Project Assistants — FSL job at Youth Social Advocacy Team (YSAT)

About the Role

YSAT is recruiting three Project Assistants – FSL to implement Food Security and Livelihoods activities under its OCHA-funded Refugee Response Programme, with a particular focus on cash assistance — including beneficiary mobilisation, registration, targeting, verification, cash transfer activities, financial literacy, and post-distribution monitoring.

Recruitment is contingent upon confirmation of funding by UNOCHA's Uganda Humanitarian Fund.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct beneficiary mobilisation, registration, profiling, targeting, and verification for cash assistance in the assigned settlement
• Implement assigned activities within the monthly cash transfer cycle including beneficiary communication, payment preparation, mobilisation, and follow-up
• Facilitate beneficiary-facing cash delivery processes by providing accurate information on payment schedules and mobile money requirements
• Conduct financial literacy and digital cash management sessions covering safe cash use, mobile money, fraud prevention, and financial decision-making
• Collect, verify, and maintain accurate beneficiary, payment, activity, and monitoring data using approved YSAT tools
• Conduct post-distribution monitoring activities and prepare timely field updates and activity reports

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or Diploma in Development Studies, Social Sciences, Project Management, Economics, Agriculture, Humanitarian Studies, Food Security and Livelihoods, or a related field
• At least 2 years of experience implementing or supporting humanitarian, food security, livelihoods, or cash-based programmes in refugee or displacement settings
• Practical experience in cash assistance, beneficiary mobilisation, registration, targeting, verification, community engagement, and data collection
• Valid motorcycle riding permit is mandatory
• Prior experience working with Refugee-Led Organizations is a requirement

• Conduct beneficiary mobilisation, registration, profiling, targeting, and verification for cash assistance in the assigned settlement
• Implement assigned activities within the monthly cash transfer cycle including beneficiary communication, payment preparation, mobilisation, and follow-up
• Facilitate beneficiary-facing cash delivery processes by providing accurate information on payment schedules and mobile money requirements
• Conduct financial literacy and digital cash management sessions covering safe cash use, mobile money, fraud prevention, and financial decision-making
• Collect, verify, and maintain accurate beneficiary, payment, activity, and monitoring data using approved YSAT tools
• Conduct post-distribution monitoring activities and prepare timely field updates and activity reports

• Cash assistance
• Beneficiary mobilisation
• Registration
• Targeting
• Verification
• Community engagement
• Data collection
• Financial literacy
• Digital cash management
• Mobile money
• Motorcycle riding

• Bachelor's Degree or Diploma in Development Studies, Social Sciences, Project Management, Economics, Agriculture, Humanitarian Studies, Food Security and Livelihoods, or a related field
• At least 2 years of experience implementing or supporting humanitarian, food security, livelihoods, or cash-based programmes in refugee or displacement settings
• Practical experience in cash assistance, beneficiary mobilisation, registration, targeting, verification, community engagement, and data collection
• Valid motorcycle riding permit is mandatory
• Prior experience working with Refugee-Led Organizations is a requirement