• Institutional representation: You represent Caritas International in coordination forums and round tables (UN clusters, heads of mission meetings, HINGO Forum), maintain a privileged relationship with partners (Caritas network, local and international actors, authorities) and donors. You actively seek funding.
• Coordination of Caritas International’s strategy: You develop and monitor the country strategy in line with the Caritas International’s overall strategy, partnership policy and localization policy. You are responsible for the (multi) annual action planning and program/project portfolio and you support the partners to adapt programs to respond to contextual changes.
• Team management: You coordinate and supervise the Uganda team. You are committed to maintaining a culture of transparency, fairness, inclusion and integrity within the team. You ensure compliance with the HR policies, labour code, and you are responsible for recruiting office staff.
• Program quality: You monitor the political, security and socioeconomic context and draw conclusion from your analysis for safety of teams, program implementation, advocacy and communication. You support the implementation and monitoring of planning tools and the evaluation of projects/programs progress. You supervise and support employees in achieving their objectives and prepare quarterly activity reports and field visits. In close collaboration with the regional head of programs, you will provide technical guidance and advice to partners to implement and monitor program activities.
• Financial management: You monitor the finance and admin roles as undertaken by the regional finance and admin coordinator.
• Relations with headquarters: You maintain regular communication with the East Africa desk, the East Africa Finance department and other departments (e.g. communication and advocacy).

• You have a degree or equivalent, in development studies, international relations, sociology, or other relevant field, with speciality in humanitarian protection.
• You have a minimum of 10 years of experience in implementing emergency and/or development projects (with a focus on humanitarian protection of the most vulnerable and livelihoods).
• You are proficient in project management methodologies and concepts such as nexus, conflict sensitivity and gender.
• You have experience working with institutional donors (DGD, ECHO, EU, and UN agencies).
• You have experience in leadership and partner capacity building.
• You have excellent knowledge of MS Word and MS Excel.
• You have a clean driver’s licence.

If this job appeals to you and you want to be part of the team committed to a more united world, send your CV (maximum 3 pages), cover letter, with at least 3 references and salary expectations to d.odongo@caritasint.be by 30th Sep 2025. Put ‘Protection Program Manager’ in the email subject.

Deadline: 30th September 2025