Cash Officers at Action Against Hunger | ACF-International

Action Against Hunger | ACF-International works to save lives by combating hunger and diseases that threaten the lives of vulnerable communities, through nutrition, food security, water and sanitation, health and advocacy.

Job Title: Cash Officer

Description

• Cash Officer will directly report to Cash Deputy Program Manager and will play a key role in implementing the PROTECT IDP response in North-Eastern Nigeria.


• From 2015 to 2017, ACF will implement a multi-sectoral emergency response program to support IDPs in settlement and camps, and most vulnerable host households in a bid to contribute to the eradication of extreme hunger, malnutrition and poverty in Northern Nigeria.

Responsibilities 

• Provide support to the Cash Deputy Program Manager to implement the program successfully.


• Facilitate program coordination and monitoring and evaluation of the FSL activities.


• Facilitate community mobilisation activities to support targeting and registration of beneficiaries and improve FSL/Cash Base Interventions knowledge, attitudes and practices.


• Represent ACF externally in relevant LGA level forums and technical working groups.


• Ensure the proper HR management of the field based Cash team.

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree or Higher Diploma in Accountancy and Food Security related field e.g. Agronomics, Agriculture, Animal health, Agricultural engineering, Development Studies etc.


• Professional, good organizational capacity, motivated, open, creative, mature, responsible, flexible and, culturally sensitive.


• Excellent team, budget and project management and representation competencies.


• Previous experience with Cash, food security and livelihoods programming.


• Three years relevant work experience.


• Capacity to supervise a team.


• Microsoft Office Skills (Outlook, Excel, Power Point, Word).


• Willing and able to be based and travel regularly within remote areas, where services are limited.


• Fluency in Hausa, Kanuri and English.


• Commitment to ACF mission, values and policy.

Skills

• Previous experience managing cash based interventions (i.e. cash for work, cash transfers or cash vouchers).


• Previous team management and activity planning experience.


• Good knowledge of the intervention area/s and local economy.


• Previous experience with ACF.


• Previous donor programming experience (e.g. USAID, ECHO, DFID, SIDA).


• Analytical capacity.


• Good relational qualities.


• Good knowledge of  techniques and agricultural/animal health production systems.


• Good knowledge of implementing projects.


• Capacity to write high quality reports.

Location: Maiduguri

Closing Date
30th December, 2016.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their application by email to: recruitment.ng@acf-international.org

Note

• To be considered, applications must include a CV and letter of interest, and indicate the full position title and location in the email subject line, For example, “Cash Officer – Borno”


• Also note that applications will be processed on “First Come First Served” basis and any application received without these specifications will not be considered. 


• Only shortlisted candidate will be contacted.