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Job Summary

Job Title:
Senior Specialist, Climate Change
Employer:
BRAC International – Uganda
Location:
Country Office
Country:
Uganda
Contract Type:
Full-time
Job Category:
Number of Positions:
Deadline:
Monday, 2 March 2026

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BRAC is a global leader in creating large-scale opportunities for the poor. Founded in Bangladesh in 1972, it is now one of the world’s largest development organizations, touching the lives of an estimated 138 million people in 11 countries across Asia and Africa. For more information, please visit BRAC’s website, www.brac.net. ABOUT THE AIM PROGRAMME: In 2022, the Mastercard Foundation in partnership with BRAC International (BI) announced an initiative to create a positive and measurable impact for 1.2 million adolescent girls and young women and 9.5 million people across seven countries in East and West Africa, including Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Uganda. There is mounting urgency to support adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) living in poverty, which has been further amplified by the global pandemic. Through this partnership, scalable economic development approaches will be delivered in communities to foster the agency and voice of AGYW. They will have the opportunity to fulfill their aspirations, achieve sustainable livelihoods, and engage in advocacy issues. BRAC International is implementing an integrated and holistic model to address the various life cycles of a young woman living in poverty, ensuring she is able to transition safely from adolescence to adulthood. She will be equipped with the appropriate skills, tools, and access to finance to effectively exercise her agency and build a fulfilling and productive livelihood.

Full-time

Deadline: 

2 Mar 2026

Senior Specialist, Climate Change Job at BRAC International – Uganda

BRAC International – Uganda

Job Description

This role supports BRAC Uganda to design, implement, and scale climate change adaptation and resilience initiatives that are locally grounded, gender-responsive, and integrated across sectoral programs. Led by the Senior Specialist, Climate Change, the work focuses on translating BRAC’s global climate strategy into country-specific action-embedding climate-informed approaches within livelihoods, agriculture, food systems, and other priority programs. The role strengthens institutional capacity, builds partnerships with government and local stakeholders, and ensures climate considerations are mainstreamed into planning, delivery, and learning processes.

Through coordinated program management, technical backstopping, and knowledge exchange with the Climate Hub, this initiative positions BRAC Uganda as a leader in climate adaptation while supporting communities to better manage climate risks and build long-term resilience.

Job purpose

The Climate Change Senior Specialist leads country-level development, planning, and execution of BRAC’s climate change adaptation and resilience agenda, working closely with the Climate Hub. The role ensures that BRAC International’s global climate change strategy is localized, integrated into national programs, and responsive to Uganda contextual realities. This role strengthens institutional capacity and establishes partnerships that enhance climate-informed activities and decision-making. The Senior Specialist, Climate Change positions the organization as a leader in climate change adaptation and works in compliance with donor requirements, when applicable.

Duties, Roles and Responsibilities

Program Implementation and Management

  • Coordinate the in-country design, planning, and delivery of climate change adaptation initiatives.
  • Manage project timelines, budgets, and results frameworks, ensuring alignment with Climate Hub’s global strategy and donor requirements.
  • Support integration of climate action into sectoral programs (agriculture, livelihoods, education, health, etc.).
  • Oversee quality assurance, monitoring, and learning systems for all country-level climate interventions.

Technical Support and Capacity Building

  • Build capacity across the country office to mainstream climate change adaptation.
  • Serve as the focal point for technical backstopping to field teams and partners.
  • Translate global technical guidance into country context-specific approaches and tools.

Partnerships and Representation

  • Represent BRAC International’s climate change agenda in national coordination forums, donor consultations, and government working groups.
  • Strengthening relationships with local partners, research institutions, community networks, and national stakeholders
  • Coordinate field visits and learning exchanges with BRAC colleagues and external partners and prospects.

Coordination and Knowledge Flow

  • Maintain strong communication channels between Climate Hub and country-level operations.
  • Document and share lessons learned, best practices, and innovations with the Climate Hub and its global community of practice.
  • Contribute to cross-country learning by participating in regional adaptation program reviews.

Safeguarding

  • Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the program’s goals on safeguarding implementation.
  • Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a sate working environment.
  • Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.

Qualifications, Education and Competencies

See all details of the qualifications, competencies and education for this role under the "How to Apply" section below.

Interested candidates should send their application letters, CV and academic documents as one document by email to bimcf.uganda@brac.net Deadline is 02 March 2026. The subject must be the name of the position applied for strictly when submitting. Only complete applications will be accepted, and only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

NOTE: BRAC Uganda doesn’t charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process from the applicants. Should you have any doubts about the authenticity of any communication purportedly on behalf of BRAC Uganda please send us an email before taking any further action in relation to the issue at hand.

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