Requirements
Applicants should be Ugandans holding an Honours Bachelor’s Degree in either Geography; or Spatial Planning or Urban Planning; or Urban and Regional Planning; or Land use Planning; or Land Economics; or Town and Country Planning; Plus, a Masters Degree in any of the above fields from a recognized University/Institution
- Providing technical and administrative leadership in the review and development of physical planning policies, legislation, standards, regulations and guidelines in the Sector;
- Supervising technical teams implementing physical planning programmes and activities in the Local Governments;
- Providing technical support, support supervision and training to Local Governments and other stakeholders on matters regarding spatial planning;
- Supervising and reporting on the functionality of physical planning committees at the different physical planning levels;
- Monitoring and evaluating implementation of physical planning projects and programmes at different hierarchies;
- Monitoring and evaluating adherence to National physical planning policies, practices, standards and by local governments and other stakeholders and report to the Commissioner;
- Planning, budgeting accounting for resources and performance of the Division;
- Undertaking analytical research to investigate key physical planning challenges and report to the Commissioner to inform policy development and review;
- Supervising, mentoring and appraising the performance of the junior staff of the urban development Department;
- Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.