Project Manager

Required Qualifications

• Degree in Agriculture, Agricultural Economics, Rural Development, Natural Resource Management or related field.
  

• Demonstrated experience managing multi-component, multi-value chain programmes, preferably in refugee hosting districts or humanitarian settings.
  

• Experience supervising multidisciplinary technical teams and community-based field staff.
  

• Strong understanding of climate smart agriculture, livestock systems, beneficial insect value chains and sustainable land management.
  

• Proven experience in project planning, budgeting, financial oversight and results-based management.
  

• Experience coordinating with government institutions, particularly the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, District Local Governments and the Office of the Prime Minister.
  

• Experience managing environmental and social safeguards, including grievance redress mechanisms, Gender Based Violence, mitigation and child protection.
  

• Experience with digital data collection tools, Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL) systems and indicator tracking.
  

• Provide overall leadership and coordination of all project activities and partners in the assigned settlement, ensuring alignment with the Uganda Climate Smart Agricultural Transformation Project objectives.
  

• Develop detailed work plans, budgets and implementation schedules in line with project guidelines.
  

• Ensure timely delivery of inputs through the e-voucher system and oversee coordination with agro dealers, beneficiaries and settlement structures.
  

• Supervise all technical officers and Community Based Facilitators to ensure high quality delivery across crop, livestock, entomology, Sustainable Land Management, nutrition and market systems activities.
  

• Lead establishment and functioning of Farmer Field Schools and Farmer Institutional Development processes.
  

• Ensure implementation of climate smart agriculture, livestock, beneficial insect value chains and sustainable land management practices in line with technical standards.
  

• Coordinate land access arrangements, block farming processes and dialogue with landowners, host communities and settlement leadership.
  

• Ensure all project activities comply with environmental and social safeguard requirements including Environmental and Social Management Plans (ESMPs), Gender Based Violence mitigation, grievance redress, child protection and conflict sensitivity.
  

• Oversee development of a Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL) plan, ensure use of approved data collection tools, and maintain an updated digital beneficiary database.