Environment & Energy Officer - Nakivale Refugee Settlement

About the role

HEKS/EPER (Swiss Church Aid) is recruiting an Environment & Energy Officer for its EWISE project in Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Uganda. The officer leads environmental restoration, natural resource management and clean energy components, coordinating, implementing and monitoring interventions on woodlot management, watershed management and social and behaviour change communication, and providing technical support on environment, climate and energy to other projects in the country programme.

Key responsibilities

• Plan and implement the project according to approved budgets, workplan and policies, following the humanitarian-development-peace nexus approach
• Design interventions on natural resources management, including woodlot restoration, fuel-efficient stoves, clean-cooking practices and plastic waste recycling hubs
• Coordinate youth and women as change agents, support woodlot management committees and deliver training on woodlot restoration, gender equality and safeguarding
• Run sensitization sessions, support school Eco-clubs and screen project sites for environmental and social safeguards
• Work with the MEAL team on indicators, assessments and reviews, and represent HEKS/EPER in environment and energy coordination platforms
• Ensure compliance with donor contracts, financial guidelines and national environmental regulations, and prepare donor reports
• Support budget oversight, procurement and expenditure plans within delegated thresholds

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in environmental science, forestry, agroforestry, climate change, renewable energy, environmental engineering, agriculture or a related field (master's an added advantage)
• At least 3 years of experience in environmental management, woodlot restoration, watershed management, climate adaptation or sustainable energy in humanitarian or development settings
• Experience in environmental and social safeguards, risk assessment, community mobilisation, training and field monitoring
• Experience in refugee-hosting contexts with youth, women and persons with disabilities

Required skills

• Knowledge of tree nurseries, woodlot management, fuel-efficient stoves, clean-cooking technologies, solar energy, waste management and plastic recycling
• Strong report writing, data collection and analysis; MS Office, Excel, KoboToolbox, PowerPoint; GIS or Power BI preferred
• Fluent English; knowledge of local languages is an added advantage