Project Manager, REGAIN Project

Organisation: Farm Africa

Duty Station: Bugiri, Uganda

Reports to: Country Representative

Deadline: 9th December 2025 by 5:00 pm EAT

Key Requirement: 10+ years managing agriculture/climate resilience projects in Eastern Uganda.

About Organisation

Farm Africa is a leading charity that works in partnership with smallholder farmers and small businesses in eastern Africa to improve the quality, quantity and value of their produce, so that they can support their families with more resilient livelihoods. We build the positive case for farming in harmony with nature, so that increasing yields goes hand in hand with restoring ecosystems and biodiversity.

About Project

Farm Africa secured a three-year AGRA funded project to support farmers in Eastern Uganda in consortium with Equator Seeds, The Grain Council of Uganda (TGCU), and Stanbic bank. The project focusses on “Enhancing resilient food systems for 76,400 smallholder farmers households with climate adaptative and inclusive food loss reduction solutions in Eastern Uganda.”

Job Summary

The Project Manager will be responsible for program quality and delivery. S/He will Lead the consortium partners, coordinate overall implementation and compliance across all the project pathways. S/He will be responsible for:

• Driving Demand and Behavior Change for Food Loss Reduction Solutions through an Adapted Village-Based Advisor (VBA) Model for last mile delivery
• Catalyzing Inclusive Access and Awareness for Smallholder Uptake of Food Loss Reduction Solutions through Financial and Non-Financial Innovations
• Strengthening market linkages and supply for food loss reduction solutions to smallholder farmers.

S/He will manage relationships with key stakeholders and have overall responsibility for delivering and reporting on all project activities.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Project planning:

• Plan and manage the REGAIN project implementation in accordance with the objectives, work plans and budgets agreed with the donor.
• Develop a detailed implementation plan and budget in line with REGAIN’s requirements, milestones and contractual plans for the overall programme.
• Prepare the project’s work plan and budget as part of the monthly, quarterly and annual planning process.

Project delivery, implementation and internal reporting:

• Ensure the methodologies for each activity are clearly understood by the Farm Africa project team and delivered according to REGAIN project approaches.
• Ensure that project activities are implemented and outputs achieved as planned and within budget and timelines that have been contractually agreed with AGRA’s REGAIN project.
• Provide oversight & coordination of the Project Implementation Team for the Project and coordinating the ordinary and usual affairs of the Project.

Financial management and governance

• Closely monitor project expenditure, ensuring that requests for variances are requested from, and approved by, the donor ahead of time.
• Work with the Finance & Administration Manager (FAM) for Uganda to regularly forecast budgets in line with any changes in implementation plans.

Monitoring and evaluation of the project’s outputs, outcomes and impact

• With support from the wider Monitoring & Evaluation team, develop and implement a Monitoring & Learning Plan (MLP) for the project in line with Farm Africa’s guidelines and AGRA’s requirements.
• Ensure the project’s log-frame and data collection plans are regularly reviewed and refreshed.

Leadership and management of project team

• Spend a high proportion of the time in the field guiding the delivery of project activities and ensuring timely and high-quality delivery in line with donor expectations and requirements.
• Working with the Country Office team, lead on the recruitment of new staff to the project team.

Manage and nurture partnerships with stakeholders

• Proactively identify and raise with the CR (and others as appropriate) any project-related delivery risks, and work with associated stakeholders to implement action plans to resolve identified issues.
• Convene meetings of the Project Implementation Team and provide minutes and action plans arising from such meetings to the Project Implementation Team and AGRA within the period.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Essential

• Postgraduate diploma/degree or equivalent in Agriculture, Agribusiness, Rural Development, Rural Livelihoods or any other related field.
• Minimum 10 years of experience managing development projects in agriculture, food systems, or climate resilience.
• Proven experience working with smallholder farmers, MSMEs, and agro dealers in rural settings.
• Proven experience of leading consortium projects.
• Strong understanding of post-harvest technologies, food loss reduction solutions, and climate adaptation strategies.

Desirable

• Further relevant academic qualification in Agriculture, Agribusiness, Rural Development, Rural Livelihoods or other relevant field.
• Experience of working in Eastern Uganda.
• Commercial mindset to developing food systems.

How to Apply

To apply, please send a CV, salary history, and a two-page supporting statement detailing how you meet the person specification and your availability/notice period to ugandarecruitment@farmafrica.org including the job title in the subject line.

Deadline: 9th December 2025 by 5:00 pm EAT

NB:

• Please DO NOT send additional documents such as certificates and references with your application. Successful candidates ONLY will be required to provide these documents during the referencing process.
• Due to the urgent requirement to fill this position, applications will be assessed and suitable candidates invited for interview on a rolling basis. This may mean that the position is filled before the closing date so qualified candidates are urged to submit their applications promptly.

Brown Alex Tuesday, 19 May 2026 Agriculture Jobs