BUSHENYI DISTRICT SERVICE COMMISSION

EXTERNAL ADVART NO. 1/2025

Applications are invited from suitably qualified Ugandans to fill vacancies that exist in
Bushenyi District local Government in the positions declared below. Applicants should fill
PSC form 3 (Revised 2008) and ESC form 3 (Revised 1998) for teachers only in triplicate one
filled in own handwriting with coloured passport size photographs attached to each form and
addressed to the secretary District service commission, to be received not later than 5:00pm
of 15th August 2025. Due to long distances of some applicants, they are encouraged to
use our career email: [Link]@[Link].

Applicants must attach scanned photocopies of certified academic certificates and

transcripts/results slips, copies of school /institutional identity cards and any other relevant
appointment letters. Applicants are advised to apply for not more than two (02) positions and
those already in government service should route their applications through their respective
responsible officers who should be informed of the closing date to avoid delay. Details of the
job descriptions and person specifications are viewed below .
PLEASE NOTE: APPOINTMENT INTO THE CIVIL SERVICE IS FREE AND
BUSHENYI DISTRICT SERVICE COMMISSION DOES NOT CHARGE MONEY
DURING RECRUITMENT. Any form of conversing for support during the process will
lead to automatic disqualification. Applicants who do not hear from us after interviews should
consider themselves unsuccessful.

BUSHENYI DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Post Reference No. Salary Scale Vacancies
Assistant district Health Officer BDSC/1/2/19 U2 sc 01
(Environmental Health)
Assistant District Health Officer BDSC/2/2/19 U2 sc 01
(Maternal Child Health
Anaesthetic officer BDSC/3/2/19 U5 med 01
Public Health Nurses BDSC/4/2/19 U5 med 04
Dispensers BDSC/5/2/19 U5 med 03
Ophthalmic clinical Officer BDSC/6/2/19 U5 med 02
Laboratory Technicians BDSC/7/2/19 U5 med 04
Theatre Assistant BDSC/8/2/19 U6 med 02
Anaesthetic assistant BDSC/9/2/19 U6 med 01
Enrolled nurses BDSC/10/2/19 U7 med 08
Enrolled Midwives BDSC/11/2/19 U7 med 06
Health Assistants BDSC/12/2/19 U7 med 02
Assistant Inventory Management BDSC/13/2/19 U5 L
office
Askari BDSC/14/2/19 U8 L 04
Porter BDSC/15/2/19 U8 L 04
Senior accountant BDSC/16/2/19 U3 u 01
Senior Planners BDSC/17/2/19 U3 u 02
Forestry officers BDSC/18/2/19 U4 sc 04
District production officer BDSC/19/2/19 ULe sc 01
Principal fisheries officer BDSC/20/2/19 U2 sc 02
Senior entomologists BDSC/21/2/19 U3 sc 02
Fisheries officer (aquaculture) BDSC/22/2/19 U4 sc 01
Veterinary officers BDSC/23/2/19 U4 sc 04
Assistant animal husbandry BDSC/24/2/19 U5 sc 02
officer
Inspector of schools BDSC/25/2/19 U4 L 01
Headteacher BDSC/26/2/19 U4 04
Deputy headteacher BDSC/27/2/19 U5 04
Senior education Assistant BDSC/28/2/19 U6 07
Education Assistant II BDSC/29/2/19 U7 34
BUSHENYI TOWN COUNCIL
Principal Township officer BDSC/30/2/19 U2 L 01
Senior internal auditor BDSC/31/2/19 U3 u 01
Senior treasurer BDSC/32/2/19 U3 u 01
Senior commercial officer BDSC/33/2/19 U3 L 01
Principal town Agent BDSC/34/2/19 U5 L 04

Department of Health

Job Title: Assistant District Health Officer (Environmental Health).

Reports to: District Health Officer.
Job purpose: To assist the DHO in ensuring efficient, effective and affordable delivering of
environmental health services for the well being of the population of the district.

