Forest Ranger
| Location | Soroti, Uganda |
| Date Posted | March 26, 2020 |
| Category |
Agriculture
Government Management |
| Job Type |
Full-time
|
| Currency | UGX |
Description
Job Purpose:
To participate in ensuring sustainable exploitation of the forestry products in the District.
Responsibilities
- Supervising the establishment and management of tree nursery beds at Sub-county levels;
- Sensitizing and advising the council leaders and farmers on forestry and agro forestry methodologies;
- Supervising and appraising the performance of Forest Guards;
- Preparing and submitting periodical activity and performance reports to the relevant authorities;
- Participating in collecting revenue on forest products and remit it to the rightful authorities.
Job Requirements
Required education: Vocational school
Required relevant work experience: 6 months
Required languages: English (Spoken: fluent | Written: fluent)
Applying Instructions
Applications are invited from suitably qualified Ugandans for the posts available in Soroti District Local Government. Applications must be submitted to:
The Secretary,
Soroti District Service Commission,
P.O. Box 513,
Applications MUST be in triplicate on PSC Form 3 (Revised 2008), and ESC Form 3 (Revised 1998) for Education Assistant II, each with attachment of photocopies of required certified academic transcripts and certificates. Applicants should attach any other relevant documents like appointment and confirmation letters, Registration certificates, etc where applicable.
The application forms can be obtained from Secretaries to District Service Commissions Countrywide or Public Service Commission, Kampala, Chief Administrative Officers’ offices. Detailed information on these posts can also be obtained from the Job Descriptions and Person Specifications guidelines for jobs in Local Governments, 2011 and 2017 as well as other Public Service circular letters and guidelines relating to recruitments which are available in all districts and also on the websites: www.publicservice.go.ug.orwww.psc.go.ug.
The Serving Officers MUST route their applications through their responsible Officers who should be informed of the closing date to avoid delays. Please note that applicants should be below 50 years of age. However, the applicants already in the civil service are not affected by this age limit except that they should not have reached mandatory retirement age of 60 years. The applicants should attach to their applications recent passport size photographs. The applicants are informed that whereas we appreciate your interest in working with us, if you do not hear from us, please consider yourself unsuccessful.