Food Security & Livelihoods Lead

Full time @Youth Social Advocacy Team (YSAT) in Administration
  • Kampala District View on Map
  • Post Date : October 5, 2026
  • Apply Before : October 14, 2026
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Job Detail

  • Job ID 28232
  • Career Level  Officer
  • Experience  2 Years
  • Gender  Both
  • Industry  Administration
  • Qualifications  Degree Bachelor
  • Job Type  Full time

Job Description

About the Role

YSAT is recruiting an FSL Lead to lead the Food Security and Livelihoods component of its OCHA-funded Refugee Response Programme — overseeing cash assistance, beneficiary targeting and verification, coordination with Financial Service Providers, financial literacy, and post-distribution monitoring across three settlements.

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

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead planning and implementation of monthly cash assistance activities across assigned settlements, ensuring accurate beneficiary targeting, profiling, verification, and payment
  • Coordinate timely cash transfers and resolve payment, account, mobile money, and agent-related challenges with Financial Service Providers
  • Lead financial literacy and digital cash management sessions to strengthen participants’ understanding of safe cash use and fraud prevention
  • Supervise Project Assistant – FSL staff across Rhino Camp, Imvepi, and Bidibidi
  • Represent YSAT at settlement-level Cash, Food, and Livelihood sector working groups
  • Conduct post-distribution monitoring (PDM) and prepare high-quality monthly and quarterly reports

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Food Security & Livelihoods, Economics, Development Studies, Project Management, Social Sciences, or a related field; professional training in Cash Transfers Programming is highly desirable
  • Minimum 3 years of experience implementing Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA), preferably in refugee or humanitarian settings
  • Demonstrated experience in beneficiary targeting and verification, mobile money/digital cash transfers, FSP coordination, and PDM
  • Experience supervising field teams and managing multi-location cash activities
  • Prior experience working with Refugee-Led Organizations is a requirement
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