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The Bureau, through the respective Local Governments, would now like to
recruit
experienced and competent persons to work as Parish/Ward Supervisors and
Enumerators.
Uganda jobs at Uganda Bureau of
Statistics,
Position Title: Parish/Ward Supervisor
Reports to: Sub-county/Division/ Town Council Supervisor
Organization:Uganda Bureau of Statistics,
Employment Status: Temporary
Job Ref Number: UBOS/ NP&HC / 01/06/14
Job Location: Parish/Ward
Education Level: “A” Level Certificate
Closing date: Monday June 30, 2014
Brief Company Profile:
The Government of Uganda through the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS)
will be undertaking the 2014 National Population and Housing Census enumeration
this year. The enumeration will be conducted from 28th August to 06th September
2014. It will involve door to door visits to all households in Uganda during
the specified period. Everybody who will have spent the night of 27th /28th
August (Census Night) in Uganda will be enumerated.
In order to smoothly implement the exercise, District Census Committees
have been formed
and District Census Offices established to coordinate the process. At the
Sub-county/ Division/Town Council level Census Supervisors have been nominated
by the respective Chief Administrative Officers (CAOs) to coordinate the
activity.
Duties of the Parish/Ward Supervisor:
● Distribution and retrieval of Census materials within the Parish;
● Mobilisation of Local Council 1 (LC1) members who are to assist as
guides;
● Mobilisation of the parish community for the Census;
● Technical and administrative supervision of the exercise within the
parish;
● Editing of the questionnaires and enumeration areas Summary Sheets for
any inconsistencies; and
● Collecting information on persons who spent the census night in lodges,
inns, guest houses
and hotels and generate Summary Forms.
Minimum/ Essential requirements for the
Parish/Ward Supervisor Position:
● Should have education level of “A” Level Certificate. However, candidates
with good
credits in English and Mathematics at O-level may be considered;
● Should be mature and responsible citizens (preferably with management
experience and experience in coordinating censuses/research/ surveys);
● Should be a mature adult;
● Must be ordinary residents of the Parishes/
Wards and Villages in which they wish to work;
● Should have proven organisational skills and ability to mobilise;
● Must have good communication skills;
● Must have good public relations; and
● Must be available from 1st August to 14th September, 2014.
MODE OF APPLICATION:
Handwritten Applications (Hard Copies) bearing full residential and contact
address
(including mobile telephone numbers and email addresses where applicable)
as well as
photocopies of the required certificates and testimonials should be sent
directly to the
respective Sub-county Chiefs/Town Clerks.
Applications should indicate the relevant Job Title, Reference Number of
the post applied
for and the Parish/Ward/Village of Residence on top of the first page of
the Application Letter.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS
The closing date for receiving applications is Monday June 30, 2014, at
5.00pm. Any further
enquiries can be made to the following:
The National Census Coordinator
Uganda Bureau of Statistics,
Plot 9, Colville Street,
P. O. Box 7186, Kampala.
Tel: 0414-706000
Fax: 0414-237533/230370.
Email: ubos@ubos.org,
Website: www.ubos.org
