Program Officer – EpiC Uganda

• PositionProgram Officer – EpiC Uganda
• CompanyFHI 360
• LocationKampala, Uganda
• Job TypeNot stated
• CategoryNGO / International Development / Health
• IndustryPublic health and international development
• DepartmentNot stated
• DeadlineNot stated on the official posting

FHI 360 is a nonprofit organization that mobilizes research, resources, and relationships to help people access opportunities for full and healthy lives. Its official website describes work across global health, education, economic opportunity, and humanitarian challenges.

The organization says it has spent more than 50 years developing solutions to global challenges and working with governments, communities, academic institutions, foundations, and other partners. Read more about its mission and programmes on the official FHI 360 website.

The Program Officer supports day-to-day technical and operational coordination for the EpiC Uganda project. The work keeps activity approvals, payment requests, workplans, partner deliverables, and sub-award monitoring moving on schedule, while maintaining documentation and compliance records. The role links technical teams and partners with finance, grants, procurement, human resources, and monitoring-and-evaluation functions. It includes identifying delays and risks, helping resolve bottlenecks, checking monitoring documentation, and following up corrective actions arising from visits, financial reviews, and audits. The post also supports partner capacity building, periodic reporting, and management decision-making through synthesis of programme information. FHI 360 describes the expected annual basic salary range as UGX 67,000,000–95,000,000; the actual offer may depend on experience, education, internal equity, market pay, and budget. No official closing date is shown.

• Coordinate support for technical teams generating, tracking, and closing Activity Approval Requests and Payment Request Forms; digitize or automate workflows using DPA and related systems.
• Monitor and track approved EpiC Uganda workplans across technical areas.
• Follow up with department leads and partners on activity progress, deliverables, and timelines.
• Identify implementation delays and bottlenecks and support troubleshooting and process improvements with the Program Manager and Associate Director.
• Participate in internal coordination, procurement, human-resources, and decision-support meetings as assigned.
• Create and maintain action trackers, workplan matrices, deliverable logs, and other tracking tools.
• Support development, modification, and management of sub-awards, aligning technical scopes, budgets, and monitoring-and-evaluation frameworks.
• Follow up on sub-awardee reporting, verify milestones, and provide feedback.
• Support development and implementation of quarterly sub-awardee monitoring plans.
• Oversee the quality and accuracy of monitoring trackers for assigned sub-awards.
• Ensure sub-award monitoring activities and documents are properly filed under FHI 360 standards.
• Support the Program Manager’s oversight of second-tier sub-award management, performance, and compliance where applicable.
• Coordinate with monitoring and evaluation colleagues on monthly partner-performance review meetings.
• Coordinate with Finance and Grants to support timely processing and release of sub-award funds.
• Support dissemination of guidance and updates on USG regulations, including 2 CFR 200, FHI 360 policies, and award requirements.
• Participate in joint monitoring and support-supervision visits with Finance and M&E staff.
• Track and support closure of corrective actions arising from monitoring visits, financial reviews, and audits.
• Support monitoring of compliance with FHI 360 safeguarding policies.
• Coordinate and support capacity-building and Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting activities for partners and project-management-unit staff.
• Provide day-to-day technical guidance and coordination support to Program Officers.
• Quality-assure programme-management-unit documents, including reports, correspondence, approvals, sub-agreements, and modifications.
• Synthesize information across activities and partners for internal reporting and management decisions.
• Support preparation and review of quarterly and ad hoc programme reports when required.
• Represent EpiC Uganda in stakeholder coordination platforms and partner engagements when assigned.
• Contribute to resource mobilization and proposal development as requested.
• Escalate significant implementation or compliance issues promptly to the Program Manager in a solutions-oriented manner.

Required Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, International Development, Development Studies, Public Administration, Business Administration, or a related field.

Work Experience

• Typically at least four years of relevant project-management experience.
• Experience with donor-funded programme management, preferably in USG-funded health programmes.
• Demonstrated experience supporting or overseeing sub-award management, partner reporting, milestone verification, and performance monitoring.
• Experience coordinating across technical, finance, operations, and monitoring-and-evaluation teams.

Additional Requirements

• Working knowledge of USG regulations, including 2 CFR 200, and compliance monitoring practices.
• Experience developing and maintaining workplan trackers, monitoring tools, and compliance documentation.
• FHI 360 states that hiring is subject to appropriate screening checks and its safeguarding procedures.

Technical Skills

• Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; project-tracking systems are an asset.
• Workplan, activity-approval, payment-request, sub-award, monitoring, and compliance tracking as described in the duties.

Soft Skills

• Excellent written and verbal English communication.
• Attention to detail, persistence in follow-up, and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Sound judgment in identifying risks and deciding when and how to escalate issues.
• Coordination and relationship-building across teams and partners.

The expected annual basic salary range is UGX 67,000,000–95,000,000. FHI 360 says it offers a competitive benefits package, professional development, and policies and programmes that support work-life balance. The employer notes that an offer may reflect experience, education, internal equity, market pay, and budget.

• The assignment combines programme operations, workplan tracking, sub-award performance, and compliance in one role.
• The officer works across technical, finance, grants, procurement, HR, and M&E functions, providing broad programme exposure.
• The duties include partner monitoring, milestone verification, corrective-action follow-up, and capacity building.
• The listing specifies an expected annual basic salary of UGX 67,000,000–95,000,000.
• FHI 360 describes professional development and work-life-balance policies as part of its benefits offering.
• The position supports an EpiC Uganda portfolio with opportunities to contribute to reporting, stakeholder coordination, and proposal development.

Apply through the official FHI 360 Workday listing. No closing date is published on the employer posting. Review the current portal page for application steps and any updates before submitting.

• Checked on 10 November 2026 against FHI 360's official advert.
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