Cash Assistant at Action Against Hunger | ACF-International

Duty Station:     Maiduguri, Borno State

Position Overview:
The Cash LGA Assistant will be responsible for the management and implementation of the Cash and Voucher funded project to Improving Food Access and Nutrition for Vulnerable Displaced and Host Populations Programme in North-Eastern Nigeria at the community (LGA) level directly under the supervision of the Cash Officer. From March 2017, this Cash and Voucher program will support vulnerable host population with unconditional cash transfers and nutrition behavior change communication training in a bid to contribute to the eradication of extreme hunger, malnutrition and poverty in Northern Nigeria.

Specific Objectives: 

• Facilitate community mobilization, meetings and trainings during community led Cash activities;
• Work with committees to ensure the identification and selection of the most vulnerable IDPs and host communities and provide information to ensure accountability, fairness and transparency during implementation of activities.
• Collect information to ensure that the surveillance of the unconditional cash transfers situation in the area of implementation of the program is achieving the expected result, when required.
• Collect the required information in the field to facilitate the capacity building and training program, with the support of the Cash Officer
• Contribute to the development of project community mobilisation strategies for targeting and registration of beneficiaries for the Economic and Livelihoods Restoration.
• Implement sensitisation activities for targeted communities about Cash Transfer and strengthening livelihood restoration activities with support from SEMA, Extension workers, Community Volunteers, traditional leaders and other key stakeholders in feasible livelihood restoration activities at LGA level.

Qualifications:
 Diploma in a Accounting related field e.g Accounting, Business management Development Studies etc.

Essential Skills and Experience:

•  Professional, good organizational capacity, good human relationships, motivated, open, creative, mature, responsible, flexible and, culturally sensitive.
• 1 year relevant work experience.
• Experience in the Banking, Cash Management and social approach.
• Microsoft Office Skills (Outlook, Excel, Power Point, Word).
• Willing and able to be based and travel regularly within remote areas, where services are limited.
• Fluency in Hausa and English.
• Commitment to ACF mission, values and policy.
• Good team spirit.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

•  Previous experience with FSL, Cash  programming.
• Good knowledge of the intervention area/s and local economy.
• Previous experience with ACF.
• Previous humanitarian programming experience.