Community Based Volunteers (17) 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:                      COMMUNITY BASED VOLUNTEERS (17)

 

  • Job Location:                 Isingiro & Kyangwali Field Offices
  • Employment Type:        Contract
  • Reporting:                     Livelihood & Resilience Assistant

 

Job  Purpose:

 

A  Community  Based  Volunteer  will   play   a  crucial  role   in  supporting  HFU-GFA Livelihoods and   Resilience  project mission, by  engaging  with   diverse community members and  facilitating impactful programs. This  position offers an excellent opportunity to contribute to meaningful social initiatives while  fostering connections and  promoting community well-being.

 

Key Roles and  Responsibilities:

 

  • Support good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) e.g. supporting the groups from both refugees and  host  communities in post-harvest handling activities.

 

  • Support target groups with technical skills   in  the  livestock management e.g., disease diagnosis and  control, treatment, guidance on feeds and  many others

 

  • Participate in the establishment/renovation of Vegetable nursery beds for groups at Asset creation sites,  Community and  FDPs  demonstrations

 

  • Support Mushroom farming and value  chain  activities

 

  • Provide technical support and expertise in plumbing works i.e. installation of rain harvesting systems

 

  • Support environmental conservation and protection activities

 

  • Participate in the promotion of fish farming targeting selected groups as income generating activity and  supporting farmers in managing of pond  water quality.

 

  • Support farmer groups in market linkages

 

  • Support and give  technical expertise in  civil  works on  the  selected enterprise structures

 

  • Support and Strengthen Digitalization through digital and  financial inclusion

 

  • Participate in  Accountability  to  Affected Populations (AAP), Participate in  the

Feedback mechanisms review sessions

 

  • Participate in serving persons of concerns despite vulnerability, ethnicity, sex and age both in the refugee and  host  community

 

  • Support in dissemination of Social Behavioral Change (SBC) and  mindset change messages

 

  • Perform any other duties as assigned from time  to time  by the supervisor

 

 

Qualifications & Experience

 

  • Education: A  diploma   or   bachelor’s   degree   in   Engineering,   Agricultural Engineering,  Economics, Agriculture,  Environmental  Science, or  other relevant 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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