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Position Title:
Health technical officer
Organisation: Ministry
of Finance, Planning and Economic Development
Location:Kampala,Uganda
Background
The mission of Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development
is to formulate sound economic policies, maximize revenue mobilization, and
ensure efficient allocation and accountability
for public resources so as to ensure sustainable economic
growth and development.
The Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit (BMAU),
within the Budget Directorate operationalizes this mission through tracking public
resources and monitoring actual implementation of Government programmes for
improved service delivery. BMAU is currently focusing on the five key
investment areas
(sectors): Agriculture; Infrastructure (Energy and Roads);
Social Services (Education, Health, and Water and Sanitation);
Industrialization and ICT; and Micro Finance. Monitoring covers all central government
ministries, departments and agencies in these sectors and all districts in
Uganda.
The Ministry is desirous of hiring a Health Technical Monitoring
Officer to work on a contractual basis at the BMAU.
Specific Duties:
The Officer will specifically handle health related work in
the Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit and the Ministry in General.
1) Analyze expenditures in the health sector in the Integrated
Financial Management System, Output Based Budgeting Tool and other sect oral and
local government planning and budgeting tools.
2) Review the sectoral Ministerial Policy Statement; Budget
Framework Papers, and Progress Reports to assess consistency
3) Physical monitoring to access use of public funds by
spending entities at the Central and Local Government level.
4) Undertake commissioned research
5) Participate in Health Sector Reviews
6) Produce key budget monitoring reports, research reports
and policy briefs.
7) Guide and train the Research Assistant(s) allocated to
you.
8) Contribute to budget analysis under the Directorate of
Budget
9) Carry-out any other duties assigned by the Head Budget
Monitoring and Accountability Unit.
Core competencies
1) Masters in Health Economics, Social Sciences, Social Sector
Planning and Management, Development Studies or related fields
2) At least 5 years experience in the health sector
3) Additional training in M & E or at least 2 years experience
in M & E and/or research
4) Experience in the public sector is an added advantage
5) Strong writing and analytical skills
6) Computer literate
Submit your application not later than Friday, June 28, 2013
to:
The Permanent Secretary/Secretary to Treasury
Attention: Head, Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit
(Room 3.13)
Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development
P. O. Box 8147, Kampala, Uganda.
