• Application Deadline: Fri, 22 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Cash Based Transfer Officer


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 2 - 4 years


• Location Yobe


• Job Field Finance / Accounting / Audit 
  

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.