Intervention Officer Job – Natural Resources at Enabel

Job: Intervention Officer – Natural Resources

Organisation: Enabel

Duty Station:  Uganda

Salary: UGX 7,200,000 – 8,000,000 /=

About US:

Enabel, the Belgian Development Agency, together with different Government Ministries, are implementing the bilateral Co-operation between Uganda and Belgium.

Enabel with funding from the European Union is implementing a project on Climate change and Forestry management.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Collaborator of the Intervention

Planning

• Prepare a detailed implementation plan covering the duration of the project, including identification of detailed activities, personnel, and financial resources.
• Prepare annual and quarterly operational plans in line with Enabel procedures including studies, training programmes and implementation tools.

Execution

• Preparing detailed terms of reference for consultants and service providers where they are needed, and ensuring the resultant procurement.
• Supervising the work of consultants and service providers to ensure delivery of the planned outputs.
• Mobilising and coordinating with key stakeholders at all sub—national levels to ensure delivery of the project outputs.
• Linking with all the consortium staff members based in the four project districts.
• Ensuring efficient and effective budget implementation at all sub—national levels.

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Prepare a detailed M & E plan, ensuring that the right information is collected in accordance with the project log frame.
• Ensure the right information is collected and fed into the Enabel databases, and the outputs are used in improving performance of the project.
• Ensure that the different H & E activities are carried out correctly and on schedule
• Provide feedback to Project Management regarding adjustments in implementation necessitated by lessons learnt in the course of implementation.

Technical Collaborator

Information

• Keep abreast of developments in the forestry, climate. and energy sectors and the related policy dialogue in Uganda and at international level, and the refugee policy environment at both levels;
• Participate in scientific and technical fora Vin the forestry, climate. and energy sectors;
• Provide relevant information (within Enabel’s information management policies) where it is needed to advance the cause of managing forestry, mitigation! adaptation of climate change, energy conservation at international, national, and sub—national levels.

Contribution

• Provide technical expertise to Enabel and the consortium during preparation of projects and programmes relating to the area of expertise
• On behalf of Enabel, participate in the sub—national, national, and international institutions and organisations meetings, workshops and conferences
• On behalf of Enabel, participate in coordination arrangements spearheaded by other actors on the forestry, climate, and energy scenes when called upon

Quality assurance and Knowledge Management

• Ensure that consultants’ and service providers produce high quality reports as spelt out in the ToRs
• Participate in technical meetings and provisional technical and final ac—acceptance of studies and investments of the project
• Advise the project partners on the most appropriate technologies and procedures to use in the project interventions regarding forestry, climate, and energy.

Knowledge management

• Work with a researcher’s attitude so as to contribute to the knowledge base in the forestry, climate change, and energy disciplines
• Continuously self—manage the improvement of one’s knowledge on the basis of one’s experiences, with advice of sector and thematic experts and by being part of professional and/or_ scientific networks
• Coordinate with the research and development agencies in the regions to field test and disseminate technological innovations and practices designed for the conditions in the project districts
• Introduce new technologies and methods in the learning process
• Deliver the generated knowledge and factual data to the appropriate level.

Communication

• Participate in the development and Implementation of a project communication strategy, corresponding to EU standards
• implement a CAD strategy with the Enabel Communication service and produce CAD information formats (blogs, videos. newspapers articles. scientific articles…)
• Produce strategic, policy and technical communication about the progress made in the intervention
• Produce factual data (evidence) about innovations and achievements and present them (posters, presentations at conferences…)

Facilitator:

• Incorporate capacity needs assessment and development of project partners with respect to implementation of the project activities
• Where needed, contribute expertise in the training of project staff and partners regarding forestry, climate, & energy disciplines
• Facilitate the initial coordination activities like platform discussions, coordination meetings at sub-national levels, and stakeholder exchange visits.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The ideal candidate must hold a Master’s Degree in Natural Resources, Forestry, Climate and Energy Management;
• A minimum of seven years of proven relevant experience in Climate and Forestry Management;
• Proven experience in working with district official in the Natural Resources department;
• Demonstrated ability to effectively work with Local Government officials and other actors in the region e.g. CSOs, Government Refugee Agencies, etc.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate multidimensional stakeholders
• Understanding of the complexity of the relationship between refugees and host communities
• Demonstrated ability to develop guidelines and tools in any of the fields of forestry climate, and energy
• Demonstrated ability to work with local communities, and small-scale forest-based enterprises
• An understanding of the practical connection of natural resources and energy, especially as it applies to local communities
• Ability to work with the common computer programmes (word, excel, PowerPoint
• Strong communication, reporting, negotiating and networking skills:
• Experience in managing international co—operation programmes is an asset.

Salary Package: Enabel will offer a gross salary package of between ugx 7,200,000 and ugx 8,000,000 medical insurance and a 13th Month package paid in December. Salary is accordance to the years of experience.

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and interested applicants should submit their hard copy applications including a cover letter, curriculum vitae (CV) of 4 pages maximum and copies of relevant academic documents with names of at least 3 professional referees; their emails and telephone contacts to:

The Human Resource Officer

Enabel in Uganda

Plot 1B Lower Kololo Terrace

P.0. Box 40131 Kampala

NB: Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted and invited for a written test.

Deadline: 11th December, 2020 by 5pm.