Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) Assistant at Save the Children Nigeria

Save the Children is the leading independent organization for children in need, with programs in over 120 countries. We save children’s lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential. Save the Children is working in Nigeria because one in five children in Nigeria dies before their fifth birthday. About 40% of children miss out on school and have to work to survive while nearly 2 million children have lost one or both parents to an AIDS-related disease.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) Assistant

Location: Yobe, Damaturu
Employment Type: Full-time

Role Purpose

• To support implementation of the cash plus for UNICEF funded UNICEF Nutrition project in Yobe, Nigeria. More specifically, the CVA Assistant will work closely with the CVA nutrition officer and CVA coordinator to ensure project deliverables are met on time and within acceptable quality standards.
• S/he is principally responsible for the field implementation of the UNICEF cash plus project including community sensitization on the project objectives, beneficiary selection criteria and on the intended use of the received cash. 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.

 Role Scope

• Reports to: CVA Coordinator.
  Staff directly reporting to this post: None

Key Areas of Accountabilities
Programme Support (typically will be at field level):

• Assist the CVA Coordinator in the planning and implementation of CVA activities, including Cash Transfers (physical cash).
• Contribute to developing activity work plans in line with the project’s detailed implementation plan.
• Work closely with community mobilization team to ensure that program implementation is responsive to community needs, meets targets, and is carried out in line with best practices.
• Integrate community approaches, protection mainstreaming, gender sensitivity and capacity building into all activities as appropriate.
• Ensure program filing system is in place, adheres to internal and donor regulation and filing is regularly maintained.
• Work closely with the MEAL team to map, identify and register program participants.
• Together with the community mobilization team, ensure that project participants are properly sensitized on the project objectives and key deliverables.
• Supervise Enumerators during post distribution monitoring and cash distribution.
• Ensure effective community engagement to create enabling environment and ownership.
• Submit weekly program update including success stories to the CVA Coordinator.
• Identify emerging issues related to the livelihood programme and make recommendation for further solution.
• With support from the Accountability team, ensure accountability is enforced in all project activities as well as ensuring that feedback from children and their families is considered in project design/implementation.
• Ensure that the minimum standards of humanitarian relief are maintained in accordance with the Sphere Charter and Red Cross Code of Conduct.

Capacity Building:

• Supervise, hire, and orient team members, as necessary.
• Create and sustain a work environment of mutual respect where team members strive to achieve excellence.
• Promote accountability, communicate expectations, and provide constructive feedback via regular performance reviews.
• Provide team members with information, tools, and other resources to improve performance and reach objectives.
• Contribute to country team-building efforts, help team members identify problem-solving options and ensure the integration of all team members into relevant decision-making processes.
• Identify any gaps or capacity needs within the team and ensure training and capacity building are incorporated into program planning.

Representation & Advocacy & Organisational Learning:

• Ensure that Save the Children's work is coordinated with efforts of other agencies and Government, and support Interagency Coordination forums, advocating for the specific needs of children. This may involve supporting coordination working groups within the IDP camps and host communities or target project sites.
• Contribute to communications and media work as required through correction of data and information and sharing with the project heads.

General:

• Comply with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.

Behaviours (Values in Practice)
Skills and Behaviors (our 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 others to do the same.
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others.
• Future orientated, thinks strategically.

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.

Occasional duties:

• Perform any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.
• Judgement and Decision-Making
• None.
• Academic background; experience & person specifications:

Qualification

• Minimum of 1 year experience in humanitarian/development work
• Educational qualification: B.Sc in Agriculture, Agricultural Economics, Economics, or its equivalent in any related field of study.
• Previous experience of project management and implementation of cash transfer component of humanitarian and/or development projects.

Experience and Skills:

• Relevant experience of working in cash transfer programming, including report writing.
• Academic qualification in Economics, Business Administration, or other related fields
• Previous experience of project management and implementation
• Experience of and commitment to working through systems of community participation and accountability
• Knowledge of monitoring and evaluation
• Experience of training and staff capacity building
• Some experience of representation and ability to represent SC effectively in external forums.
• Knowledge of institutional donors and experience of developing proposals
• Ability to write clear and well-argued assessment and project reports.
• Excellent communication and strong influencing skills
• Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact, and diplomacy
• A high level of written and spoken English.
• The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.
• Commitment to the aims and principles of SC. A good understanding of the SC mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our support.

Desirable:

• High level of communication in a local language related to working environment.
• Familiarity with inter sectoral integration of project interventions.
• Experience in gender mainstreaming and social protection programming.

Additional job responsibilities:

• The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities:

• The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Child Safeguarding:

• We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Health and Safety:

• The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.

Contacts:
Internal Contacts:

• CVA Coordinator - frequent contact
• Nutrition Project Staff Members – frequent contacts
• Field Finance Manager – frequent contact
• Technical Specialists – frequent contact
• Team Leaders – regular contact
• Other Save the Children Staff – regular contact.

External Contacts:

• Partners – frequent contact
• Children, stakeholders – regular
• Government agencies (LGA & State Government staff) – Frequent contacts

Application Closing Date
30th April, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online