Program Description

The Highfields Emergency Social Cash Transfers program seeks to reduce food insecurity, improve dietary diversity and maternal and child health outcomes of vulnerable households. The project aims to achieve this through a combination of monthly cash transfers together with complimentary nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene, as well as child protection services.

Summary of Key Duties

• Supervise the overall implementation of the project, monitor, report and review progress and make firm recommendations for the improvement in line with the overall objectives of the project,
• Coordinate project activities with project team, the donor and project stakeholders,
• Prepare monthly project implementation plans,
• Manage and support project team to ensure project milestones are met,
• Coordinate with logistics to ensure that all project inputs are procured, stored and distributed to the project beneficiaries on time and project documents are filed properly,
• Work closely with the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Coordinator on the design, collection and analysis of qualitative and quantitative data for the project,
• Coordinate with other implementing agencies also focusing on tackling urban food insecurity and resilience-building activities where targeted areas overlap,
• Participate in budget formulations and compilations, and all paperwork for requisition and acquisition of project materials,
• Represent GOAL in stakeholders’ meetings,
• Ensure Project documents kept are compliant to donor requirements,
• Commit to adhere to and respect the Code of conduct and Safeguarding policies.

Minimum Requirements

• Masters (Development Studies, Social Work, etc)
• Cash programming experience
• Experience working with various stakeholders including government in both urban and rural contexts
• Demonstrable capacity to work with vulnerable populations