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Procurement officer

Other names

Official name: Public procurement specialist

public sector procurement practitioner, public procurement expert, public procurement practitioner, public sector procurement specialist, public sector procurement expert

Buying, supply and stores

They work in a team at a large organisation to turn needs into contracts that give good value for money.

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    Work as part of a team that buys goods and services.

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    Help with every step of the buying process.

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    Turn the needs of the organisation into contracts.

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Sources

Built from 7 sources · reviewed 2026-10-29

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

Official record

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

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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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The Collar360 Uganda research (occupations, UVQF, Public Service, labour market)

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Compiled by The Collar360 from public Ugandan sources, each cited with its evidence level.

Collar360; each fact keeps its own source

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
spécialiste des marchés publics
español
especialista en contratación pública
العربية
أخصائي مشتريات عامة
português
especialista em contratação pública
Deutsch
Spezialist für das öffentliche Auftragswesen/Spezialistin für das öffentliche Auftragswesen
italiano
specialista in appalti pubblici

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