Cash Based Transfer Officer at Community Health, Justice and Peace Initiative for Development (JDPH)

Community Health Justice and Peace Initiative for Development (JDPH) is recruiting for the position of a Cash based Transfer (CBT) Officer who will carry out the following:

Roles and Responsibilities

• Coordinate and supervise the monitoring of monthly redemption and cash out activities: conduct market price monitoring, conduct vendors’ price monitoring, shop monitoring, ensure that beneficiaries receive their full entitlement and they are treated with dignity and not taken advantage of.
• Ensures high quality cash transfer programming in line with generally accepted standards, supports the operation and implementation of cash transfer programming.
• Represent JDPH in the field with community leaders, local authorities, other humanitarian actors.
• Facilitate community mobilization, meetings, and training before the redemption and cash out activities;
• Sensitize the beneficiaries so that they are aware of project objectives, project modalities, entitlements, right to complain, complaint modalities and redemption/cash-out days.
• Conduct monthly meetings with the vendors/agents to ensure that their activities are fully in compliance with WFP regulations, represent beneficiaries’ interests in such meetings.
• Timely report any irregularities to the Project Coordinator.
• Conduct regular visits to the communities where beneficiaries reside in order to collect feedback, follow up on their food security status.
• Prepare and submit weekly activity reports to the Project Coordinator.
• Treat beneficiaries with dignity and apply JDPH’s Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct.
• Facilitate community mobilization, meetings and training during community led Cash activities;
• Work closely with community structures to follow up on the implementation of conditional and unconditional cash transfers planned activities
• Support in the implementation of capacity building training for the target beneficiaries at the LGA and community levels.
• Support the M&E team in analysis of beneficiary data collection through the various tools that the department uses
• Participate in the registration and distribution of beneficiary ID cards and / vouchers,
• Support the preparation of documentation required for the implementation of field activities
• Contribute to the development of project community mobilization strategies for targeting and registration of beneficiaries
• Facilitate the good working relationship between government workers and target beneficiaries.

Qualifications and Experience

• B Sc or HND in Political Science, Finance, Business or related field
• At least 2 years of experience in related field.
• Good knowledge of protection principle in humanitarian settings, of vulnerability criteria and of the context in northern Nigeria.
• Previous experience in carrying out cash assistance.
• Technical Expertise, Skills and Knowledge:
• Honesty and strong commitment.
• Accuracy in record checking.
• IT skills including MS Office & Accounting applications.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality, respect, non-discrimination and safety of beneficiaries at all times;
• Excellent interpersonal skills and team player;
• Comfortable in a multi-cultural environment, flexible with working hours and able to handle pressure well.

Language Skills:

• Good communicator in English, both written and oral. Good command of the Hausa language.

We Offer

• Contract length: 5 Months with the possibility of extension
• Start date: As soon as possible.