Tracking Code

4761-689

Job Description

Project Coordinator – Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA)

 

Save The Children is a global non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring every child has the opportunity to grow up healthy, educated, and safe. With a presence in over 120 countries, we work tirelessly to provide children with a brighter future. Join us in making a lasting impact on the lives of the most vulnerable.

 

Working at Save the Children is more than just a job, it’s the feeling of knowing that your work is contributing to making Vanuatu and the world a better place for children and working with others who feel the same. Benefits include:

 

• Personalized learning plans and internal development opportunities to support your career growth

• A child-friendly work environment, including child friendly spaces in every office

• Attractive salary package from VUV 2,500,629 to VUV 3,500,883

• Comprehensive benefits, including:
  • Full Medical Insurance Coverage
  • Generous leave allowances including 20 Day Annual leave, 21 Days Sick and carer’s leave, 14 Weeks Maternity leave and10 Days paternity leave
  • Domestic violence aware organisation, including 10 days domestic violence leave
  • Home leave allowance

 

Where you come in:

 

As part of Save the Children’s commitment to supporting communities affected by disasters and in the aftermath of the 17 December Earthquake affecting Shefa Province, the Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) Coordinator will work closely with the Response and Recovery Manager to lead and implement cash programming initiatives during the earthquake response and recovery period. This role ensures that CVA activities align with Save the Children’s standards and donor requirements while addressing the needs of affected families and communities.

 

You will make an impact by:

 

· Strategy Development: Collaborate with the Response and Recovery Manager and Regional Cash Technical Advisor to create a tailored cash response strategy for immediate and long-term recovery.

· Program Design & Implementation: Design and implement inclusive cash transfer programs aligned with Recovery Committee objectives and community needs.

· Operational Coordination: Work with financial teams to manage registration, verification, disbursement, and post-monitoring processes.

· Risk & Compliance: Identify risks in CVA programming and ensure adherence to safety protocols and donor guidelines.

· Team Leadership: Support a project officer through coaching, KPI monitoring, and capacity-building; conduct regular check-ins and meetings.

· Partnerships & Coordination: Coordinate with the Recovery Operations Centre, NDM, Cash Working Group, and financial service providers to ensure effective CVA delivery.

· MEAL & Reporting: Collect data, document lessons learned and provide progress updates to CMT and SMT; ensure donor compliance and accountability.

· Child Safeguarding: Uphold child protection policies and promptly address any safety concerns.

 

Does this sound like you?

 

You have project and operation management and coordination skills, strong understanding of program implementation, excited to learn, adhere to policies & guidelines and able to work in a flexible and high achieving team.

 

This role requires:

 

• Prior experience with cash and voucher assistance (CVA) preferred but not essential

• Tertiary qualification at an undergraduate or diploma level

• Minimum 3 years’ work experience

• Program management experience preferred, within the NGO or Government sectors also preferred but not required.

• Excellent planning, coordination, and organizational abilities.

• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to produce clear, concise reports.

• Ability to multi-task, work under pressure and to meet tight deadlines, responsive to external requests and strong team player.

• Effective communication and networking skills to engage diverse stakeholders.

• Ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment and work under pressure.

• Familiarity with Save the Children’s values, child safeguarding policies, and commitment to child rights.

• Willingness to travel widely in Shefa Province to support field teams

 

Sound interesting?

 

We’d love to hear from you. Please submit your resume and cover letter via link provided, by 17^th January 2025. We welcome and thank all applications, however due to the anticipated volume of submissions, only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

 

Save the Children Australia is a child-safe organisation. All employees are required to undergo a National Police Check and sign our Child Safeguarding Policy, PSEAH policy and Code of Conduct.

 

At Save the Children, we seek a workforce that is as diverse as our society – in ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, cultures and beliefs – and reflects the communities we work in. We believe diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and core values and we demonstrate this commitment through all our employment practices. Our inclusive workplace culture contributes to making Save the Children a great place to work.

 

Job Location

Port Vila, Shéfa, Vanuatu

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: No requirements