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Mission and objectives
UNICEF is supporting health, nutrition, HIV prevention, education, access to safe drinking water, sanitation and protection for children and families caught in the conflict.
Context
UNICEF works across 190 countries and territories to reach the children and young people who are most at risk and most in need. We work to save their lives. To protect their rights. To keep them safe from harm. To give them a childhood in which they are protected, healthy, and educated. To give them a fair chance to fulfil their potential, so that someday, they can build a better world. UNICEF has been supporting the Government of Ukraine to strengthen its central and local level response capacities for a more coherent, resilient and shock-responsive social protection system.
In the context of the constrained funding landscape, the Humanitarian Reset and with the full-scale war in its fifth year now, it is important to ensure increased linkages between humanitarian cash assistance and the national social protection system, not only in terms of alignment and complementarity, but also to start to gradually transition humanitarian caseloads to the national shock-responsive social protection system where appropriate.
UNICEF and the Cash Assistance – Social Protection Linkages Task Force has supported the Ministry of Social Policy, Family and Unity to revise the existing resolution or legislation of the ‘Humanitarian and Resilience Account’ of the Ministry and test its use for channelling earmarked financial resources to vulnerable and conflict-affected families in need of emergency assistance. We are revising the humanitarian and resilience account to streamline processes and improve the timeliness, effectiveness, and monitoring of channelling funds through government systems for one-time cash assistance, including in emergency responses, to support both humanitarian and development financing.
It has been decided that the gradual transition of humanitarian cash to the national social protection system will start with the winter cash response for the 2026-2027 winter period. This assignment will support in the programmatic and operational readiness of the Humanitarian and Resilience Account for timely, large-scale, one-time complementary payments to existing social protection beneficiaries, while maintaining a hybrid model for residual humanitarian caseloads.
In the context of the constrained funding landscape, the Humanitarian Reset and with the full-scale war in its fifth year now, it is important to ensure increased linkages between humanitarian cash assistance and the national social protection system, not only in terms of alignment and complementarity, but also to start to gradually transition humanitarian caseloads to the national shock-responsive social protection system where appropriate.
UNICEF and the Cash Assistance – Social Protection Linkages Task Force has supported the Ministry of Social Policy, Family and Unity to revise the existing resolution or legislation of the ‘Humanitarian and Resilience Account’ of the Ministry and test its use for channelling earmarked financial resources to vulnerable and conflict-affected families in need of emergency assistance. We are revising the humanitarian and resilience account to streamline processes and improve the timeliness, effectiveness, and monitoring of channelling funds through government systems for one-time cash assistance, including in emergency responses, to support both humanitarian and development financing.
It has been decided that the gradual transition of humanitarian cash to the national social protection system will start with the winter cash response for the 2026-2027 winter period. This assignment will support in the programmatic and operational readiness of the Humanitarian and Resilience Account for timely, large-scale, one-time complementary payments to existing social protection beneficiaries, while maintaining a hybrid model for residual humanitarian caseloads.
Task description
Supporting the transition to government-led humanitarian cash assistance
- Contribute to the design, coordination, and phased implementation of the transition to humanitarian cash assistance through the Humanitarian and Resilience Account of the Ministry of Social Policy, Family and Unity of Ukraine specifically for the 2026-2027 winter cash response, in line with national priorities and humanitarian standards.
- Liaise closely with MoSPFU, relevant government entities, donors, UN agencies, and other humanitarian partners to strengthen systems, processes, and accountability mechanisms required for government-led delivery.
- Contribute to strengthening the integration of humanitarian cash assistance within broader shock-responsive social protection systems and enhance alignment and complementarity.
Coordination, monitoring and partnerships
- Support coordination with government counterparts, UN agencies, NGOs, and other partners involved in cash assistance, including engagement with relevant coordination platforms (e.g., Cash-SP Linkages Task Force, Cash Working Group, Shelter Cluster).
- Facilitate collaboration between humanitarian and government actors to ensure coherence and complementarity of cash interventions.
- Maintain effective working relationships with technical focal points within the Ministry and other key stakeholders.
- Provide regular data-driven inputs to support planning, targeting, and monitoring of cash programmes, including the transition to government systems.
- Contribute to monitoring and evaluation efforts, including tracking programme performance and documenting lessons learned.
Operational delivery elements and implementation support
- Provide technical and operational support to ensure alignment between humanitarian cash programming and national social protection systems, with a focus on sustainability and government ownership.
- Assist in the development and refinement of operational tools, guidelines, and standard operating procedures for cash delivery through government systems.
- Support in developing and finding solutions for operational elements such as de-duplication between government and humanitarian partners for residual caseloads, data sharing, verification, capacity support of local authorities, alignment of transfer value and anything else to facilitate a timely response.
Advocacy and knowledge management
- Support the use of evidence to inform policy dialogue and advocacy on government-led cash assistance and shock-responsive social protection.
- Document good practices and lessons learned from the transition process to inform scale-up and future programming.
- Contribute to the design, coordination, and phased implementation of the transition to humanitarian cash assistance through the Humanitarian and Resilience Account of the Ministry of Social Policy, Family and Unity of Ukraine specifically for the 2026-2027 winter cash response, in line with national priorities and humanitarian standards.
- Liaise closely with MoSPFU, relevant government entities, donors, UN agencies, and other humanitarian partners to strengthen systems, processes, and accountability mechanisms required for government-led delivery.
- Contribute to strengthening the integration of humanitarian cash assistance within broader shock-responsive social protection systems and enhance alignment and complementarity.
Coordination, monitoring and partnerships
- Support coordination with government counterparts, UN agencies, NGOs, and other partners involved in cash assistance, including engagement with relevant coordination platforms (e.g., Cash-SP Linkages Task Force, Cash Working Group, Shelter Cluster).
- Facilitate collaboration between humanitarian and government actors to ensure coherence and complementarity of cash interventions.
- Maintain effective working relationships with technical focal points within the Ministry and other key stakeholders.
- Provide regular data-driven inputs to support planning, targeting, and monitoring of cash programmes, including the transition to government systems.
- Contribute to monitoring and evaluation efforts, including tracking programme performance and documenting lessons learned.
Operational delivery elements and implementation support
- Provide technical and operational support to ensure alignment between humanitarian cash programming and national social protection systems, with a focus on sustainability and government ownership.
- Assist in the development and refinement of operational tools, guidelines, and standard operating procedures for cash delivery through government systems.
- Support in developing and finding solutions for operational elements such as de-duplication between government and humanitarian partners for residual caseloads, data sharing, verification, capacity support of local authorities, alignment of transfer value and anything else to facilitate a timely response.
Advocacy and knowledge management
- Support the use of evidence to inform policy dialogue and advocacy on government-led cash assistance and shock-responsive social protection.
- Document good practices and lessons learned from the transition process to inform scale-up and future programming.
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