Role overview
What you'll be stepping into
Project Assistant – Shame to Action (S2A) Project at WaterAid Uganda
Location: Fort Portal, Uganda
Organisation: WaterAid Uganda
Job Category: Administrative
Employment Type: Full-time
Contract Type: Fixed-term, renewable subject to performance and funding
Salary: Competitive salary with excellent benefits
About WaterAid
WaterAid is a global federation committed to achieving a world where everyone, everywhere has access to clean water, decent toilets, and good hygiene by 2030.
Guided by its values of respect, accountability, courage, collaboration, integrity, and innovation, WaterAid works with communities, partners, and supporters to improve lives, reduce poverty, and promote sustainable development.
WaterAid Uganda is seeking a dedicated and skilled professional to join its Programme Department as a Project Assistant for the Shame to Action (S2A) Project.
About the Project
The Shame to Action (S2A) Project is implemented through a consortium involving WaterAid Uganda, UWASNET, grassroots organisations, government institutions, and the Water Integrity Network (WIN).
The project focuses on strengthening community participation, accountability, advocacy, stakeholder engagement, and evidence-based action. The successful candidate will support project implementation, monitoring, learning, reporting, and collaboration among implementing partners.
The position reports to the Head of Programmes and involves working closely with programme, monitoring and evaluation, advocacy, safeguarding, communications, and implementing partner teams.
Key Responsibilities
The Project Assistant will:
Coordinate project planning, implementation, and monitoring in line with approved workplans, budgets, donor requirements, and WaterAid standards.
Collaborate with consortium partners, district local governments, civil society organisations, and other stakeholders.
Support community awareness campaigns, dialogues, training, policy engagement, and community oversight activities.
Strengthen inclusive community accountability structures, including women-led WASH Watchdogs, to help communities monitor services and raise concerns.
Organise project meetings, workshops, training sessions, monitoring visits, and learning events.
Track project performance, verify data, and prepare timely reports on results and progress.
Support baseline assessments, evaluations, reviews, and learning activities.
Prepare donor reports, activity reports, success stories, case studies, and briefing notes.
Support budgeting, procurement, contract management, and financial tracking to promote accountability and value for money.
Coordinate documentation, knowledge management, communications, and dissemination of research findings.
Support safe, confidential, and accessible reporting and referral mechanisms for sextortion and other safeguarding concerns.
Represent WaterAid Uganda at relevant technical working groups, district meetings, and sector forums when delegated.
Identify project risks and support the implementation of mitigation measures.
Build strong working relationships with government institutions, community structures, media actors, civil society organisations, and development partners.
Promote equity, inclusion, gender equality, disability inclusion, and safeguarding throughout project implementation.
Qualifications and Experience
Applicants should have:
A bachelor's degree in Project or Programme Management, Social Sciences, Development Studies, Business Management or Administration, Public Health, or a related field.
At least four years of relevant professional experience implementing grassroots WASH projects, governance, accountability, safeguarding, gender equality, social accountability, or community-based programmes.
Demonstrated experience coordinating development projects involving multiple partners and stakeholders.
Experience in project planning, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and budget tracking.
Strong understanding of community development, governance, gender, safeguarding, accountability, or WASH programming.
The ability to collect, analyse, and present information for decision-making and donor reporting.
Excellent written and verbal communication, report-writing, and presentation skills.
A strong commitment to gender equality, disability and social inclusion, accountability, and safeguarding.
Additional Advantages
Candidates with the following experience or knowledge will have an added advantage:
Understanding of integrity, anti-corruption, power dynamics, and the prevention of exploitation and abuse in service delivery.
Knowledge of confidentiality, informed consent, survivor-centred approaches, and the do-no-harm principle.
Experience working with international partners and coordinating relationships across organisations and countries.
Familiarity with Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) systems, evidence generation, and knowledge management.
Knowledge of Uganda's WASH sector, governance structures, gender policies, and local government systems.
Knowledge of local languages spoken in the project area, including Fort Portal and Bunyangabo District.
How to apply