Nutrition and Livelihoods Officer

About the role

The IRC is implementing the Nourish and Grow project in Palabek Refugee Settlement, Lamwo District, northern Uganda, which addresses food insecurity and malnutrition among refugees, especially children, young women, young mothers and youth with disabilities. The Nutrition and Livelihoods Officer is the lead technical and day-to-day manager on the ground for the cash assistance project, turning the plan into on-time, accountable delivery.

Key responsibilities

• Manage the 10-month work plan, budget and procurement, track progress, hold monthly reviews with the finance manager and keep project files audit-ready.
• Supervise and coach community volunteers, prepare monthly updates and donor reports, and verify 400 pregnant and breastfeeding women for safe, traceable cash payments.
• Deliver nutrition education, set up kitchen gardens, and coordinate screening and referral of acutely malnourished children and at-risk women through health facilities.
• Enroll 400 young people aged 15-24 (at least 50% young women), support income-generating activities, form and train VSLAs, and provide financial literacy training.
• Work with the MEAL team on baselines, endlines, routine data collection and post-distribution and post-training monitoring, and manage community feedback channels.
• Apply safeguarding and PSEA policies, ensure transparent targeting and spot checks, and refer protection concerns through the right channels.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in nutrition, public health, agriculture, economics, social sciences, development studies or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience managing nutrition, food security or livelihoods projects in a humanitarian or refugee setting, preferably in Uganda.
• Fluent English, written and spoken; speaks Acholi or another language used in Palabek and Lamwo.
• Preferred: Master's degree or specialized training in nutrition, livelihoods or market-based programming; previous work in Palabek or another northern Uganda refugee settlement; experience with gender-sensitive and disability-inclusive programming.

Required skills

• Cash assistance SOPs, including targeting, registration, payment monitoring and complaints handling.
• Monitoring indicators such as Food Consumption Score, reduced Coping Strategies Index and dietary diversity.
• Training, facilitation and coaching adults and young people, including people with disabilities.
• Good computer skills, including Excel and mobile data collection tools.