Joseph Udon

Experience

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  ACTED

  Feb 2013 - Aug 2013

  Environmental Specialist

  • Ensure communities are well sensitized on Natural Resources Management related aspects and activities.• Coordinate with district officials especially the District Disaster Technical committees and Natural Resources and Environment Officers on projects activities.• Support the CMDRR specialist in the signing of Resources Sharing Agreement (RSA) amongst communities in the projects’ operation area.• Supervise and conduct trainings at community level and provide technical back-stopping on issues of natural resources management and climate change.• To develop a cross border natural rangeland management plan• To ensure that the community mobilisers and based facilitators have clearly understood the participatory rangeland management process so as to smoothly use it to guide the beneficiaries in developing CBDMPs.• Liaise with districts and other development agencies in monitoring all projects’ activities relating to rangeland management.• Together with other departments ensure that the identification and validation of beneficiaries is correctly done to avoid/mitigate disputes.• Support the Program Managers in giving updates to the district and sub-counties as may be required. • Support other officers especially the APFs and CMDRR specialist in implementing basic principles and practices related to of CMDRR, agro-pastoralism, VSLA/VICOBA, and a variety of other technical areas such as APFS when required.•To address field related challenges as they may arise, and always communicate to the supervisor for back-stopping• To develop activity plans on weekly, monthly and quarterly basis, so as logistics can communicate the movement plans• Coordinate with all ACTED departments (logistics, finance, and infrastructure) to ensure the smooth and effective running of programs.• On a monthly basis support the Program Managers in developing detailed activities budget so as to maintain an updated Budget Follow-Up (BFU) Show less

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  Action Against Hunger | ACF-USA

  Sept 2013 - Apr 2014

  Soil and Water Conservation Officer

  -Plan and develop coordinated practices for soil erosion control, soil and water conservation, and sound land use in Karamoja Sub region. -Develop a database and maps of all WAS conservation projects -Provide information about soil, water, and related natural resource conservation; identify and prioritize soil and water resource concerns, set natural resource priorities, and then develop, implement and evaluate long and short range plans and programs. -Administer and supervise the SWC programme activities by delegating tasks through a structure of FSL officers, supervisors, participating beneficiaries (PMCs) -land users such as farmers and pastoralists on conservation plans, problems and alternative solutions, and provide technical and planning assistance. -Conduct ongoing analysis of situation in Karamoja (in addition to the broader social, political, and security context). -Monitor projects during and after construction to ensure projects conform to design specifications and standards. -Review reports of Officers and Supervisors, certifying compliance with mandated reporting requirements and consolidate in the weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports submitted internally and to the donor. -Participate on work teams to plan, develop, and implement water and land management programs and policies. -Develop, conduct and/or participate in surveys, studies and investigations of various land uses, gathering information for use in developing corrective action plan. Show less

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  Amatheon Agri Uganda

  Jun 2014 - May 2016

  Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Compliance Officer

  -Supported the EIA consultant in preparing the Environmental Project brief and followed up the National forest authority• Be up to date in regards to Environmental and Social policy and procedure and amend or draft Company policies (alongside IFC Performance Standards) to fit the Ugandan project• Ensure compliance with Amatheon Social and Environmental policies in regards to running operations; monitoring and reporting• Assess Social and Environmental project proposals and make recommendations to Management on financing and implementation• Develop Social and Environmental performance indicators, record performance against these indicators and periodically report on this performance• Maintain continuous communication with all affected stakeholders ranging from local household to National government.• Plan and implement project communications strategies with affected stakeholders and record and report stakeholder opinions• Plan, budget and implement social baseline surveys surrounding land being acquired. Maintain social baseline records and produce survey results Show less

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  Mercy Corps

  Jun 2015 - Aug 2016

  Natural Resources Management Officer

  •Engaged with remote communities to establish priorities for community-led natural resources management, and implementation of Identified pilot opportunities for community NRM plan implementation and monitoring.•Worked closely with private sector and line ministries to address environmentally harmful methods of extracting Local Natural Resources at such as gold and limestone• Ensured timely support in policy formulation around sustainable methods, alternative energy mechanisms, and water management and conservation.• Actively coordinated with counterpart agencies such as Ministry of Water and Environment, Makerere University and Organizations involved in conservation, climate change adaptation for information community NRM plans Show less

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  Individual Consultant

  Dec 2017 - now

  EIA Consultant

  I provide indepth and quality environmental services to companies and organisations in the following expert areas; Conducting Environmental and social Impact assessments, Preparing Environmental and Social Management plans, Reviewing EIA reports, Conducting Health impact assessments, Environmental risk assessments/appraisals, conducting and conducting Strategic Environmental Assessments.

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  Catholic Relief Services

  Jan 2018 - Jan 2024

  Program Manager-Resilience

  •Provide technical leadership to the Nuyok programming team in the development and implementation of strategies, standards, project plans, tools and best practices in CM-DRR, including environmental mitigation that are aligned to GoU and donor requirements and effectively engage partners, donors, and governments.•Lead Nuyok technical working groups in community-managed DRR activities related to CMM, NRM and climate resilience building in the program, and champion learning with project staff and partner teams. Analyze and evaluate project performance data following MEAL policy. Proactively identify issues and concerns and use participatory processes to overcome implementation obstacles. •Manage and oversee technical planning, budget management, monitoring and reporting activities throughout relevant project cycles - start-up, implementation and close-out - to ensure efficient and effective implementation in line with CRS program quality principles and standards, donor requirements, and good practices. Ensure project team and partner staff use the appropriate systems and tools and integrate aspects of gender, peace-building and integral human development throughout the project cycle. Show less

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  DAI

  Nov 2023 - now

  Water Supply and IWRM Lead

  I am providing the overall technical and strategic support for the USAID FtF Water and Food System (WFS) Activity in Designing, leading and implementing interventions related to water supply, IWRM, climate-resilient water facilities, and sustainable financing of water operations and maintenance.