Cash Transfer Programme (CTP) in Emergencies Specialist - Deployment Roster at Plan International

Req ID 22702
Location: Nigeria
Reports to: Emergency Response Manager

Emergency Roster

• The Emergency Roster is a database of pre-selected deployable internal and external candidates who have the appropriate skills and experience to support emergency preparedness and response. It also stores information on these candidates. The purpose of the roster is to ensure that we have the right people in the right place and the right time with the right skills.
• Roster Members are expected to deploy to an emergency response within 72 hours or once an entry visa is received. A Roster Member is selected from the Emergency Roster as and when a roster request is received from one of our country offices.

Purpose of Role

• The CTP Specialist will be deployed, often at short notice, as a surge capacity to support a CO respond to a particular emergency.
• The CTP Specialist will help in the design, implementation and monitoring of cash based programmes in Plan International’s emergency and recovery programmes, ensuring that objectives are met through the effective and efficient implementation of cash / voucher based programmes.
• Lead and/or manage assessments (including market analysis) which feed in to programme design.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure all CTP interventions have a particular focus on addressing the specific needs of young/ adolescent girls and young women.
• Provide sectoral leadership and expertise in conducting need assessments including market assessments.
• Support and develop design of cash programming proposals that contribute to Plan International’s gender transformative programming and that are in line with donors approaches to CTP.
• Represent Plan International at relevant clusters, cash working groups, workshops, seminars, meetings and other events related to cash based programming.
• Provide CTP training with a focus on gender and effective community outreach.
• Undertake frequent field visits to affected areas to monitor the implementation of activities, identify opportunities and constraints and any adjustments needed including additional staffing or staff training or other.
• Design and undertake Post Distribution Monitoring (PDM) within two weeks of cash transfer and analyse the results for improved programme design.
• Ensure CTP activities adhere to technical standards including SPHERE, CALP and cluster recommendations.
• Work with sector leads to consider cash as a modality of response.
• Contribute in documenting Plan’s CTP experience, lessons learnt and case studies

Knowledge and Experience

• Knowledge of international humanitarian standards and codes of conduct
• Experience of working in humanitarian settings.
• Experience in the design, implementation and evaluation of in-kind food, cash and voucher transfers.
• Good working knowledge of WFP, ECHO, USAID, EU, AusAid, CIDA, DFID and other donor guidelines.
• Extensive understanding of Social Safety Nets, Livelihoods and associated methodologies.

Skills:

• Strong team management, staff capacity building and motivation skills in teamwork and networking.
• Strong analytical skills: secondary/primary data analysis.
• Excellent skills in donor proposal / report writing
• Proven knowledge in targeting methods in Cash/voucher programmes
• Knowledge on tackling inequality and exclusion
• External representation and communication skills, including ability to facilitate and lead group meetings and working groups
• May be required, to work during late hours, weekends and holidays in order to ensure timely delivery of programmes.
• Language skills desirable ( for example English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic)

Behaviour:

• Remain calm and positive under pressure and in difficult situations

Level of Contact with Children:

• Mid to high level contact: interaction with children