Deadline: 05 May, 2021
Location: Democratic Republic Congo
Concern Worldwide is seeking to fill the role of Cash Programme Officer for Early Warning Early Action (EWEA).
Concern Worldwide is an international humanitarian organisation dedicated to tackling poverty and suffering in the world’s poorest countries.
Responsibilities
- Assist programme teams in preparing workplans and procurement plans for the organisation’s ERNE programme
- Assist with the implementation of the organisation’s ERNE programme, with a particular focus on supporting the implementation of the EWEA/cash-focused activities
- Monitor local, national and international sources of early warning information, ensuring that this information is integrated into programme area monitoring system
- In collaboration with the monitoring and evaluation team, conduct needs assessment, monitoring and evaluation, and determine the thresholds for triggering early action and cash by promoting and respecting gender and equality aspects in all steps
- Represent the organisation at relevant coordination meetings at local level
- Work closely with relevant authorities and communities to facilitate community education on laws, policies and standards on EWEA and cash interventions, and ensure all interventions in the communities are in alignment with standards and policies
- Conduct community mobilisation and sensitisation meetings with community-level leaders
- Work with communities to define existing coping and early warning/responses
- Support the scheduling, collection and production of reports in adherence to the organisation and donor’s guidelines
- Advise the programme manager on necessary changes as observed on the ground in order to improve implementation of planned interventions
- Share visibility materials for the organisation’s website and social media
- Support with the planning and preparation for internal/external visits, e.g., donor visits, Concern Worldwide HQ/U.S. communications team visits
Requirements
- Degree in Humanitarian/Development Studies, Food Security, or a related field
- One year, minimum, of practical experience handling cash transfers, disaster risk reduction, early warning systems in international NGOs, development agencies or the private sector
- Experience in establishing or contributing to sub-Saharan early warning systems, including analysing data sets of early warning information
- Experience or knowledge of international standards such as SPHERE and CHS and working with research institutions, and relevant national and international institutions and networks
- Experience in working in an insecure environment and team management
- Experience in designing and implementing training initiatives at organisational and community levels, participatory approaches, community engagement, etc
- Interpersonal, communication, good organisation, planning and management skills
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to use Microsoft Office applications (Word, PowerPoint and Excel)
- Strong French and English skills
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