Summary: Resilience Design, Soil and Water Engineer Graduate Trainee, Yumbe, West Nile Region, Uganda

Job Details

  • Company: DanChurchAid
  • Location: Uganda

Job Description

Resilience Design, Soil and Water Engineer Graduate Trainee, Yumbe, West Nile Region, Uganda

Organization

DanChurchAid

Country

Uganda

Field location

Yumbe

Office

DCA in Yumbe

JOB ADVERT FOR RESILIENCE DESIGN, SOIL AND WATER

ENGINEER GRADUATE TRAINEE

DanChurchAid (DCA)

Job Title

Resilience Design, Soil and Water

Duty Station

Yumbe, West Nile Region

Reports to

Resilience Design, Soil, and Water

Engineer

Duration

6 months with possibility of

Extension based on performance and Project needs.

Number of positions

One (1)

About US

DanChurchAid (DCA) is a faith-based, non-missionary relief and

development organization based in Copenhagen, Denmark and founded

in 1922. DCA has supported development and humanitarian programs in

Uganda since 1979, working with local partners. DCA is a member of

the Action by Churches Together (ACT Alliance). Our key

competencies in Uganda are livelihoods and food security

humanitarian response, and civil society. For more information

Please visit: https://www.danchurchaid.org/where-we-work/uganda

DanChurch Aid (DCA) is seeking to recruit a Soil and Water

Engineer-Graduate Trainee to support the implementation of its

ongoing project, "Enhancing Food Security and Nutritional Outcomes

for Vulnerable Women and Children in West Nile, Northern

Uganda."

Job Summary

Support the implementation of Engineering and Resilience Design

practices, contributing to fieldwork, community engagement

activities, and ensuring the quality and impact of assigned

activities within the operational area. The Graduate Trainee will

gain hands-on experience in both large-scale and household

resilience design interventions.

Key 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, and Experience

  • Minimum of a bachelor's in Agricultural engineering or

water/irrigation 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.

  • Ability to ride motorcycle is an added advantage.
  • Familiarity with work in refugee settlements and refugee

host-communities is an added advantage.

How to Apply

All suitable, qualified, and interested candidates who wish to

join the DanChurchAid (DCA) should apply online through this link

National vacancies (danchurchaid.org).

Deadline for Applying

13th August 2026.

DCA is an equal opportunity employer, and all interested and

qualified candidates are encouraged to apply regardless of age

race, gender, marital status, religious, political, or ethnic

affiliation. DCA conducts an anti-terror check as part of the

recruitment process. It is a prerequisite that you can pass this

check and maintain this status throughout your employment with us.

Everyone applying for a job with DCA must be ready to comply with

our Code of Conduct, Staff Policy on Prevention of Sexual

Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment and our Child Safeguarding

Policy.

While we appreciate your interest in working with

DCA, only shortlisted candidates will be

contacted.

Apply

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