AGRICULTURAL INSPECTOR -QUARANTINE & PHYTOSANITARY Job in Uganda

Applications are invited from suitably qualified University Graduates to fill the following vacant posts currently available in the various Ministries/Departments as specified below. Applications should be submitted in triplicate on Public Service Form No. 3 (2008) to the Secretary, Public Service Commission, P.O. Box 7080, Kampala to be received not later than 22nd October 2010.

The application forms are obtainable from the Public Service Commission Office, 2nd Floor, Farmers, House, Parliament Avenue, Kampala, Ministry/Department Headquarters and District Service Commission Offices. Hand written applications are also acceptable. The advertisement can also be accessed from the Public Service Commission Website on www.psc.go.ug.

Applications should bear the title of the post as well as the Reference Number specified against the vacancy. Applicants should attach three sets of certified photocopies of their academic certificates and transcripts.

Applicants should attach three (3) recent certified passport size photographs and should apply for a maximum of only two (2) posts clearly indicating the first and second choice on the application form.

Officers already appointed in the Public Service shall not be considered.

Applicants who shall not hear from the Public Service Commission, on completion of the selection exercise should consider themselves unsuccessful.

POST : AGRICULTURAL INSPECTOR
-QUARANTINE & PHYTOSANITARY (1 VACANCY)
REF: HRM 147/286/01 Vol. XI
SALARY SCALE: UGANDA GOVERNMENT SCALE U4
AGE : 21 YEARS AND ABOVE

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Applicants should be Ugandans holding an Honours Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture – Crop Science Option or Botany or Zoology or its equivalent and from a recognized University/Institution.

He/she should possess the following competencies: team work skills, analytical skills, good communication skills, records and information management skills, information communication technology, planning, organizing and coordinating, ethics and integrity.

DUTIES:
The incumbent will be responsible to the Senior Agricultural Inspector -Quarantine for performing the following duties:-

• Conducting confinement of non-compliant plants in the Post Entry Laboratory, plant Clinics, Green houses and in the field.
• Conducting internal and open quarantines.
• Overseeing the inspection of confined field trials for GMO plants.
• Participating in private and public awareness on occurrence of quarantine pest outbreaks.
• Collaborating with National and International diagnostic laboratories including NARS and Universities.
• Providing backup services to Phytosanitary and Diagnostic Services of the Department.
• Carrying out and supervises phytosanitary treatments
• Reporting immediate occurrence of quarantine pests and organizes for their control
• Any other duties as assigned to him/her by the supervisor