms can be obtained from the Public Service Commission, Ministry of Agriculture Headquarters and government ministries and departments. Applicants who will not hear from the ministry on completion of the recruitment and selection exercise should consider themselves unsuccessful.

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The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries received government of Uganda funds for the Support to Fisheries Regulation and Control activities of the Fisheries Department. The funds among other things are to support a secretariat to handle the compilation and interpretation of Fisheries Regulation and Control information/data.

POST: INFORMATION/DATA ANALYST
Age: 20 - 45 Years
Salary scale: U5

Minimum Qualifications:
Applicants should be Ugandans holding diploma in Information Technology (IT), Computer Science or statistics. Certificates in STATA or CS Pro will be an added advantage.

Duties: The successful candidate will be responsible to the Project Coordinator in performance of the following duties: Taking the overall responsibility of analyzing, interpreting and writing reports pertaining to the data entered and analyzed.
ii. Facilitating the dissemination of information of regulation unit activities by local and international media through various communication channels such as radio/TV broad casting, feature writing and press releases,
ill. Facilitate networking and creating awareness of best practices for value added product production and marketing.
iv. Upgrading the Department of Fisheries Resources website through promoting use of innovative approaches to website interaction.
v. Any other duty assigned.

The Permanent secretary wishes to invite suitably qualifies candidates to fill the following vacant posts at the secretariat. Applications should be filled on Public Service form 3 (Revised) and submitted to the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, animal Industry and Fisheries P.O. Box 2, Entebbe not later than 29th October 2010. The forms can be obtained from the Public Service Commission, Ministry of Agriculture Headquarters and government ministries and departments. Applicants who will not hear from the ministry on completion of the recruitment and selection exercise should consider themselves unsuccessful.

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