Project Officer

Qualifications

• 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.
  

Work experience:

• 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.
  

• 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.
  

• 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 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.
  

• 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.
  

• 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.