Job Overview

Under the direct supervision of the Cash transfer program officer the position holder is responsible for identifying priority needs, target communities, establishing relationships with community local government and leaders, mobilize the communities, ensure the delivery of materials/inputs, conduct registration of complaints, ensure accurate distribution and documentation of NFI, facilitate cash payments to clients and follow up.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct joint targeting, selection, and registration of clients and independent or joint verification to ensure impartiality.
• Ensuring that cash/voucher assistance is delivered to targeted households as per predetermined targeting criteria and in a safe manner.
• Make sure the distribution of NFI, Cash, and voucher assistants done as per the IRC, ES-NFI cluster and NDRMC distribution guidelines.
• Ensure the confidentiality and the support of targeted households during the cash assistance, by working with their families, community committees’ local government, and community leaders in supervising how the assistance is used and any other issue that might arise from the project.
• Working closely with the ERR WASH team and deliver emergency messaged/awareness to different segments of the community with support from woreda disaster risk and management and health office
• Actively participate in Rapid Assessments, market assessments, MEB, capacity assessment of Financial Service Providers (FSP), and other digital cash transfer.
• Ensure that the program resources are implemented in an open and accountable manner and handed over or ended in a way that promotes local capacities and sustainable operations.
• In collaboration with MEAL team conduct post-distribution monitoring (PDM) for both cash and in kind to ensure the program quality and collect lesson findings.
• Implement appropriate monitoring and evaluation systems including client feedback handling mechanism; ensure consistent reporting, documentation, and analysis of results to improve program efficiency and quality.
• Assist in sensitization of local government structures, communities, and opinion leaders on the targeting criteria.
• Collect, register, and report client’s feedback and complaints in weekly basis to for client adaptable team and supervisor also give response based on the level of the feedback.
• Ensure client adaptable mechanisms are in place at all project areas in collaboration with client’s adaptable team
• Works closely with Woreda partners towards efficient and effective implementation of the response and emergency hygiene promotion activities
• Takes additional works as assigned by supervisor.

Qualifications

Education: BSc Degree/Diploma in Agricultural Economics, Rural Development, Public Health, Environmental Health, social science, and related relevant field

Work Experience: Minimum experience of 0-year experience for BSc holders and 2 years’ experience for Diploma holders. NGO experience is plus.

Skills And Competencies

• Proven experience on NFI, CVA, community mobilization, hygiene promotion with I/NGO in local community settings.
• Previous experience on implementing participatory and coordinating community mobilizations on the communities will be helpful.
• Previous experience of implementing Emergency activities, like NFI distribution, cash transfer will be an asset.
• Able to prioritize multiple tasks and maintain attention to details.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Good command spoken and written in English, Amharic, and Afaan Oromo
• Knowledge of Afaan Oromo is essential.
• Familiarity with the local context of the project implementation areas is an advantage
• Preference will be given to qualified female candidates.