Senior Project Officer – Private Sector Engagement and Markets

• PositionSenior Project Officer – Private Sector Engagement and Markets
• CompanyCatholic Relief Services (CRS) Uganda
• LocationKampala
• Job typeFull Time
• ExperienceNot stated in the advert
• Closing20 November 2026

Catholic Relief Services is the international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. It provides humanitarian and development assistance internationally, serving people on the basis of need rather than creed, race, or nationality. Official organisation website.

CRS Uganda’s Kampala-based Senior Project Officer will coordinate Forest Flavors, a three-year market systems project building inclusive, nature-positive agroforestry value chains in coffee, cocoa, vanilla and spices across Luwero, Masaka, Lugazi, Kasese and Gulu. The role is open to Ugandan nationals only.

• Plan and coordinate assigned Forest Flavors activities in line with workplans, budgets and CRS quality standards.
• Map and onboard private sector actors and co-create commercially viable business models in coffee, cocoa, vanilla and spices.
• Coordinate technical assistance and business development support for private sector partners, MSMEs and dioceses.
• Make sure gender, youth and social inclusion shape partner diagnostics, business models and access to finance.
• Follow up with partners through check-ins and monitoring visits, documenting bottlenecks and corrective actions.
• Represent the project with private sector actors, financial institutions, government and Church stakeholders.
• Track activity spending against budgets and flag resource or implementation risks early.
• Compile progress updates, milestone evidence and documentation for project reports.

• Open to Ugandan nationals only.
• English fluency with excellent oral and written skills; a local language from Central, Western or Northern Uganda is an advantage.
• Willing and able to travel up to 50% of the time.
• Strong analysis, problem-solving and relationship management skills.
• Proactive, results-oriented, detail-focused and committed to land restoration.

The advert does not state a salary or benefits package.

Apply through CRS’s official careers portal. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis; apply by 20 November 2026 at 11:59pm.

Applications close on 20 November 2026.

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• Checked on 10 November 2026 against Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Uganda's official advert.
• Closing date confirmed as 20 November 2026. NextRoleHub closes the listing at 23:59 Kampala time that day.
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