IRC recrute 01 Technical Advisor Cash

IRC recrute 01 Technical Advisor Cash

Background/IRC Summary

The International Rescue Committee (IRC), responds tthe world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people survive, recover and gain control of their future. The IRC is working timprove the safety, health, education, economic well-being, and power of people in crisis affected places.

The Economic Recovery and Development Technical Unit (ERD TU) is responsible for supporting the development, implementation, and monitoring of client-centered programs such as, but not limited to, cash and voucher assistance (CVA), rural & agricultural livelihoods, and enterprise development and employment promotion. The TU’s technical assistance tthis wide variety of programs ensures quality and use of evidence-based practices; promotes innovation, diversity, equity, and inclusion; and drives data-based management and decision making.

Job Overview/Summary

The Cash Technical Advisor (TA) will provide technical support in the design and development of cash and voucher assistance (CVA) activities as well as other ERD programs in the West and Central Africa Region tensure the most appropriate, effective, and safe delivery of assistance for affected populations. The Cash Technical Advisor will alstrain colleagues on a range of CVA program approaches. Moreover, the position holder will lead or support selected global and country-led initiatives textend scale and quality in line with IRC’s strategic CVA goals. The selected candidate should alshave familiarity with the operational aspects of CVA, including supply chain and finance; as well as with supporting social protection systems in fragile contexts.

Specific Responsibilities

The Cash TA will spend at least 80% of their time delivering technical assistance in-person and remotely tcountry colleagues focused on CVA and ERD programming, CVA across all sectors as well as general economic program design, implementation and learning support. The TA’s country portfoliwill primarily focus on IRC programs across West and Central Africa, with potential support for other regions. This is a primarily programs-focused position with the central responsibility concentrated on program quality. It is expected that the TAs will travel approximately 40% of the total time tcountry programs tsupport program quality and capacity strengthening in person. This may alsmean deployments in emergency response and may be on short notice. The remaining approximate 20% is spent on internal strategic work timprove scale and quality of cash programming globally, at the discretion of their supervisors. The Technical Advisors’ specific responsibilities are as follows:

Ensure program quality:

• Contribute tthe design, development, and implementation of high-quality ERD programs and CVA activities within other sectors (such as health, education, protection, and governance):
• Support assessments on basic needs, food security, livelihoods, rapid market and labor markets, CVA feasibility, including financial services provider, and protection and gender-sensitive assessments.
• Ensure programs are in line with the IRC’s key theories of change for ERD and CVA, adapted tthe context, selecting interventions based on the best available evidence and the country program’s Strategic Action Plan.
• Ensure programs are responsive tclients’ needs and preferences, as well as incorporating strong components of promoting equality, inclusion, local partnership and DNHarm.
• Provide inputs on the design of theories of change, monitoring plans and log frames, including indicator selection.
• Promote IRC’s cash ambitions, including the use of digital payments, strong operational support systems, and alignment of CVA programs with social protection systems.
• Represent IRC in the West and Central Africa Regional Cash Working Group and channel information between the working group and IRC’s country teams as well as the Regional Leaderships
• Ensure sound analysis of context, capacity, and opportunities tinput intcountry Strategy Action Plans (SAPs).

Engaging in business development tcontribute thigh quality concept notes and proposals:

• Review technical quality of ERD project proposals and other sectors’ proposals with CVA and/or livelihoods components.
• Input intg/ ngdecisions on proposals and on budgets required for project delivery.
• During staffing gaps, write technical narratives of proposals and provide support on monitoring and evaluation aspects of ERD projects.
• When requested, engage with donors and doutreach in support of country programs.

Direct support tIRC country teams:

• Provide trainings based on needs, capacities and preferences of target group about subjects like basic and advanced cash programming, needs and markets analysis, protection mainstreaming, gender analysis etc., in person and remotely.
• Regularly exchange with country level program staff about ERD and other cash programming while providing expert advice and mentorship.
• Offer practical and timely advice timprove ERD and cash program quality and scale, overcoming obstacles, staying within IRC’s best practices and policies etc.
• Support country teams tcontextualize and adapt global resources.

