About us:

Soccer Without Borders Uganda is a football-for-good organization operating in Nsambya Gogonya since 2008 whose mission is to use soccer as a vehicle for positive change, providing new refugee youth and marginalized girls with a toolkit to overcome obstacles to growth, inclusion, and personal success while creating a sense of belonging. SWB Uganda serves over 350 out-of-school refugee youth daily from 5 nationalities in Nsambya Gogonya, on the outskirts of Kampala with essential English literacy classes, life skills, and trauma-informed football programming to support their integration into Ugandan society and prepare them for formal school through football, education, and girls' empowerment programming with an additional 1300+ youth reach through community football leagues and tournaments.

Role of the Administration and Communications Officer

Working cooperatively alongside the other Soccer Without Borders staff, your primary role is to support the organization's administrative/secretarial tasks and communications work for SWB Uganda. For these activities, you should work to create a safe, welcoming, and dynamic environment for program participants, fellow staff, parents/guardians, and other organizational stakeholders. You should also work to model and enforce the five SWB rules at all times, both around the SWB Youth Center and wherever SWB is holding activities and events.

Communications (50%)

• Capture participants' stories of progress and other success stories of the program, recording and sharing them with the Uganda Leadership Team, stakeholders, and as assigned.
• Actively and responsibly maintain the SWB Uganda Social Media pages, keeping messaging in line with Soccer Without Borders' strategic goals and partnerships.
• Photo and Video development, as needed by the Director and other Program Leaders for reporting, partnerships, and media.
• Lead the Graphic Design process, creating promotional materials such as flyers, logos, etc., for SWB activities, events, and projects
• Write and develop a weekly ‘Spotlight’ for the Soccer Without Borders blog (Staff spotlight, youth spotlight, partner spotlight, etc.)
• Contribute to the Supporter’s Club development through content creation, including blogs, videos, photography, and graphic design, and support the publication of lead stories on the program’s social media and other platforms.

Administration (30%)

• Manage the day-to-day operations of the office, including leading/supporting scheduling meetings and appointments, organizing, and handling correspondence.
• Work alongside the safeguarding captain and be responsible for capturing youth well-being indicators related to SWB Programming.
• As a Hub Admin Officer, working alongside the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Coordinator, ensure program best practices and innovations are well documented and shared for scale-up and learning.
• Take care of family and participant registration needs in the main office, and lead the first exposure-family SWB education.
• Coordinate SWB participant mobility track and ensure engagement with families about participants’ attendance, record, and report on participants’ mobility to concerned/respective teachers and coaches.
• Act as the secretary for the organization, taking notes and records on events and special activities at the program.

Hub & Organizational Participation & Support (20%)

• Work alongside the Wasichana, Football, and Education departments and provide support where needed.
• Support the organization’s special events, including but not limited to organizing logistics, communications with stakeholders, and providing reports.
• Consistently serve as a role model, setting a good example in conduct, behavior, and attitude for SWB participants.
• Actively participate in all staff meetings, planning sessions, training, and special events.
• Support the planning, design, and implementation of SWB Uganda’s Goal 5 Projects, including CBIM activities
• Lead the Comms development for all SWB Goal 5 Activities
• Represent SWB Uganda, its mission, and values to all project stakeholders
• Together with all staff, help keep the center clean, organized, and conducive to programming.
• Other responsibilities as assigned by the Uganda Director.

Required Qualifications/Skills

• A bachelor’s or university degree in education, administration, development studies, mass communications, or any other related field
• Fluency in at least 2 of the following languages: Swahili, French, Lingala, Arabic, Tingrinya, or Dinka
• Good and practical experience working with Google Suite and Microsoft Office
• Excellent organization, prioritization, and time management skills
• Strong communication, analytical, and interpersonal skills with close attention to detail
• Strong desire and experience working with disadvantaged youth and multicultural populations, and maintaining good relationships with stakeholders
• Ability to multitask and prioritize activities, projects, and assignments
• Legal right to live and work in Uganda

Additional Desired Qualifications/Skills

• Experience playing and/or coaching football, and the football-for-good sector
• Experience working with NGO and refugee-serving organizations
• Female applicants are encouraged to apply.

• Capture participants' stories of progress and other success stories of the program, recording and sharing them with the Uganda Leadership Team, stakeholders, and as assigned.
• Actively and responsibly maintain the SWB Uganda Social Media pages, keeping messaging in line with Soccer Without Borders' strategic goals and partnerships.
• Photo and Video development, as needed by the Director and other Program Leaders for reporting, partnerships, and media.
• Lead the Graphic Design process, creating promotional materials such as flyers, logos, etc., for SWB activities, events, and projects
• Write and develop a weekly ‘Spotlight’ for the Soccer Without Borders blog (Staff spotlight, youth spotlight, partner spotlight, etc.)
• Contribute to the Supporter’s Club development through content creation, including blogs, videos, photography, and graphic design, and support the publication of lead stories on the program’s social media and other platforms.
• Manage the day-to-day operations of the office, including leading/supporting scheduling meetings and appointments, organizing, and handling correspondence.
• Work alongside the safeguarding captain and be responsible for capturing youth well-being indicators related to SWB Programming.
• As a Hub Admin Officer, working alongside the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Coordinator, ensure program best practices and innovations are well documented and shared for scale-up and learning.
• Take care of family and participant registration needs in the main office, and lead the first exposure-family SWB education.
• Coordinate SWB participant mobility track and ensure engagement with families about participants’ attendance, record, and report on participants’ mobility to concerned/respective teachers and coaches.
• Act as the secretary for the organization, taking notes and records on events and special activities at the program.
• Work alongside the Wasichana, Football, and Education departments and provide support where needed.
• Support the organization’s special events, including but not limited to organizing logistics, communications with stakeholders, and providing reports.
• Consistently serve as a role model, setting a good example in conduct, behavior, and attitude for SWB participants.
• Actively participate in all staff meetings, planning sessions, training, and special events.
• Support the planning, design, and implementation of SWB Uganda’s Goal 5 Projects, including CBIM activities
• Lead the Comms development for all SWB Goal 5 Activities
• Represent SWB Uganda, its mission, and values to all project stakeholders
• Together with all staff, help keep the center clean, organized, and conducive to programming.
• Other responsibilities as assigned by the Uganda Director.

• Fluency in at least 2 of the following languages: Swahili, French, Lingala, Arabic, Tingrinya, or Dinka
• Good and practical experience working with Google Suite and Microsoft Office
• Excellent organization, prioritization, and time management skills
• Strong communication, analytical, and interpersonal skills with close attention to detail
• Strong desire and experience working with disadvantaged youth and multicultural populations, and maintaining good relationships with stakeholders
• Ability to multitask and prioritize activities, projects, and assignments
• Experience playing and/or coaching football, and the football-for-good sector
• Experience working with NGO and refugee-serving organizations

• A bachelor’s or university degree in education, administration, development studies, mass communications, or any other related field
• Legal right to live and work in Uganda