Project Officer – Nutri-cash Project NGO Jobs – Food for the Hungry (FH/U)

Job Title:   Project Officer – Nutri-cash Project

Organisation: Food for the Hungry (FH/U)

Duty Station:  Uganda

Reports to: Program Area Manager

 

About US:

Food for the Hungry (FH/U) is a Christian international relief and development organization that has been working in Uganda since 1989. FH is currently operating programs in Asia, Latin America and Africa with support offices in the UK, Canada, Switzerland, Sweden, United States of America and Japan. FH’s primary goal is to end all forms of poverty World-wide. In Uganda, FH is operational in the Districts of Adjumani, Kitgum, Lamwo, Kole, Kween, Mbale, Namutumba and Amudat Districts implementing programs in four main sectors of Education; Food Security and Livelihoods; Health/Nutrition and Disaster Risk Reduction; with the Head office located in Kampala.

 

Job Summary:  The Project Officer – Nutri-cash Project is responsible for effective and efficient delivery of the nutrition activities and cash based interventions of the Nutri-cash project. She will be responsible for initiating action in the areas of Cash Based Transfer (CBT), build capacity and provide orientation to cash transfer staff in the project. In addition to the specific duties outlined below, the project officer will be responsible for providing technical support and supervision to the Nutrition Assistant, health volunteers teams, M&E Assistant.

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Project management and coordination
  • Coordination and reporting
  • Project monitoring and evaluation
  • Performance management and supervision
  • Project resource mobilization
  • Documentation and reporting




Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

  • The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in nutrition, Food science and technology, development studies, humanities. Post-graduate degree is desirable.
  • At least four to five years of experience working with an INGO in positions of reporting and responsibility.
  • Experience (3 years) developing and implementing integrated food security, health and nutrition projects.
  • Experience with donor compliance and reporting, budgets and tracking of project resources

 

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply by Clearly stating the position applied for in the Subject line and submitting only electronic copies in one pdf file not more than 25MB of an application letter, a detailed CV, contact telephone numbers, copies of relevant testimonials/certificates, names/ contact details of three referees, addressed to:

 

The Human Resources Manager,

Food for the Hungry Uganda

Email to: recruitment-fhuganda@fh.org

 

Deadline: 11th April, 2022 by 4:30pm.

 

NB: Please consider your application unsuccessful if you don’t hear from us by 29th April 2022

 

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