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Job Summary

Job Title:
Environmental Engineering Coordinator
Employer:
Danish Refugee Council (DRC)
Location:
Arua
Country:
Uganda
Contract Type:
Full-time
Job Category:
Environmental jobs
Number of Positions:
Deadline:
Monday, 19 January 2026

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The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a leading international humanitarian organization committed to supporting, protecting, and advocating for the rights and well-being of refugees, internally displaced persons, and vulnerable communities affected by conflict and displacement. With a mission to ensure a dignified life for all people forced to flee, DRC has earned global recognition for its comprehensive, rights-based approach and impact-driven programs in over 40 countries worldwide. The organization fosters a diverse, inclusive, and purpose-driven work culture that values resilience, innovation, and staff well-being, offering meaningful job opportunities, career growth, and flexible work arrangements tailored to humanitarian contexts. Founded in 1956 in Denmark, DRC has grown into one of the world’s foremost refugee-focused NGOs, evolving its operational capacity to respond rapidly to crises while also supporting long-term solutions for displacement. Its innovative business model combines emergency aid, protection services, livelihood programs, and policy advocacy, ensuring holistic and sustainable impact. Guided by core values of humanity, inclusion, independence, neutrality, and accountability, DRC also prioritizes corporate social responsibility by championing ethical partnerships, environmental sustainability, and local community empowerment. For more information, visit www.drc.ngo.

Full-time

Deadline: 

19 Jan 2026

Environmental Engineering Coordinator Job at Danish Refugee Council (DRC)

Danish Refugee Council (DRC)

Job Description

The Environmental Engineering Coordinator will be responsible for technical quality assurance and due diligence of all Engineering activities of the Uganda Refugee Resilience Initiative (URRI) in the six districts Terego, Madi-Okollo, Yumbe, Koboko, Obongi and Moyo. These include ensuring appropriateness and quality of actual work as well as supporting community trainings, particularly community Management Committees. The role holder will also be directly contributing to outcome 2 and will support three partner organisations to deliver on the same. Gender will be mainstreamed across all outcomes.

Duties, Roles and Responsibilities

Your main duties and responsibilities will be:

  • Prepare engineering drawings, designs, Bills of Quantities (BOQs) and supervise the construction works of all landscape projects in the area.
  • Conduct technical assessments as and when required and monitor the quality and quantity of materials used for projects
  • Undertake hydrological assessment for the design of all landscape programs within the selected micro-catchments.
  • Coordinate project activities with the District Focal Persons from the relevant departments approved by the District Technical Planning Committees (DTPC)
  • Undertake identification and training of competent contractors to achieve high-quality structures in the operational areas.
  • Supervise the technical aspects of forestry and land restoration activities.
  • Participate in the identification, planning, designing, and implementation of environmental risk management, constructing of water management infrastructure, soil and water conservation structures and other technologies and practices with the greatest potential to improve water and natural resources management.
  • Assess the activities undertaken and ensure efficient use of resources.
  • Continuously monitor and supervise any construction works in the projects in close collaboration with the Resilience Programme Manager, Environment Officers, and the Water Engineering Assistant.
  • Inspect and supervise work for quality and compile an inspection report.
  • Ensure regular communication between communities at the project implementation sites and DRC
  • Process payment certificates for contractors after completion of works
  • Participate in training Project Management Committees (PMCs) and Project User Committees (PUCs) together with District technical team.

Staff Development and Management

  • Support the Resilience Programme Manager in technical development of the Environment Assistant.
  • In liaison with the Resilience Programme Manager, support in the setting of objectives and performance appraisal for the Environment Assistant.

Monitoring and Evaluation

  • Identify, document, and disseminate relevant project success, and challenges, and follow up on the implementation of the Project’s action points.
  • Participate in quarterly Office of the Prime Minister and District monitoring project reviews and evaluations

Reporting

  • Provide engineering data and information for the preparation of donor reports, e.g. monthly highlights, and quarterly and annual reports.
  • On request, perform any other additional duties assigned by the supervisors to allow the organization to function optimally.
  • Adhere to DRC’s code of conduct

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