Project Analyst – Improved Integrated Waste Management Project

Manages UNDP Uganda’s integrated waste-management project, coordinating policy reform, infrastructure procurement, construction and municipal capacity while overseeing budgets, safeguards, monitoring and donor reporting. The role turns the Masaka pilot into a scalable model for lower-emission solid and healthcare waste systems.

Department: Nature, Climate, Energy and Resilience Unit

• Lead implementation and adaptive management across all project work packages
• Manage the project team, consultants, service providers and governance meetings
• Coordinate waste-management policies, consultations and institutional capacity building
• Oversee studies, engineering designs, safeguards and permits for treatment facilities
• Manage procurement, construction and commissioning of solid and healthcare waste infrastructure
• Establish monitoring, reporting, verification and grievance systems
• Control budgets, workplans, procurement plans and donor reporting
• Develop scale-up, resource-mobilization, communications and knowledge strategies

• Advanced university degree in civil or construction engineering, environmental management, sustainability or a related field, or a bachelor’s degree with two additional years of experience
• Bachelor’s-degree applicants require at least two years of project-management experience
• English fluency

• Role is based in Masaka with regular travel to Kampala
• Project covers municipal solid waste and healthcare waste systems