Organizational Context

Supporting crisis-affected populations with Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) has been recognized by the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (Movement) as a successful and valuable way to effectively meet people’s humanitarian needs in a dignified manner. Along with other humanitarian actors, the Movement continues to build its experience and expertise in the use of CVA in emergency response as well as in longer-term recovery contexts and as a means to build resilience.

The Sudanese Red Crescent Society was established by Government decree in 1956 and recognized as a National Society and accepted into the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement the following year. 

Job Purpose

The CVA Coordinator, under the supervision of the SRCS DRM Director, will work with relevant SRCS Departments, Movement partners, INGOs, and other relevant actors to develop a relief and recovery response strategy that includes appropriate use of CVA and builds existing SRCS cash preparedness capacity and with a focus towards quality and accountability to beneficiaries.

The CVA Coordinator role has the purpose of supporting the SRCS to consider the use of cash and vouchers as a response modality for an effective response in relief and recovery through technical and strategic support throughout all stages of the project cycle.

The CVA Coordinator specifically brings in CVA strategic, technical, and operational expertise, building on SRCS capacity approach, enabling the transition and scale-up from pre-disaster operations to emergency response, through to recovery and transition to longer-term development programming.

The CVA Coordinator ensures effective coordination and harmonization of Cash and Vouchers Assistance response components in relief and recovery, as well as links with the CVA humanitarian community, informing, aligning, and coordinating CVA components as necessary to avoid duplication and maximize the impact of the overall humanitarian response.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

Assessment and CVA Feasibility

• Undertake cash feasibility assessment with SRCS Branches considering the needs, priorities and preferences of affected population, the market conditions, the government policies, the available payment mechanisms, SRCS organizational capacity, and other relevant key criteria using the RCRC guidance and existing tools and templates for cash feasibility.
• Prepare a market analysis together with the Procurement/Logistics unit, engaging SRCS Branches staff and volunteers in identifying key commodities and markets, collecting the market information and consolidating the market findings to determine whether the market will be able to respond to the needs, as well as to identify market-based interventions to assist the shock-affected population.
• Continue supporting financial service providers' assessment based on existing cash preparedness activities and keep identifying new viable delivery mechanisms for the emergency and recovery response in collaboration with SRCS relevant departments (finance, logistics and programmes)
• Continue leading in analysing the risks and update the risk matrix, including the measures to mitigate the potential risks. Engage the community as well as all relevant departments in the risk analysis and identification of measures to mitigate security and other potential programmatic risks.

Response Analysis and Design

• Support the SRCS team to conduct a response options analysis, based in a series of agreed criteria (i.e., timeliness, preferences of affected population, value for money, etc.) to compare responses and assistance modalities and identify the most appropriate, effective and efficient modality and transfer mechanism or combination thereof. Ensure key internal and external stakeholders are engaged in the response options analysis.

Operational set up

• Ensure adequate human resource capacity is identified for Cash and Vouchers Assistance implementation at HQ and branch level
• Provide technical support and inputs in future emergency and recovery operations and programs. Be responsible for setting up the Cash and Vouchers Assistance component including development of the plan of action and budget with technical departments when required. Maintain overall oversight of all Cash and Vouchers Assistance elements ensuring targets are met and identified risks are mitigated.
• Work with the different SRCS Departments to ensure that all necessary tools and systems (programmatic, financial, logistics and M&E) are adapted for assessment, are in practice and disseminated at HQ and Branch Levels. This includes SOPs, operational guidelines, risk register, beneficiary registration tools, monitoring tools, CEA tools, information management tools in line with data protection requirements, and communication materials

Monitoring and PMER links

• Together with PMER, outline the PMER plan and adapt the necessary M&E tools from the RCRC toolkit. This includes tools for baseline and verification visits, exit survey (at distribution/encashment location), site observation, post distribution monitoring (HH-level), focus group and key informants’ interviews, beneficiary feedback and response mechanisms and market and price monitoring.
• Identify the context data indicators relevant to the Cash and Vouchers Assistance response including market analysis, beneficiary satisfaction and feedback and ensure findings are fed into the operations and programs when data suggests the need for changes and improvements.

Capacity building and future cash preparedness

• Continue identifying the initial Cash and Vouchers Assistance specific capacity and gaps in HQ and Branches to implement a Cash and Vouchers Assistance response and provide relevant trainings on Cash and Vouchers Assistance and markets as required. 
• Monitor the progress of the SRCS CVA PoA for Cash and Voucher Assistance developed in yearly for Sudan

Reporting, Learning and Dissemination

• Support reporting, documentation and learning of the Cash and Vouchers Assistance to guide and inform future SRCS Cash and Vouchers Assistance.

Coordination

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• Active participation in the Cash Working Group in the Sudan and in other coordination meetings in Sudan related to Cash and Voucher Assistance.
• Lead the Movement CWG to harmonize approaches.

Essential qualifications and professional experience required

• Min. 3 years of experience on design and implementing CVA 
• Knowledge of cash preparedness and cash readiness concepts and process
• Understanding of CVA stakeholders in Sudan
• Understanding and use of various beneficiary registration methods and systems. 
• Self-sufficient in computers (Windows, spreadsheets, word processing).
• Ability to transfer knowledge, skills, and/or abilities to staff and volunteers.
• Excellent coordination skills, including the ability to liaise with various agencies/individuals, organize events, prioritize work and ensure a smooth flow of information and an environment of cooperation and information-sharing
• Proven ability to work under pressure
• Ability to travel per the needs of the program

Desirable qualifications and competencies

• Experience of providing on-the-job training and coaching on CVA. 
• Good oral and written communication skills in English
• Working with team spirit, strong integrity and focus on solutions and responsibilities

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