English & School Education Project Officer

About the role

The English & School Education Project Officer will support the British Council’s English and School Education programme in Uganda. Working from Kamwokya, you will help implement projects and contracts, ensuring compliance with internal policies and external funder requirements while contributing to the improvement of teaching quality and learner outcomes.

Key responsibilities

• Hold vendors and suppliers accountable for service delivery and manage workload against project deadlines.
• Plan, monitor and report on project budgets, expenditure and forecasting for Programme Managers and the Head of English and School Education.
• Maintain accurate financial records, process vendor payments in line with SAP Finance guidelines and comply with audit requirements.
• Enter, quality‑check and analyse monitoring data, producing progress reports for funders.
• Support compliance through due‑diligence, records management, grants administration, procurement and event‑based programme components.
• Assist the project manager in implementing diversity mainstreaming action plans.
• Manage relationships with delivery partners and other stakeholders.

Required profile

• Strong organisational and analytical abilities with experience in financial administration and project support.
• Ability to work independently, meet deadlines and handle multiple tasks.
• Familiarity with education sector challenges, especially in refugee‑hosting districts.
• Good communication skills for stakeholder engagement.

Required skills

• SAP (Finance module)