Program officer

Job Description

All Applications (Cover Letter, CV and certified academic documents as ONE DOCUMENT) sent via email to Vacancies.Uganda@actionaid.org 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

• Programme Coordination, Implementation and Monitoring
  • Coordinate and monitor Program activities prepare and submit periodic reports that address community priority poverty issues
  • Coordinate implementation of programme and project activities in the LRPs in line as laid down in annual plans and budgets.
  • Support district-level planning, budgeting, activity scheduling, and partner work plan alignment.
  • Assists the Field Programme Coordinator to identify Local rights community priorities through PRRPs; Community meetings; child focused days and utilise in planning for annual Programmes.
  • Identify community priorities through PRRPs, community dialogues, women forums, youth platforms, and child-focused days.
  • Support implementation of governance, livelihoods, women rights, youth empowerment, and social accountability interventions.
  • Prepare monthly, quarterly, biannual, and annual progress reports for submission to the supervisor.
  • Document programme outcomes, lessons learned, innovations, and best practices
• Partner Support and Capacity Strengthening
  • Support the institutional and Program capacity building initiatives of partners to implement Program activities as may be required by the Program coordinator
  • Work with local partners and LRPs to assess institutional and programme capacity gaps.
  • Support development and implementation of partner capacity strengthening plans.
  • Review partner reports, budgets, accountabilities, and compliance documentation.
  • Facilitate partner learning, reflection, and review meetings.
  • Mentor partners in planning, reporting, HRBA, safeguarding, feminist leadership, and accountability systems.
  • Support organisational self-assessments and follow-up improvement plans.
• Community mobilisation and Movement building
  • Participating in and report on community mobilization initiatives
  • Supports the mobilisation and nurture of women solidarity movements and networks to build young feminist leaders
  • Supports the Field Programme Coordinators in the promotion of small hold farmers to form groups for a collective voice in articulating community problems
  • Supports the encouragement of community participation and advocacy for democratic, electoral and political reforms
  • Supports efforts to build capacities of communities to address their challenges
• Resource mobilisation and fundraising
  • Participate in resource mobilization initiatives aimed at generating funding for existing gaps in the cluster(s) of a given thematic area
  • Assists the cluster Coordinator to identify funding gaps
  • Prepares and present/submit concept papers for funding keeps track of their status
  • Reviews partner proposals and ensure they are aligned with community needs and priorities
  • Ensures proper contract management in respect to the signed MoUs
  • Makes periodic monitoring visits and produce reports in line with donor requirements
• Field Program compliance with policy and communication guidelines
  • Monitor child sponsorship activities in the Regional Field Office for compliance with policy and communications guidelines
  • Participates in sponsorship planning meetings and make pre-message collections
  • Ensures quality and timely sponsorship communication child messages and community reports
  • Follows-up on missing cases and respond to queries from the sponsorship unit
  • Receives new profiles from the Regional Field Office and submit them to funding affiliates
  • Ensures communities are sensitised on sponsorship mechanisms and photo updates made as required.
• Field program management
  • Give necessary support to the Program coordinator for effective management of the Local Rights Programmes
  • Ensures effective implementation of Programme plans and initiatives
  • Shares relevant Programme information to the Programme Coordinator in a timely manner
  • Represents the Program coordinator in different fora as may be delegated
  • Prepares/develops various Program documents as may be necessary Prepares progress report to the Program Program coordinator covering Programme implementation in the Regional Field Office (s)

Person Specification

• A bachelor’s degree in development studies, Social Sciences, or related field from a recognised institution.
• A relevant post graduate qualification and training in Human Rights Based Approaches, Project Planning and Management, is an added advantage.
• A minimum of five years of similar work experience in a reputable organisation, preferable an NGO
• Demonstrated experience of at least two years in any one of the thematic areas of the sixth country strategy paper

Skills, Abilities and Competencies

• Programme development and management
• Transformative leadership skills
• Ability to conduct feminist analysis
• Gender and Poverty analysis
• Governance accountability issues
• Planning, monitoring and evaluation.
• Management and supervisory skills
• Governance issues
• Mobilisation and empowerment
• Resource mobilisation
• Financial management
• Human Rights Based approach
• Environmental management
• Documentation and reporting
• Participatory approaches and methodologies
• Good interpersonal and people Management skills
• Partnerships and networking.
• Ability to establish critical working relationships
• Ability to promote and safeguard AAU policies
• Ability to live and work in rural communities
• Ability to conduct power analysis

How to Apply

All Applications (Cover Letter, CV and certified academic documents as ONE DOCUMENT) sent via email to Vacancies.Uganda@actionaid.org clearly addressed to the Human Resources Officer, ActionAid Uganda, Plot 2514/2515 Ggaba Road, Kampala, not later than Friday 24th April 2026 by 1300hrs