Cash Transfer Adviser

at Save The Children
Location Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Date Posted March 12, 2020
Category Agriculture
Business Administration
Economics
Job Type Part-time
Currency ETB

Description

ROLE PURPOSE:  

The Cash Transfer Advisor role will ensure that cash and voucher programming is mainstreamed across all of Save the Children’s work in Ethiopia. Ensure cross-sector collaboration among technical units in project design and monitoring, and among field teams during implementation. Ensure that Save the Children's commitment to the increased usage of cash and voucher programming is driven forward and implemented in adherence to Save the Children and accepted best practices for quality and accountability. Ensure the development, implementation, and management of robust risk management plan for all cash/voucher transfer programs of the CO. Ensure that all cash/voucher transfer operation activities are well planned, executed and reported on time, budget and quality - by working closely with project and relevant staff/managers of the CO/field offices; providing onsite operations capacity-building support to teams and adopting good cash/voucher operations management practices. Work closely with relevant teams to rollout capacity building plans for both Operations and Programme teams, and ensure that the capacity building pieces of training occur. Represent Save the Children in relevant internal, and drive thought leadership in the area of multi-sector cash and voucher programming.

Dimensions:

Save the Children works in all regions in Ethiopia with a staff complement of approximately 1,800 and current expenditure $100 million each year. Save the Children operates multi-million dollar humanitarian programs with a wide range of donors, supporting refugee populations as well as host communities throughout Ethiopia

The current humanitarian programming includes responses to a large-scale displacement across the country, refugee programs in relevant locations in Ethiopia, extensive engagement in drought/ food insecurity, health and nutritional, WASH, ESNFI, Shelter, education, and protection emergency programs throughout the country, with the direct expenditure of approximately 35m USD/year.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Mainstreaming Cash and Voucher Programming

  • Provide support to the Ethiopia Country Office in finalizing and ensuring the uptake of Cash & Vouchers Responsible, Accountable, Supporting, Consulted, Informed (RASCI) matrix based on SCI customizable template, in a way that responsibility and accountability lines for Cash & Voucher are clearly defined across departments and staff.
  • Finalize and ensure the uptake of the Cash & Vouchers Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Ethiopia, with SoPs to based on SCI customizable template and policies plus procedures set forth in the new SCI Cash Operational Manual.
  • Ensure the development, implementation, and management of a robust risk management plan for all cash/voucher transfer programs of the CO.
  • Ensure that all cash/ voucher transfer operation activities are well planned, executed and reported on time, budget and quality - by working closely with project and relevant staff/managers of the CO/field offices; providing onsite operations capacity-building support to teams and adopting good cash/voucher operations management practices.
  • Support the Operations and Awards departments with the implementation and management of multiple grants across multiple sectors, where there is a predominately cash transfer or voucher component, ensuring that operational aspects of projects and reports are delivered according to SC and donor contractual requirements, within the agreed timescale and budget.
  • Support the Humanitarian Director and PDQ Department in developing response and sectoral strategies that take cash and voucher modalities into account across locations and sectors
  • Work closely with Finance and Internal Audit to ensure Save the Children and donor compliance requirements regarding cash and voucher programming are understood and tools are developed for teams to utilize to ensure compliant programming.
  • Lead or support needs and market assessments for the relevant commodities and services.
  • Support the Supply Chain team with the selection and contracting of cash transfer service providers for use across Ethiopia
  • Work closely with the supply chain and logistics department for smooth management of the operational issues of the cash projects

Proposal Development

  • Work in collaboration with relevant technical advisors, and Ops team members on proposals development by providing input and advice as it relates to Cash & Voucher interventions as well as its operational elements.

Capacity Building & Preparedness

  • Initiate and drive cash/voucher capacity building at the field and national level by identifying training opportunities and when required designing and delivering the training and other capacity-building initiatives, in line with SCI Quality Standards.
  • Support on the EPP and contingency planning processes to ensure the country office is able to deliver and scale up Cash & Voucher in a rapid manner, according to SCI’s processes and procedures

Safe Programming

  • Work with Operations, Field office managers, HUB directors, and Safety and Security colleagues to develop and implement effective safety and security procedures for specific cash transfer programming activities, ensuring that these are updated and revised at regular intervals and that new programs are built around security considerations.
  • Introduce the necessary context-specific adaptations and deliver child-sensitive Cash & Voucher training to operations department and technical sector advisors, based on existing training materials, and ensuring alignment with quality standards and policies that are set at the global level.
  • Comply with and promote SCI's Global policies such as Child Safeguarding, Whistleblowing, Fraud, Health and Safety, and other relevant policies.

Representation

  • Ensure thought leadership by identifying documenting and proactively sharing learnings from the design as well as the implementation of the operational aspects of Cash & Voucher programmes
  • In collaboration with the SMT and Communications team drive advocacy messages concerning C&V, for internal and external use
SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)

Accountability:

  • Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modeling 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), takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages others to do the same
  • Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
  • Future orientated thinks strategically

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

 

 

Job Requirements

Essential

  • Education: Minimum of BA/BSc degree in economics, business management, agricultural economics or related disciplines
  • 10 years of relevant progressive experience in designing, managing and implementing cash transfer programs for a broad range of institutional donors and sectors (beyond Food Security & Livelihoods)
  •  Considerable experience in contributing to the development of organizational strategies and work processes.
  • Experience implementing and training on various cash and voucher modalities, including digital, mobile, card, paper voucher, cash in envelopes, and others
  • Previous humanitarian response experience
  • Management experience of operational aspects of cash and voucher interventions.
  • Experience in the introduction of internal controls systems to support cash and vouchers delivery in the areas of financial management, logistics, security, and program delivery.
  • Demonstrable understanding of M&E and beneficiary accountability
  • Capacity building experience
  • Experience of working in insecure environments and adapting internal processes to mitigate security risks
  • Understanding of field level representation with key stakeholders and co-ordination with other NGOs/UN in the domain of cash and voucher interventions
  • Good attention to detail
  • Cultural awareness and ability to build relationships quickly with a wide variety of people
  • Patient, adaptable, flexible, able to improvise and remain responsive and communicate clearly and effectively under pressure
  • Excellent planning, management, and coordination skills, with the ability to organize a substantial workload comprised of complex, diverse tasks and responsibilities
  • Strong communication (written and spoken) skills in English
  • Good interpersonal skills with experience in managing multicultural teams

Desirable

  • Multi-site management experience
  • ECHO and/or USAID (OFDA or FFP) program management experience
  • National level representation with key stakeholders and co-ordination with other NGOs/UN
  • Media trained

 

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