About the Organization

Development for Peace Organization (DPO) is an Ethiopian civil society organization established in 2020 with a mission of striving to meet the humanitarian and developmental needs of societies regardless of race, color, religion or cultural background. The organization is legally registered to work in Ethiopia (Reg. 5164), South Sudan (Reg. 4178), Kenya (OP.218/051/22-400/12732 and Somalia (Reg. NGOD/Moifar0422/022); it is also processing its registration in Yemen

JOB OVERVIEW/SUMMARY

Under the direct supervision of Project Coordinator the cash transfer Officer is responsible for identifying priority needs, target communities, establishing relationships with community local government and leaders, mobilize the communities, ensure the delivery of cash, conduct registration of complaints, ensure proper distribution and documentation of cash transfers, facilitate cash payments to clients and follow up.

Key Responsibilities:

• Participate in program and sector planning processes to support the team to develop work plans, budget forecasts, and monitoring tools in line with DPO’ Program Management Standards .

• Provide technical guidance and support on the startup, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of cash transfer activities.

• Develop and facilitate team access to tools for use in beneficiary selection processes, registration, disbursement, and monitoring

• Coordinate the necessary internal and external support to ensure implementation of sector activities is in line with agreed work plans, strategies and methodologies. Promptly identify and recommend solutions to cash based technical issue

• Actively participate in cash sector platforms, cluster and working groups and ensure accurate and timely sharing of information.

• Participate in the process of identifying beneficiary communities/targeting based on robust and participatory criteria, assist other project staffs, if any

• Ensure appropriate community messages are transferred to beneficiaries, local government partners, vendors, non-clients and other key actors

• Ensure the conduct of beneficiary feedback and response mechanism (BFRM) activities are undertaken

• Work with and provide timely technical support to the DPO’s implementing partners; maintain encouraging and constructive relations with partner staff

• Closely work with all DPO field team

• Fully align with DPO safety and security procedures and provide support to security monitoring and assessments ensure a safe and secure environment for program implementation

• Coordinate the cash transfer assistant.

• Assist in the collection of data, conduct of assessments (needs, market, risks and security) and provide input for concept note/ proposal development for cash transfer project in collaboration with the local community structures and community members

• Monitor progress against grant work plan; promptly identifying any current or potential delays

• Assist his/her supervisors to ensure all monitoring activities are fully detailed, including systematic and timely data required under the grant and for DPO MEAL purposes.

• Aware the communities, and partners to consider cash response as one modality at appropriate situation.

• Build very good team sprit with DPO program and supporting staffs at field, at office level including Addis.

Compliance & Ethics:

Promotes and encourages a culture of compliance and ethics throughout Development for Peace Organization. As applicable to position, maintains a clear understanding of DPO’ and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards. Conducts work with the highest level of integrity. Communicates these standards to partners and requires them to adhere to these values.

Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse:

Actively promote PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards within Development for Peace Organization and amongst beneficiaries served by Development for peace Organization.

Reports to: Project Coordinator

Job Requirements

Qualification

Education

• Bachelors degree in business administration, social works and social administration, development studies

Experience

• Minimum of 3 years in humanitarian sector

• Experience of implementing cash assistance project

• Knowledge of local language is a must

Skill

• Excellent presentation and report writing skills.

• Ability to effectively develop rapport and relate to donors, partners, and government stakeholders, beneficiaries.

• Commitment to capacity building and people development.

• Knowledge of humanitarian aid standards as well as accountability standard

• Networking and collaboration skills

• Good interpersonal skills with ability to communicate and negotiate, taking into account cultural and language difficulties.

• Professional, motivated, open, creative, mature, responsible, flexible and, culturally sensitive

• Excellent computer skills, particularly with Microsoft Excel, spreadsheets

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates shall fill out this form CLICK HERE and submit their motivation letter along with their non-returnable updated resume as a Merged PDF file through recruitment@devforpeace.org until December 25, 2023.

Qualified women are highly appreciated to apply!

Note: Use "Cash Transfer Officer - Sibusire" as the subject line of your email !

DPO is committed to diversity and inclusion in its workforce and encourages all candidates to apply to join the organization, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic heritage, or disability.

DPO has a zero-tolerance policy for sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, authority abuse, and discrimination. DPO follows the principles of UN Child Protection. As a result, all shortlisted candidates will be subjected to thorough reference and background checks, as well as being expected to conform to these standards and principles.