6 Beneficiary Support Assistants job at Hunger Fighters Uganda

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This role involves supporting beneficiaries in various assistance programs.

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• Manage and participate in day-to-day in-kind and cash-based transfers to the eligible beneficiaries.
• Mobilize the beneficiaries for cash-based transfers and in-kind assistance modalities
• Participate in serving persons of concern despite their vulnerability, ethnicity, sex and age both in refugee and host community.
• Assist in implementing complementary activities related to General Food Assistance and as assigned, that is to say kitchen gardening, social behavioral change activities like MDD, hunger and learning activities at schools and any other related activities
• Agency and merchant monitoring after cash disbursement through Equity bank and mobile money and provide constructive feedback to beneficiaries
• Participate in Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) related activities at zonal help desks and distribution points.
• Managing Non-Food Items (NFIs) that are used in the distribution of food to the beneficiaries at the FDPs
• Participate in Post Distribution Review Meetings (PDRMs) and other outreaches in the refugee community.
• Data collection and reporting using the community feedback mechanism and tools like the kobo collect tool and ODK collect tool.
• Improving knowledge of beneficiaries to carry out Social Behavioral Change and Communication (SBCC) and nutrition activities in the communities
• Assist in conducting livelihood trainings concerning small animal rearing, backyard/kitchen gardening to beneficiaries in different zones around Nakivale refugee settlement.
• Perform any other duties as they may be assigned from time to time by the supervisor.

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HFU offers equal opportunities to both women and men. Solicitation will lead to automatic disqualification.

• Manage and participate in day-to-day in-kind and cash-based transfers to the eligible beneficiaries.
• Mobilize the beneficiaries for cash-based transfers and in-kind assistance modalities
• Participate in serving persons of concern despite their vulnerability, ethnicity, sex and age both in refugee and host community.
• Assist in implementing complementary activities related to General Food Assistance and as assigned, that is to say kitchen gardening, social behavioral change activities like MDD, hunger and learning activities at schools and any other related activities
• Agency and merchant monitoring after cash disbursement through Equity bank and mobile money and provide constructive feedback to beneficiaries
• Participate in Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) related activities at zonal help desks and distribution points.
• Managing Non-Food Items (NFIs) that are used in the distribution of food to the beneficiaries at the FDPs
• Participate in Post Distribution Review Meetings (PDRMs) and other outreaches in the refugee community.
• Data collection and reporting using the community feedback mechanism and tools like the kobo collect tool and ODK collect tool.
• Improving knowledge of beneficiaries to carry out Social Behavioral Change and Communication (SBCC) and nutrition activities in the communities
• Assist in conducting livelihood trainings concerning small animal rearing, backyard/kitchen gardening to beneficiaries in different zones around Nakivale refugee settlement.
• Perform any other duties as they may be assigned from time to time by the supervisor.

• Excellent training and facilitation and community mobilization skills
• Knowledge of community mobilization and livelihood requirements
• Ability and willingness to work in the communities and ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
• Solid understanding of the local context where the project's activities take place
• General knowledge of UN system policies, rules, regulations, and procedures are desirable.

• A diploma bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Engineering, Economics, Agriculture, Environmental Science, or other relevant fields from a recognized institution.