Cash Voucher Assistant at Nkafamiya Rescue Mission (NRM)

Nkafamiya Rescue Mission (NRM) is an independent child rights organization committed to supporting vulnerable and marginalized children and their communities to be free from poverty. By actively connecting committed people with powerful ideas, we work together to make positive, deep-rooted and lasting changes in children and young people’s lives.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Cash Voucher Assistant

Location: Adamawa
Employment Type: Full Time

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.

Application Closing Date
22nd September, 2023.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Resume / CV along with a Cover Letter detailing your relevant experience and why you are interested in joining Nkafamiya Rescue Mission to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the email.