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Job Summary

Job Title:
Senior Assessment Officer Test Development and Moderation – Nursing and Midwifery
Employer:
Uganda Health Professions Assessment Board
Location:
Kampala
Country:
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Contract Type:
Full-time
Job Category:
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Number of Positions:
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Deadline:
Wednesday, 20 May 2026

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The TVET Act 2025, and the Gazette of Statutory Instrument No. 25 of 2025 established the Uganda Health Professions Assessment Board (UHPAB), which is responsible for the Assessment and Certification of health professionals under Technical and Vocational Education and Training. The ACT was assented to in February 2025, by H.E. the President of the Uganda, Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.

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Deadline: 

20 May 2026

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Senior Assessment Officer Test Development and Moderation – Nursing and Midwifery Job at Uganda Health Professions Assessment Board

Uganda Health Professions Assessment Board

Job Description

To mobilize for test items, pack examinations in readiness for dispatch to examination centers and prepare materials in readiness for marking exercise for Nursing and Midwifery Assessment.

Monitor the setting of Test Items and filing them according to course units and forwards to supervisor.

Duties, Roles and Responsibilities

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Monitor the setting of Test Items and filing them according to course units and forwards to supervisor.
  • Monitor the envelope writing process for the envelopes that hold individual question papers in readiness for print (Year, Semester, Program, Paper name and Code plus number of scripts to be printed) for Nursing and Midwifery Assessment.
  • Monitor packing of Nursing and Midwives examinations and ensure safe environment for packing examinations in collaboration with the Principal Assessment Officer (Test Development).
  • Administer oath of secrecy prior to packing of examinations for Nursing and Midwifery.
  • Retooling and capacity building of the team invited to pack examination papers for Nursing and Midwifery.
  • Check and verify that the examination envelopes tally with the code of the examination paper to be packed at a time until all exams have been packed for Nursing and Midwifery.
  • Liaise with the IT Section to confirm the number of new registrations for Nursing and Midwifery Students.
  • Verify the number of packages and scripts for Centers for Nursing and Midwifery Assessment as per the packing list.
  • Monitor the packing process including appropriate number of return bags for Nursing and Midwifery examinations.
  • Monitor in safe storage of the examination bags in the strong room according to the designated routes.
  • Supervise the team members in data entry for item analysis for multiple choice questions and submits to the supervisor.

Qualifications, Education and Competencies

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See all details of the qualifications, competencies and education for this role under the "How to Apply" section below.

Applications are invited from suitably qualified applicants to fill the vacant posts tenable at the Uganda Health Professions Assessment Board. The applications should be filled on the PSC Form 3 and submitted to the Executive Secretary, Uganda Health Professions Assessment Board on Plot 157, Ssebowa Road, Kiwatule, P.O. Box 236, Ntinda not later than 5.00 pm on 20th May, 2026. Instructions Applicants are advised to: • Complete Public Service Form 3 (PSF 3) in triplicate, Download Here • Attach one (1) recent coloured passport size photograph on each form and a detailed Curriculum Vitae. • Indicate title of the post on the application form and reference number against the post. • Select one or two posts which you qualify. • Relevant Documents required include the following: • Certified Academic documents (Master’s Degree Certificate and Transcript, Post Graduate Diploma Certificate and Transcript, Bachelor’s Degree Certificate and Transcript, Diploma Certificate and Transcript, UACE, UCE). • Certified Registration Certificates and valid Practicing Licenses for health workers who are required by law to register with relevant Professional Councils. • Evidence of training and practice in specialized areas where applicable. • Letters of appointment, confirmation and promotion where applicable. • National and Current Institutional Identity Cards. Priority should be given to only the relevant academic documents in the job specifications. All applicants will have the opportunity to present additional relevant qualifications. It is emphasized that: Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. Shortlisted applicants shall be required to bring at the oral interview their original Academic and Professional Documents, letters of appointment and confirmation. Candidates who will present forged Certificates shall be handed over to the Police for appropriate action. Applicants who are on long term training of one year and above should not apply. Equal opportunity is given to all applicants.

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