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The FAO Representation in Uganda provides technical assistance to the Government of Uganda in the Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Climate Change, Food Security and Livelihoods, and related sectors. FAO Uganda supports extremely vulnerable populations throughout Uganda to achieve sustainable food, nutrition, and income security through resilient agricultural livelihoods.
Reporting lines
Under the overall supervision of the FAO Representative (FAOR), in consultation with the Deputy FAOR, the CVA Analyst is directly supervised by the Cash and Voucher Assistance Specialist.
Technical Focus
The CVA Assistance Analyst will support the creation, planning, supervision, implementation, and monitoring of cash transfer activities as part of the ‘FAO’s Uganda emergency responses’ refugees and non-refugees and support the integration of CVA as suitable as part of FAO’s CASH+ to build the resilience of agricultural households and refugees.
Tasks and responsibilities
The CVA Assistance Associate Analyst will be responsible for the following tasks:
• In consultation with the CVA Specialist, support the M&E Department to establish CVA-specific methodologies and tools for regular assessment (e.g. market, feasibility) and surveys; data collection, cleaning, analysis, and management (e.g. ODK – Kobo, excels modules for data collection, data analysis syntaxes, databases, etc.); and monitoring and reporting (e.g. post-distribution monitoring, dashboards, guidelines aligned to SMART indicators, etc.) to assess performance and inform programmatic decisions.
• In coordination with the CVA Specialist, collaborate with FAO seed experts to assess the capacity of sub-regional seed markets/commercial hubs in Uganda based on Seed Security Assessment results, to assess the technical and operational feasibility of Cash- and/or Voucher-based activities and Cash for Work to support agricultural interventions, and to establish monitoring tools for potential CVA.
Minimum Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in agriculture economics, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Computational Sciences, Commerce, Business Administration, Development studies, or related field.
• A minimum of three years of relevant professional experience.
• Working knowledge of English.
• National of Uganda.
FAO Core Competencies
• Results Focus
• Teamwork
• Communication
• Building Effective Relationships
• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement
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Technical/Functional Skills
• Extent and relevance of experience and knowledge in CVA for food security and livelihoods in humanitarian responses, preferably with the United Nations or other international or multilateral organizations.
• Extent and relevance of experience and knowledge in data analysis and management and monitoring activities using widely used statistical software such as SPSS, STATA, R, and MS Excel.
• Coordination skills (communication) and ability to technically support on CVA needs across different thematic areas.
