The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was created in
1950, during the aftermath of the Second World War, to help millions of
Europeans who had fled or lost their homes. We had three years to
complete our work and then disband. Today, over 65 years later, our
organization is still hard at work, protecting and assisting refugees
around the world.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Cash-Based Interventions (CBI) Consultant, Nigeria Operation
Job ID: #1689861
Location: Maiduguri, Nigeria
Terms of Reference: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Sector/Unit: Cash-Based Interventions Section
Contract Type: Consultancy
Duration: 2 months (Phase I), with the possibility of 2 month extension (Phase II) dependent upon funding approval
General Background
While the overall security situation in North-East Nigeria remains
volatile, the operational context has significantly evolved in recent
months with intensified military operations by the Government resulting
in improvements to humanitarian access in Borno and Yobe states. UNHCR
has already carried out several protection assessments in newly
liberated LGAs and begun to deliver interventions in Bama, Damboa, Dikwa
and Monguno LGAs. Assessment data indicates that an additional 488,000
highly vulnerable individuals will require protection and assistance
from UNHCR between now and December 2016. These trends are likely to
continue into 2017.
In response, UNHCR is scaling up operations with an emphasis on; (a)
reinforcing protection coordination through national and decentralized
Protection Sector Working Groups (b) strengthening community-based
protection through vulnerability screening, response and advocacy (c)
improving camp coordination and camp management in newly liberated areas
in partnership with existing stakeholders (d) increasing
protection-sensitive assistance in the sectors of shelter and NFI,
specifically through the provision of transitional shelter and
distribution of essential household items (e) reducing recourse to
negative coping strategies and stimulating livelihoods through
cash-based interventions. In addition, UNHCR will continue to respond to
the refugee dimension of the crisis in North-East Nigeria through the
provision of protection, reception services and assistance to returning
refugees currently estimated at 75,000.
Given the severity of the crisis in the North-East, UNHCR is currently
providing assistance to IDPs, vulnerable individuals within host
communities and returning refugees within camps and host communities
based on vulnerability screening data. To date, assistance in all
sectors of intervention have largely focused on the provision of in-kind
assistance through direct or partner implementation. It should
nevertheless be noted that other actors, specifically WFP, have
undertaken feasibility studies and are in the process of rolling-out
large-scale cash-based interventions in North-East with an emphasis on
Borno and Yobe states.
UNHCR Nigeria would like to explore opportunities for initiating
cash-based interventions in the sectors of shelter, NFI and livelihoods,
as well as exploring the feasibility of multi-purpose cash grants for
highly vulnerable households. In the medium-term, UNHCR Nigeria will be
considering how to link emergency assistance to recovery and development
and therefore the role MPGs could play in facilitating durable
solutions for reintegration of returning refugees and IDPs could also be
of interest.
As a result, Nigeria country operation is looking for a CBI expert to
build the capacity of the office in assessing the feasibility and
designing cash-based interventions with a view to guiding programme
design and implementation in North-East Nigeria. The CBI expert will
work closely with the sub office-office in Maiduguri, while coordinating
closely with the Abuja Branch Office. Initial CBI assessments and
capacity building will particularly focus on the North-East region,
specifically Borno state where needs are greatest.
Scope of work and reporting structure
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