Field Project Officer – Uganda

Contract length: Until March 2027
Hours: Full-time
Location: Uganda (Kampala-based, with travel within the country)

Travel: Regular in-country travel required

Reporting to: Language Access and Engagement Specialist

Remuneration: 2,280-2,700 USD / month*

Deadline for applications: 7 May 2026**

*No relocation allowance will be paid

**Due to the urgency of this vacancy, screening and interviews will commence immediately and the candidate can be selected at any stage before the closing date.

CLEAR Global is an equal-opportunity employer, committed to having a diverse team where individuals of all backgrounds collaborate and learn from one another. We believe we can be most effective with diverse experience and expertise in our team. We recruit on merit, actively seek diverse applicant pools and encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, age, gender identity and expression, national origin, race and ethnicity, religious beliefs, marital or parental status, or sexual orientation, and welcome all types of diversity.

We offer in addition to salary:

• an innovative work environment with a diverse and passionate team,
• 20 days of annual leave and 10 days of floating holidays

Background

CLEAR Global (formerly Translators Without Borders) and Tarjimly are partnering on a WFP-funded pilot in Uganda to test whether a digital interpretation platform can meaningfully meet language needs in humanitarian contexts. Uganda’s linguistically diverse context – with over 40 languages spoken across the country – makes it an important testing ground. This pilot will explore how Tarjimly’s platform performs in real humanitarian workflows, what adaptations are needed, and how local language communities can be engaged as active contributors.

The role

The Field Project Officer will be our primary presence on the ground – coordinating with local partners, guiding communities through onboarding, supporting a network of language ambassadors, and feeding real field insights back to the central team. This is both a coordination role and a learning role: what you observe and report will directly shape how the Tarjimly product evolves.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary point of contact with local humanitarian and community partners in Uganda
• Build and maintain relationships with NGOs, UN agencies, CBOs and other stakeholders;
• Represent CLEAR Global / Tarjimly at meetings, workshops and field visits
• Identify, onboard, schedule and provide ongoing support to a network of language ambassadors in the field
• Lead onboarding sessions for new Tarjimly users; support communities in integrating the platform into their day-to-day workflows
• Gather structured user feedback and relay it to the central team; contribute to M&E by tracking key data, writing field notes and progress reports;
• Handle day-to-day admin tasks (logistics, scheduling, documentation);
• Flag issues early and propose practical solutions

Please note that responsibilities are indicative and will evolve as the pilot develops.

Qualifications

The Field Project Officer we’re looking for is a grounded, community-oriented professional who understands what language barriers mean in humanitarian contexts – and why removing them matters. Someone equally comfortable facilitating a community onboarding session and writing a progress report. You are proactive, solutions-focused, and genuinely excited to be part of something new.

Requirements

• 2–4 years of experience in a project officer, field coordinator, or community engagement role
• Background in interpretation, translation, or language services – you understand what it means to work across languages in humanitarian settings
• Hands-on experience working with local partners (NGOs, UN agencies, CBOs) in Uganda and (an asset): the wider East Africa region
• Familiarity with monitoring, evaluation, and field reporting
• Strong communication skills in English – able to engage community members and institutional partners with equal confidence
• Digital fluency and the ability to guide non-technical users through mobile apps and platforms
• Fluency in Luganda and/or Swahili is a strong asset
• Based in Uganda (Kampala preferred) with willingness to travel in-country; connected to Uganda’s humanitarian and social impact ecosystem

Job requirements

The successful candidate will need to have access to a stable internet connection and a computer to be able to carry out the role.

About CLEAR Global

CLEAR Global exists to help people get vital information, and be heard, whatever language they speak. We believe that everyone has the right to give and receive information in a language and format they understand. We work with nonprofit partners and a global community of language professionals to build local language translation capacity, and raise awareness of language barriers. Our network of over 100,000 community members translate millions of words of life-saving and life-changing information a year.

Core values

CLEAR Global employees and volunteers are people who believe passionately about the value of this work and take personal responsibility for achieving the mission. CLEAR Global’s mission and organizational spirit embody the core values established in its strategic framework:

• Excellence: As the leading voice for communicating humanitarian information in the right language, CLEAR Global is a leader in the translation industry and in the non-profit sector.
• Integrity: CLEAR Global believes that every person, whether it’s the people who we serve, our volunteers or our staff, has value, deserves respect and has inherent dignity.
• Empowerment: CLEAR Global believes in using language to empower people around the world to control their own development and destiny.
• Innovation: CLEAR Global recognizes and celebrates the power of innovation to address humanitarian and crisis issues around the world.
• Sustainability: CLEAR Global recognizes that meeting our mission necessitates establishment and maintenance of a solid financial and organizational infrastructure.
• Tolerance: Our staff and volunteers are highly knowledgeable and skilled; value each other, our partner and our recipients; create a supportive work environment; and conduct themselves professionally at all times.

CLEAR Global may re-advertise the vacancy, cancel the recruitment, offer an appointment with a modified job description or for a different duration at its discretion.