• 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