The main objectives for the Cash Field Officer are:
• Under the supervision of the Head of Project, the Cash Field Officer is responsible to implement and monitor Basic Assistance (BA) specifically cash activities and follow up with beneficiaries
• Identify and respond to Emergency and implement activities at collective shelters and community level for Internally Displaced persons (IDPs), returnees, and affected population in the targeted areas
• Communicate with local stakeholders to facilitate coordination of response inside and outside Action Against Hunger Areas of Intervention
• Ensure BA response is aligned with ACF strategy and Inter-Agency Sector standards
• Ensure the smooth implementation, monitoring, and reporting of field activities under the guidance of the Head of project
Objective 1: Response to Basic Assistance (BA) Emergency cash related activities (60%):
- Ensure the delivery of identified services under the different response modalities with the highest quality and standard
- Conduct multi-sectoral needs assessment to identify needs and plan for a multi-sectoral integrated response (WASH/Shelter/ FSL and BA)
- Ensure Action Against Hunger BA response is aligned with technical humanitarian standards, sector guidance, and coordinated with other departments and organizations
- Assess the IDPs and returnees for the provision of Emergency Cash Assistance and collect the necessary means of verification as needed.
- Apply a protection lens throughout the process in order to detect protection needs and refer to the appropriate actor
- Provide daily oversight of response modality service delivery directly at the field level, ensuring correct compliance with means of verification and reporting
- Communicate and coordinate with communities, municipality focal points, and other relevant field level actors on the daily implementation of tasks.
- Work with other Action Against Hunger team members to provide accurate and timely assistance to identified participants in the programme.
Objective 2: Quality monitoring of the activities, needs analysis and adapting approaches, accountability (20%):
- Ensure that the activities and approaches are consistent and relevant to reach programme objectives, and report to the technical manager any deviation
- Identify deviations and needs not covered and proposed adaptations to programme activities
- Ensure proper quality monitoring of the interventions, including collaboration with MEAL Department
- Identify good practices and those that need improvement propose suggestions to adapt the program tools accordingly
- Monitor and track all field activities and deliveries, ensuring compliance and control is provided.
Objective 3: Reporting and archiving (10%):
- Submit weekly and monthly reports.
- Ensure proper, accurate and timely archiving of all the means of verification of the project and other technical project documentation (soft and hard copies)
- Ensure proper documentation of challenges, lessons learned and best practices
Objective 4: Coordination and referral monitoring (10%)
- Assist in the maintenance of regular liaison, collaboration and coordination with other actors at the field level and with (WASH/Shelter/ FSL and BA) departments internally
- Support in the maintenance and functioning of a proper coordination and referral system with ACF departments and organizations/entities working in the area (referral mechanism…)
- Ensure proper communication of the hotline and feedback mechanisms
Objective 5 : Security
- Respect the security rules specified in the mission and base security plan, see to it that the team under his/her responsibility complies with the security plan and perform the security management tasks that can be assigned in its protocols.
- Communicate to the security managers of the working location any security related information or noncompliance with the security plan
Objective 6 : Support humanitarian activities of Action Against Hunger
- Support any other emergency interventions of the organization as per the employee’s abilities.
- Support any activity that helps reaching our humanitarian goals, as per the employee’s abilities.
Objective 7: Gender & Safeguarding (cross-cutting)
- Promote safe and equitable environments, through knowledge and application of the protocol against harassment and gender policy.
- Knowledge and compliance with safeguarding policy.
- Promote gender equality within the humanitarian and/or development work