Project Director (PlayMatters)

Location: Based in Kampala, Uganda, with regular travel to Ethiopia and South Sudan

Company

hirify.global is an international humanitarian non-governmental organization supporting people affected by conflict and disaster through health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and community-strengthening programs.

What you will do

• Provide strategic and technical leadership for the PlayMatters 3.0 education project.
• Oversee implementation, work planning, performance monitoring, and delivery against project objectives.
• Coordinate IRC staff, partners, subgrantees, government officials, donors, and other implementing agencies.
• Manage partner support, budgets, financial tracking, operational compliance, and donor reporting.
• Represent the project at coordination forums and communicate achievements and lessons learned.
• Build a collaborative work environment that supports teamwork, trust, accountability, and staff empowerment.

Requirements

• Advanced degree in international development, humanitarian assistance, or a related field.
• At least 10 years of experience managing programs for refugees or crisis-affected populations in challenging contexts.
• Experience managing large-scale, multi-million-dollar, complex, multi-country, and multi-partner projects.
• Experience in East Africa and/or Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Uganda with education programming.
• Demonstrated success in staff capacity-building and participatory, flexible, and gender-sensitive programming.
• Fluency in English is required.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a humanitarian environment focused on restoring safety, dignity, education, and hope.
• Collaborate with international partners, government institutions, donors, and local stakeholders.
• Support a workplace based on teamwork, trust, mutual respect, critical reflection, and accountability.
• Adhere to professional standards covering integrity, service, equality, safeguarding, fiscal integrity, and protection from retaliation.