ERD Officer

Major Responsibilities:

·Under the guidance of Senior ERD Officer, Organize and supervise the beneficiaries selection, distribution of cash and distribution of vouchers.

·Responsible for the selection and verification of project beneficiaries in coordination with Relief Committees and local authorities and the use of selection criteria.

·Ensure a realistic project implementation plan and develop project implementation tools.

·Actively engage and support to develop community sensitization activities on selection criteria, cash redemption process and feedback mechanism.

·Develop distribution plans for Cash/vouchers and share with Senior ERD officer for final approval.

·Coordinate with supply chain on the schedule of distributions to make sure that Financial Service provider is ready for distribution.

·Organize cash distributions considering safety and security of staff engaged and beneficiaries and in a dignified manner for beneficiaries.

·Conduct field visits to project sites and meet with community leaders to select specific vulnerable locations for targeting and ensure a conducive community mobilization system.

·Provide advice and support to project beneficiaries whether through the hotline or on spot and ensure the follow-up of all cases referred to department through the beneficiary feedback mechanism.

·Ability and willingness to dramatically change work practices and hours, and work with incoming emergency teams, in the event of crisis or emergency.

Coordination & Representation:

·Maintain respectful and constructive relations with partner organizations, local authorities and humanitarian actors.

·Attend field level meetings when required and providing detailed reports to the Program Manager if necessary.

·Close coordination with Food Security & Agriculture (FSAC) cluster and Cash & Market working group (CMWG).

Other duties:

·Other duties as assigned by the supervisor to enable implementation of the IRC programs.

·Raise Purchase requests as and when required.

·Work constructively within the team and take initiative on new tasks.

·Promptly report concerns or incidents to the IRC management and liaising with community leaders and other external parties as required to maintain/enhance the security environment for the ERD program.

·Coordinate with the M&E staff and the wider ERD team as necessary to identify program quality issues.

·Maintain open and professional relations with team members, promoting a strong team spirit and providing oversight and guidance to enable staff to successfully perform in their positions.

·Diploma Degree in social work or related field.

·Excellent communication and presentation skills.

·Good written and spoken English and Arabic skills.

·Previous experience in Food/cash voucher programming.

·Excellent computer skills / excel sheets.

·Ability to work under pressure, multi-task and meet deadlines.

·Ability to work effectively within a team.