Senior Technical Officer – Economic Inclusion

Organisation: Humanity & Inclusion (Handicap International)

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda (with frequent travel to the field and South Sudan)

Length of Contract: 24 Months

Start Date: September 2026

Reports to: Country Director

About US:

Co-recipient of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize, Humanity & Inclusion (the new name of Handicap International) is a 40-year-old independent and impartial organization working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster.

We work alongside people with disabilities and individuals experiencing extreme hardship, acting and bearing witness to respond to their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights.

Job Summary: HI Uganda is seeking a Senior Technical Officer (STO)-Economic Inclusion to support the implementation of its economic inclusion portfolio in Uganda, with a primary focus on the anticipated ReSET programme, subject to consortium award.

The Economic Inclusion STO will lead HI’s technical contribution to inclusive economic inclusion in South Sudan and Uganda. Under ReSET, he/she will provide strategic and technical expertise at head office and field level on inclusive cash assistance, graduation programming, livelihoods, and market systems development. The role will also provide support to partner organisations and local actors in a complex consortium environment, contributing to the refinement, adaptation, and learning from processes and delivery approaches to ensure inclusive implementation.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Ensure effective delivery of responsibilities within the ReSET consortium model, operating through HI’s embedded staffing structure and supporting implementation led by consortium partners

• Work effectively in a consortium setting by influencing without direct authority, aligning across different partner systems, adapting inclusion standards into varied implementation models, and navigating governance processes, operational trade-offs, technical compromises, and field realities.
• Support the establishment and facilitation of technical working groups with consortium partners and field teams to enable joint decision-making, peer learning, and continuous improvement of inclusive implementation practices.
• Engage with consortium partner organisations at head office and field level to understand how they design and deliver programmes, and support them to adapt their tools, approaches, and processes so that inclusion is embedded within their existing systems from design through implementation.
• Ensure adaptations can be sustained and adopted by local actors (RLOs, WLOs, OPDs, community structures) and government stakeholders, remaining realistic about resource constraints and balancing implementation quality with scalability.
• Support embedded HI field staff to navigate complex consortium governance and partner systems, strengthening their ability to influence and coach partners through continuous problem-solving, technical translation, and field-level adaptation support.
• Identify, through analysis of implementation gaps and partner capacities, where to provide technical assistance and where to take a more hands-on implementation support role in order to maximise value addition and ensure effective delivery.
• Maintain a strong focus on identifying and addressing risks of exclusion and barriers affecting individuals and households with persons with disabilities, in their intersectionality with other vulnerability factors, across all stages of implementation.
• Provide technical input and oversight to studies and assessments related to disability inclusion, and support adaptation of Consortium MEAL systems to ensure disability-, age-, and gender-disaggregated data collection, analysis, and use of findings to inform inclusive programming

Providing specialized expertise in the form of policy guidance and technical support to projects, partners and/or programs in accordance with the technical frameworks and general standards of his/her sectoral or cross-cutting scope

• Provide appropriate technical guidance and support to project leaders, partners and/or specialists.
• Performs technical activities or ensures that project(s) activities are implemented in accordance with internal quality and technical standards and suggests improvements as necessary.
• Adapt the project’s technical documentation as required, in accordance with global technical standards.
• Coordinate and collaborate with the project’s technical partners, as delegated by the specialist or project. manager.
• Propose research and study topics, conduct research if necessary and supervise data collection.
• Contribute to the writing of new proposals for new opportunities within its technical scope.
• Produce policy guidance for the countries to participate to the design.

Providing project-based technical learning with a global impact

• Ensure Global and Field Technical Specialists get the information they need and collaborate with technical divisions as needed.
• Coordinate with headquarters to ensure adequate capitalization to improve sectoral method globally and collect scientific evidence; initiate or test new innovative solutions to address the main challenges of the sector.
• Contribute to technical learning under the responsibility of the Specialist or Project Manager, based on best practices.
• Anticipate and prepare for nexus adjustments in your sector.
• Contribute to the terms of reference for evaluations.

Ensuring the internal technical training of his/her sector or on cross-cutting themes

• Contribute to technical recruitments, in cooperation with the Field Specialist.
• Carry out the necessary technical training in his/her field.
• Contribute to the skills upgrading plan for professionals in its sector and may be a third-party assessor.
• Contribute to the development of a local talent pool within his/her sector (conducts technical interviews of candidates and makes recommendations, identifies training and coaching needs).
• Assist in coordinating technical professional development and facilitating a community of practice, in collaboration with the technical division.

Contributing to ensure the external technical influence of HI on his/her perimeter, in close collaboration

• with the technical program team
• Contribute to the outreach of HI expertise: can represent HI technical expertise by delegation in relevant local, regional and international networks and with local partners.
• Ensure coordination and collaboration with the project’s technical partners, in cooperation with the Field Specialist.
• Relay and contribute to advocacy messages within its scope of work.
• Support writing for new project content for the continuity or expansion of the project within its technical scope.

Emergency Preparedness and Response Responsibilities

• Contribute to the support or implementation of emergency preparedness actions of the program(s) and, during an emergency, adapts his/her work modality in order to contribute to an effective HI humanitarian response.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

Mandatory

• Bachelor’s degree in Humanities, Economics or Disability Inclusion related fields.
• At least 5 years of professional experience at similar level of responsibility in Economic Inclusion related interventions in low to middle income countries
• Proven experience in capacity building, staff and partner development.
• Expertise in inclusive cash, livelihoods, graduation, and market systems programming with a disability inclusion focus.
• Proven ability to integrate accessibility and reasonable accommodation into programme design and delivery.
• Strong understanding of cross-sector referral pathways across livelihoods, protection, cash, and disability services.
• Skilled in adapting technical guidance, SOPs, and tools for inclusive and context-appropriate implementation.
• Experience in consortium and multi-actor coordination, influencing stakeholders without direct authority.
• Willing and able to coordinate regularly with partners and undertake frequent field travel.

Application Process

Humanity & Inclusion is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Persons with disabilities, refugees and women are encouraged to apply to become a part of our organization.

HI staff must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the Code of Conduct. In accordance with these values, HI operates and enforces policies on beneficiary protection from Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment, Child Safeguarding, Anti-fraud, bribery, and corruption.

HI does not solicit funds in exchange for employment opportunities.

How to Apply:

If you feel you meet the requirements, please send an updated CV (3 pages max, including three professional referees current and/or past line managers) with a cover letter to HR department at recruitment@uganda.hi.org indicating the position for in the subject line

Deadline: 9th July 2026 at 5:00PM.