Economic Recovery Officer

The Economic Recovery Officer supports the implementation of Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) and nutrition activities, ensuring accurate beneficiary targeting, secure cash distribution, and adherence to humanitarian principles. The role involves coordination with stakeholders, training delivery, and reporting to strengthen food security and protection outcomes in Northeast Nigeria.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Economic Recovery assistant during prepaid card distribution ensuring accurate beneficiary identification and adherence to protocols.
• Ensure beneficiaries are screened, selected and verified using developed targeting criteria.
• Facilitate implementation of CVA including Unconditional and Conditional Cash Grants through liaison with line manager.
• Provide on-site support during cash withdrawal events including crowd control and coordination with financial service providers.
• Ensure beneficiaries understand prepaid card usage including PIN setup and withdrawal procedures.
• Manage cash distribution process ensuring minimum standards are met.
• Report security incidents, protection concerns, or beneficiary feedback promptly.
• Provide food security guidance to increase beneficiaries’ awareness of nutrition food options based on market assessment and interests.
• Conduct training and sensitisation activities related to complementary nutrition.
• Supervise nutrition related activities such as trainings, malnutrition monitoring, referral pathways and reporting.
• Ensure activities comply with humanitarian principles, protection standards, and organizational policies.
• Coordinate planning, supervising and monitoring of training, awareness and sensitisation activities including documentation.
• Support organization of trainings and events related to the project.
• Submit weekly reports and contribute to monthly report compilation.
• Assist Economic Recovery Food Assistance Team Leader in project documentation.
• Coordinate Ward level stakeholders in consultation with line manager.
• Ensure protocol is followed through stakeholder consultation at all project stages.
• Assess relevance of intercommunal dialogue activities linked to livelihoods for social cohesion.
• Select beneficiaries for youth empowerment and social safety-net activities in coordination with other sectors.
• Maintain Excel tracking sheet for timely data collection.
• Contribute to regular reporting on project achievements and challenges.
• Work closely with monitoring team on M&E tools for Economic Recovery activities.
• Facilitate qualitative and quantitative monitoring through meetings, visits, and reporting.
• Participate in internal programme evaluations.
• Represent DRC in food security sector working groups, cash working group and interagency planning workshops if requested.
• Advocate on behalf of DRC with local authorities if requested.
• Perform other duties assigned by line manager.

Requirements

• Minimum of a diploma or bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Development Studies, or a related field.
• At least 1-2 years of experience in humanitarian or development programs, preferably in cash-based interventions.
• At least 1 years working experience in Cash and Voucher Assistance Programming is required.
• Experience in Food Assistance Programming.
• Experience in field-level implementation, especially in remote or hard-to-reach areas.
• Familiarity with prepaid card systems and working with financial service providers is an advantage.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and in a multicultural team.
• Fluency in English and local languages spoken in the area of operation.
• Basic computer literacy, especially in Excel and data collection tools (e.g., Kobo, ODK).
• Desirable: Previous working experience with humanitarian agencies.
• Desirable: Experience working with hosts, returnees and displaced populations.
• Desirable: Experience in cash and vouchers assistance.
• Desirable: Experience in community sensitization.

Skills

• Cash and Voucher Assistance
• Food Assistance Programming
• Field-level Implementation
• Prepaid Card Systems
• Financial Service Provider Coordination
• Excel
• Data Collection Tools
• Kobo
• ODK
• Beneficiary Targeting Methodologies
• Cash Distribution
• Humanitarian Principles
• Stakeholder Coordination
• Training Delivery
• Reporting
• Community Sensitization

Languages

English