Deployable Cash & Voucher (CVA) Assistance Specialist

Disasters and conflicts threaten children’s rights and damage the societies they live in. Last year alone, Plan International responded to 81 disasters globally to champion and uphold the rights of children, particularly girls, before, during and after emergencies.

To sustain its engagement with children affected by crises, our Humanitarian team is currently recruiting committed humanitarian experts to deploy 9 months of the year to various emergency contexts. This role is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the growth of our Core Surge team and to support children and their communities around the world in building resilience to increasing disaster risks.

The Opportunity

Plan International started its Cash and Vouchers Assistance (CVA) programming in 2011, which has grown significantly since then in terms of portfolio and geographical coverage. As of June 2022, Plan International has implemented CVA in more than 50 Country Offices across the federation with more than 156 million Euros as a cumulative portfolio.

As a Deployable Cash & Vouchers Assistance (CVA) Specialist you will deploy to country offices 75% of the year to provide technical leadership at the Country Office level primarily on the CVA feasibility analysis, design and implementation of CVA initiatives, monitoring, capacity building, proposal development support as well as representing the organization at Cash Working Group and relevant clusters. You will also support reporting and documentation process and policy creation about CVA at Plan International

The Requirements

• Demonstrable experience in design, implementation and evaluation of in-kind food through cash/voucher and market-based programming.
• Demonstrable experience working in a broad range of humanitarian crises in several different contexts.
• Knowledge of international humanitarian standards and codes of conduct.
• Demonstrable understanding of Social Safety Nets, Livelihoods and associated methodologies.
• Excellent proven cash programming experience covering a range of modalities and approaches.
• Demonstrable representational and coordination skills.
• Excellent project design, participatory monitoring and evaluation skills.
• Good working knowledge of key humanitarian donors, for example, WFP, USAID, DFAT, GAC, FCDO, and DGECHO amongst others.
• Knowledge of major humanitarian, recovery and development challenges and issues,
• Strong analytical skills.
• Proven knowledge of targeting methods in Cash/voucher programmes
• Committed to actively upholding Plan International’s vision, values and behaviours and policies, including the Say Yes! To Keeping Children Safe Policy.