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Project Assistant — Environment
Category:
Physical & Environ. Sci.
SUMMARY: World Vision Uganda is seeking a Project Assistant — Environment to support community environmental initiatives in Adjumani and Lamwo. The role focuses on project implementation, forest landscape restoration, agroforestry, climate-smart agriculture, community engagement, data collection, reporting, and support to vulnerable communities.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Support implementation of project activity plans, field activities, and community environmental initiatives.
Provide technical support on sustainable natural resource management, climate-smart agriculture, forest restoration, afforestation, and nature-based enterprises.
Deliver training on ecosystem restoration, climate-smart agriculture, sustainable resource use, and income-generating activities.
Mobilize refugee and host communities for tree planting, soil conservation, environmental restoration, and climate change awareness.
Coordinate with farmer groups, World Vision teams, OPM, UNHCR, district leaders, and other humanitarian or development actors.
Collect data, track farmer group progress, prepare activity reports, and document lessons learned, success stories, and project results.
Company:
World Vision International
Location:
Adjumani and Lamwo, Uganda
Date:
3 May 2026
Project Assistant — Environment
Category:
Physical & Environ. Sci.
SUMMARY: World Vision Uganda is seeking a Project Assistant — Environment to support community environmental initiatives in Adjumani and Lamwo. The role focuses on project implementation, forest landscape restoration, agroforestry, climate-smart agriculture, community engagement, data collection, reporting, and support to vulnerable communities.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Support implementation of project activity plans, field activities, and community environmental initiatives.
Provide technical support on sustainable natural resource management, climate-smart agriculture, forest restoration, afforestation, and nature-based enterprises.
Deliver training on ecosystem restoration, climate-smart agriculture, sustainable resource use, and income-generating activities.
Mobilize refugee and host communities for tree planting, soil conservation, environmental restoration, and climate change awareness.
Coordinate with farmer groups, World Vision teams, OPM, UNHCR, district leaders, and other humanitarian or development actors.
Collect data, track farmer group progress, prepare activity reports, and document lessons learned, success stories, and project results.
Company:
World Vision International
Location:
Adjumani and Lamwo, Uganda
Date:
3 May 2026
Programme Technical Officer
Category:
Physical & Environ. Sci.
SUMMARY: The Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development is seeking a Programme Technical Officer to support chemical safety and security management in Uganda. The role focuses on chemical safety systems, workplace inspections, risk assessments, CBRNE-related investigations, stakeholder coordination, training, and programme implementation.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Provide technical leadership and supervision for programme implementation.
Develop and implement chemical safety and security policies, laws, and guidelines.
Coordinate programme activities with MDAs, academic institutions, laboratories, research bodies, industry, and international organizations.
Conduct chemical facility risk assessments, audits, inspections, and accident investigations.
Prepare annual chemical declarations to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
Provide training, stakeholder advice, research support, and fund mobilization for programme activities.
Company:
Ministry of Gender, Labour & Social Development
Location:
Kampala, Uganda
Date:
3 May 2026
Technician — Chemistry
Category:
Physical & Environ. Sci.
SUMMARY: Busitema University is seeking a Chemistry Technician to support the Faculty of Science and Education. The role focuses on technical support for chemistry-related academic and laboratory activities.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Provide technical support to the Chemistry Department.
Support chemistry teaching and practical activities.
Assist with laboratory-related academic work.
Support safe and organized use of chemistry facilities.
Work with academic staff and students as required.
Company:
Busitema University
Location:
Nagongera Campus, Tororo District, Uganda
Date:
3 May 2026
Social & Environment Safeguards Expert
Category:
Physical & Environ. Sci.
SUMMARY:UNEP is seeking a Social & Environment Safeguards Expert to support compliance for the “Building resilience in the landscapes of Kigoma region, Tanzania” project. The role focuses on environmental and social safeguards, ESMS and ESMP implementation, gender action planning, grievance mechanisms, SEAH protocols, risk monitoring, and capacity building.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Provide safeguards guidance and support to the Project Management Unit, Gender and Safeguards Officer, Project Manager, and implementing partners.
Update the Environmental and Social Management System and develop an ESS Monitoring Plan.
Coordinate site-specific Environmental and Social Management Plans, guidelines, designs, and safeguard tools.
Support the project Grievance Redress Mechanism and SEAH Protocol, including training and operational guidance.
