Project Officer – FMNR

• PositionProject Officer – FMNR
• CompanyWorld Vision Uganda
• LocationBugiri, Uganda
• Job TypeFull Time
• CategoryNGO, International Development, Agriculture Jobs in Uganda
• IndustryInternational development and community resilience
• DepartmentFMNR Catalyst Project
• DeadlineWednesday, 18 November 2026
• Not in the advertPay and benefits

World Vision describes its mission as helping vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. The organisation says it works with children and communities across nearly 100 countries and draws inspiration from its Christian faith.

World Vision’s international careers information describes a workforce of more than 31,000 people. Its Uganda teams work with communities and partners, and the employer identifies safeguarding and child wellbeing as core responsibilities in its Uganda project roles.

The Project Officer – FMNR implements the FMNR Catalyst Project in Eastern Uganda. The work covers landscape restoration and climate-resilient value-chain development, including planning activities, supporting community stakeholders and partners, monitoring delivery against targets and preparing reports. The officer works under the Project Manager and ensures activities follow agreed project plans, donor requirements and World Vision Uganda policies. The post also supports project monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning, documents results and shares lessons for improvement.

The role combines field implementation with coordination across community structures, local government, NGOs, academia, private-sector stakeholders and the project’s lead organisation. It includes technical guidance, stakeholder meetings, partner capacity building, joint monitoring, review meetings and linkages with other resilience and livelihoods programmes. The officer is also responsible for applying safeguarding and gender and social inclusion requirements, reporting concerns and supporting community awareness of children’s rights. The employer lists Bugiri as the duty station and accepts local applicants for a fixed-term appointment.

• Oversee implementation of all project components, including landscape restoration and climate-resilient value-chain development, to deliver targets and outputs.
• Identify and build the capacity of community stakeholders and implementation partners on project technical approaches and models, and provide field implementation guidance.
• Ensure project activities are implemented effectively, on time and within budget.
• Work with government extension agents, community volunteers and trainers of trainers to identify technical capacity gaps and beneficiary challenges for planning.
• Prepare project updates for periodic review meetings.
• Research best practices, generate ideas and propose more effective approaches to improve implementation and results.
• Establish and maintain working relationships with the lead organisation and stakeholders, including government officials, NGOs, academia and the private sector.
• Participate in stakeholder planning and development meetings, workshops, inter-agency coordination platforms and sector working meetings.
• Organise stakeholder review meetings to reflect on progress, intervention impact, best practices, exit and sustainability strategies, and action learning.
• Facilitate integration with other World Vision resilience and livelihoods interventions and government programmes.
• Organise monthly field planning meetings with community partners.
• Build sub-county partner linkages and networks and coordinate implementation of agreed action plans.
• Develop an internal monitoring and operational plan and monitor partner activities, including those of FMNR champions.
• Facilitate field spot checks of partner activities.
• Plan, coordinate and organise regular joint field monitoring of project activities.
• Prepare and submit donor- and World Vision Uganda-required reports on time and to quality standards.
• Maintain project implementation, data and financial progress information transparently and in line with donor and World Vision Uganda rules.
• Organise monthly or quarterly review and reflection meetings with project stakeholders and partners.
• Lead documentation and sharing of project impact and success stories and best practices, and disseminate lessons for replication.
• Comply with World Vision Uganda child and adult safeguarding policy, monitor wellbeing and report child-abuse incidents under policy and guidelines.
• Work with local leaders to protect children from violations and abuse.
• Sensitise children, including the most vulnerable, parents, guardians and other stakeholders about children’s rights and responsibilities.
• Align project work and beneficiary selection with donor and World Vision gender or GESI policy.
• Support the World Vision or lead-partner GESI focal point to deliver results.
• Integrate cultural and religious leaders into project interventions to scale up FMNR.

Required Education

• A bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Environmental Sciences or Forestry.

Work Experience

• At least three years of field-based project management experience in natural resources, environment and food security with international NGOs or local government.

Additional Requirements

• Knowledge of farmer-managed natural regeneration, savings for transformation, local value-chain development and local-level advocacy.
• Experience in natural-resources and environmental management, climate-change mitigation and adaptation, financial inclusion or microfinance, value-chain development, small-enterprise development and livelihoods programming.
• Knowledge of forest, environment, climate-change, agriculture, agroforestry and other sector policies and their harmonisation with integrated planning and implementation.
• Knowledge and experience in policy advocacy and working with local governments, communities, groups and Indigenous people.
• Experience in programme design, assessments, monitoring and evaluation.
• Familiarity with donor relations and evidence-based programming.
• Good interpersonal skills and strong verbal and written communication.
• Conceptual and analytical skills and an evidence-based approach to programme design.
• Facilitation skills and integrity, innovation, creativity, reliability and dependability.
• A proactive, self-driven and strongly motivated approach.
• Must be a practising Christian and an active member of a church.
• The advert accepts local applicants only.

Technical Skills

• FMNR and restoration: Apply knowledge of farmer-managed natural regeneration, landscape restoration and natural-resources management.
• Climate-resilient livelihoods: Support climate adaptation, value-chain development, food security and livelihoods interventions.
• Project monitoring and learning: Plan monitoring, assess implementation and report evidence and results to the project team and donor.
• Stakeholder coordination: Build links with local government, community structures, NGOs, academia, private-sector partners and lead organisations.
• Policy and advocacy: Work with relevant environment, forestry, climate, agriculture and agroforestry policy frameworks.
• Safeguarding and GESI: Apply child and adult safeguarding and gender and social inclusion requirements in project work.

Soft Skills

• Communication: Use strong verbal and written communication with project stakeholders and partners.
• Facilitation: Facilitate partner capacity building, review meetings and community activities.
• Analytical thinking: Use conceptual and analytical skills and an evidence-based approach to programme design.
• Integrity and reliability: Demonstrate high integrity, reliability and dependability in project delivery.
• Initiative: Be proactive, self-driven, innovative and creative in identifying effective approaches.
• Interpersonal skills: Build and maintain productive working relationships with communities and stakeholders.

No pay figure is given for this Project Officer FMNR post, so raise it only after an offer. To judge an offer, check a gross figure with the Uganda take-home pay calculator (PAYE and NSSF) and compare it with our guide to NGO salaries in Uganda.

• Implement FMNR and landscape restoration work in Eastern Uganda.
• Support climate-resilient value chains and improved livelihoods through a donor-funded project.
• Work directly with community partners, government extension agents and other local stakeholders.
• Combine field implementation with monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning.
• Build partner capacity and connect project activities with World Vision and government resilience programmes.
• Contribute to sustainability planning, action learning and documentation of project results.
• Support safeguarding, child wellbeing and gender and social inclusion in community programming.

Apply through World Vision’s Workday recruitment page at https://worldvision.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WorldVisionInternational/job/Project-Officer—FMNR_JR52883/apply. The employer accepts local applicants only. The advert text states an end date of 18 November 2026; apply by that earlier date.

• Checked on 12 November 2026 against World Vision Uganda's official advert.
• Closing date confirmed as 18 November 2026. NextRoleHub closes the listing at 23:59 Kampala time that day.
• The application link goes to the employer's own page or email. Applying is free; report anyone who asks for money.
• Before you apply, read our guide: Agriculture jobs in Uganda: careers and salaries. Work out your pay with the take-home pay calculator.