Overview
The Cash Technical Advisor will provide technical support in the design and development of cash and voucher assistance (CVA) activities and other ERD programs, and train colleagues on CVA program approaches. The role will also lead or support global and country-led initiatives to extend scale and quality in CVA.
Tasks Summary
- Deliver technical assistance in-person and remotely to country colleagues focused on CVA and ERD programming.
- Contribute to the design, development, and implementation of high-quality ERD programs and CVA activities.
- Support assessments on basic needs, food security, livelihoods, market, CVA feasibility, and protection.
- Ensure programs align with IRC’s theories of change for ERD and CVA.
- Provide inputs on the design of theories of change, monitoring plans, and log frames.
- Promote IRC’s cash ambitions, including scaling initiatives and digital payments.
- Review technical quality of ERD project proposals and other sector proposals with CVA components.
- Write technical narratives of proposals and provide support on monitoring and evaluation aspects.
- Engage with donors and do outreach in support of country programs.
- Provide trainings on cash programming, needs and markets analysis, protection mainstreaming, and gender analysis.
- Exchange with country level program staff about ERD and cash programming, providing expert advice and mentorship.
- Offer practical and timely advice to improve ERD and cash program quality and scale.
- Support country teams to contextualize and adapt global resources.
- Provide hands-on support for CVA program audits, partnership co-design, and program evaluations.
- Keep up to date with contextual analyses and crisis data in assigned regions.
- Share cross-context knowledge and learning across country teams.
- Work closely with other cash team members on strategic projects.
- Lead or support the set up of IRC’s cash Standard Operating Procedures.
- Support the contracting of new financial service providers.
- Support electronic and paper voucher systems.
- Improve other operational aspects of CVA.
- Participate in ongoing training courses and share knowledge and skill sets.
Experience Requirements
- A minimum of 7 years implementing and/or managing cash-based humanitarian programming in diverse crisis or post-crisis settings.
- Experience providing technical support and guidance to a diverse team, including an ability to oversee staff in cross-cultural settings and at a distance.
- Experience in needs and markets assessments, design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of CVA programming.
- Experience in finance and supply chain procedures needed for CVA.
- Experience in livelihoods programming.
- Experience aligning CVA with social protections systems.
Qualification Requirements
Master’s/post-graduate degree in development, humanitarian affairs, economics, international relations or relevant field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
