Cash and Voucher Assistance Officer at Save The Children

ROLE PURPOSE:

This role will be responsible to implement the cash transfer activities of the UNICEF Cash and nutrition project in Katsina state ensuring that the cash transfer component is delivered in a timely manner and to a high quality. He/ she will work closely with the project team in Katsina as well as the CVA roving coordinator for NW Nigeria and CVA advisor based in the CO.  The CVA officer will also coordinate and collaborate with UNICEF staff and report accordingly on project progress. The role will manage and monitor all operational and technical areas of cash activities including budget management, agency coordination and representation, security, logistics, compliance with internal policies and procedures of cash transfer programming.

In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly. 

 KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY : 

Project implementation:

• Work closely with CVA coordinator to implement cash activities. 
• Coordinate with UNICEF counterparts in Katsina. 
• Assist in sensitization of local government structures, communities and traditional authorities on the targeting criteria and identification and registration of beneficiaries.
• Work close with MEAL staff to on-board enumerators to support with the registration of households receiving cash transfer.
• Manage pre-paid cards (mode of cash transfer delivery) and work closely with relevant teams to ensure pre-paid cards are loaded correctly. 
• Oversee delivery of regular cash transfers and help ensure the resolution of any problems.
• Actively participate in relevant field assessments to identify the beneficiaries’ needs and viable business opportunities, ensuring assessment findings are documented and that all assessments include a specific analysis of children’s needs.
• Organize the training of cash beneficiaries on the identified needs.
• Conduct the implementation and monitoring of all activities, at field level, as laid out in the detailed implementation plan.
• Support in the registration of target families, ensuring that the data is collected and is recorded appropriately.
• Coordinate activities with local authorities, international community members, other implementing actors and partners at the local level.
• Compile and submit regular project reports and updates.
• Support in the retrieving of pre-paid cards distributed to program participants at community level during enrollment and ensuring it is back in the Abuja CO

Overall:

• Ensure that you work to the best of your ability and demonstrate high levels of commitment to Save the Children International and our vision, mission and values in order to ensure the objectives of your role and the country programme are met.
• Ensure the effective and efficient use of all Save the Children International resources in order to keep costs low and ensure safety in the workplace; and
• Comply with the requirements of Save the Children’s Child Safeguarding Policy to ensure maximum protection for children.

 
BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values.
• holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same.
• widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others.
• future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters. values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength. approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• develops and encourages new and innovative solutions. willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity.

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Bachelor's degree or HND in relevant course Social Policy, Social Science, International Development, Economics or related relevant discipline
• At least 3 year’s experience of working in Cash & Voucher Assistance in emergency and development settings, for a broad range of institutional donors and sectors (beyond Food Security & Livelihoods)
• Previous humanitarian response experience
• Understanding of Cash & Voucher Assistance in Nigeria
• Experience with various cash and voucher modalities, including digital, mobile, card, paper voucher, and cash in envelopes.
• Demonstrable understanding of M&E, beneficiary accountability, and learning
• Experience in the application of methodologies to calculate cash/voucher amounts for sectoral outcomes, as well as for multipurpose cash transfers.
• Familiar with the Sphere Standards (Handbook released in 2018)
• Demonstrated program design, monitoring and evaluation skills, including designing pathways to sustainable impact at scale. 
• Able to generate and use data and evidence to innovate, deliver, learn and share what works and what doesn’t work for children.
• Experience of promoting quality and impact through at least one cross-cutting area: gender equality and inclusion, adaptive and safer programming; child rights; disability; migration and displacement.
• Experience of supporting humanitarian preparedness, response and recovery
• Fluent in English and high level of English writing skills.