Jobs at Office of the Prime Minister (OPM)

Job Title:     Climate Change/Disaster Risk Response Knowledge & Learning Specialist
Employer: Office of the Prime Minister (OPM)
Location: Kampala, Uganda

Duties:
The incumbent designs and implements a KM Strategy to identify, analyze, document and disseminate best practices in CC &DRR, and lessons learned;
Considers the GIS/geospatial nature of products in KM outputs, including spatially analytical maps, while designing the KM Strategy;
Ensures that TORs for consultants recruited by the program also incorporate mechanisms to capture and share lessons learned through their inputs to the program, and to ensure that the results are reflected in the reporting system described above;
Consolidates a culture of lessons learning involving all program staff and allocate specific responsibilities, to document, package and disseminate lessons frequently;
Establishes and manage a Knowledge Management Fora for knowledge sharing on climate change adaptation, mitigation and disaster risk reduction and support the program in organizing related workshops and trainings events for climate change adaptation knowledge dissemination to all stakeholders;
Actively facilitates exchange of experiences by supporting and coordinating program participation in workshops and support development of the program website and any other existing network of local government;


Education: The applicant should preferably hold a Masters of Science degree in natural resource management, agricultural economics, information and communication technology or related discipline.

How to Apply:
All candidates should submit their applications to the Human Resource Office, 3rd Floor OPM Block, Apollo Kaggwa Road.

Deadline: 30th June 2017