Job Title: Commercial Officer
Salary Scale: U4
Reports To: Senior Commercial Officer
Job Purpose
To provide technical support in developing, monitoring and reporting on tourism, trade, industry and auditing cooperatives.
Key Outputs
- Books of accounts of cooperative societies audited
- Laws related to commercial and marketing sub-sector enforced
- Prices of agricultural products and other commodities monitored and advice provided
- Monitoring reports compiled and relevant authorities on the sub-sector briefed
- Development of small scale industries in the area
- Commercial data for policy formulation collected and analysed
Key Functions
- Auditing books of accounts of cooperative societies
- Enforcing laws relating to the commercial and marketing sub-sector
- Monitoring and providing advice on prices of agricultural products and other commodities
- Producing reports on activities undertaken and advising the relevant authorities on the sub-sector
- Encouraging development of small scale industries in the area
- Collecting and analysing commercial data for policy formulation
Person Specifications
Qualifications
- An Honours Bachelors Degree in Commerce, Economics, Cooperatives, Business Administration/Studies, Entrepreneurship, Finance and Accounting from a recognised university/institution
JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR JOBS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS 2011
Ministry of Public Service P. O. Box 7003 Kampala. E-mail psmps@publicservice.co.ug. Fax 0414-255463/4 Tel. No. 250534/6 Page 298
Competences
- Financial management
- Project management
- Planning, organizing and coordination
- Accountability
- Communication
- Time management