About the Role

YSAT is recruiting an FSL Lead to lead the Food Security and Livelihoods component of its OCHA-funded Refugee Response Programme — overseeing cash assistance, beneficiary targeting and verification, coordination with Financial Service Providers, financial literacy, and post-distribution monitoring across three settlements.

Recruitment is contingent upon confirmation of funding by UNOCHA's Uganda Humanitarian Fund.

Key Responsibilities

Lead planning and implementation of monthly cash assistance activities across assigned settlements, ensuring accurate beneficiary targeting, profiling, verification, and payment

Coordinate timely cash transfers and resolve payment, account, mobile money, and agent-related challenges with Financial Service Providers

Lead financial literacy and digital cash management sessions to strengthen participants' understanding of safe cash use and fraud prevention

Supervise Project Assistant – FSL staff across Rhino Camp, Imvepi, and Bidibidi

Represent YSAT at settlement-level Cash, Food, and Livelihood sector working groups

Conduct post-distribution monitoring (PDM) and prepare high-quality monthly and quarterly reports

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Food Security & Livelihoods, Economics, Development Studies, Project Management, Social Sciences, or a related field; professional training in Cash Transfers Programming is highly desirable

Minimum 3 years of experience implementing Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA), preferably in refugee or humanitarian settings

Demonstrated experience in beneficiary targeting and verification, mobile money/digital cash transfers, FSP coordination, and PDM

Experience supervising field teams and managing multi-location cash activities

Prior experience working with Refugee-Led Organizations is a requirement

• Lead planning and implementation of monthly cash assistance activities across assigned settlements, ensuring accurate beneficiary targeting, profiling, verification, and payment
• Coordinate timely cash transfers and resolve payment, account, mobile money, and agent-related challenges with Financial Service Providers
• Lead financial literacy and digital cash management sessions to strengthen participants' understanding of safe cash use and fraud prevention
• Supervise Project Assistant – FSL staff across Rhino Camp, Imvepi, and Bidibidi
• Represent YSAT at settlement-level Cash, Food, and Livelihood sector working groups
• Conduct post-distribution monitoring (PDM) and prepare high-quality monthly and quarterly reports

• Beneficiary targeting and verification
• Mobile money/digital cash transfers
• FSP coordination
• Post-distribution monitoring (PDM)
• Team supervision
• Project management
• Financial literacy
• Digital cash management

• Bachelor's Degree in Food Security & Livelihoods, Economics, Development Studies, Project Management, Social Sciences, or a related field
• Professional training in Cash Transfers Programming is highly desirable
• Minimum 3 years of experience implementing Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA), preferably in refugee or humanitarian settings
• Demonstrated experience in beneficiary targeting and verification, mobile money/digital cash transfers, FSP coordination, and PDM
• Experience supervising field teams and managing multi-location cash activities
• Prior experience working with Refugee-Led Organizations is a requirement