General Position Summary

Under the direct supervision of the Cash Officer, the Cash Assistant will be responsible for implementing the day-to-day Cash and NFI activities. S/he will be responsible for implementing the Cash and NFI activities along with field visits to follow the program activities on daily basis.

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for implementing the day-to-day cash and NFI activities.
• Work closely with all Cash and NFI projects stakeholders.
• Support the Cash Officer in daily implementation and administrative tasks.
• Contribute to all field work, including identifying program participants and vendors, participating in distributions, monitoring and supporting beneficiaries during the distribution periods, and other field-based tasks as assigned.
• Assist the Cash team in all tasks that facilitate the achievement of program deliverables , ensure that all activities are implemented smoothly and effectively, and make the best use of project resources for program participants.
• Initiate and track procurement processes for purchase requests, purchase orders, and payment requests for Cash and NFI projects in coordination with the Procurement Department.
• Work with the program assistant to manage the program filing system for all activities and ensure that information is organized according to the reporting and auditing needs of the program. Ensure required levels of confidentiality.
• Coordinate closely with the Cash officer, relevant to administrative and finance to ensure proper logistics, administration, and, human resources of the program are conducted within MC policy and with the maximum benefit to the program.
• Perform participants’ data compilation, storing, and updating on a regular basis. And share the data with the supervisor to be incorporated into reports and assessments as required.
• Contribute with team to provide all the trainings related to cash and NFI activities.
• Contribute with team to collect all information for the program participants by using tools such as (assessment, PDM, counselling survey, pre-post test, and other survey)
• Conduct monitoring and data collection as directed by the cash Officer, assisting with specific surveys or assessments as needed.
• Work with the Cash Officer to ensure program implementation is on time, target, and budget, using effective M&E systems to reach desired impacts.
• Contribute to effective program reporting, monitoring and evaluation systems for both internal and external use in coordination with the program staff. This includes interviewing beneficiaries for communications materials and case studies.
• Contribute to program documentation by updating program files and following Mercy Corps responsible data usage policy.
• Contribute to providing the Cash Officer with up-to-date information on the affected and targeted community, and coordinates with different stakeholders.
• Fulfill Mercy Corps’ Program Management Minimum Standards based on the organization-wide guide.
• Ensure all interventions adhere to Mercy Corps’ Gender Policy, Do No Harm principles, and beneficiary accountability standards. In addition to ensuring protection mainstreaming in implementation of Cash and NFI program activities
• Other duties as assigned.

Security

• Ensure compliance with security procedures and policies as determined by country leadership.
• Proactively ensure that team members operate in a secure environment and are aware of policies. 

Organizational Learning 

• As part of our commitment to organizational learning and in support of our understanding that learning organizations are more effective, efficient and relevant to the communities they serve, we expect all team members to commit 5% of their time to learning activities that benefit Mercy Corps as well as themselves.

Accountability to Beneficiaries

• Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically
  to our program participants and to international standards guiding international relief and development work, while actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.
• Team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner and respect local laws, customs and MC's policies, procedures, and values at all times and in all in-country venues.

Supervisory Responsibility: N/A

Accountability

Reports Directly To: Cash Officer.  

Works Directly With: Wash team, CARM, MEL, Operations, Finance Teams, Security, and other sectorial leads.