Regional Cash and Voucher Assistance CVA Specialist

Strategic CVA programming:

1. Continue technical support to UNFPA Arab States country offices that are in the process of planning or implementing CVA programming;
2. Organize and execute two missions for CVA support in Somalia and Yemen (as requested in the 2024 technical, operational and programmatic -TOPs) and be available for rapid deployment if needed;
3. Prepare and roll out the regional cash in GBV case management training

In addition, ad hoc support may be required to:

• Support the internal UNFPA Arab States Regional CVA Community of Practice in coordination with the Global CVA Specialist in order to maintain a cohesive regional CVA strategy for UNFPA and share learning, in line with its mandate.
• Lead or support strategic partnerships with UN sister agencies, common cash platforms, and relevant coordination bodies to build upon existing structures and to reach appropriate scale.
• Ensure that CVA modalities are included, to the extent possible, in UNFPA preparedness and response planning and, ensure consideration and feasibility analysis of CVA (operational, partnership, capacity) in new or scaled-up UNFPA programming.
• Contribute to regional and country office CVA programme development and resource mobilization
• Lead CVA-related internal and donor reporting requirements for the region.
• Lead CVA related knowledge management products, dissemination, and roll out.
• Support inter-agency coordination mechanisms on CVA such as GBV and CVA task forces; CVA and health. Coordinate as appropriate with the UNFPAGlobal Emergency Response Teams with regard to GBV risk mitigation in CVA / MPCA. Lead and maintain strong relations with partners and country/ regional entities and represent UNFPA in CVA coordination.
• Support regional and country based monitoring, evaluation and evidence-based learning to inform CVA programme development based oneroll out of a sound monitoring process for CVA, with proper collection, use and monitoring of baselines, standards and indicators needed to measure and analyze performance.