Assistant Commissioner Job at Ministry of Public Service Commission

Job title Job Title: ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER
(SELECTION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT)
REF: HRM 179/272/01 (1 VACANCY)
SALARY SCALE: UGANDA GOVERNMENT SCALE U1E
AGE : 30 YEARS AND ABOVE


MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND WORKING EXPERIENCE:
Applicants should be Ugandans holding an Honours Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following disciplines: Human Resource Management/Personnel Management or Arts or Social Sciences with Human Resources Management/Personnel Management as a subject or Social Work and Social Administration Or Education or Commerce (Management Option) Or Business Administration (Management Option) or Business Studies or Literature in English or any other Bachelor’s Degree with either Mathematics or Philosophy or Psychology as a subject plus a minimum of a Post Graduate Diploma in Occupational/organizational Psychology or any other Post Graduate Diploma with Psychometrics as a paper from a recognized University/Institution.
Applicants should have a minimum of nine (9) years working experience in Management, three (3) of which should have been gained in administration of Personnel Selection Systems in Government or equivalent level of experience from a reputable organization.
He/she should have the following Competencies; thorough knowledge of Public Sector Human Resource Management Policies and Procedures, Competence analysis; Leadership and strategic management; Knowledge management; Integrity; Monitoring and evaluation.


DUTIES:
The incumbent will be responsible to the Commissioner Selection Systems for performing the following duties:
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? Organizing, implementing and evaluating training programs in Systematic personnel selection.
? Planning and coordinating research to evaluate the selection techniques.
? Planning and coordinating the administration, scoring and analysis of written examinations and aptitudes tests
? Coordinating the competence profiling programs and the classification of jobs in competence areas.
? Preparing competence selection tools for middle management levels jobs i.e. salary Scale U3-U5.
? Managing the performance and development of staff.
? Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.



How to Apply:
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Applications are invited from suitably qualified Ugandans to fill the following vacant posts. 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 Friday 13th April, 2012
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.

Applications should bear the title of the post as well as the reference number specified against the vacancy. Serving Officers will not be considered for Entry Level Posts in Scale U4, where applicable.
Applicants are free to apply for a maximum of two Posts.
Applicants should attach three sets of certified photocopies of their certificates and testimonials, plus three recent certified passport size photographs.
Those already in Government Service should route their applications through their Heads of Department who should be informed of the closing date to avoid delay. Serving officers may submit an advance a copy of the application directly to the Public Service Commission to enable the Commission to carry out preliminary work on the applications. Applicants who shall not hear from the Public Service Commission on completion of the selection exercise should consider themselves unsuccessful.

Deadline: 13th April 2012