Regional Cash focal point:

• Keep up tdate with West and Central Africa contextual analyses, crisis data, such the Cadre Harmonisé and other sector and country trends related tCVA and food insecurity.
• Share cross-context knowledge and learning across the IRC West and Central Africa country teams and facilitate exchange between the teams.

Support or lead cash strategic projects timprove IRC global cash programming implementation, including operations:

• Work closely with other cash team members on relevant strategic projects centered around improving the IRC’s ability tscale and implement high quality CVA programming.
• Cultivate relationships with the Supply Chain and Finance Teams in West and Central African IRC country teams to
• Set up 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 with other Technical Unit colleagues.

Key Working Relationships

Position Reports to: Senior Technical Advisor – Cash & Markets

Position directly supervises: N/A

Other Internal and/or external contacts:

• Internal: Close, regular relationships with country teams and regional colleagues; as well as with colleagues in the ERD Technical Unit. Regular communication with Technical Advisors from other Technical Units, such as education, protection, health, governance, research, evaluation and learning and gender equality technical unit teams. Interaction with IRC internal departments, including business development, procurement, and finance, external relations, and advocacy departments.
• External: Serve as IRC program representative in outside regional and global meetings, e.g. Cash focal point for West and Central Africa, and forums with donors, online forums, other non-governmental organizations, inter-agency groups and foundations.

Job Qualifications

Education: Master’s/post-graduate degree in development, humanitarian affairs, economics, business administration or relevant field or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Work Experience:

• 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 ta diverse team, including an ability toversee staff in cross-cultural settings and at a distance.
• Experience in needs and markets assessments, design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of CVA programming tmeet basic needs, incl. food security, NFIs etc. as well as technical tools and materials development.
• Experience in finance and supply chain procedures needed for CVA.
• Experience in livelihoods programming, such as income generating activities, village savings and loans associations (VSLAs) etc.
• Experience aligning CVA with social protections systems preferred.

Demonstrated Skills and Proficiencies:

• Knowledge of global trends in CVA
• Experience navigating the humanitarian system, including the humanitarian principles, cash working groups (country and regional) and global models for CVA delivery.
• Demonstrated assessment, data collection and analysis skills, including needs assessments, market assessments and incorporation of gender, age, and disability analysis intassessments.
• Experience with a wide range of delivery mechanisms for CVA (e.g. mobile money, vouchers, direct cash etc.), including digital.
• Knowledge of guidelines of mayor institutional donors (e.g BHA, ECHO, GFFO, FCDO, Sida etc.).
• Proven track record in developing funding proposals and budgets for a range of donors.
• Demonstrated ability twork across departments, functions, and sectors tbuild strong working relationships with colleagues, and external partners.
• Strong program/technical, project design, planning, reporting, monitoring, and evaluation skills.
• Strong communication, influencing, support and training skills tserve IRC country teams well.
• Excellent social skills involving listening to, interacting with, and communicating clearly with people from diverse nationalities and backgrounds, and senior level internal and external partners, with a high degree of integrity.
• Working productively and proactively in remote team and management structures.
• If needed, flexibility twork adjusted hours, as appropriate taccommodate for different time zones.
• Demonstrated dedication ta DNHarm approach, gender equality, diversity, and inclusion.
• Experience with remote and face-to-face training, facilitation and engagement tools, and familiarity with mobile monitoring tools.
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills, with the ability tthink and plan strategically.
• A proven understanding of broader ERD programming e.g. resilience building, gender-sensitive rural livelihoods, employment and entrepreneurship promotion, VSLAs etc.

Language Skills: Fluency in English and French required

Working Environment: Up t40% travel is expected, Covid-19 restrictions permitting.

Standards for professional conduct and commitment tequality:

The IRC and IRC workers must adhere tthe values and principles outlined in IRC Way – Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Equality, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IRC considers all applicants based on merit without regard trace, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability.

We offer benefits that help promote an empowering work environment, including parental leave, medical insurance, counseling services, gender-sensitive security protocols, and more, depending on the country where the selected candidate will be based.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation tparticipate in the job application or interview process, tperform essential job functions, and treceive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us trequest accommodation.

Language preference and/or interpretation tinterview for the role can are available upon request for the IRC’s working languages (Spanish, French, Arabic, English).

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