Description
The Nutrition and Livelihoods Officer is the lead technical and day-to-day manager on the ground for a cash assistance project in Palabek Refugee Settlement. The role involves managing a 10-month work plan, budget, and procurement, tracking progress, flagging risks early, and holding monthly reviews with the finance manager. The successful candidate will supervise and coach volunteers, prepare monthly updates and donor reports, and keep project files audit-ready.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading delivery of the project work plan, budget, and procurement plan
- Managing cash assistance, nutrition education, and livelihoods activities
- Supervising and coaching volunteers
- Preparing monthly progress updates and donor narrative reports
- Keeping project files complete and audit-ready
- Working with community leaders, the Office of the Prime Minister, WFP, health facilities, and IRC’s finance, supply chain, and MEAL teams
- Verifying pregnant and breastfeeding women for safe, traceable cash payments
- Delivering nutrition education and setting up kitchen gardens
- Coordinating screening and referral of malnourished children and at-risk women
- Enrolling young people aged 15-24 and supporting them to start or expand income-generating activities
- Running VSLAs and building financial literacy
- Adapting activities for young mothers and youth with disabilities
- Working with the MEAL team on baselines, endlines, and routine data collection
- Managing community feedback channels and documenting lessons for IRC and the donor
The ideal candidate has a bachelor's degree in nutrition, public health, agriculture, economics, social sciences, development studies, or a related field, and at least 5 years of experience managing nutrition, food security, or livelihoods projects in a humanitarian or refugee setting, preferably in Uganda.
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