About Organisation:

The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) is the cabinet-level government body mandated to optimize the production and marketing of agricultural crops, livestock, and fisheries resources to ensure food security and maximize household wealth across Uganda.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Provision of Technical Support to the Sub-committee to;

• Identify priority interventions for integration into the five year and Annual Program Implementation Action Plan, as aligned to NDP IV.
• Identify priorities, outputs, targets and resources required for incorporation into the Program Budget Framework Paper (PBFP), and consolidate the Sub-committee Budget Framework Papers priorities, as aligned to the Program Implementation Action Plan.
• Identify Administrative Reforms to facilitate achievements of the Program goals and objectives.
• Preparation of the Project Concept Papers and submission to the Program Technical Working Group for consideration.
• Organisation and coordination of meetings of the Program Technical Working Group to execute tasks assigned by the Program Working Group and prepare Minutes.
• Coordination of the implementation of decisions made by the Technical Working Group and provision of feedback to the Program Officer and Program Technical Leader.
• Coordination of the Institutions that contribute to the relevant Program objectives during the planning and implementation of the Program Interventions.
• Preparation of quarterly performance reports on the implementation of Annual Implementation Action Plans (AIAPs) and presentation to the Program Technical Working Group.
• Development of a monitoring and evaluation framework and alignment to the interventions under objectives relevant to the Program.
• Undertake joint monitoring and evaluation of implementation of programme interventions and preparation of periodic reports to the Program Technical Leader through the Head Programme Secretariat.
• Identification of key policy gaps and preparation of briefs with recommendations for improvement to the Program Technical Leader.
• Undertaking periodic capacity needs assessment within the institutions relevant to the assigned
• objectives to identify skills gaps, develop a capacity development plan and ensure integration of the relevant priorities in the Annual Program Implementation Action Plan (APIAP) and Budget Framework Papers.
• Documentation of success stories and submission to the Program Officer and Technical Working Group for dissemination to relevant Stakeholders.
• Execution of any other duties as assigned by the Head Program Secretariat.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Social Sciences, Business Administration, Office and Information Management or Information Science, Agriculture Economics.
• Masters in Economics, Social Sciences Business Administration, Office and Information Management or Information Science or related field obtained from a recognized University/Institution.
• A minimum of five (5) years relevant working experience in a related Field with bias in government work environment

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.