Senior Officer, Research- Jobs at UBOS

Position: Senior Officer, Research (1 post)
Reporting: Principal, Officer Statistical Coordination Services
Key Result Areas

• Develop and implement research strategies and related activities.
• Set up and coordinate research workgroups to support the research component.
• Provide the lead in research work, identify research issues and provide statistical data and other information for identified research analysis.
• Maintain the database of public policy and national development frameworks, Statistical and Policy research, researchers, and research institutions.
• Identify appropriate research conferences where UBOS research results can be disseminated, and represented.
• Developing of research revision protocols.

Minimum requirements

• A Masters degree in Statistics/Economics/Social Sciences.
• 5 year’s working experience as a Senior Researcher on policy research matters.
  
• Experience in the coordination of different players around a central agenda.
• Excellent negotiation, communication, and presentation skills at a high level with technical stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with different stakeholders.
• Highly developed analytical and writing skills.
• Programme implementation and statistical advocacy skills.
• Practical research and coordination experience.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS

The closing date for receiving applications is 10th August 2010. Applications indicating three referees with their contact addresses, the applicant’s postal address, e-mail, fax and telephone contact should be sent to the following address:

The Deputy Executive Director - Corporate Services
Uganda Bureau of Statistics,
Plot 9, Colville Street, P.O Box 7186, Kampala.
Tel. 256-041-706000 Fax 041-237533/230370.
Email: hr@ubos.org, Website: www.ubos.org