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Resilient Design, Soil and Water Engineer Graduate Trainee

Yumbe, Uganda * Full-time
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DanChurchAid (DCA)

NGO Total Positions: Location: Yumbe, Uganda Full-time Salary: Attractive Posted 1 year ago
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Design and implement resilience design, soil and water practices that enhance soil health, biodiversity, and water conservation. • Prepare drawings, designs and BOQs of all infrastructure activities using various drawing software. • Conduct thorough assessments to identify soil and water resources management needs in target communities. • Develop detailed project plans, including soil conservation and water harvesting structures such as micro-dams, and bioswales. • Supervise the construction of soil and water management structures, ensuring adherence to design specifications and quality standards. • Provide technical guidance to project teams and contractors during the implementation of activities. • Promote climate-smart & restorative agriculture techniques to increase productivity while minimizing environmental impact. • Develop appropriate training content, materials and tools targeting different audiences (community, staff, partners, and other relevant stakeholders). • Conduct routine monitoring to the field sites, block farms, households to ensure quality progress of activities, providing hands-on technical support as needed. • Produce timely reports and share them with the immediate supervisor following agreed reporting guidelines and timelines.
QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS
• Minimum of a bachelor’s in civil engineering or water engineering or a related field (should have graduated only within the last 2 years). • Proven experience in working with rural communities and building their capacities in sustainable practice. • Skills in GIS software, ArchiCAD and AutoCAD. • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, ability to write good reports, engage and build relationships with diverse stakeholders. • Proficiency in English is required. Knowledge of local languages is an added advantage. • Familiarity with work in refugee settlements and refugee host-communities is an added advantage.
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