Job ID: 316501

Cash Coordinator

War Child International

Location: Kampala, Uganda

Apply by: 15 Oct 2026

Relevant Sectors

Social, Education, Gender, Youth, Child

War Child Alliance is an international NGO committed to supporting children affected by armed conflict. It is hiring a full-time, fixed-term Cash Coordinator based in the Kampala office, Uganda (salary 5,683,580 - 7,778,714 Sh per month).

Key responsibilities:

Cash for Protection Programme Coordination
* Lead the planning and coordination of Cash for Protection activities across the consortium.
* Develop and maintain a Cash for Protection implementation plan.
* Ensure consistency in Cash for Protection approaches, tools and procedures.
* Track progress against Cash for Protection targets and agreed milestones.
* Ensure that Cash for Protection is appropriately integrated into the broader protection response.
* Participate in relevant programme coordination and technical meetings.

Cash for Protection technical leadership
* Provide technical guidance on the design and delivery of Cash for Protection interventions.
* Ensure cash assistance is based on clearly identified and documented protection risks.
* Support development and application of appropriate eligibility and vulnerability criteria.
* Ensure referrals are assessed using agreed protection and cash vulnerability criteria.
* Promote transparent, objective and consistent beneficiary selection processes, and ensure targeting does not expose individuals or households to additional protection risks.
* Ensure inclusion and accessibility considerations are incorporated into targeting.
* Establish clear referral pathways between case management and Cash for Protection, and support case workers to identify cases where cash may address a protection risk.
* Ensure cash decisions are documented within appropriate case management processes.

Cash assistance delivery
* Oversee the safe and effective delivery of cash assistance, coordinating with Finance and financial service providers.
* Verify approved beneficiaries before payment and ensure appropriate payment mechanisms are used.
* Monitor payment processes, and identify and resolve payment-related challenges.
* Support mechanisms to minimise duplication and fraud.
* Ensure beneficiaries receive clear information on payment amounts, timing and procedures, and that payments are properly documented.
* Monitor access barriers affecting persons with disabilities, older persons and other vulnerable groups.
* Support contingency arrangements where payment mechanisms fail.
* Support Post Distribution Monitoring.

The Coordinator works closely with finance teams and partners while maintaining appropriate segregation of duties and internal controls.

HOW TO APPLY:
Please include a CV of not more than 2 pages and a motivation letter of 1 page
https://war-child-alliance.jobs.personio.de/job/2820805/apply