Principal Education Officer - Primary School Education job at Ministry of Education and Sports

Vacancy title:
Principal Education Officer - Primary School Education

Jobs at:
Ministry of Education and Sports

Deadline of this Job:
Saturday, November 1 2025

Duty Station:
Kampala | Uganda

Summary
Date Posted: Friday, October 24 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assisting in the leadership and management of the division and in the overall implementation of the policy initiatives, programmes, and strategies in respect of PTE
• Participating in designing, developing and regularly reviewing Primary Teacher Education Curriculum and Assessment in liaison with the National curriculum Development Centre, UNITE and UNEB
• Identifying and analysing training and development of programme needs
• Administering training and staff development programmes for the Primary Teacher Institution staff
• Any other duties that may be assigned by Assistant Commissioner, Pre-primary and Primary Teacher Education or any other higher authorities.

Competencies

• Demonstrated ability in: Planning, organizing and coordinating policy and Strategy reviews, formulation and development; establishing and maintain strategic alliances and collaboration mechanisms; leadership, teamwork and networking; Negotiations and Communicating effectively.
• Exposure and understanding/appreciation of issues of Technical Education management and development.
• Incumbent should be of high morals and integrity.

Qualifications and Work Experience

• A minimum of an Honor's Bachelor's Degree Primary Teacher Education from a recognized University / Institution.
• Any other relevant professional qualifications will be an added advantage.
• Registered as teacher with the Ministry of Education and Sports.
• A minimum of Six (6) years working experience, three (3) of which should have been at the level of Senior Education Officer, Scale U3.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 72

Level of Education: bachelor degree

Job application procedure

Applications are invited from suitably qualified persons to fill the following vacant posts in Ministry of Education and Sports Headquarters under various Departments of Guidance and Counselling, Special Needs Education and Teacher Education Training and Development (TETD).

The Applications should be filled ON-LINE using the E-recruitment portal of the Education Service Commission (ESC). Applications should be submitted not later than 7th November, 2025 at 11:59 p.m.

Please follow the Instructions below for the filling and submission of your Application Form.

Account Creation Process

Go to the ESC website at https://www.esc.go.ug and click on the 'Job Adverts' hyper link highlighted at the top right corner or, go to any browser of your choice and enter https://erecruit.esc.go.ug.

Click 'Sign Up' button highlighted in the top right corner for you to create your account/user profile on the system.

Fill in the required information in the 'Create an Applicant's Account'.

A confirmation of 'successful creation of account' will be sent to you with a confirmation link which will lead you to log in to the system successfully.

Application Process

Go to ‘View Job Detail’ against the job that you qualify for.

Search for the job and study the job detail carefully.

To apply for the job, click ‘Apply for Job’ at the right corner.

Then submit your application, or save in case you need to come back to it.

Applicants are advised to note the following:

Create an address in case you do not have one.

Scan your passport size photograph (jpg, jpeg, png format).

Scan your relevant documents

Keep a copy of your application form for future use.

Relevant Documents include:

Academic Documents

Registration Certificate(s)

National and Institutional identity cards

Letters of Appointment, Confirmation and Posting/Transfer (where applicable).

Pay slip of at least six (6) months before the closing date of advert.

Recommendation Form- Click Publications on the ESC website to find the Form or click www.esc.go.ug/publications.

Please note that:

The application process should be completed ONLINE

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Upload only the required documents as per the job specifications. Shortlisted candidates will have the opportunity to present the rest of their relevant documents during the oral interviews.

Always refer to the ESC website at www.esc.go.ug for details of each advert.

Qualified women and persons with disability are encouraged to apply.

All Services from The Education Service Commission are Free of Charge.

Serving officers must route their applications through their Head of Institution, who should be advised on the closing date to ensure submission within the deadline.