Personal specifications: An Honors Bachelors degree in environmental Health science from

a recognized university /institution.
- Post graduate Diploma in Health sciences management or related management
qualifications from a recognized institution.
Job title: Assistant District Health Officer (Maternal child Health)
Report to: To district Health officer
Job Purpose: To assist DHO in ensuring efficient, effective and affordable delivery of
maternal child health and nursing services.
Personal Specification.
Qualifications: Bachelors degree in Nursing or Bachelors of public Health nursing from a
recognised institution with post graduate Diploma in Health services management.
Competences: Coaching and mentoring, Accountability, report writing

Job title: Anaesthesia officer.

Report to: Senior medical officer.
Reports to: Senior medical officer
Job purpose: To administer anaesthesia and manage patients in the theatre.
Qualifications: Must have a diploma in clinical medicine, nursing or midwifery with a
diploma in anaesthesia from a recognized institution.
Competences: Guidance and counseling, ethics and integrity

Job title: Public Health Nurses.

Reports to: Senior public health Nurse.
Job purpose: To implement primary Health care activities in the District.
Qualifications: Must have a diploma in public Health or its equivalent from a recognized
institution.

Job Title: Dispenser (Health center Iv)

Report to: Senior Medical center.
Job purpose: To manage the safe storage, dispense and advise patients on proper use and
storage of medicines.
Qualifications: Must have a diploma in pharmacy or its equivalent from a recognized
institution.
Competences: Information management, ethics and integrity concern for quality and
standards.
Job title: Ophthalmic clinical officer
Reports to: Senior ophthalmic clinical officer/senior medical officer.
Job purpose: To diagnose, treat and manage patients with eye conditions
Key functions: Referring complicating eye conditions to senior ophthalmic clinical officer.
Qualifications: Must be aclinical officer or Registered nurse/midwife.

Job Title: Laboratory Technicians

Reports to: Senior laboratory technicians
Job purpose: To conduct generalized laboratory investigations for disease diagnosis
treatment, prevention and control.
Competences: Concern for quality and standards, communication & time management

Job Title: Theater assistants.

Reports to: Nursing officer in charge of theatre
Job purpose: To prepare the theatre for surgical operations and ensure sterility of
instruments and other items needed for operation.
Key functions: Maintaining surgical instruments and equipments safe disposal of theatre
waste.

Job title: Anesthesia Assistant

Reports : Anaethetic officer
Job purpose: To assist administer anaesthesia and manage patients in the theatre.
Qualifications: Must have a certificate in anaesthesia from arecognised institutions.
Competencies: Concern for quality and standards of anaestheological work.

Job Title: Enrolled Nurses Reports to: Nursing officer.

Job purpose: To provide quality nursing services to patients and patiapate in implementing
public health interventions in the community
Qualifications: Must have enrolled nurse certificate or equivalent from a recognized
institution.
Job title: Enrolled midwives
Reports to: Nursing officer (Midwifery)
Job purpose: to provide day to day midwifery nursing care service to patients.
Key functions: Receiving patients, registering admissions, discharges and providing care
during labour with emphasis on keeping proper records, use of drugs and prevention of
complications to mother and baby.
Qualifications: Must have an enrolled midwifery certificate from a recognized institutions
and must be registered and licensed .

Job title: Health Assistant.

Reports to: Senior Health Assistant/Health Inspector.
Job purpose: To prevent and control the spread of Diseases in the community.
Qualifications: Must have a certificate in environmental Health science as its equivalent
from a recognized institutions.
Key functions: Implementing environmental Health acts, regulations and by-law

Job title: Assistant inventory management officer.

Reports to: Inventory management officer
Job purpose: To receive, record and store supplies and office equipments
Competencies: information and communication technology (ICT)
Planning, organizing and coordinating.

Job Title: Askari

Reports to: Office supertendent
Job Purpose: To provide security services to the organization
Key functions: patrolling premises to ensure maximum security
Reporting theft cases and preparing reports to the authorities

Job title: Porter:

Reports to: Office superintendent

Job purpose: To provide clean environment within the organization
Department of Finance and Planning:
Job Title: Senior Accountant (District)
Reports to Principal Accountant
Job purpose: To provide finance and accounting services in the District in accordance with
financial regulations.
Key Functions: Providing answers to audit quarries and inquiries.

