Forestry Technical Lead - Common Roots: Communities Rising On Opportunities through Trees’ Stewardship in Uganda (National Position)
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Job Description
The Forestry Technical Lead will provide overall technical leadership and oversight for all
restoration and forestry-related activities implemented under the consortium. The position will
ensure high technical standards, methodological coherence, and uniform implementation
approaches across partners, in line with national forestry regulations and donor requirements.
Job Industry
Job Salary Currency
UGXJob Salary Fixed
NoKey Deliverables
Technical Leadership and Quality Assurance
• Provide technical guidance for the design and implementation of Collaborative Forest
Management (CFM), community stewardship schemes and Natural Forestry Regeneration
(NFR).
• Lead the technical planning and execution of restoration activities in degraded and erosion
prone areas.
• Develop and standardise technical guidelines, methodologies and tools to ensure consistency
across consortium partners.
• Ensure compliance with national forestry regulations, environmental standards and donor
requirements.
• Conduct regular technical field monitoring visits to assess quality and adherence to restoration
protocols.
• Identify technical risks and propose mitigation measures.
Consortium Coordination and Capacity Building
• Provide technical support and mentoring to partner organisations implementing forestry
activities.
• Facilitate technical coordination meetings among consortium forestry focal points and
participate in the Project Advisory Committee (PAC).
• Ensure harmonised data collection and reporting on forestry-related indicators in collaboration
with the MEAL team.
• Contribute to technical sections of donor reports.
• Build the technical capacity of project staff and community structures on restoration best
practices.
Stakeholder Engagement and Strategic Development
• Liaise with relevant government forestry institutions and district authorities to ensure alignment
with national policies and standards.
• Support the establishment and strengthening of community forest governance structures.
• Promote knowledge sharing, documentation of lessons learned and best practices.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen and scale up restoration approaches within the project area.
Professional Qualifications
| Industry | Qualification |
|---|---|
| Environmental Management, Environmental Engineering & Environmental Sciences | • University degree in Forestry, Natural Resource Management, Environmental Sciences or related field. • A Master’s degree is an asset. • Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience in forestry, forest landscape restoration or community-based natural resource management. • Demonstrated experience in CFM and NFR or similar participatory forestry approaches. • Proven experience supervising or providing technical oversight to multi-stakeholder or multi partner projects. • Experience working with district authorities and national forestry institutions in Uganda. • Experience in donor-funded projects (EU-funded projects considered an asset). • Experience in developing technical guidelines and standard operating procedures. • Ability to monitor forestry indicators and contribute to technical reporting. • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. • Excellent coordination and facilitation skills. • Strong communication and report-writing abilities in English. • High level of integrity and adherence to safeguarding standards. Safeguarding CESVI has a zero-tolerance approach towards sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment and all forms of misconduct. The selected candidate will be required to adhere to CESVI’s Code of Conduct and Safeguarding policies. |