Environment Associate

at United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Location Kampala, Uganda
Date Posted March 7, 2024
Category Management
Job Type FULL_TIME
Currency UGX

Description

Assist with the collection of data and information concerning the environmental status of settlements and broader hosting areas.
Contribute to internal and external reporting commitments, including drafting proposals for environment and energy while ensuring new projects are coherent and visibly complement planned interventions at country level. eGQ20ws veINc
Ensure all responses work toward environmental sustainability for both PoCs and host communities.
Provide administrative support to Programme in the technical oversight of UNHCR implementing partners to ensure environmental considerations are adequately integrated in technical interventions.
Stay abreast of new technologies and relevant partnerships related to environment and climate change to more efficiently respond to the needs of PoCs, in line with the Global Compact on Refugees.
Provide administrative support to training and capacity building activities to address the identified skills and knowledge gaps.
Support the identification and management of risks and seek to seize opportunities impacting objectives in the area of responsibility. Ensure decision making in risk based in the functional area of work. Raise risks, issues and concerns to a supervisor or to relevant functional colleague(s).
Perform other related duties as required.
Minimum Qualifications

Years of Experience / Degree Level

For G6 - 6 years relevant experience with High school diploma

Field(s) of Education

Not applicable.

Certificates and/or Licenses

Environment;

Natural Resources Mgmt;

Agriculture;