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Economic Recovery Officer - Maiduguri
Danish Refugee Council (DRC) • Maiduguri
Posted: 19 October 2026Deadline: 30 October 2026
📋 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.
- •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.
📝 Description
- •Purpose
- •To support the effective implementation of Cash and Voucher Assistance CVA and complementary nutrition activities by ensuring accurate beneficiary targeting, secure and transparent cash distribution, and adherence to humanitarian principles.
- •This includes facilitating prepaid card distribution, providing on-site support during cash withdrawal events, coordinating with stakeholders, delivering nutrition awareness and training, and maintaining proper documentation and reporting to strengthen food security and protection outcomes for affected households.
- •Duties And Responsibilities
- •Supporting CVA, Food Assistanceand Nutrition Activities
- •Work with the EcrRec assistant during the distribution of prepaid cards, ensuring accurate beneficiary identification and adherence to distribution protocols.
- •Ensure all beneficiaries are screened, selected and verified through use of developed targeting criteria in operational areas.
- •Facilitate the implementation of CVA mainly but not limited to Unconditional Cash Grants, Conditional Cash Grants, in the operational areas through liaison with line manager.
- •Provide on-site support during cash withdrawal events, including crowd control, troubleshooting, and coordination with financial service providers.
- •Ensure that beneficiaries understand how to use prepaid cards, including PIN setup and withdrawal procedures in collaboration with the EcRec Assistant.
- •Manage cash distribution process and ensure minimum standards are met.
- •Report security incidents, protection concerns, or feedback from beneficiaries to the supervisor promptly.
- •Provide food security guidance, on an individual or group basis, to increase beneficiaries’ awareness of different nutrition foods options based on market assessment and beneficiary interests.
- •Conduct training and sensitisation activities related to complementary nutrition activities.
- •Supervision of nutrition related activities such as trainings, malnutrition monitoring and screening, referral pathways and reporting.
- •Ensure that all activities are conducted in accordance with humanitarian principles, protection standards, and organizational policies.
- •Coordinate in Planning, supervising and monitoring training, awareness and sensitisation activities, including maintenance and verification of all supporting documentation and activities.
- •Support the organization of trainings and other events related to the project.
- •Submit weekly reports and contribute to compilation of the monthly report and submit to line manager.
- •Assist the Economic Recovery Food Assistance Team Leader in project documentation.
- •Any other duties assigned by line manager.
- •Stakeholder Coordination
- •Coordination of Ward level stakeholders in consultation with line manager.
- •Ensure that protocol is followed through stakeholder consultation at all stages of project implementation.
- •Social Cohesion
- •Assess the relevance of potential intercommunal dialogue activities linked to livelihoods to improve the dialogue and cooperation between these fields e.g.
- •joint workshops, peer-to-peer activities, language exchanges, etc..
- •Select beneficiaries who will participate in the activities through youth empowerment and social safety-net planning in coordination with other sectors.
- •Maintain Excel tracking sheet to ensure that data are collected on a timely basis.
- •Contribute to regular reporting on achievements and challenges related to the project as requested by the Economic Recovery Office
- •Monitoring & Evaluation
- •Work closely with the monitoring team on monitoring and evaluation tools for Economic Recovery activities in coordination with the M & E tea
- •Facilitate the qualitative and quantitative monitoring of projects through team meetings, post-assistance visits, regular reporting and any other monitoring tools.
- •Participate in internal evaluations of programmes.
- •Representation
- •If requested by the Economic Recovery Program Manager represent DRC in food security sector working groups, cash working group and interagency planning workshops.
- •Represent, and where necessary, advocate on behalf of DRC with local authorities.
- •The responsibilities listed in the JD are not exhaustive and may be readjusted according to operational needs but will remain in line with the overall purpose of the role.
- •Experience and technical competencies: include years of experience
- •Desirable:
- •Previous working experience with humanitarian agencies
- •Experience working with hosts, returnees and displaced populations.
- •Experience in cash and vouchers assistance.
- •Experience in community sensitization.
- •Essential:
- •Experience in Food Assistance Programming
- •At least 1 years working experience in Cash and Voucher Assistance Programming is required
- •Qualifications and Experience:
- •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.
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