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Job Title:  Uganda Environment Program Cycle Fellow

Organisation: Environmental Incentives

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

About Organisation:

Environmental Incentives is addressing the world’s most urgent challenges which require commitment, creativity, and care. We partner with decision makers at community, regional, and national levels to co-create solutions that bring clarity to complex situations, facilitate collaborative decisions, and integrate adaptability.

Job Summary:

Are you passionate about making a difference in biodiversity conservation and climate change initiatives?

Do you possess technical expertise and a deep understanding of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Program Cycle?

Environmental Incentives (EI) is seeking a mission-driven individual experienced in international development, environment, and climate to join the USAID Improving Design, Evidence, and Learning (IDEAL) team.

As the prime implementer on the five-year IDEAL contract, EI supports USAID throughout all phases of the Program Cycle and improves the Agency’s capacity for adaptive management, evidence generation and application, and learning to inform better programming decisions.

Serving in Uganda, the Environment Program Cycle (EPC) Fellow will play a crucial role in supporting USAID/Uganda’s biodiversity programming. This position offers an exceptional opportunity for someone who has demonstrated experience working in East Africa and can provide technical expertise in one or more of the following areas: biodiversity conservation, combating wildlife crime, sustainable economic development, community resilience, forestry, geospatial analysis, and conservation financing.

The Uganda EPC Fellow will join a network delivering technical support and advisory services to USAID climate and biodiversity programs. The EPC Fellow will serve as an embedded staff member providing guidance and capacity building across Program Cycle functions, such as strategic planning, activity design, monitoring, evaluation, and Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA). This role fills a critical need by collaborating with USAID/Uganda teams to develop high-quality products and processes that will serve as solid examples, models, and guidance for future staff. The Uganda EPC Fellow may specialize in a functional area of the Program Cycle, such as activity design, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL), or CLA, but will be expected to bridge work across these disciplines.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Supporting the implementation of USAID’s Biodiversity Policy and Climate Change Strategy by applying facilitation services for activity design, implementation, pause and reflect sessions, and leading evaluation and learning using a variety of fit-for-purpose methods and approaches.
• Providing technical skills in data and evidence-driven assessments and briefs to inform activity design and implementation, including geospatial support, rapid literature reviews, and evidence synthesis as requested.
• Supporting process improvement engagement, including facilitating activity co-designs, organizational development activities, and broad-based stakeholder engagement activities to inform programming.
• Providing technical assistance to USAID/Uganda in developing MEL plans, as well as reporting on program indicators.
• Researching, synthesizing, and disseminating findings on selected climate change and biodiversity topics as directed, such as adaptation and mitigation topics, nature-based solutions or ecosystem services, and direct and indirect threats to biodiversity.
• Advancing USAID biodiversity and climate change goals by providing training and guidance on evidence use and generation and adaptive management to Agency staff and other stakeholders.
• Organizing knowledge management and communication events (meetings and workshops) and creating outreach materials, including infographics, fact sheets, brochures, newsletters, and videos.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 9 years of relevant professional experience in biodiversity conservation, combating wildlife crime, sustainable economic development, community resilience, forestry, and/or conservation financing programming
• Experience with programmatic learning and adaptive management in USAID or other foreign assistance agencies (including large NGOs, contractors, or international organizations).
• Experience in activity design, monitoring, learning, and evaluation, research, and adaptive management of climate, biodiversity, integrated programs, and the USAID Program Cycle.
• Experience using the Conservation Standards and/or other systems tools to improve program logic in activity design and implementation.
• Experience facilitating groups, meetings, or events.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 11 years of relevant professional experience, Master’s degree and 9 years of relevant experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience applying the Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation, the USAID Program Cycle, or another adaptive management process.
• Experience working in professional settings in-person in East Africa, Africa at large, or the Global South.
• Experience synthesizing a large technical body of work and communicating key messages to target audiences in a format that meets their communication style.
• Experience with systems thinking approaches to development.
• Experience promoting the use of evidence through effective dissemination strategies and learning initiatives.
• Experience with adult learning techniques, human-centered design, capacity-building tools, and approaches to improve organizational effectiveness.
• Experience designing and facilitating participatory workshops, meetings, and gatherings of various sizes in-person, online, and in hybrid settings.
• Proven results in the development and delivery of training for knowledge management, organizational learning, and capacity development topics.
• Experience with the USAID CLA framework, approaches, and toolkits.
• Experience supporting the development and delivery of learning agendas, learning events, and learning products such as toolkits, job aids, and case studies.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong interpersonal and diplomatic skills, with a demonstrated ability to manage workplace challenges and concerns with professionalism and tact.
• Demonstrated flexibility and capacity to adapt to and operate in environments of uncertainty and in fast-paced, diverse organizations.
• Strong understanding of the contractor role, with an orientation to customer service and delivering quality results on time and on budget.
• Strong understanding of current issues in international development and organizational effectiveness.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Ability to be proactive in problem-solving with excellent listening skills.
• Demonstrated ability to advance equity and inclusion in leading the work of teams.
• Problem-solving orientation and growth mindset.
• Proficiency with the Google suite of tools, especially Google Meet, Google Drive, Google Docs, and Google Sheets; familiarity with Microsoft tools (Outlook, Teams, and SharePoint).

Additional Requirements

• Eligibility and readiness to work and live in Kampala, Uganda.
• Eligibility for USAID facility access or ability to obtain security clearance.
• Completion of a criminal background check is required

How to Apply:

Please submit your application, which should include a maximum 2-page cover letter and CV clearly demonstrating your expertise and required qualifications

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Deadline: 30th September 2024.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis starting in late August, and qualified candidates will be contacted for additional information.

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