JOB DETAILS:

Duty Station: NARO Secretariat in Entebbe, Wakiso District Reports to: Director Corporate Services
Salary Grade: UR 3RS

Job Purpose:
Ensuring the security of NARO's land assets by providing technical leadership in the management of land matters.

Minimum Academic Qualifications and Experience
• A Bachelor's Degree Surveying, Geo-informatics, Physical Planning, Land Use Management or Natural Resources with a bias in land use, from a recognized Institution.
• Master's Degree in any of the above-mentioned fields from a recognized Institution.
• Knowledge in either Surveying or Cartography is an added advantage.
• At least 10 years' experience in coordinating issues of land surveys, titling, acquisition and appropriation in a government institution is an added advantage.
• Must have formal training in the field of GIS and Remote Sensing and demonstrable experience working with mapping software or Autocad for land management.
• Must be conversant with institutional and national legal frameworks and mechanisms on land governance and management.
• Age Limit: Applicants should not be more than 55 years of age.

Tenure: The tenure of office is a 5-year contract renewable upon satisfactory performance.

Interested persons with the above requirements should submit applications together with a detailed curriculum vitae giving telephone and e-mail addresses and the names and addresses of three referees, as well as copies of academic certificates and testimonials, to the undersigned not later than 5.00pm on 3rd May 2024.
Applicants who responded to the first advert of 5th February, 2024 for the position of Land Manager don't need to re-apply.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and notified via NARO web-site, telephones and e-mail addresses as provided on the CV. Short-listed candidates will be required to provide certified copies of their Academic Qualifications.
Only applications responding to this advertisement and its attendant timelines will be received.
The Director General,
National Agricultural Research Organization,
P.O. Box 295, Entebbe, UGANDA
Other details, including specific tasks and responsibilities can be viewed on
the NARO website www.naro.go.ug under Announcements.