CASH+ Program Manager (Cash and Voucher Assistance) Full-Time

Save the Children Internacional (SCI), a non-profit humanitarian organization with focus on child well-being, is recruiting one (1) CASH+ Program Manager (Cash and Voucher Assistance) – Maputo.

Purpose

Save the Children Mozambique is committed to providing quality CASH+ Program which leverages Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance (MPCA) to complement our core Child Protection, Education and Health/Nutrition activities ensuring households meet basic needs and children realize their full and equal rights. The CASH+ Program Manager will lead a dynamic new team for Save the Children in Mozambique and be responsible for the cash and voucher activities (CVA) within all CASH+ programming. The role is both a strategic and an operational role.

The CASH+ Program Manager is responsible for leading the strategic development and the technical design of all CASH+ programming in Mozambique in collaboration with Save the Children’s Health and Nutrition, Child Protection, and Education technical teams. The role will steer the organization’s advocacy for scaling up CVA in the country and promoting Save the Children’s CASH+ model to donors, partners, and government stakeholders. Moreover, the PM will work closely with Program, Development, and Quality (PDQ) team to scale up existing CASH+ pilots and identify new opportunities. The role holder will closely work with the DRR and Resilience Technical Specialist to advocate for more CASH+ Programming acceptance within government institutions such as INGD, INAS and SPAS (at provincial level).

The CASH+ Program Manager will lead a small team in the implementation of CVA activities in multiple CASH+ programmes. The role will require direct, in-field supervision of CVA activities to ensure consistent quality and impact. The CASH+ PM will collaborate with Save the Children’s Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEAL) team to design and carry-out monitoring and evaluation activities that ensure Child Safeguarding standards are met; programming is done is a safe and effective manner; and that CASH+ demonstrates significant impact. This role is fundamental to the development of the multi-year CASH+ strategy in Mozambique. In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in economics, international development, public administration, agriculture and food security, or equivalent education.

Experience and Skills

Essential

• At least 6 years’ experience of working internationally/nationally in Cash & Voucher Assistance in emergency and development settings, for a broad range of institutional donors and sectors.
• Previous humanitarian response experience in hard-to-reach areas.
• Experience with various cash and voucher mechanisms, including mobile, digital, card, paper voucher, and cash in hand.
• At least 3 years of CVA Management experience.
• Demonstrable understanding of monitoring, evaluation, learning, and beneficiary accountability systems.
• Familiar with Sphere Standards and CHS (core humanitarian standards).
• Experience of context, capacity and policy analysis, and influencing and advocacy at national level to hold duty bearers to account, to realise children’s rights.
• Skilled at networking, representation and partnership development to promote learning, strengthen civil society, and mobilise resources.
• Able to generate and use data and evidence to innovate, deliver, learn and share what works and what doesn’t work for children.
• Experience of promoting quality and impact through at least one cross-cutting area: gender equality and inclusion, adaptive and safer programming; child rights; disability; and/or migration and displacement.
• Experience of supporting humanitarian preparedness, response and recovery.
• Significant experience in training, capacity building, and mentoring.
• Fluent in English and working proficiency in Portuguese preferred but not required.

Interested candidates must submit the CV and motivation letter in English.

“As an equal opportunity employer, we encourage women and people with disabilities to apply. Save the Children is committed to ensure that all of the employees and programs are absolutely safe for children. We apply strict procedures to ensure that only candidates, suitable for working with children are allowed to join our organization and all candidates will therefore be subject to this scrutiny.”

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NB: Only selected candidates will be contacted