Title: Senior Program Officer, Kidepo Landscape

Department: Country Program, Uganda

Reports to: Country Director

Matrix Management: Senior Program Manager, Uganda

Supervises: Field Officers, Interns /Volunteers, Driver

Location: AWF Kidepo Field Office, Uganda

About AWF

Established in 1961, the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) is an Africa-based global conservation organization whose mission is to ensure that wildlife and wild lands thrive in modern Africa. AWF has operated in Uganda since 1968 and continues to deliver conservation outcomes by embedding wildlife in national development planning and promoting nature as a key driver of economic growth and social transformation. AWF Uganda Country Strategy (2025–2030) envisions “Uganda where wildlife & wild lands thrive as natural assets for national economic development & social transformation.” AWF achieves this through national-level policy engagement & landscape-level programming.

Since 2007, AWF has implemented people-centered conservation in the Kidepo Landscape, a biologically rich area covering over seven districts in Northern Uganda. AWF Kidepo Field Office oversees conservation efforts in the greater Kidepo Valley Conservation Area (KVCA) through partnerships with government (especially UWA), communities, the private sector, & civil society.

Position Summary

The Senior Program Officer is the strategic and administrative head of AWF’s Kidepo Field Office. This position provides leadership, coordination, planning, and implementation oversight for all AWF operations in the Kidepo Landscape. The Senior Officer will drive landscape-level conservation programming and ensure effective stakeholder engagement, performance monitoring, results-based reporting, and office administration.

The Senior Officer plays a critical role in advancing AWF’s conservation priorities, leading field operations, and ensuring strong partnerships with UWA and other key stakeholders to address conservation threats and improve ecosystem resilience in line with AWF’s strategic plan and Kidepo landscape strategy.

The Senior Program Officer will be based at the AWF field Office in Karenga District, Kidepo Valley Conservation Area, and will report to the Country Director.