Kenya
Red Cross Society is one of the largest humanitarian organizations in Kenya.
Its mission is to be the leading humanitarian organization in Kenya delivering
excellent quality service of preventing and Alleviating Human Suffering.
The Society is looking for a qualified person to fill the following position:
Position
Title: Cash
Transfer Officer
Reporting
to: Program
Manager
Job
location: Headquarters
Purpose of the job: The Cash Transfer Officer will work closely with the Programme Manager and Relief and Recovery Operations Manager in ensuring cash transfer systems within KRCS are strengthened for enhanced disaster response.
Purpose of the job: The Cash Transfer Officer will work closely with the Programme Manager and Relief and Recovery Operations Manager in ensuring cash transfer systems within KRCS are strengthened for enhanced disaster response.
Main
duties and responsibilities
Implement
Cash Transfer Programming (CTP) at Field level
- Work
closely with Relief and Recovery Operations Manager to identify
appropriate Cash transfer modalities for KRCS disaster operations related
interventions
- Ensure
targeting of the most vulnerable families to benefit from cash assistance,
including supervision of the registration process and data entry to the
database system, and ensuring selection according to vulnerability
criteria
- Supervise
household visits and ensure procedures for beneficiary management and
communication are followed
- Supervision
of the maintenance of the records in hard and soft copy of all the
beneficiaries as required and guiding the project staff in KRCS
- Ensure
implementation of all project guidelines with regard to disbursement of
payments to the beneficiaries. Administer and monitor cash transfer and
payment mechanisms, including follow-up of payments in the database and
communication with the payment service providers
- Work
closely with the KRCS procurement, logistics and finance teams regarding
identification of service providers and procurement of beneficiary
communication tools
- Conduct
any necessary market assessment related to CTP.
Capacity Building
- Participate
in the capacity building of KRCS staff to implement cash and voucher programmes
in a technically appropriate way through knowledge transfer, training,
development of good practice and evidence based research
- Capacity
building for KRCS CTP implementing teams (mostly volunteers & other
partners such as traders & Payment Service Providers) at the field
level on cash programming: provide technical support to KRCS staff on CTP
(training and supervision)
Review and develop systems, materials and tools for Cash
Transfer Programming (CTP)
- Support
the development of Guidelines/Standard Operating Procedures for cash
transfer programming (cash for work, conditional and unconditional cash
grants, vouchers programming) and ensure its incorporated in the Disaster
Management Policy and implemented/followed in the subsequent CTP pilot
projects
- Contribute
to the CTP Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) system set-up, in
coordination with the field and M&E teams
- Undertake
data collection, database management, and tracking of M&E outputs
- Analyze
data collected from M&E activities and utilize information to
strengthen future work
Capture Monitoring and lessons learnt
- Monitoring
of all cash transfer elements of the disaster operation in the target
areas within the country, ensuring targets are met
- Follow
the cash program and activities ensuring that reports are completed on
time and to a professional required standard;
- Carry
out monitoring field visits and support volunteers and other participating
staff in adhering to the compliance
- Carry
out monitoring and evaluation activities including process, market and
impact monitoring and capture learning and feedback to improve the Cash
based response.
- Document
cash transfer processes in a case study report to be shared internally and
with partners
- Support
in the organization of review meetings of CTPs to identify lessons
learned.
Coordination and partnerships
- Representation
of KRCS at external cash coordination forums at national and field levels
(compulsory at field level; at national, as requested) – currently this
includes Cash Working Groups, and the CaLP regional and Kenya working
groups
- Attend
programme progress review events and contribute to future programmatic
priorities.
Administrative roles
- Compile
& upload the CTP related resources available on the intranet site
(Tools, Documents, Lessons Learned, etc)
- Support
the preparation of workshops, trainings and meetings
- Undertake
general photocopying, faxing, scanning, filing, records, data entries and
preparation of printed materials
- Organize
meetings in outlook calendar
- Assist
the project team in procuring items and follow up with logistics and
procurement on progress
- Assist
in preparation of cash requests with guidance on the coding from the
programme manager
Minimum Qualifications
- Higher
academic qualification on development studies/relevant degree or
equivalent experience (3 years)
- Training
in cash transfer programming principles and best practices (CaLP or
equivalent Cash ToT is an added advantage)
Key Competencies
- Experience
in ensuring beneficiary accountability in humanitarian programming.
- Strong
analytical and conceptual skills in humanitarian programming, with
experience in assessing emergency needs, market analysis, response
analysis and program design
- An
understanding of the project management cycle including developing
implementation plans and monitoring systems and ensuring project
activities are implemented to a high standard in a timely and professional
manner.
- Proven
skills in participatory methodologies in assessment, program design and
implementation.
- Familiarity
with and the IFRC Code of Conduct. Familiarity with HAP-I and other
accountability frameworks as well as humanitarian principles and
international codes of conduct
How to Apply
Applications should be sent to the following address to be received on or before Friday, 16th January 2015.
Secretary General
Kenya Red Cross Society
P.O. Box 40712-00100,
Nairobi