Conduct annual project visits to Kigoma to monitor safeguards, conflict risks, GRM, SEAH measures, and Gender Action Plan implementation.
Review safeguard reports, contribute to technical reporting, and respond to Government, UNEP, and GCF safeguard queries.
Company:
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Location:
Home-based; project visits to Kigoma, Tanzania
Date:
30 Apr 2026
Laboratory Technician (Chemistry/Biology)
Category:
Physical & Environ. Sci.
SUMMARY: Bishop Stuart University is seeking a Laboratory Technician to support chemistry and biology instructional laboratories in the Department of Science Education. The role focuses on laboratory preparation, equipment maintenance, safety management, inventory control, and technical support for practical learning.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Prepare chemistry and biology laboratories for classes, demonstrations, and practical sessions.
Set up reagents, specimens, glassware, equipment, and materials according to lecturers’ instructions.
Demonstrate laboratory techniques and assist students during experiments.
Maintain, clean, sterilise, calibrate, and support minor repairs of laboratory equipment.
Manage inventory of chemicals, biological supplies, consumables, and equipment.
Support laboratory safety, hazardous material handling, waste disposal, risk assessments, and emergency preparedness.
Company:
Bishop Stuart University
Location:
Mbarara City, Uganda
Date:
26 Apr 2026
Principal Environmental and Social Audit Specialist
Category:
Physical & Environ. Sci.
SUMMARY:African Development Bank is seeking a Principal Environmental and Social Audit Specialist to strengthen internal audit capacity on environmental and social safeguards across Bank-financed operations. The role focuses on risk-based audits, safeguards compliance review, field verification, technical advisory support, and development of tools and capacity for E&S audit work.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Lead and support environmental and social components of internal audits across Bank-financed public and private sector operations.
Assess compliance with safeguards requirements including ESIAs, ESMPs, RAPs, financing agreement provisions, and relevant national legislation.
Review the adequacy and effectiveness of environmental and social risk management systems across Bank-financed operations.
Participate in project site visits and audit field missions to verify safeguard implementation and gather field-based evidence.
Prepare audit documentation, draft and final reports, and practical recommendations, and monitor implementation of agreed actions.
Contribute to audit methodology, staff capacity building, technical advisory support, and mentoring of less experienced internal auditors.
Company:
African Dev't Bank (AfDB)
Location:
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Date:
23 Apr 2026
Biodiversity and Health Expert
Category:
Physical & Environ. Sci.
SUMMARY: United Nations Environment Programme is seeking a Biodiversity and Health Expert to support integration of One Health considerations into biodiversity planning and policy frameworks. The role focuses on reviewing NBSAPs, developing indicators and methodologies, and strengthening national, regional, and global capacity on biodiversity and health linkages.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Review and analyze inclusion of biodiversity and health in submitted targets and NBSAPs to identify uptake of the Global Action Plan on Biodiversity and Health.
Support development and peer review of science-based indicators, metrics, and methodologies for assessing biodiversity and health considerations in national planning frameworks.
Strengthen national, regional, and global capacity to promote uptake of the Global Action Plan on Biodiversity and Health.
Facilitate expert participation in workshops and support knowledge sharing on biodiversity and health interlinkages.
Contribute to development of materials and dissemination of good practices and lessons learned.
Support collaboration with the CBD Secretariat, the Quadripartite, and other partners on biodiversity and health initiatives.
Company:
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Location:
Nairobi, Kenya
Date:
23 Apr 2026
Technical Specialist - Nature-Based Solutions (NbS)
Category:
Physical & Environ. Sci.
SUMMARY: United Nations Environment Programme is seeking a Technical Specialist - Nature-Based Solutions to support its Somalia Country Programme. The role focuses on programme-wide technical leadership on Nature-based Solutions and Ecosystem-based Adaptation, including policy support, technical advisory, capacity building, and monitoring of NbS integration across projects.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Provide programme-wide technical leadership on NbS and Ecosystem-based Adaptation across UNEP Somalia projects.
Deliver technical advisory support, analysis, and planning inputs on ecosystem restoration, land management, flood risk reduction, and climate adaptation.
Support ministries and partners to develop NbS-informed policies, guidelines, and governance frameworks.
Design and deliver NbS/EbA training and support harmonization across multi-agency partners.
Produce technical frameworks, guidance documents, lessons learned, and investment briefs for NbS implementation.
Develop monitoring indicators, contribute to reporting, and track progress of NbS integration across the programme.
