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Cash Coordinator job at Save the Children | Apply Now
Are you looking for Finance jobs in Uganda 2025 today? then you might be interested in Cash Coordinator job at Save the Children
About the Organisation
Save the Children Fund is a leading international non-governmental organization committed to improving the lives of children around the world through access to education, healthcare, protection, and emergency relief, with a mission to ensure that every child has a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn, and protection from harm. Founded in 1919 in the UK, the organization has earned a global reputation for its evidence-based advocacy, transparency, and long-standing impact in humanitarian and development contexts.
With a people-first culture, Save the Children fosters diversity, equity, and inclusion, and offers dynamic career paths, capacity-building programs, and flexible work arrangements that empower staff to thrive professionally while driving meaningful change. Its innovative, rights-based approach leverages technology, partnerships, and community engagement to deliver sustainable solutions tailored to local contexts.
Operating in over 100 countries, the organization has a vast reach, impacting millions of lives annually, and upholds strong core values including accountability, ambition, collaboration, creativity, and integrity. Save the Children’s extensive CSR portfolio reflects its deep commitment to social justice, environmental stewardship, and child rights, influencing global policies and mobilizing resources for underserved populations. For more information, visit www.savethechildren.net.
Kampala, Uganda
Full Time
Job Title
Cash Coordinator job at Save the Children
Save the Children
Job Description
Job Title: Cash Coordinator
Organisation: Save the Children
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Job Summary:
Are you passionate about being an advocate for children? Do you want to use your expertise to bring about lasting change for children and be a part of an inspiring, dynamic global movement?
ROLE PURPOSE:
SCI believes that effective Cash Programming and Social Protection leads to better impact and voice for children. The role holder will play a key role in building the capacity of technical and operational colleagues and contribute directly to the effective implementation and management of cash programming that leads to improved choice and dignity amongst those individuals and families with whom SC works. This role is responsible and accountable for ensuring that SC Uganda’s Cash and Social Protection programming in operation is technically sound, delivered on time and that its impact is documented, measured and learnt from. The role holder will support both the programmatic design and the implementation of cash interventions at all stages of the programme cycle: assessments, design, operational feasibility and risk management, monitoring and evaluation and learning
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Duties, Roles and Responsibilities
Technical Support Training, Capacity Development:
Provide support to the technical and operational implementation of Cash and Social Protection programming working closely with technical and thematic leads as well as project manager, applying the highest quality standards and policies set by Save the Children and global and national working groups and the government.
Provide leadership and direct support the planning and implementation of all operational aspects of cash programming, including identifying financial service providers and cash delivery mechanisms, supporting the parallel procurement and supply chain and finance processes, security, and compliance.
Contributing regularly to identify, monitor, mitigate and manage program risks, working closely with implementation colleagues and senior leadership.
Support project teams, supply chain and finance colleagues to ensure that any relevant external and internal (i.e. Cash Transfer Authorization) approvals are requested and received in time according to activity workplans.
Work with Operations and Safety and Security colleagues to develop and implement effective safety and security procedures for specific cash transfer programming activities, ensuring that these are updated and revised at regular intervals particularly ensuring strong guidance and security protocols that prevent any risks or harm to cash recipients.
Coordinate, lead and/or support market price monitoring and assessments to inform cash transfer value, including ensuring strong coordination and information sharing amongst all cash partners.
Lead the development of a socio-economic vulnerability criteria to inform identification of cash recipients and beneficiaries in a timely, collaborative and transparent manner; this will include working closely with local and national government officials as well as UN agencies and other cash partners.
Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) and Assessments:
Lead on the development and updating of tools and templates to support the management, implementation, and MEAL of Cash and Social Protection programming in line with donor contractual requirements, Save the Children’s Quality Framework and global and national standards.
Work closely with MEAL and other thematic colleagues to document lessons learned from cash and social protection programmes and activities, using both quantitative and qualitative data and ensuring robust and well-executed Pre and Post Monitoring activities, including KAPs and KIIs.
Work closely with MEAL colleagues, ensure that accountability systems are in place before, during and after cash distributions and that feedback received is analysed and used to inform programme improvement and to provide closed-loop feedback to project participants.
Identify, document and proactively share learnings from the implementation of the operational aspects of Cash & Social Protection programming with national, regional and SCI Centre teams as needed.
Produce reports on the status of the cash for Save the Children management and donors, as well as for Cash and Social Protection sector working groups.
Child Safeguarding:
Comply with and promote SCI’s Global policies such as Child Safeguarding, Whistle blowing, Fraud, Health and Safety and other relevant policies.
Working closely with SC Uganda’s Child Safeguarding Manager and key stakeholders and support developing and ensuring compliance with guidance on cash for child headed households.
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Qualifications, Education and Competencies
To be a strong supporter and advocate for children in this role you will need to have:
Essential
Significant and relevant experience in managing and implementing cash transfer programmes for a broad range of institutional donors and sectors (beyond Food Security & Livelihoods)
Previous emergency response experience,
Management experience of operational aspects of cash and voucher interventions.
Demonstrable understanding of M&E and beneficiary accountability
Education: Bachelor’s degree in relevant field
Experience working in insecure environments and adapting internal processes to mitigate security risks
Good attention to detail
Cultural awareness and ability to build relationships quickly with a wide variety of people
Patient, adaptable, flexible, able to improvise and remain responsive and communicate clearly and effectively under pressure
Excellent planning, management and coordination skills, with the ability to organise a substantial workload comprised of complex, diverse tasks and responsibilities
Strong communication (written and spoken) skills in English
Good interpersonal skills with experience in managing multicultural teams
Competencies for this role:
Delivering Results
Takes personal responsibility and holds other accountable for delivering high quality, timely response, meeting the priorities of affected communities.
Programme Support (typically will be for small or medium-sized emergencies):
Complies with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.
Ensures efficient and transparent use of resources in accordance with internal controls
Actively manages risk and takes action to reduce risk.
Actively engages in disaster coordination mechanisms and interagency cooperation
Leads on the development of an organisational response based on an understanding of the contexts
Creates measures and metrics to track performance.
Documents lessons learned and applies them to future projects
Innovating and Adapting:
Develops and implements innovative solutions to adapt and succeed in ever-changing and uncertain global and working environments.
Makes changes to improve performance because of information received.
Ensures beneficiary and partner feedback is incorporated into programme design, planning and learning.
Adapts plans and approaches based upon awareness of the external context
Openly talks about doing things differently, pushing the boundaries and ways of working.
Working effectively with others
Works collaboratively to achieve shared goals and thrives on diversity of people and perspectives.
Develops strategies for teams to work across traditional boundaries, working in diverse environments.
Establishes clear objectives with teams and individuals and monitors progress and performance
Promotes collaborative working across boundaries.
Uses negotiation and conflict resolution skills to support positive outcomes
Demonstrates an understanding of wider UN/NGO security coordination and how the organisation can benefit from, and contribute to, those mechanisms
Undertakes effective risk assessments and develops contingency plans
Takes appropriate and collaborative action to handle situations of personal risk and risk for others
How to Apply
All candidates who wish to join Save the Children should apply online at the APPLY Button below.
Deadline: 16th November 2025
