About Organisation:

The Ministry of Works and Transport (MoWT) is the cabinet-level government organ responsible for planning, developing, and regulating a safe, efficient, and integrated national transport infrastructure and engineering services network across Uganda.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support the Head of the Secretariat in providing overall leadership and strategic direction for the ITIS Programme Secretariat.
• Undertake period institutional reviews or analyses to generate advise on policy, legal, institutional reforms and regulatory requirements of the program in consultation with the Head of the ITIS Programme Secretariat.
• To coordinate Ministry Departments and Agencies under the program to ensure compliance with the
• national planning and budgeting frameworks in line with the set objectives of ITIS Programme in NDPIV.
• Coordinate ITIS Programme reporting to higher organs of the NDPIV Coordination framework in close consultation with the Head of the Secretariat and the Department of Statistics, Monitoring and Evaluation.
• Coordinate the planning, implementation, and monitoring of ITIS activities in collaboration with the technical officers in the Planning Division, Programme Officers and TWG Chairs.
• Organize and facilitate meetings of the Leadership Committee, PWG and TWGs, including preparation of agendas, documentation, and follow-up actions in close consultation with the Head of the Secretariat.
• Ensure alignment of TWG activities with the overall objectives of the ITIS Programme, the National Transport Integrated Master Plan and the National Transport and Logistics Policy frameworks.
• Supervise and provide technical guidance to the Programme Officers.
• Maintain communication and coordination with DPI, and other development Programmes.
• Coordinate preparation of progress reports, and programme performance indicators in close consultation with the Department of Statistics, Monitoring and Evaluation.
• Support the harmonization of outputs from the TWGs and ensure timely submission of consolidated reports to the PWG.
• Facilitate knowledge sharing, documentation of best practices, and dissemination of outputs.
• Represent the ITIS Secretariat in relevant meetings, workshops, and consultations as required by other programmes.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Statistics, Commerce, Finance and any studies relevant for Development Planning
• Master’s Degree in Development Planning, Public Finance, Economics, Statistics, Business Administration, Mass Communication, Computer Science/ICT, Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, Management Studies.
• Minimum of nine (9) years of practical working experience of which, six (6) years should be hands- on in Development Planning, Research Budgeting, Resource Mobilization, Monitoring and Evaluation in a management position in a reputable Organization.

Applications must include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, certificates and transcripts, and be addressed as below and

Submitted online to humanresourcemanagement@finance.go.ug

Address the email submitting your application as follows: POSITION – SURNAME- FIRST NAME – OTHER NAMES

NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.