Project Coordinator

• Job TitleProject Coordinator
• OrganisationUGANET
• ProgrammeRefugee Response / Field Operations
• Duty StationKiryandongo
• Positions1
• Experience3+ years
• Deadline26 October 2026

UGANET (Uganda Network on Law, Ethics and HIV/AIDS) is a Ugandan non-governmental organisation founded in 1995 to address human rights, ethical and legal challenges arising in the context of health, HIV and gender.

It promotes social and legal protection for vulnerable and marginalised people, with a focus on health rights, HIV and gender equality. This role is one of 34 field positions UGANET is filling for its Refugee Response / Field Operations programme across ten refugee settlements and host-community duty stations.

The Project Coordinator is the lead for UGANET’s field activities in Kiryandongo, keeping work plans, the field team, stakeholders and reporting on track.

Main Duties

• Coordinate field activities and work planning.
• Support and guide the field team.
• Engage stakeholders, service providers and consortium partners.
• Oversee reporting and follow-up on programme deliverables.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Social Work, Development Studies, Project Planning and Management, Law or a related field.
• A master’s degree is an added advantage.
• At least 3 years of project management and coordination experience, preferably in a humanitarian and multicultural setting.
• Technical skills in project implementation and delivery, consortium work and coordination with different stakeholders.

General Requirements (all UGANET field posts)

• Strong communication, teamwork, organisation and report-writing skills.
• Ability to work respectfully with diverse communities and stakeholders.
• Commitment to safeguarding, confidentiality, accountability, non-discrimination and the prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment.
• Willingness and ability to live and work at the selected duty station and travel in the field.

Technical Skills

• Project management: Planning and delivery.
• Consortium coordination: Multiple partners.
• Reporting: Deliverable tracking.
• Stakeholder engagement: Settlement actors.

Soft Skills

• Leadership: Field team support.
• Communication: Clear reports.
• Cultural sensitivity: Refugee communities.
• Organisation: Many moving parts.

Salary and benefits are not stated in the advert.

• Lead a refugee response project.
• Consortium experience.
• Settlement-based leadership role.
• Human rights focused NGO.
• Strong pick among project jobs in Uganda.

Email your application to [email protected], addressed to the Executive Director, UGANET, Plot 19 Valley Road, Ministers Village, Ntinda, Kampala, by 26 October 2026.

Include an updated CV, a cover letter stating the position and your preferred duty station, and copies of your academic and professional documents. Only Word or PDF files are accepted. Use the subject line: Application – Project Coordinator – [Preferred Duty Station].

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. UGANET is an equal opportunity employer with zero tolerance for sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment. See all NGO jobs in Uganda.

• Show consortium projects you’ve led.
• Quantify team and budget size.
• State Kiryandongo in your letter.
• Use the exact subject line.
• Apply before 26 October.