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GOAL and its consortium partner, Wageningen Environmental Research (WENR) will be commencing on an anticipated 5 years resilient and inclusive economic development programme funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands in Kampala.
The objective of the programme is to build climate resilient and more productive farming systems and livelihoods, with environmentally sustainable and commercially viable practices, as such sustainably increasing productivity and income of 200,000 smallholder farming households (SHF) in Busoga and Lango regions. The project is built around four pathways and outcomes : Pathway and Outcome 1: focuses on enhanced social resilience and agency in SHF households and communities ; Pathway and Outcome 2: focuses on ensuring SHF farming systems are more sustainable, productive and resilient to shocks.; Pathway and Outcome 3: focuses on SHF actively participating and benefiting in inclusive markets; and Pathway and Outcome 4: ensures SHF have enhanced voice and influence to address market system issues.

Job Summary
The Finance Officer will be responsible for providing support to the finance manager with donor reporting requirements, following up on payments, preparing field funds transfers to field offices and processing payments. The Finance Officer is responsible for ensuring internal controls are always in place and being followed, the field office has adequate cash flows for smooth running of its' operations. and ensure adherence to the GOAL finance manual.