Deadline of this Job: 11 January 2023
The Cash TA will spend at least 80% of their time delivering technical assistance in-person and remotely to program colleagues focused on programming, CVA program model development across sectors as well as general economic program design, implementation and learning support. This is a primarily programs-focused position with the central responsibility concentrated on program quality. It is expected that approximately 40% of the total time will be deployed to country programs under the TAs area of responsibility, to support program quality in person. This may also mean deployments in emergency response, where crisis occur in the TAs focal or backstop country programs and may be on short notice. The remaining 0-20% is spent on influence, advocacy, research, and internal strategic design related to cash program quality and operations, at the discretion of their supervisors. The Technical Advisors’ specific responsibilities are as follows:
• Ensure program quality:
Ensure That These Programs Are
Participate in the design, development, and implementation of high-quality ERD programs, including operational aspects of CVA activities within other sectors (health, education, protection, and governance).
• Aligned with organizational strategies, which includes supporting staff with contextualizing outcomes and theories of change, and selecting interventions based on the best available evidence, the local context analysis and the country program’s Strategic Action Plan.
• Responsive to clients’ needs and preferences, as well as incorporating a strong component of promoting equality, inclusion, and local partnership.
• Support assessments on basic needs, food security, livelihoods, labor markets, CVA feasibility, including financial services providers availability.
• Provide inputs on the design of theories of change, monitoring plans and log frames, including indicator selection.
• Aligned with IRC’s cash ambitions, including the use of digital payments, strong operational support systems, and alignment of CVA programs with social protection systems.
• Engaging in business development to add to high quality concept notes and proposals by:
• Review technical quality of ERD project proposals and other sectors proposals with CVA and/or livelihoods components.
• Input into go / no go decisions on proposals and on budgets required for project delivery.
• When necessary, write technical narratives of proposals and provide support on monitoring and evaluation aspects of ERD projects.
• Engage with donors, participate to donors’ meetings, and do outreach in support of country programs.
• Ensure sound analysis of context, capacity, and opportunities to input into country Strategy Action Plans (SAPs).
• Building resources for technical sharing to encourage cross-learning and innovation:
• Share cross-context learning globally and across the region, including on IRC organizational outcomes, theories of change, evidence base for interventions and standard indicators.
• Develop, review, and share program-specific tools, resources (internal and external); and work with Technical Unit specialists, coordinators, and other colleagues to contextualize and adapt global and country-specific materials or to assist with periodic review.
• Keep up to date with contextual analyses, crisis data, and other sector and country trends related to CVA within the assigned country portfolio.
• Support or lead cash strategic projects to improve 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 to scale and implement high quality CVA programming.
• Cultivate relationships with the supply chain and finance departments in country program portfolio, to inform operational aspects of CVA such as contracting new financial service providers and troubleshooting procurement or payment issues.
• Support the rollout of IRC’s Global Payment Toolbox and pre-positioned data management platforms.
• Participate in ongoing training courses and share knowledge and skill sets within the unit.
Key Working Relationships
• Position Reports to: Deputy Director – Cash & Markets (located in London, UK)
• Position directly supervises: N/A
Other Internal And/or External Contacts
• Internal: Close, regular relationships with regional and country program coordinators, managers, and teams; as well as with colleagues in the ERD Technical Unit. Regular communication with education, violence prevention and response, health, governance, research, evaluation and learning, internal cash working group, and gender equality technical unit teams. Interacts with IRC internal departments, including business development, procurement, and finance, external relations, and advocacy departments.
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Deadline of this Job: 16 January 2023The Cash TA will spend at least 80% of their time delivering technical assistance in-person and remotely to program colleagues focused on programming, CVA program model development across sectors as well as general economic program design, implementation and learning support. This is a primarily programs-focused position with the central responsibility concentrated on program quality. It is expected that approximately 40% of the total time will be deployed to country programs under the TAs area of responsibility, to support program quality in person. This may also mean deployments in emergency response, where crisis occur in the TAs focal or backstop country programs and may be on short notice. The remaining 0-20% is spent on influence, advocacy, research, and internal strategic design related to cash program quality and operations, at the discretion of their supervisors. The Technical Advisors’ specific responsibilities are as follows:
• Ensure program quality:
Ensure That These Programs Are
Participate in the design, development, and implementation of high-quality ERD programs, including operational aspects of CVA activities within other sectors (health, education, protection, and governance).
• Aligned with organizational strategies, which includes supporting staff with contextualizing outcomes and theories of change, and selecting interventions based on the best available evidence, the local context analysis and the country program’s Strategic Action Plan.
• Responsive to clients’ needs and preferences, as well as incorporating a strong component of promoting equality, inclusion, and local partnership.
• Support assessments on basic needs, food security, livelihoods, labor markets, CVA feasibility, including financial services providers availability.
• Provide inputs on the design of theories of change, monitoring plans and log frames, including indicator selection.
• Aligned with IRC’s cash ambitions, including the use of digital payments, strong operational support systems, and alignment of CVA programs with social protection systems.
• Engaging in business development to add to high quality concept notes and proposals by:
• Review technical quality of ERD project proposals and other sectors proposals with CVA and/or livelihoods components.
• Input into go / no go decisions on proposals and on budgets required for project delivery.
• When necessary, write technical narratives of proposals and provide support on monitoring and evaluation aspects of ERD projects.
• Engage with donors, participate to donors’ meetings, and do outreach in support of country programs.
• Ensure sound analysis of context, capacity, and opportunities to input into country Strategy Action Plans (SAPs).
• Building resources for technical sharing to encourage cross-learning and innovation:
• Share cross-context learning globally and across the region, including on IRC organizational outcomes, theories of change, evidence base for interventions and standard indicators.
• Develop, review, and share program-specific tools, resources (internal and external); and work with Technical Unit specialists, coordinators, and other colleagues to contextualize and adapt global and country-specific materials or to assist with periodic review.
• Keep up to date with contextual analyses, crisis data, and other sector and country trends related to CVA within the assigned country portfolio.
• Support or lead cash strategic projects to improve 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 to scale and implement high quality CVA programming.
• Cultivate relationships with the supply chain and finance departments in country program portfolio, to inform operational aspects of CVA such as contracting new financial service providers and troubleshooting procurement or payment issues.
• Support the rollout of IRC’s Global Payment Toolbox and pre-positioned data management platforms.
• Participate in ongoing training courses and share knowledge and skill sets within the unit.
Key Working Relationships
• Position Reports to: Deputy Director – Cash & Markets (located in London, UK)
• Position directly supervises: N/A
Other Internal And/or External Contacts
• Internal: Close, regular relationships with regional and country program coordinators, managers, and teams; as well as with colleagues in the ERD Technical Unit. Regular communication with education, violence prevention and response, health, governance, research, evaluation and learning, internal cash working group, and gender equality technical unit teams. Interacts with IRC internal departments, including business development, procurement, and finance, external relations, and advocacy departments.
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