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Community development officer

Other names

social development officer, outreach support worker, local community development officer

Community development and NGOs

They study what problems and needs a local community has, make plans to improve life there, and tell people about the plans.

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  1. 1

    Make plans to improve life in local communities.

  2. 2

    Study the problems of the community.

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    Find out what the community needs.

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Uganda Public Service: schemes of service, job descriptions, adverts and the salary structure 2026/27

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Ministry of Public Service, Health Service Commission, Education Service Commission and others; each post cites its document. Gathered by The Collar360.

Government of Uganda publications (public)

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Uganda programmes: NCHE accredited programmes and the health, vocational and teacher training bodies

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National Council for Higher Education, UHPAB, UVTAB, the TVET Council, UNMC, AHPC, UNITE and others. Gathered by The Collar360.

Public registers

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Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

Official record

Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

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ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

Free to use with attribution

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ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

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O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

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In other languages

français
agent de développement local/agente de développement local
español
agente de desarrollo comunitario
العربية
مسؤول التنمية المجتمعية / مسؤولة التنمية المجتمعية
português
Responsável pela política de desenvolvimento comunitário
Deutsch
Stadtteilentwickler/Stadtteilentwicklerin
italiano
funzionario addetto allo sviluppo comunitario/funzionaria addetta allo sviluppo comunitario

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