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The Uganda Registration Services Bureau seeks to recruit suitable
qualified, competent, and experienced professionals to fill vacancies within
various directorates and departments
Position Title:Director Intellectual Property Rights Registration (1)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Organisation: Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB)
Employment Type:Full Time Permanent
Reports to: Registrar General
Application Deadline:16th February, 2015
Background Information:
The Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) is established as a
Statutory Body under the Uganda Registration Services Bureau Act Cap. 210. The
Bureau is a key player in commercial and civil registrations that facilitate
private sector development and vital statistics for national planning.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:
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Initiate and Review policies,
systems and procedures that enhance legal compliance in accordance with the
relevant Laws.
·
Advice the Board and Management
and follow up on implementation of Board decisions.
·
Monitor legal compliance of the
Department in accordance with the relevant Laws.
·
Coordinate with stakeholders and
compile proposals for review and formulate amendments consideration of the
management and the Board.
·
Plan departmental operations and
evaluate impact on organizational objectives.
·
Manage the performance and
development of staff in line with the Human Resource Regulations and Board decisions.
·
Review
contracts/negotiations/settlement of cases and make recommendations in
accordance with Management and the Board decisions.
·
Develop and implement strategies
for institutionalization of best practices in accordance with core values and
rules of the organization.
·
Represent the Registrar General
in International Meetings.
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Supervises registration of
Intellectual Property Rights.
·
Prepare work plans and budget of
the department.
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Supervise and appraise staff.
·
Any other duties as my be
assigned by the supervisor
KEY RESULT AREAS:
·
Legal framework studied and
proposed amendment made and identified.
·
Recommendations for management
and board made.
·
General compliance for all
aspects of the law in the directorate are monitored and guidance given.
·
The Bureau strategic and business
plan be developed.
·
Briefs on the department are made
for the board.
·
Decisions for the board regarding
the directorate that require action are implemented.
·
Weaknesses in operations are
identified.
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Reports on compliance are made.
·
Actual work plans are prepared.
·
Targets are set for the
directorate.
·
Monitoring and evaluation
framework developed.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
An Honors Degree in Law and a
Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice with at least 10 years of working
experience in legal related institutions or a University degree in Engineering
with working experience in intellectual property office.
A masters degree in Intellectual
Property(MIP) , MBA or related field will be an added advantage.
KEY COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS:
Legal advocacy with good
communication and interpersonal skills and computer literate.
Mode of application:
Interested candidates who fully meet the required job specifications and
with the right personal attributes are invited to submit their application
letters indicating day time telephone contacts, postal and email addresses, or
both and three reputable referees, certificates and testimonials, to reach the
Bureau not later than two weeks from the date of this advert.
All applications should be addressed to:
The Chairman, Board of Directors,
Uganda Registration Services Bureau,
Plot 5 George Street, Georgiana House
P.O. Box 6848 Kampala
Telephone: +256 414 235 915/256 414 233 219,
Fax: +256 414 250712,
5. Note:
All applications should be submitted to the Front Desk Officer on floor
number 5 and must be registered.
Please clearly indicate the position applied for on the left hand top
corner of the envelope before submission.
Note: Those who had responded to our previous advertisement of 3rd June
2014 and are still interested are free to re‐apply.
Feedback
Only successful candidates will be contacted, Any form of canvassing,
influence peddling and /or any other “backdoor” attempt, of whatsoever nature,
to influence the selection process will automatically lead to disqualification
of a candidate without any recourse.
