Regional CVA for Health Delegate - MENA Delegat Unit, Røde Kors

Operational Responsibilities:

Management:

• Based on existing needs assessment and project design, prepare a detailed operational plan for cash modalities, conditions, duration, criteria, frequency, and delivery mechanism with the National Society.
• Ensure country level cash components, criteria and standards are developed in alignment and coherence with NorCross global Cash for Health stream of work and in adherence of NorCross CVA policy and guidelines.
• Ensure implementation and monitoring of country specific SOPs were established in implementation of CVA component of the programmes; collect learnings and ensure feedback process and improvements.
• Support preparation of results indicators for CVA in health in collaboration with health technical teams and Data and Results team, based on proposals.
• Follow up and support the cooperation with the National Societies in accordance with standing Partnership Agreements.
• Conduct regular meetings with NorCross teams and National Society and manage the activity plan and log frame.
  

Operational:

• The CVA health delegate will ensure the follow-up of the feasibility assessments’ recommendation and operational plans provided by previous consultants to roll out CVA for health modalities within the NorCross health interventions in Syria and Iraq.
• Support and provide technical support and inputs in the ongoing health operations. Provide technical support to CO teams in order to set up the CVA components within the plans action and budgets and build capacities for their effective monitoring.
• Through the CO teams, work with the NS to ensure that all necessary tools and systems (financial, logistics and M&E) are adapted for assessment, are in practice and disseminated. This includes SOPs, operational guidelines, risk register, recipient registration tools, monitoring tools, CEA tools, information management tools in line with data protection requirements, communication materials).
• Oversee and support the delivery of the plan of action, including the RBM framework ensuring achievement of the set objectives and milestones.
• Supports financial risk management, including annual audit process and proper handling of financial irregularities, in line with established rules and regulations through working with FGU.
• Support the NS team to analyse the risks and complete the risk assessment including the measures to mitigate the potential risks. Engage the community as well as all relevant departments in the risk analysis and identification of measures to mitigate security and other potential programmatic risks.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Beside aforementioned support to the NorCross MENA countries, The CVA for health delegate will support NorCross Lebanon in providing support to the Host National Society for primary health centres scaling up utilizing the CVA for health modality. 
  

Formal Competence:

• University degree in medicine / public health or similar.
• RCRC Movement CVA Practical Cash in Emergencies (PECT) trained.
• Other relevant CVA trainings  

Skills and Knowledge:

• Cash for health programmatic expertise, including solid knowledge on roll-out of health (primary and community health) programmes.
  
• Experience in implementing cash and voucher assistance in humanitarian responses.
• Cash trained and able to train and build capacities of operational delegates and national teams on CVA.
• Experience leading and influencing the uptake of different aspects of CVA design and implementation (i.e.: CVA feasibility assessments, market analysis, response design including setting targeting criteria, transfer values and delivery mechanisms, encashment, and monitoring).
• Experience from CVA in health will also be highly desirable. Knowledge of health needs and responses is also desirable.
• Fluency in English in required.
• Arabic is an asset.

Skills:

• Knowledge of RC Movement’s CVA tools and guidance.
• Knowledge of use of CVA modalities to achieve health related outcomes.
• Ability to design cash grants keeping in view beneficiary needs and financial barriers.
• Knowledge of feedback and response mechanism, including appropriate methods of recipient communication and channels.

Personal Qualifications:

• Ability to work towards achieving objectives and results.
• Ability to deliver emergency projects of 6 months duration.
• Ability to work with partners and support capacity enhancement and trainings
• Ability to convince and gain acceptance
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Ability to be solution oriented

Reporting to:  

Deputy Regional Representative, MENA

Position is based in:

Beirut, Lebanon with frequent travel across MENA Regiona

Contract length:

12 months’ contract

Why should you apply?

• Meaningful: You`ll be a part of the world's largest humanitarian organization, reaching the most vulnerable people in their local community. 
• Impact: You will help National Societies in the region to become strong, self-sustained and accountable humanitarian actors.
• Career: You will be connected to an international organization with staff based all over the world
• A great place to work: You will work in a multicultural environment with hard-working, dedicated and fun colleagues with a strong culture of collaboration, continual improvement, and celebration of wins.

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