Cash Voucher Assistant needed at Nkafamiya Rescue Mission

Job Description

• This role will be responsible to implement the cash transfer activities of the SCI/NRM Cash and other component of the project in Michika and Madagali of Adamawa 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 Michika and Madagali as well as the project manager.  
• The CVA will also coordinate and collaborate with SCI/NRM staff and report accordingly on project progress.  

Key Responsibilities

Cash Voucher Assistant will be responsible for cash activities at the community level.

• Work closely with Project manager to implement cash activities. 
• 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.

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 years’ 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.
• Demonstrated program design, monitoring and evaluation skills, including designing pathways to sustainable impact at scale. 
• 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, Hausa and Local language is an added advantage to this position