Programme Policy Office (Cash Based Transfer) - NOB

WFP seeks a National Programme Officer in Aden to lead cash-based transfer and identity-management operations in Yemen. The officer will manage the CBT team, standardize procedures and beneficiary data controls, oversee financial-service providers and reconciliations, strengthen digital payment systems, and represent WFP in cash and social-protection coordination forums.

• Lead and manage the Country Office CBT team
• Standardize CBT business-process procedures and data controls
• Clear field-office distribution plans and beneficiary lists
• Oversee financial-service-provider reconciliations and compliance tracking
• Develop a financial-service-provider diversification strategy
• Coordinate identity-management policy and data-protection guidance
• Lead Cash and Market Working Group technical sessions and represent WFP externally

• Advanced university degree in a relevant field, or a first university degree with three additional years of related experience
• Seven years of relevant experience including three years in strategic design, implementation and technical evaluation of cash-based assistance
• Experience planning and implementing safety-net or emergency-response operations in developing countries or complex emergency settings
• Fluency in written and oral English and Arabic

• Experience establishing standard operating procedures with financial service providers
• Experience managing identity-management database transfers

• Cash-based transfers
• Identity management
• Financial-service-provider management
• Data governance
• Programme coordination
• Team leadership

• PlugPay
• Biometric verification platforms
• WFP global IDM Target Architecture

• Fixed-term National Officer appointment in Aden for 12 months