NEMA Jobs 2026 (8 Vacancies)

• PositionsEight vacancies across six roles
• CompanyNational Environment Management Authority (NEMA)
• LocationUganda; individual duty stations not stated
• Job TypeFull Time
• CategoryGovernment Jobs in Uganda
• IndustryGovernment / Environmental Regulation
• DepartmentsEnvironment Planning and Coordination; Executive Director’s Office; Environment Compliance; Environment Enforcement and Field Operations
• DeadlineTuesday, 24 November 2026

The National Environment Management Authority is Uganda’s principal agency for coordinating, monitoring, regulating and supervising environmental management. Established in May 1995, it develops environmental policies, standards and guidelines and advises government on sustainable development.

NEMA operates from NEMA House, Plot 17/19/21 Jinja Road, Kampala, with regional offices serving other parts of Uganda. Its work includes environmental assessment, compliance, information management and enforcement. Explore more government jobs in Uganda.

This recruitment combines specialist environmental functions with the systems and front-office services that support NEMA’s operations. The Principal Environment Officer provides specialized services in sustainable soil and land-use management. The Senior Information Systems Officer supports secure environmental information systems and supervises the Information Systems Officer. Two Information Technology Officers assist with organizational ICT services, hardware, software, networks and staff support.

Two Client Relations Officers support the Authority’s front office, handling visitors, inquiries, documents and switchboard services. The Environment Inspector (Mining) assists with environmental and social impacts of mining and geothermal development, including assessments, inspections and licensing-related work. The Environment Inspector (Air Quality, Noxious Smells and Noise) supports inspections, monitoring, audits and environmental enforcement. Each post has its own academic requirements and reporting line, detailed below. Applicants may apply for no more than two posts, and previous applicants for the re-advertised soils and land-use position should not reapply.

Principal Environment Officer- Soils and Land use (Re-advertised)

• Lead section work plans, budgets and timely reporting.
• Initiate or coordinate policies, strategies, plans and programmes for sustainable soil-resource management.
• Review sectoral policies and plans to integrate sustainable soils and land-use management.
• Undertake or coordinate studies on sustainable soils and land-use management.
• Support environmental assessment and audit reviews.
• Provide specialist technical support to government bodies, NGOs/CBOs, the private sector, academia and individuals.
• Compile and prioritize sustainable soils-management needs and develop support strategies or programmes.
• Support integration of soil conservation and land-use management into local-government and urban-authority environment and development plans.
• Advise government on international and regional programmes, agreements and protocols, described in the specification as water and wetland management.
• Monitor soil management by lead agencies, private actors, civil society, communities and other stakeholders.
• Support Uganda’s State of Environment reports.
• Perform other official duties assigned by the supervisor.

Senior Information Systems Officer

• Support divisional work plans, budgets and timely reports.
• Initiate environmental information-management systems development.
• Support acquisition and maintenance of those systems.
• Support an efficient and secure Environmental Information System.
• Secure data and information systems.
• Oversee software programming and application development for acquiring and disseminating information.
• Support institutional environmental information-systems management.
• Support Uganda’s State of Environment reports.
• Promote applied research and innovation.
• Supervise and appraise staff.
• Perform other official duties assigned by the supervisor.

Information Technology Officer (2 Positions)

• Assist with divisional work plans, budgets and timely reports.
• Assist with management of NEMA’s ICT services.
• Assist with ICT network management.
• Provide departments and staff with ICT support, skills and knowledge.
• Assist with acquisition and maintenance of ICT hardware and software.
• Assist with network and internet-service facilities across the organization.
• Perform other official duties assigned by the supervisor.

Client Relations Officer (2 Positions)

• Receive and guide visitors.
• Respond to inquiries.
• Receive and forward documents to responsible officers.
• Direct visitors to the appropriate people and offices.
• Manage the switchboard and generate and circulate usage printouts.
• Receive visitor feedback and forward it to management.
• Perform other official duties assigned by the supervisor.

Environment Inspector (Mining)

• Contribute to work plans and budgets.
• Assist with monitoring and coordination of environmental and social impact assessments (ESIAs) and strategic environmental assessments (SEAs) for mining and geothermal activities.
• Assist with compliance monitoring and inspections of mining and geothermal activities.
• Advise on procedures, guidelines and protocols for conducting and reviewing ESIAs in these industries.
• Coordinate lead-agency participation in relevant ESIA reviews.
• Support capacity building for mining and geothermal ESIAs.
• Assist with national policy guidelines for ESIAs and SEAs.
• Contribute to ESIA and SEA information systems within the wider Environmental Information Management System.
• Coordinate with staff on environmental and social assessments.
• Promote applied research on environmental best practice.
• Support public awareness and education on assessment requirements.
• Assist with waste-stream licensing coordination.
• Assist with health, safety, quality and environmental aspects of mining and geothermal facilities.
• Perform other official duties assigned by the supervisor.

Environment Inspector (Air Quality, Noxious Smells and Noise)

• Support the Manager, Environment Inspections, Monitoring and Audits in implementing the listed functions.
• Develop and implement divisional work plans, budgets and reports.
• Develop inspection, monitoring and audit plans and strategies to enforce environmental laws, standards and approval conditions.
• Conduct inspections, monitoring and audits and ensure remedial action.
• Support identification, appointment, gazettement, capacity development and supervision of environmental inspectors.
• Provide technical support to law enforcement, compliance and prosecution.
• Supervise and appraise staff.
• Monitor staff compliance with policies, laws and environmental best practice.
• Mobilize resources for inspections, monitoring and audits.
• Perform other duties assigned by the supervisor.

