Consultant – Voucher Assistance Feasibility Study
Location: Poi Pet
Report line: This position is reporting to the Damnok Toek Head of Programmes
Dates of consultancy: June 2025
- The key components of this feasibility study will be:
- Assessment of risks of voucher programming in the context reflecting Do No Harm principles and related to the context, market dynamics, distribution mechanisms, and beneficiary vulnerabilities, evaluating the likelihood and potential impact of each risk
- Assessment of resource requirements for a voucher system, including human resource requirements for retailer recruitment and training, financial compliance and accountability for project funds expenditure, and voucher programme monitoring
- The Consultant is expected to:
- Conduct a market analysis of retail environment in target communities in Poi Pet
- Assess potential vulnerabilities and risk factors for participating families
- Assess risk factors for fraud or misuse of vouchers
- Review financial compliance requirements and map out administrative processes (and resource requirements) necessary to implement and manage a voucher system
- Produce a report on feasibility, identifying if the level of effort required to implement voucher programming versus the benefits for the families/programme quality
- Position Qualifications, Experience, Qualities and Requirements
- Bachelor degree in the fields of: Development Studies, Social Science or Economics
- Minimum five years’ experience in Development and Humanitarian sector, 3 years of which will be in the assessment, design and development of Voucher Assistance programing
- Experience in community level programming in low resource environments
- Experience in local market and distribution analysis
- Fluent in Khmer and English.
- The consultancy will involve
- Desk review of programme and grant compliance documents (1 day)
- Field visit to Poi Pet (3 days excluding travel)
- Feasibility report with risk analysis (2 days)