Business Development Officer
Location | Kampala, Uganda |
Date Posted | October 22, 2025 |
Category | Business Development Management |
Job Type | Full-time |
Currency | UGX |
Description

About Organisation:
Uganda Free Zones and Export Promotions Authority (UFZEPA) is a Statutory Government Agency established by the Free Zones (Amendment) Act 30 of 2024, and is responsible for the establishment, development, management, marketing, maintenance, supervision and control of Free Zones; the development, promotion and coordination of all export-related activities; and to provide for related matters.
Job Summary: To implement marketing strategies that promote Special Economic Zones.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Research new business opportunities for SEZs/EPZs/Free Ports
- Undertake market feasibility studies in public Free Zones/EPZs
- Prepare proposals for resource mobilization for Free Zones projects
- Develop business and project implementation plans
- Monitor investments for financial compliance and reporting requirements
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Honors Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, International Business Administration, Management, Economics or Entrepreneurship
Work Experience
- Working experience: Nil
Competencies
Technical
- Knowledge Management
- Information Communication Technology
- Human Resource Management
- Financial Management
- Risk Management
- Research and Analytical Skills
Behavioral
- Teamwork
- Concern for Quality and Standards
- Accountabilities
- Ethics and Integrity
- Communicating effectively
- Time Management
Applying Instructions
Interested candidates, who fully meet the requirements, should submit their applications with a comprehensive curriculum vitae with three (3) referees and their daytime contact details, copies of academic certificates and transcripts, and other relevant certificates, including O and A Level, Bachelor’s Degree and Post Graduate Academic and Professional Qualifications online at the link below
The application and all attachments should be sent as one file in PDF format properly labelled with the Applicants name and position applied for.
ONLY applications submitted online will be considered.
Applicants who do not hear from us should consider their applications unsuccessful.
Applicants can only apply for a maximum of two (2) positions.
All applications should be addressed to:
The Executive Director,
Uganda Free Zones and Export Promotions Authority (UFZEPA),
6Th floor, Communications House,
Plot 1 Colville Street, Kampala. Uganda