Cash For Rent Assistant ( Consultant)

BackgroundThe Danish Refugee Council (DRC) has been assisting Syrian refugees in Tripoli since 2012 when the office was started. The Tripoli office works with several different programmatic components including distribution of non-food items and food vouchers, verification of new arrivals and distributions to new arrivals, shelter options, community development and protection. Throughout 2013 DRC has been implementing a cash for shelter, or better known as cash for rent programme to assist vulnerable families with rent contributions, acknowledging the fact that housing options in Tripoli are difficult to find and expensive. At the beginning of 2014 DRC has over 1000 HH’s it assists with cash for rent, and the final figure to be reached is of 1100 HH’s. The project is based on a conditional cash transfer modality, which presupposes a concrete vulnerability for acceptance, and then regular follow up to ensure the vulnerability is still valid. Additionally, as it is based on conditional cash all payments ( contribution of 150USD per household regardless of the rent) all households must submit receipts and contracts of rent per month. In an effort to simplify matters UNHCR has decided to annul the cash for rent component and instead provide unconditional cash to the families on the list managed by DRC. This change should take place at the end of March 2014. The main objective of this consultancy is to closely work together with the consultant cash for rent assistant, and one member of the DRC team and be able to quality assure the list DRC will hand over, and be able to provide all the relevant documentation to UNHCR. In close cooperation with the cash for rent consultant implement the following tasks: Main tasks1. Assist the cash for rent assistant in collecting the proper documentation for payments conducted in March 2014 ( according to the workplan prepared by the cash for rent consultant)2. Support in fulfilling administrative tasks related to the monthly payment of the rents. 3. Assist the cash for rent consultant in filing cases and ensuring a proper data management system is in place. This could include contacting beneficiaries to follow up on missing paperwork.4. Conduct monitoring missions to randomly selected cases identified by the cash for rent consultant.5. Ensure monitoring visits are transparent and if there are issues prepare a short report that can be attached to the file in question.6. Report verbally as often as needed to the cash for rent consultant on the work progress, challenges and other related issues.7. Fulfill any other duties requested and/or needed by the cash for rent consultant. Qualifications- Bachelor’s degree in economics, social sciences, accounting or other relevant degrees- Work experience with humanitarian cash transfer – unconditional and conditional cash transfers for a minimum of2 years- Concrete work experience with investigations and audits an asset- Able to work independently and achieve results in a short time frame- Fluency in written and spoken Arabic is mandatory.- Fluency in spoken and writing English is also mandatory. Availability 03rd of March 2014