Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) Officer - SDC 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) Officer - SDC

Job Identification: 11216
Location: Yobe
Contract Length: 1 year Fixed Term
Job Category: Programme Operations
Grade: 4

Key Areas of Accountability
Program Design and Implementation:

• Implement CVA and peace programs that support durable solutions, including livelihoods restoration, housing, and social reintegration, peace, access to justice and other specialized protection services.
• Conduct feasibility assessments, market analysis, and risk assessments for cash-based interventions.
• Lead beneficiary selection processes in collaboration with the project stakeholders, protection, livelihoods, and community engagement teams.
• Oversee registration, verification, and cash/voucher distribution in line with organizational policies and donor guidelines and referral to other specialized services.

Stakeholder Coordination and Partnerships:

• Collaborate with government agencies, financial service providers, and humanitarian actors to ensure program success.
• Represent the organization at inter-agency coordination meetings related to CVA, Durable Solutions, Protection, and Livelihoods clusters.
• Working closely with partners to support the planning, coordination, and implementation of community-driven peacebuilding activities.
• Build and maintain partnerships with local and international NGOs for integrated service delivery.

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting:

• Monitor CVA and peace project implementation through field visits and data collection tools.
• Ensure timely and accurate reporting on project achievements, challenges, and lessons learned.
• Lead post-distribution monitoring (PDM) and feedback collection processes.
• Contribute to market/price monitoring to inform program adaptation
• Ensure data on protection risk is gathered and analysed for evidence-based programming. 

Compliance and Risk Management:

• Ensure compliance with donor requirements, internal SCI’ policies, and international standards (e.g., Sphere Standards, CaLP guidelines).
• Mitigate risks related to cash distribution, including fraud prevention and beneficiary safety.
• Maintain data privacy and protection for all program participants.

Capacity Building and Training:

• Facilitate training partners staff and community members on CVA and peace program   implementation, and monitoring.
• Facilitate cash utilization and pre-cash disbursement session to project participants. 
• Assist in establishing robust accountability mechanisms, ensuring the voices of project participants are considered in project adaptation/design and implementation.
• Conduct periodic community feedback and stakeholder meetings to gather input, feedback, and insights on the program, enhancing community engagement, and promoting transparency and accountability.
• Capacity sharing with government institutions and partners such as the legal institutions to promote child rights. 

Safeguarding:

• Ensure risk assessments are done before targeting and delivery of cash.
• Support the delivery option analysis with sufficient context information to select safest option.
• Support in ensuring Accountability information sharing activities includes safeguarding
• Support in ensuring all project partners staff and volunteers are trained on safeguarding.

General:

• Comply with SCI policies and practice with respect to child protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.
• Undertake any other tasks within the CVA, Peace and market-based programming function as the line manager requires, adapting to project needs and challenges. 

Qualifications

• Minimum of B.Sc or equivalent qualification in, Bachelor’s Degree in Development Studies, Agronomy, Economics, Business Administration, Accountancy, Social Sciences, or any related field.  

Experience and Skills:
Essential:

• At least 3-5 years of experience in cash and voucher programming, peace and justice, livelihoods, or durable solutions in humanitarian contexts.
• Proven experience in program implementation, monitoring, and reporting.
• Excellent analytical skills and ability to effectively use Microsoft Office package.
• Good personal organizational skills, including time management, being flexible and the ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and ability to work as part of a team.
• Ability to develop and administer market / price collection tools.
• Experience in report writing and documentation.
• Fluency in English and Local Language, spoken and written.
• Experience in knowledge and use of basic CVA tool for quality CVA delivery.

Desirable:

• Good Knowledge of the local area (Yobe) and local language (Hausa).

Behaviours (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, take responsibility for their personal development and encourage their team to do the same
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future-orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

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; demonstrates highest levels of integrity.

Application Closing Date
16th January, 2025, 01:00 AM.

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