Senior Planner – Metropolitan Physical Planning (GKMA) job at National Planning Authority | Apply Now

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and harmonize physical planning and land use matters in metropolitan areas.

• Develop integrated metropolitan area Physical Development Plans (PDPs).

• Provide technical support and guidance in development of metropolitan centers detailed level physical development plans.

• Guide the integration and alignment of metropolitan area entities development plans (DPs) with metropolitan area physical development plans (PDPs).

• Review and update metropolitan area physical development plans (PDPs).

• Monitor the execution of metropolitan area physical development plans (PDPs).

• Produce status reports on the performance of metropolitan area physical development plans (PDPs).

• Provide technical input in the review and development of appropriate physical planning and urban development policies, legislation, strategies, programmes, standards, regulations and guidelines for orderly and sustainable urban and metropolitan development.

• Support the development and implementation of physical planning capacity building and training programmes in metropolitan areas.

• Undertake public awareness, sensitization and education on physical planning matters in the metropolitan areas.

• Study and formulate practical solutions to address metropolitan housing needs based on among other things; trends in population growth, nature and quality of housing, land issues and lessons available from other countries.

• Devise measures for decongesting Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area (GKMA) and other cities through planning and appropriate provision of infrastructure.

• Undertake locus to assess and verify land use change applications in the metropolitan areas.

• Carry out field investigations and verifications to ascertain physical planning appeals and grievances in the metropolitan areas.

• Other roles as defined by the administrative and managerial arrangements in place