Beneficiary Support Assistants (06) at Hunger Fighters Uganda (HFU), Isingiro & Kyangwali Field Offices

Community and Social Services
Uganda
December 16, 2025
Full Time
Urgent
Application ends: December 19, 2025
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Job Description

POSITION: BENEFICIARY SUPPORT ASSISTANTS (06) Job Location: Isingiro & Kyangwali Field Offices Employment Type: Contract

Reporting: Project Assistant

 

Key  Roles & Responsibilities:

 

  • He/she shall  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 ba1n5k

 

 

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.

 

Qualifications & Experience

 

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

 

  • Experience: 3  years’  experience  of   working  with   community  development projects,   including   contribution   to    the    implementation   of    programmes, observance   or   assistance  with    policy   discussions   activities   for    an   NGO, government institution, UN Agency.

 

Knowledge and  Skills:

 

  • 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.

 

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