Required Education

• Principal Environment Officer- Soils and Land use: Honours Bachelor of Science degree in a relevant field of Environment and Natural Resources Management, Agriculture, Soil Science or Land Use Management, plus a relevant master’s degree.
• Senior Information Systems Officer: Honours bachelor’s degree in a relevant field of Information Systems or Geographical Information Systems development and management; a master’s in Environment and Natural Resources Management, GIS and Remote Sensing or a related field; and professional certification in information-systems development and management.
• Information Technology Officer: Honours bachelor’s degree in a relevant field of Information Communication Technology or Computer Engineering.
• Client Relations Officer: Honours bachelor’s degree in a relevant field of Front Office Management, Office Management, Tourism and Hospitality, Business Administration or Public Administration.
• Environment Inspector (Mining): Honours Bachelor of Science degree in a relevant field of Environment and Natural Resources, Physical or Natural Sciences, or Geology and Chemistry.
• Environment Inspector (Air Quality, Noxious Smells and Noise): Honours bachelor’s degree in a relevant field of Environment and Natural Resources Management, Chemistry or Engineering.

Work Experience

• Principal Environment Officer: At least six years of relevant professional experience in soil conservation or land-use management, including three at senior level in a reputable organization.
• Senior Information Systems Officer: At least three years of relevant professional experience in environmental information-systems development and management in a reputable organization.
• Other four roles: Minimum years of experience are not stated in the advert. Consult the official specifications; this does not establish a no-experience requirement.

Additional Requirements and Reporting Lines

• Applications are invited from suitably qualified Ugandans; no more than two posts per applicant.
• Principal Environment Officer: one post, scale E3, Environment Planning and Coordination; reports to the Commissioner for that department.
• Senior Information Systems Officer: one post, scale E4, Environment Planning and Coordination; reports to the Assistant Commissioner, Environment Information Systems and supervises the Information Systems Officer.
• Information Technology Officer: two posts, scale E5, Environment Planning and Coordination; reports to the Senior Information Systems Officer.
• Client Relations Officer: two posts, scale E5, Executive Director’s Office; reports to the Senior Public Relations Officer.
• Environment Inspector (Mining): one post, scale E5, Environment Compliance; reports to the Senior Environment Inspector, Mining and Geothermal.
• Environment Inspector (Air Quality, Noxious Smells and Noise): one post, scale E5, Environment Enforcement and Field Operations; reports to the corresponding Senior Environment Inspector.

Technical Skills

• Soils and land use: Scientific analysis, scholarly writing and publication, strategic and conservation planning, financial and human-resource management, resource mobilization, risk management and knowledge management.
• Information systems and ICT: Scientific analysis, strategic and conservation planning, mitigation-hierarchy understanding, financial and human-resource management, scholarly writing and presentation, resource mobilization, risk management and knowledge management.
• Mining inspection: Conservation planning, mitigation hierarchy, scientific analysis, scholarly publication, presentation, reporting, ICT, financial and human-resource management, resource mobilization and risk management.
• Air-quality and noise inspection: Scientific equipment and tools, research and innovation, ICT, planning and organization, analysis, scholarly writing, publication and reporting, marketing and public relations, and financial and human-resource management.
• Client relations: Customer care, computer literacy and front-office communication.

Soft Skills

• Leadership: Team building and supervision for the environmental and information-systems/ICT roles, as listed in the specifications.
• Communication: Interpersonal, presentation and negotiation skills for technical roles; interpersonal communication and teamwork for client relations.
• Integrity: High moral integrity is expressly listed for the soils and land-use, information-systems and ICT roles.

Benefits are not stated in the advert. Salary scales are E3 for the Principal Environment Officer, E4 for the Senior Information Systems Officer, and E5 for the other posts; monetary salary amounts are not stated. Consult NEMA’s official advert for employment details.

• Contribute to Uganda’s environmental regulation and sustainable-development mandate.
• Apply specialist soils and land-use knowledge to policy, planning and technical support.
• Develop and protect environmental information systems used by the Authority.
• Provide ICT services that support staff across departments.
• Support public-facing service delivery through the client-relations posts.
• Work on mining and geothermal compliance, or air-quality and noise inspections, depending on the post selected.
• Choose from six distinct role specifications and apply for up to two posts matching your qualifications.

Download and complete the official NEMA application form. Attach O-level and A-level certificates, bachelor’s and postgraduate transcripts and certificates, professional certificates where applicable, and employment letters as instructed.

Combine the completed form and supporting documents into one PDF named Position-Name of Applicant, and email it to [email protected] by Tuesday, 24 November 2026. NEMA does not state an exact closing time. The site’s end-of-day countdown is NRH’s date-only default, not an employer-specified time.

Applicants may apply for no more than two posts. Previous applicants for re-advertised posts should not reapply. Applications not in one PDF and late applications will not be considered. Only successful candidates at each stage will be contacted. Lobbying leads to automatic disqualification.

Read the full job descriptions and person specifications and official recruitment notice before submitting.

• Match your honours degree and any required postgraduate qualification to the exact post specification.
• For the Principal Environment Officer post, make the six years of relevant experience and three senior-level years easy to identify.
• For the Senior Information Systems Officer post, include evidence of the required professional certification and relevant systems experience.
• Check that the prescribed form and all required supporting documents are readable in the combined PDF.
• Use the employer’s required PDF filename: Position-Name of Applicant.
• Check the two-post application limit and the instruction barring previous applicants from reapplying for re-advertised posts.
• Submit before the final day where possible because the employer gives no exact closing hour.