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12 Principal Research Officer job at National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO) | Apply Now
Entebbe, Wakiso, Uganda
Full Time
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About the Organisation
The National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) is Uganda’s premier public institution mandated to coordinate, generate, and disseminate agricultural research that supports sustainable development, food security, and improved livelihoods. Established under the National Agricultural Research Act of 2005, NARO has evolved into a renowned center of scientific excellence, recognized regionally and internationally for its groundbreaking research and innovations in crop and livestock production, fisheries, forestry, and natural resource management.
With a vibrant and knowledge-driven work culture that promotes scientific integrity, collaboration, and professional growth, NARO offers diverse career opportunities and flexible work arrangements aimed at attracting and retaining top-tier researchers and support staff. The organization’s business model is rooted in a decentralized research system, leveraging a network of specialized research institutes across Uganda to generate context-specific solutions and technologies tailored to farmers’ needs.
NARO upholds core values of excellence, accountability, innovation, teamwork, and client orientation, and integrates these into all its programs and partnerships. Its commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility is evident in community-based outreach, capacity-building initiatives, youth involvement in agriculture, and environmental conservation efforts. With a wide reach and influence in both national policy and grassroots transformation, NARO remains instrumental in driving agricultural advancement in Uganda and beyond. For more information, visit www.naro.go.ug.
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12 Principal Research Officer job at National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO)
National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO)
Job Description
Job Title: Principal Research Officer (12 Jobs)
Organisation: National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO)
Duty Station: Entebbe, Wakiso, Uganda
Duties, Roles and Responsibilities
The Generic tasks of the successful candidate will be to:
Designing and implementing innovative and integrated research projects, experiments and studies based on thematic multi-disciplinary and cross-functional teams.
Developing grant proposals to secure funding for conducting specific research programs in line with the Institute’s strategic management plan.
Identifying sources of funding, mobilizing resources and developing proposals for competitive funding especially those that enhance linkages and partnerships.
Publishing and disseminating scientific research findings in peer reviewed journals, books etc.
Providing technical leadership, mentorship, supervision and consultation to team members, research officers, professional co-workers, collaborators, students and others attached to the organization.
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Qualifications, Education and Competencies
Mandatory criteria: Applicants must meet the following five criteria.
Should possess a PhD with the exception of staff in the Engineering Discipline who possess a master’s degree.
Should have served as Senior Research Officer for at least five (5) years.
Should with evidence have contributed towards development of at least five research development proposals in the last five years totaling to One Million United States Dollars (US $ 1,000,000).
Should with evidence have participated in high caliber research resulting in the development of patented, licensed, and/or commercialized new products. This shall be evidenced by a patent, license, and/or registration number, or by any other defendable means.
Should with evidence have conducted high caliber research and published as first author and/or co-author of at least four articles of which two should be in high impact journals (impact factor > 1.5) in the past five years.
Optional criteria: Applicants must meet any four of the following criteria.
Should have published a book chapter. This shall be evidenced by ISBN, ISSN numbers.
Should with evidence, in the past five years, have successfully supervised three post-graduate students.
Should, with evidence, have been appointed to examine at least two post-graduate theses as “Internal/External Examiner” or “Opponent” in the past five years.
Should, with evidence, have served as a reviewer for at least two peer reviewed Journals and/or grant award scheme.
Should have served as a Principal Investigator (PI), Co-PI, or Team Member on an international and/or regional project.
Should with evidence have directly mentored and/or supervised at least five staff of low ranks in the past five years.
Should with evidence have caused diffusion /permeation of at least a technology causing reputable impact on livelihoods and economic development in a community.
How to Apply
Interested persons with the above requirements should submit hard copy applications in triplicate together with a detailed curriculum vitae giving telephone and e-mail addresses as well as copies of all your academic documents and certificates plus a summary of your appraisals for the past three years, to the undersigned
Deadline: 13th May 2025 by 5.00pm
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and notified via NARO web-site, telephones and e-mail addresses as provided on the CV.
Only applications responding to this advertisement and its attendant timelines will be received.
The Director General
National Agricultural Research Organization
Plot 11-13, Lugard Avenue
P.O. Box 295,
ENTEBBE
