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The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.

We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it’s girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children.

We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.

ROLE PROFILE
Title    :                 CASH VOUCHER ASSISTANCE OFFICER
Functional Area:   North and South West Regions
Reports to    :        Project Coordinator
Location:               Buea and Bamenda
Travel required  :   Limited
Effective Date:       ASAP
Grade    : B

ROLE PURPOSE
Given the current humanitarian crisis in the North West and South West Regions of Cameroon, Plan International is committed to providing vital humanitarian assistance especially in the domain of health, water, and sanitation to children and their families. For a better accountability and dignity of beneficiaries, the CVA seems to be the best way of delivery these services. The CVA Officer will serve as a liaison staff between the project and the beneficiaries. This, so that beneficiaries receive what they need, conveniently and all this reported timely.
DIMENSIONS OF THE ROLE
•    The Cash Voucher Officer reports to the Project coordinator of the GAC IHA project
•    Executes, supervises and reports on all project activities related CVA in his/her area.
ACCOUNTABILITIES

•    Mobilize target communities to inform and sensitize them on the CVA project activities;
•     Participate in the establishment of beneficiary list for the project
•    Ensure that the selection of beneficiaries is made in a transparent manner and according to the strict adherence to the selection criteria defined by the project;
•    Establish and monitor the performance of the selected vendors for the CVA activity;

Key indicators:

•    Ensure that effective and coordinated CVA activities and services are carried out under the Plan International CVA Program policy and are fully implemented in area of responsibility.
•    This includes ensuring beneficiaries are conversant with CVA program, traders or vendors are selected and understand the process, the goods requested by beneficiaries are available in the market, supervise and ensure that the acquisition of commodities is hitch free for both beneficiaries and vendors, and then ensure a day to monitoring, evaluation and learning process of the process.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

•    Keeps and maintain high contact with children, their families and communities
•    Maintains a high contact with partners especially vendors at community levels
•    Maintains high contact with local stakeholders.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

Essential
Knowledge, Skills, Behaviours, and Experience Required to Achieve Role’s Objectives:

Qualification and Experience
•     GCE O/Level or its equivalent.
•    Knowledge on Plan International is an added advantage.
•    With at least 2 years of experience in CVA related projects.
•    Be able to speak English. Ability to speak the local language of the assigned zone will also be an added advantage.
•    Have proven ability to carry our a market study and act on the data.
•    Proven skills in community mobilization and facilitation
•    Familiarity with behaviour change communication and current CVA approach interventions and participatory methodologies.
•    Has experience in working with children (boys and girls)
•    Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
•    Resident in the assigned communities

Demonstrated behaviours needed by the post-holder to successfully perform the role:

•    Timely and effective delivery of project activities and other outputs (reports, etc.)
•    Commitment to child protection, gender equality and participation
•    Skills in participatory assessment on CVA related activities
•    Ability to network with grassroots structures.
•    Works with trustworthiness and integrity
•    Resilience/Adaptability and flexibility: Ability to operate effectively under extreme circumstances including stress, high security risks, diverse cultural contexts and harsh living conditions. Works and lives with a flexible, adaptable and resilient manner.
•    Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to gender and diversity.
•    Patient, adaptable, flexible, able to improvise and remain responsive under pressure.

Desirable
–    Empathy on issue affecting children rights and equality for girls
–    Good planning and organizational abilities
–    Team work
–    Integrity
–    Humility

PLAN INTERNATIONAL’S VALUES IN PRACTICE
We are open and accountable
1.    Promotes a culture of openness and transparency, including with sponsors and donors.
2.    Holds self and others accountable to achieve the highest standards of integrity.
3.    Consistent and fair in the treatment of people.
4.    Open about mistakes and keen to learn from them.
5.    Accountable for ensuring we are a safe organisation for all children, girls & young people
We strive for lasting impact
1.    Articulates a clear purpose for staff and sets high expectations.
2.    Creates a climate of continuous improvement, open to challenge and new ideas.
3.    Focuses resources to drive change and maximise long-term impact, responsive to changed priorities or crises.
4.    Evidence-based and evaluates effectiveness.
We work well together
1.    Seeks constructive outcomes, listens to others, willing to compromise when appropriate.
2.    Builds constructive relationships across Plan International to support our shared goals.
3.    Develops trusting and ‘win-win’ relationships with funders, partners and communities.
4.    Engages and works well with others outside the organization to build a better world for girls and all children.

We are inclusive and empowering

5.    Seeks constructive outcomes, listens to others, willing to compromise when appropriate.
6.    Builds constructive relationships across Plan International to support our shared goals.
7.    Develops trusting and ‘win-win’ relationships with funders, partners and communities.
8.    Engages and works well with others outside the organization to build a better world for girls and all children.

PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

This position requires to have ability of work in hot and cold climate with limited travels from area of responsibility

LEVEL OF CONTACT WITH CHILDREN

•    Keeps and maintain high contact with children, their families and communities

Closing Date: 13/08/2020

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International’s Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for. Our organisation is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We will provide equality of opportunity and will not tolerate discrimination on any grounds. We foster an organisational culture that embraces and exemplifies our commitment to gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion while supporting staff to adopt good practice, positive attitudes and principles of gender equality and inclusion.