The Act Church of Sweden is a faith-based development and humanitarian actor and an integral part of the Church of Sweden. It is part of a worldwide community borne by the belief in a God who takes a stand for those who are marginalized or live in poverty, and where faith, life, burdens, and experiences are shared. Together with courageous people and organizations around the world, the Act Church of Sweden works for equitable change based on universal human rights, and challenges oppressive structures for the purpose of a dignified life for everyone. The Regional Hub for Africa is hosted in Kampala, Uganda, and works with churches as well as faith-based and other partners to implement development, humanitarian and advocacy programs that defend people’s dignity and rights, alleviate poverty, and save lives. Working alongside our partners and the rightsholders to further development, humanitarian and advocacy work, the Regional Hub seeks to recruit qualified people as Program Officers (PO).

As a PO you will be responsible for capacity assessments and due diligence of partner organizations and project proposals, and for planning, monitoring, reporting, and learning in accordance with the Act Church of Sweden guidelines, systems, and strategic plan. You will administrate, manage, and coordinate the implementation, follow-up, and development of programs together with other members of the team. The role includes ensuring compliance with agreements, back donor requirements and internal regulations. You contribute to the financing of our programs, participate in proposal writing and reporting to institutional donors, and you will represent the Act Church of Sweden internally and externally.

A university degree from a relevant field and a minimum of five years of work experience in a field relevant to the position is a requirement. Experience from a non-profit civil society organization, preferably within the development sector, is required. Experience of cooperation with faith-based actors and in ecumenical networks is an advantage. Knowledge of and experience from working with a member of the ACT Alliance is an advantage. Experience of working with back donor funding in development and/or humanitarian aid is an advantage, including experience of proposal writing and reporting.

The successful candidate must have the ability to create and maintain close collaboration with partner organizations, good cross-cultural understanding, and ability to handle cultural differences. We are looking for people with the ability to solve problems and to identify, develop and apply different solutions, being able to process information from various sources, analyze the content and draw relevant conclusions. Particularly good ability to express oneself verbally and in writing, with strong computer skills including the Office package.

Fluency in written and spoken English is required, additional language skills relevant for East and Horn of Africa is an asset.

Personal skills include being a good communicator, structured, with good time management, analytical and having strong work ethics.

Note that the positions are national contracts in Uganda, open to candidates with eligibility to live and work in Uganda either as a citizen or resident. The positions require ability to travel in the region (candidates must hold a valid Passport). Candidates must share the values of the Act Church of Sweden.

How to Apply:

Candidates meeting the above qualifications are requested to submit a motivation letter with their updated Curriculum Vitae. All documents must be sent via email with the subject line of the position applied for, latest by the 6th of May 2025 TO: hr@resourceedge.org

A detailed Job Description is found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cukMyNhgFROpC4Pi6hwoAvXLCekRIWPj/view?usp=sharing