Cash Based Transfers (CBT) Assurance Officer, NOA

Programme & Policy

Overview

Support corporate assurance controls for cash-based transfers.

You have:

• Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field.
• 1 year or more of relevant progressive work experience in database management and data analysis.
• Fluency (level C) in both French and English.
• Proven experience with relational databases and query authoring with SQL/PostgreSQL.
• Experience using visualization tools (Tableau, Qlikview, etc) and setting up dashboards.
• Familiarity with Python, Pandas, Jupyter notebooks, ETL tools, data warehousing (AWS), and business intelligence concepts is desirable.
• Experience and/or familiarity in the humanitarian or financial services sector is desirable.
• Mature judgement and experience working in a multicultural environment.

🚩 Vacancy Announcement n°: 168203

✨Grade: National Officer (NO-A)

📢 Job Title: CBT Assurance Officer

📌Type of Contract: Fixed-Term

➡️ Unit / Division: Programme Support Unit

⭐Location: Regional Bureau for Western Africa (RBD)

📍 Duty Station: Dakar, Senegal

⚡️ Duration: 1 year renewable

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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

Where markets and the financial sector are functioning, Cash Based Transfers (CBTs) can be an effective path to achieve food security and nutrition outcomes. The World Food Programme (WFP) uses CBTs to empower people with choice to address their essential needs in local markets, while also helping to boost these markets. In 2020, WFP transferred US$2.1 billion of purchasing power, which represented 37 percent of WFP’s total assistance portfolio for the year.

In the RBD region, cash-based transfers represent an increasing share of WFP’s total humanitarian assistance with a record high USD 277 million transferred to beneficiaries in 2021. CBT represents 33% of the region’s total portfolio with 18 country offices utilizing CBT in their operations. In 2021 a new regional strategy for CBT was formally adopted, guiding the cross-functional work within the bureau to further support and enhance CBT across the region.

One of the cornerstones of the Regional CBT Strategy is to ensure that CBTs are delivered in an assured manner. To do this it requires that WFP deploys and maintains a series of analytical systems and tools to complete automated data collection and analysis, which can be used for reporting and anomaly detection. The CBT Assurance Officer will be responsible for serving as the key liaison point with the COs to support them in meeting all corporate assurance thresholds and the main interlocutor with the HQ Assurance team on the implementation of corporate cash and assurance systems and tools across the region.

In this role, the CBT Assurance Officer will provide direct support to COs to meet the corporate assurance controls and develop Assurance Action Plans. The CBT Assurance Officer will also help guide COs on the corporate systems and tools they can use to meet the assurance controls. To monitor the region’s progress to meeting the assurance thresholds the Officer will maintain a series of regional Assurance and Reconciliation dashboards. The CBT Assurance Officer will also be expected to support on other data analysis needs such as data cleaning and deduplication.

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

Under the overall direction and guidance of the Regional CBT Programme Policy Officer, and in line with WFP corporate strategy, guidance materials and standards for CBT, the CBT Assurance Officer, will have the following main responsibilities:

1. Support COs in meeting the corporate assurance controls and drafting assurance action plans.
2. Oversee the quarterly Regional Assurance and Reconciliation Dashboards and ensure timely follow-up.
3. Work jointly with the RBD CBT and DAS teams following the regional SoPs for CBT and In-Kind Digitization to support COs in identifying the systems and tools they will leverage to ensure their CBT assurance in in line with corporate requirements.
4. When COs identify to use the HQ Cash Services, work jointly with the HQ based DAT team to onboard Country Offices (CO) onto the DAT platform for automated reconciliation. This will include helping to perform data mapping and training staff in COs.
5. Serve as the main regional focal point with the DAT team in HQ.
6. Act as the first line of support for all COs in the region for the DAT platform helping with any questions, resolving simple issues, and escalating issues when needed to HQ.
7. Establish and maintain other regional CBT dashboards as requested.
8. When needed, support in performing data cleaning and deduplication.
9. Support on the annual ACR processes of ensuring reconciliation between WINGS and COMET.
10. Support in the creation of data visualisations and other outputs for regional cash reporting.
11. Other duties, as required.

DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT:

1. Maintain the RBD Assurance and Reconciliation Dashboards.
2. Support COs on meeting the key assurance control and provide guidance in the drafting of CO Assurance Action Plans.
3. Train CO staff on how to utilize the DAT platform.
4. Maintain the RBD Assurance Dashboard.
5. Perform data cleaning and deduplication when needed.
6. Support regional cash reporting

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Education:

Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field.

Experience:

1 year or more of relevant progressive work experience in database management and data analysis. Proven experience in managing relational databases with upwards of 1 million rows of data.

Knowledge & Skills:

Database management and analysis. Proven experience with relational databases and query authoring with SQL/PostgreSQL. Experience using visualization tools (Tableau, Qlikview, etc) and setting up dashboards. Familiarity with python, Pandas, Jupyter notebooks, ETL tools, data warehousing (AWS), and business intelligence concepts is desirable. Experience and/or familiarity in the humanitarian or financial services sector is desirable. Mature judgement and experience working in a multicultural environment.

Languages:

Fluency (level C) in both French and English.

Deadline for application: 20 July 2022.

This position is open to Senegalese nationals only. Qualified female applicants are especially encouraged to apply.

WFP has zero-tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate based on race, sex, color, ethnic group, age, sexual orientation, other affiliation, or HIV/AIDS status.

No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.

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