Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) is a public Authority established by an Act of Parliament mandated to regulate, promote and oversee the quality of coffee along the entire value chain, support research and development, promote production, and improve the marketing of coffee to optimize earnings for coffee stakeholders and the country.
UCDA’s Vision is ‘An Inclusive, Transformative and Sustainable Coffee Industry’ and its mission is “To increase quality coffee production, productivity, value addition, marketing and consumption”. Its core values are; Client focus, Teamwork, Integrity and Professionalism.
In order to achieve its mandate, UCDA is desirous of recruiting motivated and competent individuals to fill the following vacant positions.

Job Title: 2 Coffee Technical Officers
Directorate: Development Services
Department: Technical Extension
Reports To: Technical Extension Manager
Duty Station: UCDA Field Offices
JOB PURPOSE:
To inspect coffee factories, equipment and factory infrastructure to ensure good manufacturing practices, and to disseminate agro-technical knowledge and skills to coffee farmers, buyers, processors, exporters and roasters for enhancement of coffee quality standards and value.

KEY RESULT AREAS
• Inspect and evaluate coffee buying stores, primary processing factories, wet mills, export grading factories and roasters.
• Train coffee buyers and factory personnel (technicians, supervisors, and machine operators) in good coffee processing skills and maintenance of factories.
• Carry out regular field quality evaluations to determine out turn and screen size distribution.
• Disseminate information on factory infrastructure, equipment and new processing
• technology advances for enhancement of coffee quality.
• Register coffee buyers, coffee stores, coffee processors, primary coffee processing factories, wet mills, export grading factories, extractors and exporters.
• Train, advise and sensitize sector participants on good handling, processing and storage techniques for the maintenance of good coffee quality at post- harvest level.
• Train, technically empower and coordinate extension officers and other organs such as
• Agricultural Police, NEMA and local authorities in ensuring that coffee harvesting, postharvest practices such as drying, buying, processing and storage of coffee conform to
• standards and the coffee regulations.
• Train, advise and sensitize sector participants on good handling, processing and storage techniques for the maintenance of good coffee quality at post- harvest level.

Carry out trouble shooting task forces to assess the performance and compliance of coffee stakeholders to standards and coffee regulations.
• Carry out trouble shooting task forces to assess the performance and compliance of
• coffee stakeholders to standards and coffee regulations.
• Maintain a database of inspected, registered and licensed coffee stakeholders in the assigned region
• Prepare monthly reports on coffee technical extension activities.
• Carry out any other duties as may be assigned by Management.

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
The ideal candidate must have;
1. A Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering, or related field from a recognized university.
2. At least three (3) years relevant working experience in agricultural commodity processing.
3. Membership of a professional body will be an added advantage.

REQUIRED PERSONAL COMPETENCES AND SKILLS
1. Flexibility to work upcountry.
2. Good communication skills
3. Report writing skills
4. Good time management skills