Economic Recovery Officer - Maiduguri

About the role

The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is recruiting a National Economic Recovery Officer for Maiduguri, supervised by the Economic Recovery Team Leader and reporting to them. The role supports Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) and complementary nutrition activities by ensuring accurate beneficiary targeting, secure and transparent cash distribution and adherence to humanitarian principles. It is a 4-month national contract.

Key responsibilities

• Work with the EcRec assistant during prepaid card distribution, ensuring accurate beneficiary identification and adherence to protocols.
• Screen, select and verify beneficiaries using developed targeting criteria, and facilitate CVA (unconditional and conditional cash grants).
• Provide on-site support during cash withdrawal events, including crowd control, troubleshooting and coordination with financial service providers.
• Teach beneficiaries how to use prepaid cards, including PIN setup and withdrawals.
• Manage the cash distribution process, report security incidents and protection concerns, and coordinate with stakeholders.
• Deliver food security guidance and conduct training and sensitisation on complementary nutrition, including malnutrition monitoring, screening and referral pathways.
• Coordinate planning, supervision and monitoring of training and awareness activities, and maintain supporting documentation.
• Organise intercommunal dialogue activities and social cohesion initiatives, and track participants in an Excel sheet.
• Work with the monitoring team on qualitative and quantitative monitoring, internal evaluations and reporting, and represent DRC in working groups and interagency workshops when requested.

Required profile

• At least 1 year of experience in Cash and Voucher Assistance programming; experience in food assistance programming is essential.
• Desirable: previous experience with humanitarian agencies, with hosts, returnees and displaced populations, and in community sensitisation.
• 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 programmes, preferably in cash-based interventions, with field-level experience in remote areas.
• Fluency in English and the local languages of the area of operation.

Required skills

• Basic computer literacy, especially Excel and data collection tools such as Kobo and ODK.
• 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.