Economic Recovery Officer

Economic Recovery Officer

About the Role

The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) is seeking an Economic Recovery Officer to support cash and voucher assistance, food assistance, agricultural input distributions, and nutrition activities, helping strengthen beneficiaries’ livelihoods.

Key Responsibilities

• Screen, select, and verify beneficiaries according to project criteria.
• Support cash and voucher assistance, food distributions, and nutrition activities.
• Coordinate cash distributions, logistics, vendors, and community volunteers.
• Monitor market prices and provide guidance on food security and nutrition.
• Conduct beneficiary follow-ups, post-distribution monitoring, and feedback sessions.
• Maintain accurate records and prepare field updates and programme reports.
• Coordinate with local authorities, NGOs, community leaders, and other stakeholders.
• Support monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and donor reporting.
• Ensure protection, inclusion, and do-no-harm principles are followed.
• Build the capacity of Economic Recovery Assistants and perform other assigned duties.

Requirements

• University degree in Agriculture, Social Sciences, Economics, Business Studies, Languages, or a related field.

• At least 2 years of hands-on experience in Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) programming.

• Experience in food assistance programming and humanitarian settings involving displaced populations.

• Practical experience in beneficiary targeting, registration, and post-distribution monitoring.

• Strong knowledge of protection, accountability to affected populations (AAP), and do-no-harm principles.

• Additional Advantages

• Knowledge of the North-West Nigeria context.

• Fluency in Hausa and English.

• Good IT skills, especially Microsoft Office.