Principal Policy Analyst job at Public Service Commission

Background information about the job or company:

The incumbent will be responsible to the Assistant Commissioner Policy Analysis for performing the following duties:-

• Coordinating provision of policy advice to the Sector and Line Ministries;
• Providing technical guidance on Policy Development and Management;
• Ensuring that technical standards, procedures and guidelines for policy formulation are adhered to;
• Providing technical guidance on Sector policy studies to ensure that they adhere to research standards;
• Supervising establishment and maintenance of an inventory of the Sector policies;
• Coordinating production of the Ministerial Budget Framework Paper, Policy Statement and Annual Sector Performance reports;
• Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

Qualifications or requirements:

• Applicants should be Ugandans holding an Honours Bachelor’s Degree in Public Policy; or an Honours Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences with the following subjects: Sociology, Social Administration, Economics, Political Science and Public Administration; with a paper in Policy Analysis and Planning; or an Honours Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics; or Quantitative Economics; or Economics and Statistics; or an Honours Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics from a recognized University /Institution. Applicants should possess a Post Graduate Diploma in Public Policy from a recognized University / Institution.

Experience needed:

• Applicants should have a minimum of six (6) years relevant working experience, three (3) of which should have been served at the level of Senior Policy Analyst in Government.

• Coordinating provision of policy advice to the Sector and Line Ministries;
• Providing technical guidance on Policy Development and Management;
• Ensuring that technical standards, procedures and guidelines for policy formulation are adhered to;
• Providing technical guidance on Sector policy studies to ensure that they adhere to research standards;
• Supervising establishment and maintenance of an inventory of the Sector policies;
• Coordinating production of the Ministerial Budget Framework Paper, Policy Statement and Annual Sector Performance reports;
• Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

• Applicants should be Ugandans holding an Honours Bachelor’s Degree in Public Policy; or an Honours Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences with the following subjects: Sociology, Social Administration, Economics, Political Science and Public Administration; with a paper in Policy Analysis and Planning; or an Honours Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics; or Quantitative Economics; or Economics and Statistics; or an Honours Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics from a recognized University /Institution. Applicants should possess a Post Graduate Diploma in Public Policy from a recognized University / Institution.
• Applicants should have a minimum of six (6) years relevant working experience, three (3) of which should have been served at the level of Senior Policy Analyst in Government.