Senior Standards and Compliance Officer, Agriculture Education and Training (Agronomy)

• Support the development, validation, documentation, and periodic review of national TVET standards for institutions, programmes, trainers, facilities, and assessment systems
• Participate in technical working groups and consultations with industry practitioners, professional bodies, and industry stakeholders
• Support the alignment of occupational standards with the Uganda Technical and Vocational Qualifications Framework and accreditation requirements
• Contribute technical inputs toward harmonisation of TVET standards with regional and international frameworks (EAC, SADC, AU, UNESCO-UNEVOC)
• Plan and conduct institutional audits, compliance assessments, and inspections of TVET providers in line with approved standards and protocols
• Apply compliance monitoring tools, checklists, and scoring frameworks during inspections
• Document inspection findings, non-compliance issues, risks, and good practices
• Support follow-up inspections to verify implementation of corrective and improvement actions
• Recommend appropriate compliance, corrective, or enforcement actions in accordance with the TVET Act, 2025
• Support implementation of institutional self-assessment and internal quality assurance frameworks
• Assist TVET providers to interpret standards and develop compliance improvement plans
• Monitor trends in compliance findings to inform continuous improvement of standards and monitoring tools
• Support integration of emerging technologies, delivery models, and occupational requirements into standards review processes
• Provide technical guidance to TVET institutions on standards compliance requirements
• Participate in sensitisation workshops, training sessions, and awareness programmes on standards and compliance
• Engage employers, industry practitioners, professional councils, and regulators in standards validation and implementation
• Promote understanding of quality assurance and compliance obligations among public and private TVET providers
• Maintain accurate records of inspection reports, compliance assessments, corrective actions, and enforcement decisions
• Support the updating and maintenance of the national databases on standards and institutional compliance status
• Ensure integrity, confidentiality, and traceability of compliance records
• Generate compliance statistics and summaries to support reporting and decision-making
• Prepare detailed inspection reports, compliance assessment summaries, and technical recommendations
• Contribute to periodic unit reports submitted to the Manager Standards and Compliance
• Support preparation of departmental technical reports, briefs, and submissions to the TVET Council
• Perform any other related duties assigned by the Manager Standards and Compliance
• Provide supervision, technical support, guidance and capacity building to staff under direct supervision
• Prepare unit plans and performance agreements for staff under supervision
• Provide on-the-job training, coaching and mentoring to staff under supervision

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in agriculture education and training from a recognised institution
• Master's degree in Education, Agronomy, Crop Science, Agricultural Education and Extension, Quality Assurance or a related field is an added advantage
• At least six (6) years' relevant post-bachelor's degree experience in TVET systems, standards development, quality assurance, compliance monitoring or institutional audits; three (3) of these years should be at a supervisory level
• Experience working with TVET institutions, accreditation bodies, regulators or inspection agencies is desirable

Skills & Competencies:

• Good working knowledge of the TVET Act, 2025, TVET regulations and national standards
• Understanding of competency-based training systems, occupational standards and institutional quality requirements
• Strong analytical, inspection and report-writing skills
• High level of integrity, fairness and professional judgment
• Good communication, facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills
• Proficiency in MS Office applications and basic database management systems
• Regular in-country travel required for inspections and stakeholder engagements