Cash and NFI Technical Officer/ Технічний фахівець (-чиня) з надання грошової та непродовольчої допомоги

Background: 

Since 2016 Global Communities has been implementing DOBRE Decentralization Offering better results and efficiency) Program in Ukraine funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). This program is designed to help territorial communities (TCs) leaders effectively manage resources, improve the quality of public services, and expand citizen participation in solving issues of local importance. 

Since 2022 Global Communities is implementing the Community-Led Emergency Action and Response (CLEAR) program with support from the United States Agency for International Development’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/BHA) to respond to humanitarian needs in Ukraine. The program is designed with the goal of saving lives, reducing suffering, and addressing needs while supporting communities to lead their own response. 

Job summary:

The Cash and NFI Technical Officer will support the implementation of cash programming, NFI distribution and work to develop beneficiary selection, distribution, and reporting systems for the program.  The Cash and NFI Technical Officer will support needs and market assessments and implement emergency cash interventions, NFI, through beneficiary targeting, verification and distribution and work on capacity-building of local CBOs. The position will also provide support to post-distribution monitoring, baseline and end-line surveys. The Cash and NFI Technical Officer will report to the Area manger in Chernihiv and will receive technical guidance from Cash and NFIs Technical Advisors. The position will also liaise with communities and local governments on the issues related to the program and will actively coordinate with other agencies distributing cash assistance as well as participate in the cash WG.

The Cash and NFI Technical Officer is responsible for the following:

• To ensure the cash and NFI -based interventions are successfully implemented in the area of intervention;
• Ensure streamlining of protection and safeguarding standards, confidentiality and humanitarian principles and contribute to the integration of protection, Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) mainstreaming into GC’s programming as well as the use of community-based approaches;
• Support timely compilation and submission of monitoring and technical reports to Cash technical advisor and NFI technical advisor;
• Support the effective implementation of cash and NFI assistance in coordination with the project team, other organizations and local authorities aiming at the quality implementation of the program, under Area manager supervision with Cash Technical Advisor and Wash and Shelter advisor consultation;
• Ensure beneficiary feedback and response mechanism activities are undertaken.
• Support the MEL team in the execution of post-assistance monitoring, baseline and end-line surveys;
• Review and share within the program the internal and external learning on cash programming;
• Build the capacity of local partner organizations in the implementation of cash assistance;
• Provide or arrange technical support in cash interventions to the program as required;
• Ensure that the cash interventions comply with program objectives, GC’s policy and standards;
• Conduct regular monitoring visits, prepare reports and collect and share field lessons, success stories, and challenges;
• Support coordination with the financial service provider team and provide them with the needed support to conduct cash distributions;

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• University Degree in Business or other Social Sciences;
• Technical expertise and experience in working with cash transfer programming;
• Proven relevant experience in development or humanitarian programming;
• Experience in participatory planning and review techniques;
• Experience in distribution of NFI, understanding principals;
• Strong capacity building and facilitation skills are an advantage;

• Knowledge of Cash operations, as well as those that are related to registration, distributions, reporting, tracking, monitoring, etc;
• Strong Computer skills, specifically Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.);
• Experience in international humanitarian missions;
• Ability to supervise and support implementer partners;
• Willingness to travel 30% of the time.

Global Communities is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability.

Global Communities is committed to ensuring a safe and respectful environment for all staff, representatives, partners, participants, and anyone with whom Global Communities interacts worldwide, especially children and adults at risk. All Global Communities staff and representatives are explicitly prohibited from engaging in any activity that may result in any kind of breach of our safeguarding policies. In addition, it is Global Communities’ policy that it is the responsibility of anyone engaged with Global Communities to proactively build a safe and supportive environment in our work. All our staff and representatives are expected to conduct themselves in a manner consistent with this commitment and obligation.

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