Company:
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Location:
Nairobi, Kenya
Date:
20 Apr 2026
Consultant - Adaptation Monitoring and Review, Knowledge Management and Technical Advice
Category:
Physical & Environ. Sci.
SUMMARY: United Nations Environment Programme is seeking a consultant to support Rwanda’s National Adaptation Planning process under the Rwanda NAP project. The role focuses on adaptation monitoring and review, knowledge management, technical quality assurance, and support to project implementation and reporting.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Develop and operationalize a national adaptation monitoring and reporting framework aligned to the Global Goal on Adaptation framework.
Review existing monitoring systems, identify gaps, and define relevant adaptation indicators, targets, and means of verification.
Develop guidelines and training materials for use of the adaptation monitoring framework by national and subnational institutions.
Align adaptation indicators in Rwanda’s updated NDC with existing government monitoring systems and support mainstreaming into sectoral frameworks.
Provide technical review, quality assurance, and technical backstopping for project outputs, reports, field implementation, and project monitoring systems.
Support knowledge management, communications, lessons learned documentation, and reporting to project management, steering committees, and donors.
Company:
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Location:
Home-Based
Date:
15 Apr 2026
Laboratory Technician
Category:
Physical & Environ. Sci.
SUMMARY: National Curriculum Development Centre is seeking a Laboratory Technician to support production and servicing of science laboratory equipment. The role focuses on laboratory technical support within a science and technology environment.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Engage in the production of science laboratory equipment.
Service science laboratory equipment.
Provide technical support in laboratory-related work.
Company:
National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC)
Location:
Kampala
Date:
19 Apr 2026
Statistician
Category:
Physical & Environ. Sci.
SUMMARY: Uganda Health Professions Assessment Board is seeking a Statistician to support data collection and management for strategy development and decision-making. The role focuses on statistical data management, data quality, reporting, dissemination, and coordination of statistical development activities.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Collect and compile corporate data and key statistical information in line with national and UHPAB mandates.
Supervise management and dissemination of data to key stakeholders.
Support development of data storage and management systems to meet user needs.
Develop and implement data quality monitoring and enhancement tools.
Develop data management standards and procedure manuals.
Prepare and publish statistical bulletins and abstracts, and coordinate with UBOS on national statistical development activities.
Company:
Uganda Health Professions Assessment Board
Location:
Kiwatule, Kampala, Uganda
Date:
19 Apr 2026
National Project Coordinator
Category:
Physical & Environ. Sci.
SUMMARY: FAO is seeking a National Project Coordinator to support implementation of the Uganda REDD-plus results-based payments project under the FAO Representation in Uganda. The role focuses on project coordination, work planning, budgeting, stakeholder engagement, technical reporting, and compliance with FAO, GCF, and Government of Uganda procedures.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Lead daily management and coordination of the project team and activities.
Coordinate project work plans, budgets, procurement plans, travel plans, and M&E plans.
Ensure development, updating, implementation, and monitoring of project documents throughout the project lifecycle.
Coordinate inter-agency, inter-ministerial, and implementing partner activities, including engagement with the Ministry of Water and Environment.
Support technical reporting to FAO and the Green Climate Fund and convene the Project Board or Steering Committee.
Represent the project externally and liaise with FAO technical units, partners, and implementing personnel.
Company:
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Location:
Kampala, Uganda
Date:
12 Apr 2026
Social and Environmental Safeguards Specialist
Category:
Physical & Environ. Sci.
SUMMARY: FAO is seeking a Social and Environmental Safeguards Specialist to support the Uganda REDD-plus RBP project under the Green Climate Fund. The role focuses on safeguards compliance, stakeholder engagement, grievance mechanisms, and social inclusion in project implementation
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Lead environmental and social safeguards activities during the project inception phase.
Lead development and implementation of the Environmental and Social Management Plan and related safeguards plans.
Lead development and monitoring of the Stakeholder Engagement Plan and Grievance Redress Mechanism.
Ensure application of Free, Prior and Informed Consent in relevant community activities and facilitate stakeholder consultations.
Coordinate implementation of Uganda’s Safeguards Information System and Framework, and support safeguards reporting.
Build project and district-level capacity to apply safeguards during project implementation.
Company:
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Location:
Kampala, Uganda
Date:
12 Apr 2026
Lab / Quality Technician
Category:
Physical & Environ. Sci.
