The International Rescue Committee (IRC), responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people survive, recover and gain control of their future. The IRC is working to improve 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 to this 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.
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 to ensure the most appropriate, effective, and safe delivery of assistance for affected populations. The Cash Technical Advisor will also train colleagues on a range of CVA program approaches. Moreover, the position holder will lead or support selected global and country-led initiatives to extend scale and quality in line with IRC’s strategic CVA goals. The selected candidate should also have familiarity with the operational aspects of CVA, including supply chain and finance; as well as with supporting social protection systems in fragile contexts.
The Cash TA will spend at least 80% of their time delivering technical assistance in-person and remotely to country 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 portfolio will 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 to country programs to support program quality and capacity strengthening in person. This may also mean deployments in emergency response and may be on short notice. The remaining approximate 20% is spent on internal strategic work to improve scale and quality of cash programming globally, at the discretion of their supervisors. The Technical Advisors’ specific responsibilities are as follows:
Contribute to the design, development, and implementation of high-quality ERD programs and CVA activities within other sectors (such as health, education, protection, and governance):
Position Reports to: Senior Technical Advisor – Cash & Markets
Other Internal and/or external contacts:
Internal:Â 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:Â 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.
b. Work Experience:
c. Demonstrated Skills and Proficiencies:
d. Language Skills:Â Fluency in English and French required
f. Working Environment:Â Up to 40% travel is expected, Covid-19 restrictions permitting.
STANDARDS FOR PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY:
The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the 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 to race, 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 to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Language preference and/or interpretation to interview for the role can are available upon request for the IRC’s working languages (Spanish, French, Arabic, English).
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