Regional Project Associate (MOJA)

Job Description

Requirements

• Education: Master’s degree in Development Studies, Gender Studies, International Development, Peace and Conflict Studies, Social Sciences, Public Administration, Project Management, or another relevant discipline. Candidates with a Bachelor’s degree and substantial relevant professional experience will also be considered.
• Professional Experience: A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience implementing donor-funded programs within civil society, women’s rights organizations, or international development organizations. Demonstrated experience managing grants, coordinating implementing partners, and supporting organizational capacity strengthening is required. Experience working with women’s rights organizations or feminist movements is highly desirable.
• Technical Knowledge: Demonstrated knowledge of programme management, grants management, donor compliance, monitoring and evaluation, safeguarding, organizational capacity strengthening, and partnership management. Knowledge of women’s rights, gender equality, violence against women and girls, the Women, Peace and Security framework, and feminist programming is highly desirable.
• Skills and Competencies: Excellent coordination, planning, organizational, communication, and report-writing skills. Strong facilitation, relationship management, problem-solving, and analytical skills, with the ability to coordinate multiple partners and priorities simultaneously while maintaining high-quality programme delivery.
• Computer Proficiency: Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite is required. Experience using online collaboration platforms, grants management systems, project management tools, and Kobo or similar digital data collection platforms is an advantage.
• Personal Attributes: Demonstrated professionalism, integrity, accountability, and sound judgment, with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively in multicultural environments. The successful candidate should demonstrate commitment to feminist principles, women’s rights, safeguarding, and locally led development, with the flexibility to work in complex and evolving contexts.

Responsibilities

• Regional Programme Coordination and Support: Support the MOJA Project Coordinator in the day-to-day coordination and implementation of the MOJA Programme across participating countries. Assist with regional planning, implementation tracking, partner follow-up, coordination meetings, grant monitoring, reporting, documentation, and knowledge management to ensure timely delivery of programme activities. Work closely with country teams, the Regional Grants Manager, MEL, Finance, Communications, consultants, and implementing partners to facilitate effective communication, resolve implementation challenges, and strengthen collaboration across the programme.
• Uganda Programme Implementation and Partner Coordination: Lead the implementation of the MOJA Programme in Uganda in collaboration with the Uganda team, ensuring activities are delivered in accordance with approved work plans, budgets, timelines, donor requirements, and SIHA policies. Coordinate programme activities, provide technical and operational support to implementing partners, monitor implementation progress, strengthen partner relationships, and ensure timely delivery of programme outputs, documentation, and reporting.
• Grants Coordination and Partner Accompaniment: Support the implementation of the MOJA grant portfolio by coordinating partner onboarding, grant implementation, reporting schedules, compliance follow-up, and partner communications. Work closely with the Regional Grants Manager and Finance team to monitor grant performance, facilitate partner accompaniment and capacity strengthening, identify implementation challenges, and ensure grants are implemented in accordance with donor agreements and SIHA policies.
• Monitoring, Reporting and Knowledge Management: Support programme monitoring by coordinating the collection of implementation data, success stories, lessons learned, case studies, and evidence of programme results. Prepare activity reports, briefing notes, implementation updates, and donor reporting inputs, while maintaining accurate programme documentation and supporting organizational learning across the programme.
• Stakeholder Engagement and Representation: Support engagement with women’s rights organizations, women-led organizations, women human rights defenders, civil society organizations, government institutions, and other programme stakeholders. Represent SIHA in programme coordination meetings, technical working groups, partner consultations, and relevant events in Uganda, and support regional coordination meetings and learning events as delegated by the MOJA Project Coordinator or Regional Programme Director.
• Financial, Operational and Administrative Support: Work closely with Finance, Procurement, and Operations teams to support activity planning, procurement, logistics, budget monitoring, and financial accountability. Monitor programme risks, ensure compliance with safeguarding, donor, and organizational requirements, and provide administrative support to facilitate the efficient implementation of programme activities at both the regional and Uganda levels.