Project Coordinator, Childcare Economy, PlayMatters

Location: Kampala, Uganda or Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with frequent travel to project locations in both countries

Company

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

What you will do

• Coordinate the Outcome 4 inception phase and delivery of the Childcare Economy component across Ethiopia and Uganda.
• Lead project planning, scheduling, budget oversight, expenditure tracking, and progress reporting.
• Coordinate technical partners, childcare providers, financing partners, government stakeholders, and IRC technical units.
• Support provider mapping, geographic selection, business coaching, financing access, training, and capacity building.
• Oversee monitoring of child development and provider economic sustainability indicators.
• Coordinate donor communications, reporting, evidence generation, and representation in technical working groups.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in education, early childhood development, international development, economics, business administration, or a related field; a master’s degree is an advantage.
• At least 5 years of project management experience, including large-scale, cross-functional, multi-location projects; multi-country experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience in education or early childhood development, childcare provider business models, financing, policy, and regulatory environments.
• Experience managing partners, budgets, training, coaching, capacity building, and donor or client representation.
• Experience in complex humanitarian or post-conflict settings is required; Ethiopia or Uganda experience is an advantage.
• Fluent English with exceptionally strong writing and presentation skills is essential; frequent travel between Ethiopia, Uganda, and field locations is required, potentially covering 40–50% or more of working time.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in a relevant field.
• Working knowledge of Amharic or a relevant Ugandan language.
• Experience with the Nurturing Care Framework, results-based financing, blended finance, or grant-to-loan pathways.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within a diverse, multi-country humanitarian team focused on safety, dignity, inclusion, and accountability.
• Competitive salary and benefits package aligned with the applicable salary scale.
• Travel and field activities are subject to IRC security clearance and security policies in Ethiopia and Uganda.
• Work involves collaboration with country teams, technical units, external partners, ministries, and local authorities.