Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is a Danish international non-governmental organisation, which promotes and supports durable solutions to the problems faced by refugees and internally displaced people all over the world. DRC is present in more than 30 conflict territories around the world assisting displaced people with shelter, food, income-generating activities, and a wide range of other assistance. It is of utmost importance for DRC to work in compliance with the DRC Accountability and Quality Management system and national legislations. Smooth, reliable and effective operational systems are preconditions for DRC to maintain its position as a trustworthy and reliable partner for our donors and an accountable organisation towards our beneficiaries.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Economic Recovery Officer
Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Supervised by: Economic Recovery Team Leader
Reporting to: Economic Recovery Team Leader
Area of Operation: Nigeria
Employment Period: Four (4) months
Type of Contract (Expat/National/Trainee): National
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 Assistance and 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.
Experience and technical competencies
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.
- 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).
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.