The Justice Development Peace and Health is a program of the Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Jos. The program was set up to Coordinate, develop appropriate structures, offer required services, and improve the system of social development already existing in the Dioceses since 1970.
- 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.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV to: [email protected] using the position as subject of email.
