Climate & Environment Coordinator-URRI job at Danish Refugee Council

Vacancy title:
Climate & Environment Coordinator-URRI

Jobs at:
Danish Refugee Council

Deadline of this Job:
Thursday, September 25 2025

Duty Station:
Arua | Uganda

Summary
Date Posted: Saturday, September 13 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

DRC Uganda is currently looking for a highly qualified and motivated individual to join our dynamic team as a Climate and Environment Coordinator-URRI. 

Project Background 

The objective of the Uganda Refugee Resilience Initiative (URRI) programme is to enhance climate resilience among women, men, and youth in both refugee and host communities, and to promote inclusive, cohesive, and environmentally sustainable development in refugee-affected areas, aligned with local priorities. URRI is funded by the Royal Danish Embassy in Kampala. 

The overall purpose of the role: 

The Climate and Environment Co-ordinator is part of the DRC led consortium’s URRI Programme Co-ordination Unit and will strengthen climate adaptation, resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-induced impacts across the URRI project in the six districts of Terego, Madi-Okollo, Yumbe, Koboko, Obangi and Moyo. He/She will deliver technical capacity building and support programme design across the consortium partners (5) seeking to scale, improve and replicate regenerative resilience initiatives. The role will support consortium wide learning and provide technical guidance and training for relevant stakeholders.  

You will work in close collaboration with relevant technical and programme leads, and support DRC’s Go Green initiative which also comprises of a global Environmental advisor and two other advisors on respectively climate mainstreaming and mitigation. 

Your main duties and responsibilities will be: 

Technical support and quality assurance  

• Provide technical support for URRI consortia partner staff and other key stakeholders on regenerative resilience, climate adaptation and environment. 

• Strengthen technical capacities through online, in-person, site-based trainings and demonstrations to scale-up, improve and expand climate adaptation, environment and resilience initiatives. Technical fields may include a broad range: nature-based solutions, permaculture, regenerative and circular resilience, climate-smart agriculture, groundwater recharge and more.  

• Support URRI project design and programme adaptation for climate adaptation, resilience and environment (in above-mentioned technical fields), including by supporting development of key results indicators.  

• Deliver technical resources, guidance and tools for climate adaptation and resilience across the consortia. 

• Support documentation and replication of good practices across URRI and support the development of communication materials on the same. 

Resources and learning  

• Establish and co-facilitate a Community of Practice comprising URRI partners and actively coordinate and plan with the relevant team members.  

• Develop and maintain a roster of technical experts (consultants) in relevant fields related to climate adaptation, environment and resilience.  

• Contribute to learning and evidence-building on climate adaptation and resilience, including by collecting and sharing good practice.  

• Contribute to consortia awareness raising and internal communication. 

• Coordinate with the climate and environmental mainstreaming lead. 

Strategy and policy  

• Provide support to business development, fundraising and partnership development in on the above technical topics.  

• Build partnership, support of evidence-building, advocacy and learning. 

• Represent  URRI in relevant forums and contribute to key advocacy messages related to climate and environment.  

About you 

To be successful in this role, we expect you to have a strong technical background in regenerative resilience and/or climate adaptation methods and practices, in one or more specific areas for example circular design, permaculture, regenerative design, agroecology, natural resource management or other. Moreover, we also expect the following:  

Required:

• An academic degree in climate adaptation and resilience, environment or in any other closely related area (social sciences or a relevant technical field)  
• 6 years of experience in  a similar role

• Strong knowledge of climate change and environment issues in West Nile, Uganda 

• Ability to assess climate risks, develop recommendations and provide technical support for programming to improve resilience and support climate adaptation.   

• Ability to develop and deliver technical trainings (in one or more relevant technical fields, see above).  

• Ability to establish collaborative working relationships across district locations.   

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including writing and facilitation. 

• Demonstrated ability to work independently as part of a small team, and to form close working relationships with a diverse range of multi-cultural colleagues.   

• Strong computer skills (MS Word, Excel, Outlook and Power Point).  

• Able and willing to travel within West Nile, Uganda and the region as relevant.  

• Strong commitment to gender equality.  

• Strong track record of mobilizing donor support   

• Knowledge / experience in conflict sensitivity and/or conflict resolution  

• Experience using Climate vulnerability assessments (CVA) for programme design and implementation  

• Experience with forecast-based and/or climate early warning programming  

• Experience in participatory project design with communities  

• A good team player 

• Excellent analytical and negotiation skills 

• Proven commitment to accountability practices 

• Proven ability to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines and work with limited supervision  
• Fluency in written and spoken English

Desirable:

• Knowledge of one or more local languages widely spoken in the covered Districts is an added advantage. 

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: 1 year. 

• Band: NM G1 

• Designation of Duty Station: Arua 

• Start date: As soon as possible

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 72

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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