Job Title: Senior Planner

Reports to: District Planner
Job purpose: To foster local government through planning management, monitoring and
evaluation of district programmes and projects
Qualifications: Honours Bachealors degree in economic from arecognized institution plus a
post graduate diploma in planning and management.

Department of natural resources.

Job title: Forestry officer.
Reports to: Forestry officer
Reports to: Forestry officer.
Reports to: Senior forestry officer or District natural officers.
Job purpose: To support the implementation of forestry conservation programmes in the
district.
Key functions: collecting revenue from harvested forests products and depositing it with
relevant accounts.

Department of Production and Marketing.

Job Title: District production and marketing officer.
Reports to: Chief Administrative officer.
Job purpose: To plan, organize, coordinate, advise, manage, supervise, quality assure and
monitor the programmes and activities of production
Qualifications: Honours Bachelor of science Degree in Agriculture, veterinary, Fisheries,
animal husbandry / production, botany and zoology, Biological sciences, Agriculture and
rural innovations and Agribusiness.
Job Title: Principal Fisheries officer.
Reports to: District production and marketing officer.
Job purpose: To plan organize, coordinate, manage and monitor the fisheries sub sector
programmes and activities of the district.
Key functions: Ensure control of fish diseases, aquatic weeds and pests.

Job title: Senior entomologist.

Reports to: Principal entomologist
Functions: Implement plans and programmes regarding entomology activities in the district.
Qualifications: Honors Bachelors of science degree in zoology with special option in applied
entomology and / applied parasitology.

Job title: Fisheries officer (Aquaculture)

Reports to: Senior Fisheries officer
Functions: Implement Aquaculture plans and programs in the district

Job Title: Veterinary Officer.

Reports to: Senior Veterinary officer.
Functions: Provide guidance on policy and planning in the animal sub sector in the sub
county.
Qualifications: Bachelors’ degree in veterinary medicine from recognized institution.

Job Title: Assistant Animal Husbandry officer

Reports to: Veterinary officer.
Job purpose: To increase animal production and productivity
Key functions: Treating and vaccinating livestock, other domestic animals and poultry.
Qualifications: Diploma in Animal Health, Animal husbandry, dairy husbandry or ranch
management.

Department of Education
Job title: Inspector of schools
Reports to senior Inspector of school
Job purpose: To inspect and support the enforcement of educational standards.
Qualifications: should hold on honours Bachelors degree with degree with Education.
Job Title: Headteacher
Reports to: sub county Chief
Job purpose: To manage and provide technical guidance/leadership in the academic and
administrative programmes to the institutions.
Qualifications: Minimum of a degree in primary education or the equivalent of this, from
recognized institutions

Job title: Deputy Headteacher

Reports to: Headteacher
Job purpose: To direct, monitor and evaluate academic administration programs
Qualifications: Minimum of a diploma in primary Education or the equivalent of this from
recognized institutions.

Job title; Senior Education Assistant

Reports to: Principal Education Assistant
Job purpose: To teach, examine and asses learners, progress on an going basis in order to
ensure functional literacy, numeracy and basic communication skills.

Job title: Education Assistant II

Reports to: Senior Education Assistant
Job purpose: To teach, examine and assess learners’ progress on an going basis in order to
ensure functional literacy.
Qualification: Minimum of a grade III teaching certificate or the equivalent from recognized
institutions.
Competencies: Guidance and counseling skills.
Good communication & inter personal skills.
Town Council
Job title: Town Clerk (Principal Township officer)
Reports to: Town Council chairperson LC III
Job Purpose: To manage and coordinate implementation of National polices programmes
and council by-laws for the development and general welfare.
Job Title: Senior internal Auditor.
Reports to: Principle internal Auditor
Job purpose: To pre-audit payments to ensure compliance with accounting principles and
regulations and monitor and examine finance operations to ensure value of money.

Job title: Senior Treasure

Reports to: Principle treasurer
Job purpose: To provide routine finance management and accounting services in the urban
council.

Job Title: Senior commercial officer.

Reports to: District production and marketing officer
Job purpose: To oversee and guide the commercial, industrial and cooperatives activities in
the sub-sector for improved household in local government.