Cash Transfer Programming Assistant

About IRC: The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is one of the largest humanitarian agencies in the world, providing relief, rehabilitation, and post-conflict reconstruction support to victims of oppression and violent conflict. IRC has worked for over seven decades in the world addressing both the immediate, life-saving needs of conflict-affected people in an emergency and the reconstruction needs in post-conflict societies. IRC is committed to a culture of bold leadership, innovation in all aspects of our work, creative partnerships and thorough accountability to those we serve.

Scope and background: IRC has been present in Ethiopia since 2000 to respond to artificial and natural disasters. IRC is currently operational in five regional states and 24 refugee camps implementing a diverse range of multi-sectoral interventions. IRC currently responds to the needs of vulnerable HHs affected by conflict-induced displacement in Konso Zone and surrounding districts through a multi-sector interventions that address both short and long term needs. Under the program “Emergency life-saving and complimentary assistance to communities affected by conflicts and draught in Bule hora, Gelana and suro Berguda Woredas of West Guji Zone”, IRC intends to implement a multipurpose cash transfer project in the West Guji zone in collaboration with the government, INGOs, and DRA partners to mitigate the impact of conflict and draught on the most vulnerable households (women, children, old people, and the person with a disability). The project intends to meet both food and non-food needs of the target households and their family members.

The post holder shall be responsible to support the distribution of cash and voucher assistance to Conflict and Draught households in Bule Hora, Gelana and Suro Berguda woredas of West Guji zone, as per IRC SOPs.

Responsibilities: the key responsibilities include:

• To ensure that cash/voucher assistance is delivered to targeted households as per predetermined targeting criteria and in a safe manner;
• To make sure that all administrative and donor compliance steps are undertaken;
• Implement appropriate monitoring and evaluation systems including appropriate client compliant handling mechanism; ensure consistent reporting, documentation, and analysis of results to improve program efficiency and quality.
• Assist in sensitization of local government structures, communities, and opinion leaders on the targeting criteria of the project;

• participate and support the identification and registration of the beneficiaries for this specific CVA project for unaccompanied /separated /adolescents/women, as per criteria agreed with the project team;
• Ensure the confidentiality and the support of targeted households during the cash/voucher assistance, by working with their families, community committees local government, and community leaders in supervising how the assistance is used and any other issue that might arise from the project;
• Responsible for delivery of regular cash/voucher transfers and helping ensure the management of any problems (if occurring) during planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the multipurpose cash transfer program;
• Actively participate in relevant field assessments to understand the beneficiaries’ needs, ensuring assessment findings are documented and communicated to all concerned program staff and that all assessments include a specific analysis of the most vulnerable groups such as women; old people, people with disability, unaccompanied/separated adolescents’ needs;
• Monitoring and Evaluation: Together with M&E staff and program officers, implement appropriate M&E systems and tools for cash transfer programming to measure quality programming and evaluate the impact, cost-effectiveness, and relevance of specific activities.
• Assist in the registration of targeted vulnerable HHs, ensuring their data is collected and stored appropriately, safely, and confidentially;
• Develop methods to support communication with beneficiaries and community engagement in the targeted areas
• Plan and coordinate activities with local authorities, community members, other implementing actors and partners at the woreda level;
• Compile and submit regular project reports and updates program officers and team members

Support the team to:

• Conduct assessment to identify the most vulnerable households in need of assistance using robust targeting methodology
• Carry out additional duties within reasonableness of his/her level of skills and experience ordered by his/her manager

Overall:

• Ensure that you work to the best of your ability and demonstrate high levels of dedication to IRC and our vision, mission, and values to ensure the objectives of your role and the country program are met;
• Ensure the effective and efficient use of all IRC resources to keep costs low and ensure safety in the workplace; and
• Follow the requirements of the IRC Child Safeguarding Policy to ensure maximum protection for children and their families.