Cash and Market Officer

World Vision International (WVI) began emergency relief operations in Afghanistan in 2001 by addressing the urgent needs of children and families affected by natural disasters and decades of conflict. More than a decade later, World Vision Afghanistan’s (WVA) programs have expanded to development sectors such as health, nutrition, WASH, child protection, and education, empowering women to engage in civil and social change through interfaith partnership.

WVA targets the most vulnerable in its interventions; including children, women, Internally Displace Persons (IDPs), and returnee refugees, as well as the most impoverished and marginalized families. These priorities have been chosen to contribute to our Goal of: “Improved survival and well-being of Afghan girls and boys, building the foundations for a better future for Afghan children and their communities.” 

Our work is well established in Herat, Badghis, Ghor, and Faryab provinces in the western region of Afghanistan. We work closely with all levels of society including children, parents, teachers, village councils, religious leaders, ministries, provincial departments, and other national and international agencies.

Job Purpose

The Cash and Markets Officer (CMO) leads the design and implementation of Cash-Based Interventions (CBI) and financial inclusion initiatives within Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL) programs. This role involves conducting thorough market assessments to ensure the relevance and feasibility of multipurpose cash distributions, while managing the transparent selection, verification, and registration of beneficiary households in close collaboration with the MEAL unit. The CMS develops comprehensive cash assistance plans that include risk management strategies and coordinates closely with financial service providers to ensure effective cash delivery. Additionally, the supervisor supports community empowerment through participatory disaster risk management and promotes sustainable market linkages to enhance the livelihoods of program participants.

Project Implementation and Technical Quality Assurance:

• Participate, and lead in Cash Voucher Assistance feasibility and Delivery mechanisms Assessments 
• Participate, and lead in Markets Assessment and monthly price monitoring
• Participate in review. update and development of CVA standard operating Procedures (SoPs) and ensure New Project staff are inducted and oriented on the use of SoP
• Participate in Cash Voucher Assistance baselines surveys and vulnerability assessment with MEAL unit to identify the vulnerable households for cash assistance.
• Lead in Cash programme beneficiary selection, beneficiary verification and beneficiary registration with MEAL unit
• Lead CBDRM and Conditional Cash Assistance projects
• Lead on Saving for Transformation groups establishment and functioning
• Lead and attend exhibitions in communities, districts, provincial, national and international level 
• Support financial literacy and business planning development, including but not limited to capacity building and market linkages etc
• Support WVA HIRO in receiving and inputting the beneficiary data into the LMMS, issuing beneficiary ration cards, generating BDLs and reports.
• Participate in design and print food ration cards for cash assistance for selected beneficiaries based on WV policy.
• Prepare cash assistance plans, take the necessary approvals from various units including FSL Field Program Coordinator/Manager, security manager and zone manager, and submit to Supply Chain unit for further process with the financial service provider (FSP).
• Participate in conduct gender-sensitive market assessment of target areas for cash distributions to identify existing markets and women’s market access.
• Implement all cash distribution-related activities under Food security and livelihoods and Nutrition sectors. 
• Coordinate closely with the project manager to ensure timely implementation of the project activities and get readiness for timely distribution of cash for the target communities.
• Ensure that all cash distribution process and activities are in line with WVA endorsed SOPs and procedures.
• Ensure that proper community development practices and “Do No Harm” practices are incorporated and upheld throughout the implementation of the project.
• Provide regular updates to FSL Field Program Coordinator/Manager, FSL Sector Lead and Cash and GIK unit on all project activities including beneficiary selection, verification and cash distribution.
• Travel regularly to all project sites to ensure proper implementation and quality of project activities and prepare cash distribution plan-based completion percentage of the work.
• Conducting coordination meeting with community elders and line departments on cash distribution activities.
• Conduct regular meeting with local whole seller and retailers.
• Conduct market linkage between Community and local Provincial and zonal market.
•  Maintain excellent working relations with project stakeholder, partners and other contractors.
• Ensure project activities and hiring of the labours are in compliance with government rules and regulations.
• Raise and submit PRFs for selection of cash distribution contractor and contribute in selection if contractor.
• Represent the WV in cash and voucher working groups meetings in the provincial level.
• Ensure project activities follow government rules and regulations.
• Submission of monthly cash requests for project operations
• Ensure proper filling in a way that can be audited.
• Other tasks assigned by the FSL Field Program Coordinator/Manager.

Reporting planning, Monitoring and Evaluation and supervision

• Submission of monthly cash requests for project operations
• Responsible to provide daily reconciliation report and monthly distribution report to FSL Field Program Coordinator/Manager and Cash Food and GIK units. 
• Ensure cash distributed to the selected beneficiary-based identification cards (LMMS or Paper cards) according to project criteria.
• Prevent for any fraud, corruption of allocated distributions to project beneficiaries.
• Provide supervision to CBFs and any guidance need for the performance.

• Other

• Adhere to WV Child and Adult Safeguarding policy and standards
• Adhere to WV accountability standards

• To be aware and prepared to implement WV Afghanistan Humanitarian and Emergency Affairs plan under the context of urban and rural interventions

• KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND EXPERIENCERequired Education, training, license, registration, and/or Certification
  • A bachelor's degree in accounting, economics, management, marketing, agriculture and /or social science.
  • Master's degree is preferred
  • Post – graduation Studies on CBI, Financial Inclusion, and Marketing is a plus
•  Required Professional Experience
  • At least two years of experience working with NGOs in Cash, Food and Voucher Programming, and financial inclusion, marketing, CBDRM etc
  • Experience in Integrated project models and area-based programming is a plus
  • Experience in Saving schemes and other financial inclusion schemes is a plus
• Required Language(s)
  • Dari, Pashtu
  • English is a plus
• Required travel and/or work environment accommodations
  • Ability and willingness to travel domestically
  • Position will be based in one of the Zonal Offices but with 80% of field activities
• Position’s physical requirements
  • Being in good health and physical conditions, and able to travel
•  Preferred Experience, Knowledge and/or other Qualifications
  • Knowledge and ability and cash and voucher programming, financial inclusion, and CBDRM
  • Ability to work in a team environment.
  • Ability to travel to all districts of targeted Province (where applicable).
  • Strong monitoring skills.
  • Communication skills and knowledge of local communities.
  • Familiarity with context of targeted province (where applicable)
  • Good report writing skills.
  • Ability to engage with different stakeholders and partners in the project site.
  • Interpersonal, management and conflict resolution skills.
  • Ability to manage the cash distribution challenges

The application closing date is (25-Oct-2026). Qualified applicants can apply for the position by filling in the online application form in WV Career portal. applicants can also attach their CV and cover letter in the online system. Please note that only the applications received through the online portal will be considered for this position.

Submission Link:

Applicants can login to WV online application system by copying and pasting the following link

Cash and Market Officer

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