Food And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations Tender

Tenders are invited for Humanitarian cash and voucher assistance specialist (2102201) Tasks and responsibilities The Cash and Voucher Assistance Specialist will: • Provide strategic, programming, technical and operational support and backstopping to the development, timely implementation and monitoring-evaluation of FAO Decentralized Offices’ projects and programmes involving the use of Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA), ensuring high operational standards and compliance with FAO rules and regulations; • Undertake missions (including possible long-term deployments) to provide technical and operational support on CVA to FAO Decentralized Offices at all steps of the project cycle; • Provide timely support to FAO Decentralized Offices in various processes required for the implementation of CVA modalities, including, but not limited to: market assessments, feasibility analysis, partnerships, capacity development and training, beneficiary selection and registration, identification and deployment of Management Information System (MIS) solutions, development of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), identification, procurement and contracting of financial services, monitoring, impact evaluation, complaints and feedback mechanisms, etc., including by regularly liaising with relevant HQ divisions, teams and units; • As per the relevant FAO Manual Sections, undertake review and prepare feasibility clearances of project documents envisaging the use of CVA modalities; • Contribute to capacity development and training on CVA by developing new modules and delivering face-to-face and virtual training to FAO Decentralized Offices staff and partners; • Regularly collaborate with OER-HQ, regional and sub-regional teams, particularly related to Management Information Systems; Capacity Development; Monitoring-Evaluation-Accountability-Learning; Knowledge Management and Learning; Country Support; Anticipatory Action; Social Protection and others; • Identify and document CVA-related good practices which have a potential to enhance the quality of FAO’s interventions and support their dissemination and potential adoption, replication and standardization by other Decentralized Offices; • Lead and/or support the development of relevant technical tools, notes, briefs and guidelines; • Perform other relevant duties as required. Expected outputs • In-country (including possible long-term deployments) and remote strategic, programming, technical and operational support and backstopping to FAO Decentralized Offices implementing Cash and Voucher Assistance modalities delivered; • Project ideas, concept notes, proposals and project documents involving Cash and Voucher Assistance modalities regularly developed, reviewed, improved and cleared; • Capacity development and training on Cash and Voucher Assistance developed and delivered to FAO Decentralized Offices staff and partners; • Good practices identified and documented and related technical tools, note FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS,