Project Officer

All Applications (Cover Letter, CV and certified academic documents as ONE DOCUMENT) sent via email to [email protected] clearly addressed to the Human Resources Officer, ActionAid Uganda, Plot 2514/2515 Ggaba Road, Kampala, not later than Friday 24th April 2026 by 1300hrs. We will respond to ONLY shortlisted Candidates. Key roles and responsibilities: 1. Project Coordination and Activity Implementation - Coordinate effective implementation of project activities in line with approved workplans and donor commitments - Lead day-to-day coordination of all project activities across Kapchorwa LRP. - Develop implementation schedules, field plans, and stakeholder engagement calendars. - Ensure timely delivery of activities against objectives, indicators, and budgets. - Coordinate with internal departments, district stakeholders, and community structures. - Participate in review, planning, reflection, and adaptive management meetings. 2. GBV Prevention and Social Norms Transformation - Implement community and school-based prevention interventions addressing GBV, FGM, and child marriage. - Facilitate community dialogues, school outreaches, and campaigns on GBV, FGM, SRHR, and child marriage prevention. - Engage parents, teachers, cultural leaders, religious actors, and men and boys in norm change processes. - Support establishment and strengthening of girls’ clubs, child rights clubs, and safe spaces. - Promote awareness of referral pathways, reporting channels, and survivor rights. 3. Adolescent-Friendly Corner (AFC) Coordination - Support establishment and operationalisation of two AFCs in Health Centre IIIs - Coordinate with the District Health Office and health facilities to establish AFCs. - Support training of health workers and peer educators on youth-friendly SRHR and GBV services. - Facilitate mobilisation of in-school and out-of-school adolescents to access AFC services. - Coordinate outreach sessions, life-skills, mentorship, sports, and SRHR dialogues. - Monitor AFC utilisation and quality of adolescent service delivery. 4. GBV Shelter and Referral Pathway Strengthening - Strengthen survivor-centred protection and referral systems - Coordinate with the GBV shelter team to ensure survivors access psychosocial, legal, medical, and reintegration services. - Facilitate district GBV referral pathway coordination meetings with police, health, probation, CSOs, and shelter actors. - Strengthen case referral linkages between communities, schools, health facilities, and the shelter. - Track response timelines, service uptake, and survivor follow-up outcomes. 5. Protection of Girls at Risk - Strengthen school and community-based systems for identification and support of girls at risk of FGM and early marriage. - Work with schools, VHTs, local leaders, and child protection structures to identify at-risk girls. - Facilitate counselling, family mediation, and school retention or re-enrolment support. - Train teachers and community actors on safeguarding, early warning, and referral pathways. - Conduct follow-up visits to ensure sustained safety and wellbeing. 6. Economic Empowerment and Livelihoods Support - Coordinate entrepreneurship and small business support for survivors and at-risk girls - Coordinate local enterprise scoping, market assessments, and beneficiary profiling. - Work with the District Commercial Officer and mentors to facilitate entrepreneurship training. - Support startup grant disbursement, business plan review, and accountability processes. - Monitor business take-off, market access, and linkage to government programmes including PDM, OWC, and YLP. 7. Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting and Learning - Track project results, learning, and donor reporting requirements - Collect, verify, and submit sex-, age-, and disability-disaggregated data. - Prepare activity, monthly, quarterly, and donor narrative reports. - Support outcome tracking on social norms, service access, and economic resilience indicators. - Document lessons learned, case studies, success stories, and best practices. - Participate in review meetings, learning forums, and reflection spaces with district stakeholders. 8. Safeguarding, Compliance and Risk Management - Ensure adherence to safeguarding, ethical programming, and risk mitigation standards - Mainstream safeguarding, survivor confidentiality, and child protection standards across all activities. - Ensure compliance with donor guidelines, AAIU policies, and statutory requirements. - Monitor project risks including retaliation, social resistance, and business failure. - Escalate safeguarding, operational, and protection risks in a timely manner. Person specification: - Bachelor’s degree in Social Work and Social Administration, Social Sciences, Development Studies, Gender Studies, Public Health, Project Planning and Management, or related field. - Additional training in GBV programming, SRHR, child protection, safeguarding, or entrepreneurship development is an added advantage. - Minimum 3 years’ relevant work experience in GBV prevention and response, child protection, SRHR, community systems strengthening, or livelihoods programming in a reputable NGO/INGO. - Demonstrated experience working with district local governments, health facilities, schools, VHTs, and community protection systems. - Strong project coordination and implementation skills - Technical knowledge of GBV, FGM, child marriage, and protection systems - Knowledge of adolescent SRHR and youth-friendly service delivery - Community mobilisation and dialogue facilitation skills - Multi-sectoral coordination and stakeholder engagement - Livelihoods and economic empowerment programming skills - Monitoring, evaluation, and data management skills. - Report writing and analytical skills - Strong safeguarding and survivor-centred programming - Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, and communication skills - High integrity, confidentiality, and professionalism - Ability to work in rural and hard-to-reach communities How to Apply: All Applications (Cover Letter, CV and certified academic documents as ONE DOCUMENT) sent via email to [email protected] clearly addressed to the Human Resources Officer, ActionAid Uganda, Plot 2514/2515 Ggaba Road, Kampala, not later than Friday 24th April 2026 by 1300hrs