The National Environment Management Authority (hereinafter called “NEMA”) was established under the National Environment Act, Cap.153 in May 1995 (hereinafter called the “Act”). This has now been repealed by the National Environment Act No.5 of 2019 and mandated “as the principal agency in Uganda for regulating, supervising and coordinating all activities relating to the environment.
NEMA invites applications from suitably qualified candidates to fill the following vacant position:

Job Ref : NEMA/ADV/EXT/01/2022
Title : Internal Audit Manager
Reports to : Executive Director
Salary Scale : E3
Vacancies : One (1)

Job purpose: To Support the internal audit function of the Authority.

Key duties and responsibilities
• Review the Authority’s significant business processes including the financial and accounting systems in different departments and sections of the Authority;
• Perform a risk assessment within the business processes of the Authority;
• Prepare audit methodology, design standard audit tests and procedures to follow, preparing instructions to be followed for each audit;
• Review transactions of the Authority with a view of ensuring value for money;
• Carry out the audits and appropriate investigations in the Authority and provide technical guidance and support;
• Ensure audits checks of financial and operational performance relating to collections, investments, purchases, stores, assets and financial transactions.
• Prepare final audit reports and submit them to the Executive Director and to the Board. h) Prepare and submit final internal reports and other appropriate reports to the Board as necessary; submit them to the Executive Director other appropriate reports to Board as necessary;
• Make recommendations on Authority’s systems improvement to the Executive Director and the respective NEMA Directorates; and
• Perform any other tasks that may be assigned.

Job specifications
The desired person should have the following essential requirements:
a) Qualifications:
• A Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following: Business Administration (Accounting
• Option); Commerce (Accounting Option), Accounting and Finance;
• A Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Accounting or Finance is a MUST;
• Full Professional qualifications of ACCA or CPA;

b) Membership:
• Full membership to the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda is a
• MUST.
• Experience:
• Should have at least a minimum of eight (8) years’ work experience in Accounting or Auditing with a reputable organization or Government of which at least four (4) years should be at a senior level in auditing;
• Hands on experience with accounting packages such as Sun systems, Navision
• Financials or Pastel is a MUST:
• Tenure of appointment: The appointment shall be for an initial period of two (2) years with effect from the date of assumption of duties and may be renewed subject to evaluation of performance of duties or any other considerations
• Duty station: The successful candidate may in the interest of NEMA be required to serve in any part of Uganda.

Key competencies/ skills
• Knowledge of relevant laws that govern public finance management;
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
• Audit Planning skills;
• Organizing and coordination;
• Good morals and high level of integrity;
• Management and supervisory skills;
• Analytical skills;
• Change management skills;
• High level of confidentiality.

Potential candidates should download an application form from the NEMA website, fill the form, attaching requisite academic transcripts and certificates in one pdf file named “Position-Name of Applicant”.

The one pdf file should be submitted to recruitment@nema.go.ug

Applicants who will not have heard from us by 7th April 2022 should consider their applications unsucceful.