Job Details (Land Officer)

MINISTRY OF LANDS HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

COMPETITIVENESS AND ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

EMPLOYMENT opportunity

 

  1.  Background

The Government of the Republic of Uganda received support from the International Development Association of the World Bank towards the Competitiveness and Enterprise Development Project – Land Component (CEDP AF - LC) under the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development.

 

The Ministry wishes to invite suitably qualified Ugandan citizens (candidates) to fill the positions of: Surveyor, Cartographer, Physical Planner, Land Officer, Registrar of Titles, Data Entry Clerk, Records Officer, Administrative Assistant and Information Technology Officer. Applications should be submitted through the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development (MLHUD) e-Recruitment Portal using the application link: https://careers.mlhud.go.ug/  not later than 1700hrs on Friday 16th February, 2024. Only Online Applications through the Ministry Portal link indicated above will be accepted.

 

Please attach the application letter, Curriculum Vitae (CV) and copies of all your Academic Qualifications plus other relevant supporting documents. The file size for each attachment should not exceed 10MB. Applicants who will not hear from the Ministry following completion of the recruitment and selection exercise should consider themselves unsuccessful. The positions are on contract basis, renewable upon satisfactory performance.
Directorate/Department
Ministry of Lands Housing and Urban Development
Post
Land Officer
Scale
Other
Terms of Employment
Contract
Vacancies
15
Reference
Minimum Age
18
Maximum Age
60
Minimum Qualification
Applicants should be Ugandans in possession of an Honours Bachelor’s Degree in Law plus a Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from a recognized University / Institution.
Working Experience
Working experience of one (1) year in Land Administration and Management.
Duties
The incumbent will be responsible to the Senior Land Officer for performing the following duties:-

a)     To verify the quality of recordation according to the standards and guidelines;

b)     To review compliance of the recordation according to the standards and guidelines;

c)     To review and check that all Land Administration Forms and support documents are dully filled and complied with;

d)     To approve compliance of the Land Administration Files and support documents;

e)     To provide technical support to the team;

f)      Document and record poor quality Land Administration Files and support documents by village and forward it to the Supervisor;

g)     Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

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