2e1764b4-c9a Nutrition and Livelihoods Officer 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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]]> full-time senior onsite nutrition, food security, livelihoods, cash assistance, project management, volunteer supervision, report writing, community engagement, English, Acholi, master's degree in nutrition or related field, previous work in Palabek or another refugee settlement in northern Uganda, experience with gender-sensitive and disability-inclusive programming Social Care Non-Profit International Rescue Committee (IRC) https://logos.yubhub.co/careers.rescue.org.png The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is a humanitarian non-governmental organization that responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities. https://careers.rescue.org/ https://theirc.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External_Careers/job/Palabek-Uganda/Nutrition-and-Livelihoods-Officer_JR00005987 Palabek Palabek UG 2026-11-12 unknown unknown