SUMMARY: Machame Refineries is seeking a Lab / Quality Technician to support product testing and quality compliance at its pyrolysis plant in Nyenga, Jinja. The role focuses on laboratory analysis, quality reporting, equipment calibration, deviation tracking, and support to environmental and emissions monitoring.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Conduct product testing, including viscosity, density, moisture content, and other required parameters.
Prepare, verify, and issue Certificates of Analysis for products.
Calibrate, maintain, and operate laboratory equipment in line with standards.
Identify, document, and escalate quality deviations for corrective action.
Maintain controlled records of test results, samples, and quality data.
Support environmental and emissions monitoring activities in line with regulatory requirements.
Company:
Machapala Group (for Machame Refineries)
Location:
Nyenga, Jinja, Uganda
Date:
9 Apr 2026
Environment Intern
Category:
Physical & Environ. Sci.
SUMMARY: East African Crude Oil Pipeline is seeking an Environment Intern to support environmental compliance and management activities across the pipeline project. The role focuses on environmental monitoring, implementation of ESIA commitments, reporting, and support to environmental management systems.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Support monitoring of project activities to ensure compliance with environmental laws, permits, and EACOP standards
Assist in implementation of Environmental and Social Impact Assessment commitments and Environmental Management Plans
Participate in environmental inspections, audits, and monitoring activities
Support supervision of contractors to ensure adherence to environmental procedures
Track environmental performance indicators and report potential risks or non-compliance issues
Prepare environmental reports and maintain records, logs, and databases
Company:
EACOP
Location:
Kampala, Uganda
Date:
29 Mar 2026
Laboratory Assistant
Category:
Physical & Environ. Sci.
SUMMARY: Kakira Sugar Limited is seeking a Laboratory Assistant to support routine laboratory operations and basic testing activities. The role focuses on preparing reagents, conducting elementary laboratory analyses, and maintaining laboratory safety and quality standards.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Prepare laboratory reagents and stains for routine investigations
Carry out basic laboratory tests and submit reports
Observe laboratory safety and quality assurance procedures
Clean laboratory equipment regularly
Dispose of laboratory waste safely
Apply quality assurance procedures during laboratory testing
Company:
Kakira Sugar Limited
Location:
Kakira, Uganda
Date:
26 Mar 2026
Geoscience & Reservoir – Geology & Petrophysics Interns (2 Positions)
Category:
Physical & Environ. Sci.
SUMMARY: TotalEnergies EP Uganda is offering internship placements for university students to support the Geosciences & Reservoir Department. The internship is intended for students currently pursuing geosciences or petroleum engineering and requires full-time availability during the placement period.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Support the Geosciences & Reservoir Department
Assist with geology, petrophysics, and reservoir-related activities
Participate in departmental assignments and field or office-based technical support
Company:
Total Energies
Location:
Kampala, Uganda
Date:
26 Mar 2026
Biodiversity (Forests & Wetlands) Graduate Trainee
Category:
Physical & Environ. Sci.
SUMMARY: TotalEnergies EP Uganda is recruiting a Biodiversity (Forests & Wetlands) Graduate Trainee to support the Social & Biodiversity Department. The role is intended for recent graduates interested in conservation, biodiversity, wetlands, forestry, and environmental management within the context of the Tilenga Project.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Support the Social & Biodiversity Department in forests and wetlands-related activities
Assist with biodiversity monitoring, environmental reporting, and conservation initiatives
Support fieldwork, data collection, analysis, and documentation related to biodiversity and ecosystem management
Contribute to implementation of environmental and biodiversity management plans
Company:
Total Energies
Location:
Kampala, Uganda
Date:
26 Mar 2026
National Coordinator – Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN)
Category:
Physical & Environ. Sci.
SUMMARY: UNDP is seeking a National Coordinator to lead the implementation of the Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN) in Uganda. The role focuses on managing national project activities, coordinating stakeholders, and supporting the implementation of biodiversity finance solutions.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Coordinate implementation of the national BIOFIN work plan and budget
Supervise national consultants and technical experts delivering project outputs
Organize stakeholder workshops and support the establishment of coordination mechanisms
Monitor project risks and ensure activities are delivered within timelines and budgets
Lead national monitoring, evaluation, and reporting processes
Prepare technical reports, briefing notes, and communication materials
Company:
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Location:
Kampala, Uganda
Date:
10 Mar 2026
