Cash and Basic Needs Manager
IRC
Total years of experience :9 years, 5 Months
Development of concept notes and proposals including budgets, log frames and other relevant documents, such as assessment reports.
Remotely managed IRC’s cash programs in Northwest Syria, providing daily management support and guidance to field teams to ensure high-quality programing
Develop detailed project work plans aligning with donor timelines, targets and follows IRC Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for cash programming.
Prepared detailed program activity, procurement and spending plans well in advance of program activities while ensuring strong cross-departmental coordination, particularly with finance, supply chain and the MEAL teams.
Initiated and follows the procurement process for relevant project items including cash transfer fees, vehicle rentals, distribution items, and cash for work tools and materials provision.
Actively lead in developing and implementing assessments for cash programming to identify opportunities to develop, expand, and improve current and future projects.
Provided input into the design, beneficiaries’ identification and selection approach ensuring accountability and transparency.
Provided expert efforts into the design of project monitoring and evaluation tools, including rapid needs assessments, registration forms, baseline assessments, and end line assessments.
Ensured that key protection principles and key gender, age and disability principles are mainstreamed into the program cycle.
Represented IRC at relevant cluster meetings including the Cash-Based Response Technical Working Group, FSL and Early Recovery Clusters and external workshops with donors.
Designed and conducted staff capacity development strategies for remote and internal staff members in relevant finesses after selective recruitment and ongoing coaching and mentoring, followed with staff performance issues identification and resolution.
Provided a measurable development plan including on-the-job learning with the aim of strengthening technical capacity, exchanging knowledge within the team and providing guidance on career paths.
Trained staff to conduct and implement high-quality assessment including focus group discussions and key informant interviews.
Projects study and assessment reports to ensure program are well-grounded and based on participatory input from field staff and potential project beneficiaries.
Reviewed all post distribution monitoring (PDM) and monitoring reports, shares results with the field team and direct supervisor to support program improvements.
Liaised with other agencies to identify needs and gaps in Syria and prevent overlap and duplication of services.
Developed the regional programs in order to reach timely program goals on time and within budget.
Obtained a comprehensive overview of the situational context by carrying out market analyses and assessments, liaising
with suppliers, staff and banks.
Managed all contracts, relationships and MOUs for the regional office.
Helped in planning future cash programming by scheduling field operations efforts.
Coordinated household visits by field staff for the assessment of household conditions used for beneficiary selection
criteria.
Participated in monitoring and evaluation activities, as well as helped collect field stories.
Worked closely with the Project Manager for the development of new projects.
Planned and facilitated cash or voucher distributions and trainings on platforms for distributions.
Created ODK forms for surveys of beneficiary households, in line with best practices of MEDAIR’s existing cash programs in
the Middle East Region.
Trained enumerators and other staff to use household vulnerability assessments.
Maintained and analyzed databases for selection of beneficiaries, reporting and for monitoring and evaluation.
Tracked the payment of transfers using bank reports and prepared the charges of following payments to beneficiaries.
Prepared reports and up to date status of beneficiary selection and payments received, used for official reporting.
Promoted technology to improve aid delivery.
Liaised and developed respectful relationships with other NGOs, UN agencies, local authority structures and other
stakeholders through attending working groups and other meetings as requested to ensure coordinated activities with
other humanitarian actors.
Ensured cross check of lists of potential beneficiaries with other agencies to avoid overlap with other programs.
Liaised with beneficiaries and host community as required on the procedures related to the delivery of cash or voucher
assistance and be available to answer to related questions and concerns.
Provides psychosocial support to refugees and STD patients.
Provides orientation and sensitization on STDs and its effects.
Regularly checks the received refugees and especially women for STDs and other transmitted diseases.
CARITAS
INFORMAL EDUCATION
Settlements, Resettlements and reconciliation cycles.
Focal point for the communications between the stake holders (Banks, Companies, Etc.)
Day to day payments operations (refunds, reversed payments, Etc.)
Contracting and clients administrative procedures.
System Management and business development solutions related to the
CASH BASED INTERVENTION
Managed the Cash Vouchers (ATM Cards) through the Cash based interventions projects.
Responsible for communication with cash recipients’ focal point.
Dealt with Urgent Cash Assistance (including Protection Cash), Cash for Health, Cash for Education, Winterization projects
distribution and operations of UNHCR and the regular monthly financial assistances.
Prepared the monthly financial dashboards, 3RP reports, Cash projection reports in addition to any customized report and
request.
Monitored, evaluated, and handled corrective measures to cash assistance.
Troubleshot and followed up on IRIS scans and ATM distribution issues as CCF focal point.
Attended UNHCR’s refugee-community representative meetings when needed.
Oriented and trained unit staff on the modalities and technicalities.
Handled reconciliation processes with the local bank.
Arranged visits for high profile visits to local bank branches and facilitate demonstration of assistance withdrawal. Work
closely with ER and Program offices.
MADFOOATCOM (E-FAWATEERCOM
Performing AS/400 Administration tasks such as: managing User accounts, monitoring job logs, managing save and restore
procedures.
Administrating MIMIX application (data replication system)
Writing SQL queries and jobs in DB2
Executing End-of-Day (EOD) cycle for the Core Banking application.
Managing the Core Banking System backups (daily, monthly, before/after O.S releases) in confirmation with the published
IT Policies and Procedures.
Comprehensive treatment for each daily and weekly financial transaction depending on IBM AS/400.
Administrating AS/400 MQ Series Mangers and Channels for ATM On-line and Checks Clearing Application.
Preparing new fixes testing scenarios for critical systems such as the ATM On-line Service.
Creating new subsystems.
Restoring the daily backup.
Developing Core Banking Systems using AS 400 Programing.
Developing Core Banking Systems using OutSystems platform programming.
Designing reports and dynamic reports as outcomes from the AS/400 platform using Interform tool.
Core banking systems analytical Knowledge.
’s External Relations focal point for the operations.
Managed, trained and built their capacity of the team for sustainability.
Planned, managed and followed-up on local AIESEC events.
Responsible for AIESEC’s Social Media and Online Marketing.
Business and financial development of operations.
External Relations and Communication focal point with the high profiled customers.
Business growth and development on a strategic level.
Marketing and Branding planning and budgeting.
Online marketing materials design.
Social Media and Online Marketing Focal Point.
Budgeting and Financial Development.
AIESEC
Silverlight and XNA development.
WP7 applications graphic design.
Basics in KINECT development.
Made an innovative applications such as “FUNIMALS”, which is an application that conducts new methods on teaching kids
the alphabets and the animals.