• Administrative Role:

• Oversee day-to-day coordination, management, and administration of the URRI programme in the designated locations.
• Ensure alignment of programme activities with donor requirements, national policies, and local government development plans.
• Supervise technical and support staff and manage relationships with implementing partners (including local partner organisations).
• Support budgeting, financial management, and reporting processes.
• Represent the programme in coordination forums, donor meetings, and stakeholder engagements.
• Technical Responsibilities:

• Oversee environment technical assessments as and when required, and monitor the quality and quantity of materials used for projects
• Coordinate project activities with the District Focal Persons from the relevant departments approved by the District Technical Planning Committees (DTPC)
• Lead technical aspects of forestry and land restoration activities.
• Lead in the identification, planning, designing, and implementation of environmental risk management, nature-based solutions, green livelihoods, soil and water conservation and other technologies and practices with the greatest potential to improve environment and natural resources management.
• Assess the activities undertaken and ensure efficient use of resources.
• Support the Green Livelihoods programme component
• Ensure regular communication between communities at the project implementation sites, local partner organisations, district stakeholders, and DRC
• Participate in training local Environment Structures, Project Management Committees (PMCs), and Project User Committees (PUCs) together with the District technical team.
• Coordinate and participate in identified environment days, 16 Days of Activism, and campaigns.
• Lead sensitisation, consultation, and dialogue meetings to enlighten communities about project goals, targets, activities, and general stakeholder engagement components.
• Partnership and capacity support

• Support the capacity of partner organisations in resilience design, climate, and environment.
• Staff Development and Management

• Support the Resilience Programme Manager in the technical development of the Environment Officers and Assistants.
• In liaison with the Resilience Programme Manager, support in the setting of objectives and performance appraisals for the Environment Officers and Assistants.
• Monitoring and Evaluation

• Identify, document, and disseminate relevant project successes and challenges, and follow up on the implementation of the Project’s action points.
• Participate in quarterly Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) and District monitoring project reviews and evaluations.
• Work with the MEAL team to ensure DRC MEAL requirements are met.
• Participate in learning reflections and events.
• Reporting

• Provide project data and information for the preparation of donor reports, e.g. monthly highlights, and quarterly and annual reports.

• About you

• To be successful in this role, we expect you to have a minimum of 5 years of full-time relevant professional experience in Environment or climate-related interventions. Moreover, we also expect the following:

• Required

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Sciences, Environmental Sciences and Management, Forestry, or any other relevant course.
• Experience from at least 3 projects as an Environment Team Leader or a similar role.
• Broad knowledge of concepts, principles, techniques and practices of resilience design, environment and/or climate change, safe access to energy and biodiversity conservation.
• Experience with donor-funded projects and international Non-Governmental Organizations
• Relevant work experience from Northern Uganda.
• A good team player
• Commitment to gender equality
• Excellent analytical and negotiation skills
• Proven commitment to accountability practices
• Proven ability to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines and work with limited supervision
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Desirable

• Training on resilience design and environment conservation and restoration

• In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’s five core competencies:

• Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.

• Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.

• Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.

• Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.

• Demonstrating integrity: You uphold and promote the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct in relation to our values and Code of Conduct, including safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment.

• We offer

• Contract length: 12 months.
• Band: M G2
• Designation of Duty Station: Arua
• Start date: January 2026
• Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for national employees; please refer to our website.

• Application process

• All applicants must upload a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages) in English. Applications sent by email will not be considered.

• Kindly note that successful candidates will only be contacted after donor approval

• Closing date for applications: 4th December 2025