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Cash Coordinator

Uganda - Kampala office
Full-time
Fixed-term
5,683,580 - 7,778,714 Sh per month

About the role

2. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
2.1 Cash for Protection Programme Coordination
The Coordinator will:
  • Lead the planning and coordination of Cash for Protection activities across the consortium.
  • Develop and maintain a Cash for Protection implementation plan.
  • Ensure consistency in Cash for Protection approaches, tools and procedures 
  • Track progress against Cash for Protection targets and agreed milestones.
  • Ensure that Cash for Protection is appropriately integrated into the broader protection response.
  • Participate in relevant programme coordination and technical meetings.
2.2 Cash for protection technical leadership
The Coordinator will provide technical guidance on the design and delivery of Cash for Protection interventions, including:
  • Ensure that cash assistance is based on clearly identified and documented protection risks.
  • Support development and application of appropriate eligibility and vulnerability criteria.
  • Ensure that referrals for Cash for Protection are assessed using agreed protection and cash vulnerability criteria.
  • Promote transparent, objective and consistent beneficiary selection processes.
  • Ensure that targeting does not expose individuals or households to additional protection risks.
  • Ensure that inclusion and accessibility considerations are incorporated into targeting.
  • Establishing clear referral pathways between case management and Cash for Protection.
  • Supporting case workers to identify cases where cash may contribute to addressing an identified protection risk.
  • Ensuring that cash decisions are documented within appropriate case management processes.
2.3 Cash assistance delivery
The Coordinator will oversee the safe and effective delivery of cash assistance, including:
  • Coordination with Finance and relevant financial service providers.
  • Verification of approved beneficiaries before payment.
  • Ensuring appropriate payment mechanisms are used.
  • Monitoring payment processes.
  • Identifying and resolving payment-related challenges.
  • Supporting mechanisms to minimise duplication and fraud.
  • Ensuring beneficiaries receive clear information regarding payment amounts, timing and procedures.
  • Ensuring appropriate documentation of payments.
  • Monitoring access barriers affecting persons with disabilities, older persons and other vulnerable groups.
  • Supporting contingency arrangements where payment mechanisms fail.
  • Support in conducting Post distribution Monitoring
The Coordinator will work closely with finance teams and partners while maintaining appropriate segregation of duties and internal controls.
 

How to Apply

Please include a CV of not more than 2 pages and a motivation letter of 1 page

About us

The War Child Alliance 

The War Child Alliance Foundation is an international non-governmental organisation (NGO) committed to supporting children affected by armed conflict. We work alongside partners, governments, educators, caregivers and communities to strengthen children’s wellbeing and learning, protect them from harm, and ensure that war does not define their futures.

Central to our approach are evidence-based methodologies, using research and learning from thirty years of experience to build evidence of what works and expand effective approaches across different contexts.

Our global teams work across different countries and regions, bringing together expertise and experience from diverse contexts. War Child currently operates in Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Jordan, Lebanon, the occupied Palestinian territory, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, Uganda, Ukraine, and Yemen. We also have Member Alliance offices in Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and Children in Conflict in the US. https://www.warchild.net/


Safeguarding and Integrity
Our work with children and at-risk adults to keep them safe is the most important thing we do. We are committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults in all areas of our work. We have zero tolerance for any behaviours and practices that puts children and/or vulnerable adults at risk of abuse and/or harm. All (prospective) employees will be expected to be compliant with and sign up to our Child Safeguarding policy, our Code of Conduct and PSEA: Adults at Risk Policy. You can find the Child Safeguarding and Adults at Risk policy here: Integrity & Safeguarding - Home
 
Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) and Belonging (DEIB)
We value diversity and inclusion and are committed to ensuring that all our people and job applicants are treated fairly, irrespective of where, what or whom they were born, or of other characteristics. We want to offer a safe and inclusive workplace where all our people, especially those who are currently marginalised or underrepresented, can be themselves at work.