ERD Assistant

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The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you're a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future. 1. Context The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises and helps people survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the behest of Albert Einstein, IRC provides lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee war or disaster. Present today in more than 40 countries, we are restoring safety, dignity and hope for millions of crises affected people who struggle to survive. IRC's mission is to help people whose lives and livelihoods are disrupted by conflict or disaster to survive, recover, and take charge of their future. ````````` IRC began operations in Cameroon in 2016 to meet some of the growing needs of people affected by Boko Haram-related violence in the country's Far North. Assistance to displaced populations extends across the Far North, notably Mayo Sava, Mayo Tsanaga and Logone & Chari, by providing assistance to increase access to water and improve hygiene practices in the displaced communities and vulnerable hosts, cash support programs to enable poor families to meet basic needs and improve food security, and protection programs, particularly by meeing the specific needs of women and girls. The coordination office is in Yaoundé with field bases in Maroua and Kousseri. Following the growing crisis in the Northwest and South West regions of Cameroon, IRC expanded its operations to the South West region in August 2018 and the North West region in December 2019. IRC provides vital humanitarian assistance to internally displaced populations, with a field base in Buea, Kumba and Bamenda. IRC Cameroon is committed as expressed in its strategic action plan 2022, to continue providing essential humanitarian services, emphasizing on the need for secured communities and ensuring that affected populations can meet their basic needs and do not resort to negative coping mechanisms. 2. Summary The ERD Cash and Livelihoods Assistant position plays a central role in the implementation of Multipurpose Cash Assistance (MPCA) and Income Generation Assistance (IGA/livelihoods) programming in Manyu Division, South West Region. The post focuses primarily on supporting referral cases - households identified by protection case management and community structures in Nchang and Mamfe Central protection communities (Mamfe Central Sub-Division) and Kembong (Eyumojock Sub-Division) - who are referred into ERD programming for MPCA and livelihood support. The ERD Assistant will spend most of his/her time in the field: identifying and verifying referred clients, establishing and maintaining relationships with co munity authorities and referral partners, overseeing community mobilisation, supporting the selection and registration of eligible beneficiaries through a participatory and protection-sensitive approach, supervising MPCA distributions, supporting IGA business plan development and monitoring, managing feedback and complaints, and providing regular narrative and data reports to the ERD Senior Officer NWSW. 3. Intervention zone The position is based in Mamfe, Manyu Division, with field interventions primarily in Nchang community (Mamfe Central Sub- Division) and Kembong community (Eyumojock Sub-Division). Interventions are centred on protection case management referrals to MPCA and IGA livelihoods support. Other communities within Manyu Division may be added based on programme needs and access. 4. Responsabilities Coordinate with protection case management teams, community leaders, and partner organisations to receive, verify, and process referral cases from Nchang and Kembong communities for MPCA and IGA livelihoods support; ensure that referred clients meet eligibility criteria and are registered into the beneficiary database with accurate and complete information. Ensure daily activities on the field are according to the IRC 's standards, Maintain open and professional relationships with the team members, promote team spirit, and provide oversight and direction to enable supervisors effectively perform their duties. Participate in raising awareness of the main stakeholders, local authorities, partners, communities and targeted households on the objectives of current projec

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