PRINCIPAL RESEARCH OFFICER
Description
Qualification
Applicants should be Ugandans holding an Honors Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences; or Economics; or Business Administration; or Law; or Project Planning and Management; or Public Administration; or Human Resource Management/ Development; or Management; or Monitoring and Evaluation; or Public Policy plus a Masters Degree in any of the above disciplines from a recognized University /Institution
Working Experience
Applicants should have six (6) years of relevant working experience in the Public Sector, three (3) of which should have been served at the level of Senior Officer in Policy and Planning; or Research and Development; or Human Resource Management/ Development; or Training Management in Government or equivalent level of experience from a reputable organization.
Duties
The incumbent will be responsible to the Assistant Commissioner-Research, Innovation and Policy Advisory for performing the following duties:-
- Assisting in the development of effective research and innovation approaches and procedures for use in both public and non-public sector projects of Civil Service College Uganda;
- Contributing to the development of a feasible and systematic innovations framework that enhances the ability of Ministries, Departments, Agencies and Local Governments to creatively deliver services;
- Contributing to the development of a systematic marketing strategy for consultancy service activities to encourage growth in the demand for consultancy services inorder to impact the efficiency and effectiveness of development policy and organizational system in Uganda;
- Assisting in coordination of the work of all Civil Service College Uganda departments by identifying consulting and research opportunities for them;
- Participating in the development of information networks and foster relationships with national and international research and consultancy institutions in order to improve the quality of consultancy services, research activities and innovations support available through Civil Service College Uganda;
