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Economic Recovery Officer (Zamfara)
About this role
The role is for an Economic Recovery Officer based in Zamfara, Nigeria, employed by the Danish Refugee Council. It involves supporting cash and voucher assistance programmes, including MPCA, and coordinating with stakeholders to deliver nutrition, food assistance, and livelihood activities for displaced or affected populations. The position reports to the Economic Recovery Team Leader and is a national contract for five months. The employer runs humanitarian programmes and emphasises accountability, protection, and do-no-harm in operations. The role covers field coordination, monitoring, reporting, and capacity building for economic recovery activities in Talata Mafara and surrounding areas.
What you would do
- Assist the Economic Recovery Team Leader with project documentation and donor requirements.
- Supervise nutrition activities, including malnutrition screening, monitoring, referrals, and reporting.
- Coordinate logistics and vendor/trader engagement for cash transfers and in-kind distributions.
- Support the setup and monitoring of grievance and feedback mechanisms for beneficiaries.
- Ensure monthly distributions by confirming beneficiaries are verified, registered, and sensitized.
- Supervise community volunteers involved in nutrition and CVA activities.
- Submit weekly field updates and contribute to the monthly report for the line manager.
- Maintain accurate activity records for internal and donor reporting.
- Monitor market prices and inform CVA transfer values and nutrition choices.
- Plan, supervise and monitor trainings and awareness activities with up-to-date documentation.
What they are asking for
- University degree in Agriculture, Social Sciences, Economics, Business Studies, Languages or related field.
- Experience in humanitarian settings with displaced populations and knowledge of protection and AAP.
- Practical experience with beneficiary targeting, registration, and post-distribution monitoring.
- At least 2 years of hands-on experience in Cash and Voucher Assistance programming.
- Experience in food assistance programming.
- Desirable: IT skills (MS Office), knowledge of North-West Nigeria, fluency in Hausa and English.
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