Multi Purpose Cash Assistance Manager (multiple positions)

Danish Refugee Council,one of the world’s leading humanitarian NGOs, is present in Ukraine since 2014 and currently responding to the evolving humanitarian crisis – providing support in the various sectors including Protection, Economic Recovery, Humanitarian Disarmament & Peacebuilding, Shelter & Settlements and others.

DRC is looking for Multi Purpose Cash Assistance Managers to join our team in Lviv and Dnipro.

Overall purpose of the role:

DRC is implementing extensive Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance (MPCA) and Non-Food Item (NFI) distribution though out Ukraine. This position is responsible for managing the direction and implementation of these activities at the area level.

This position has an Area focus. Two positions are currently available covering the following geographic scope:

• West: includes but but not limited to the following oblasts: Lviv, Ivano Frankivsk, Zakarpatia, Chernivtsi
• East: includes but but not limited to the following oblasts: Dnipropetrovks, Zaporizhe, Poltava, Kharkhiv, Donetsk and Luhansk

Your main duties and responsibilities will be:

• Evidence based programme implementation: DRC’s assistance should be provided on the basis of demonstrable, unmet needs for the most vulnerable and are suitable for the local market conditions. Well-designed needs and market assessments and post distribution monitoring should continuously inform the direction of work. This position is responsible for contributing to the assessment design, collection and analysis of information pertinent to the programme. This position will also provide all requested data to DRCs Monitoring Evaluation, Accountability and Learning department.
• Staff management: This position line manages MCPA team leader(s) and MPCA and NFI Officer(s) and oversees the work of a team of assistants. As a staff manager, this position takes responsibility for hiring, discipline, appraisal, capacity building and the duty of care for the team, as well as creating and monitoring work plans.
• Budget execution: This position should take responsibility for forecasting all spending, including staff costs, MPCA disbursement and all costs associated with NFI (procurement, warehousing, transport, distribution) and will have signing authority for spending up to an agreed level.
• Stock and distribution management: This should position raise procurement requisitions for all NFIs and associated costs, together with a distribution plan. This position should ensure items meet the expected quality specifications and are suitable for use by the beneficiary. Where distributing en masse, this position should ensue provisions are made for such an event, according to SOPs (venue, crowd control, coordination with authorities etc) .
• Documentation: The manager is responsible for ensuring that all required documentation for donor reporting and Ukrainian accountancy is collected in a timely and high-quality manner. The manager should coordinate with finance and supply chain managers in order to ensure documents are complete and accurate.
• Integrated programing: DRC implements a wide variety of programs and works formally and informally with a variety of partners. Complimentary interventions and referrals to other departments or partners are encouraged in order to support people in need to overcome their roadblocks to recovery. The manager should maintain a comprehensive understanding of other programs and referral pathways. Likewise, the manager should be in good communication with the MPCA manager in the other area to ensure east and west programmes are harmonized.
• Advocacy, coordination and representation: Coordinate DRC’s programme response with relevant coordination groups, likely to include the Cash Working Group, and Shelter/NFI cluster and Food security and livelihoods cluster and associated reporting. Contribute to the DRCs integrated approach by sharing information, planning and collaborating with DRCs other sectors of work. Represent DRC to relevant local authorities at the oblast, rayon and hromada level, as relevant

Required experience and competencies

• University degree in finance/accounting/economy or other relevant subject.

• At least 4 years’ experience in a project/ program management role in the humanitarian sphere, including experience in project/program planning, delivery, monitoring, reporting, and budgeting

• At least 2 years’ experience with people management

• Experience with Cash transfer programmes or NFI distribution strongly preferred.

• Experience in working in complex emergencies or challenging security settings and within security management frameworks.

• Calm and diplomatic in nature.

• Experience in capacity building of staff and local partners

• Full proficiency in English, Ukrainian and Russian languages

All DRC roles require the post-holder to master DRC’s core competencies:

Striving for excellence: Focusing on reaching results while ensuring efficient processes.

Collaborating: Involving relevant parties and encouraging feedback.

Taking the lead: Taking ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.

Communicating Listening and speaking effectively and honestly.

Demonstrating integrity: Upholding and promoting the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct in relation to DRC’s values and Code of Conduct, including safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment.

We offer

Contract length: December 2022 with possibility of extension based on succesful probation period and available funding

Level F managerial

Start date; ASAP