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Project Officer Job at Amalgamated Transport and General Workers Union
Amalgamated Transport and General Workers Union
Job Description
This position exists to provide technical support in planning, implementation and coordination of all project activities and managing initiatives that empower workers and protect labor rights.
Duties, Roles and Responsibilities
Project Management
- Project Planning & Implementation: Drawing up detailed work programs based on project action plans, such as organizing recruitment drives or member training
- Member Advocacy & Support: Providing technical support to members on issues like decent work, collective bargaining, and occupational safety
- Stakeholder Liaison: Acting as the primary contact point between the union, NOTU local govemment, employers, and international partners like the ILO, FNV, FES, Uganda Cares, UN-WOMEN, ITF, UNiglobal etc
- Monitoring & Reporting: Tracking project milestones, managing operational budgets and drafting regular progress reports for both union leadership and external donors
- Capacity Building: Organizing and facilitating workshops to train shop stewards workplace representatives, on trade union rights, an enabling law, the legislative process, organizing, collective bargaining and negotiation skills
- Coordinate various project committees for effective implementation of the selected project activities to achieve project goals and outcomes.
- Support the creation and maintenance of alliances between unions, civil society organizations and other relevant actors;
- Plan activities, participate in the definition of activity planning and validationtools (terms of reference, operational budgets) and ensure their execution regarding the outputs and indicators defined in the project proposals;
- Coordinate research on existing labor relations laws and best practices that supports decent work agenda of ILO C151;
- Implerent a monitoring, learning and evaluation strategy: tools, methodologies and activities
- Ensure all deliverables of existing Union projects, including narrative reporting and indicators.
- Conduct baseline surveys, interviews, and focus group discussions to gather quantitative and qualitative data to establish evidence-based planning for specific project activities.
- Develop project proposals for the Development partners of the trade union.
- Develop training manuals for the Union Members
- Organize Dialogue meetings & Training Workshops for various stakeholders of the Union
- Facilitate Policy Dialogues forums to foster engagement between stakeholders and policymakers
Finance and Administration
- Draft annual operational budgets;
- Reconcile income and expenditure and provide regular financial reports for each project;
- Oversee specific project funds and maintain required project administration in compliance with the sponsor’s rules;
- Monitor project budgets by regularly monitoring the status of expenditures against allocated budgets and programmatic forecasts.
Communication & Representation
- Ensure internal and external communication relating to trade union rights is systematic;
- Draft reports for donors and development partners in the labor movement Provide media content for mainstream social media and union-targeted communications;
- Represent ATGWU to affiliates and in other fora where necessary.
Qualifications, Education and Competencies
See all details of the qualifications, competencies and education for this role under the "How to Apply" section below.
Hand written applications with detailed CVs and copies of academic certificates and transcripts should be delivered to The General Secretary, Amalgamated Transport and General Workers Union, P. O. Box/30407, Kampala:(U) Plotı4S7 Lubowe Estate, Entebbe Road, Kaljansi or Send SCANED copies to the email atgwu7@gmail.com
Before close of business on 13th March 2026
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