Job Description

Title: Cash and Market Systems Coordinator

Location: Addis Ababa

Reports to: Emergency Manager

Grade – G1

Start of Contract & Duration: up to March 31, 2020

Posting date: November 3, 2020

INTRODUCTION

The Danish Refugee Council (DRC), an international non-governmental organization (NGO), has been providing relief and development services in the Horn of Africa since 1997. DRC promotes and supports solutions to the problems faced by refugees, internally displaced people (IDPs), and migrants. The organization has offices across the region, and has been operational in Ethiopia since 2009. With funding from bilateral and multilateral donors, DRC is currently implementing a range of activities across Ethiopia and Djibouti, including WASH and shelter provision, child and youth protection, gender based violence response, awareness-raising of migration risks, protection monitoring of migration routes, and livelihoods support for returning migrants or those at-risk of migration.

OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE JOB

DRC Ethiopia is looking for an experienced Cash and Market Systems Coordinator who will provide targeted and high-quality technical oversight, guidance, hands-on implementation support and strengthening the capacity of DRC’s market systems interventions, including emergency cash/voucher distribution. A specific focus of the role is to provide technical leadership and to strategically develop the quality, impact and protection integration of DRC’s Market Systems-based programming, including cash/voucher-based distribution activities in line with DRC procedures and global standards and towards the achievement of the country program mission and vision.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

 Technical Coordination and Support

• Provide flexible and high-quality technical oversight, guidance and hands-on implementation support on emergency basic needs and cash-based assistance, integrated within a broader market-systems/Market Systems Development (MSD) approach
• In close collaboration with the Head of Program and Emergency Coordinator, ensure that program strategy, design and implementation evolve in line with changing contexts, and needs and preferences of affected communities, and is integrated with other DRC sectors and areas of intervention, specifically protection and achieving protection outcomes.

·       Lead on delivery of the following core components:

• Integration of a market-systems approach with conflict management, towards achieving improved protective outcomes
• Basic needs and response design using DRC’s Modality Due Diligence and Cash Feasibility methodology, guidance and tools.
• Community-based vulnerability criteria and targeting.
• Timely implementation of multi-purpose and protection-oriented/integrated cash assistance for the identified beneficiary caseload.
• Monitoring of DRC’s basic needs cash assistance in Ethiopia – to understand process, outcomes and impact; and document and action lessons learned to inform adapted and higher quality response.
• Lead development/adaptation of – and training of relevant team members in – core technical tools and guidance
• Identify sectoral and geographical priorities for engagement of displacement-affected populations in inclusive market systems growth, exploring the nexus for market-systems programming, conflict management, environment and protection
• Lead market systems assessment, identifying promising technical sectors in key geographical areas, and designing activities that would facilitate MSD in a way that would be conducive to supporting integration of displacement-affected populations within the host community economic and social environment. 
• Work closely with the protection team in-country and Regional Office, and colleagues engaged in conflict mitigation and environment to develop a market systems strategy that adequately maximizes on Market Systems Development for protection outcomes.
• Work closely with Program and MEAL colleagues to develop a system that enables measurement and adaptive management for achieving protective outcomes through inclusion in market systems, in emergencies, development and nexus programmming

Programme Development and Quality Assurance

• Assure compliance with DRC standards and procedures, and alignment with area and country strategy, including through regular coordination with colleagues in support services at Area Office and Country Office level.
• Provide technical review of relevant proposals and reports, and support to donor communications/reporting as required
• Oversight of overall programme implementation progress; identification, resolution and/or escalation of issues.
• Lead on developing and coordinating needed assessments, data collection and analysis to inform evidence-based response analysis, programme design, and adaptive implementation.
• Coordinate and ensure delivery of risk assessments and mitigation measures related to emergency response programming
• Adapt and develop standard operating procedures (SOPs) for DRC’s basic needs cash assistance and work collaboratively with programme and support services colleagues to ensure understanding of and adherence to the SOPs
• Develop program monitoring tools which would be used to gauge the success of a market systems strategy
• Work with the MEAL unit to develop M&E tools that would enable continuous adaption around systems change
• Explore new business and partnerships.
• Complete regular field visits to deliver technical oversight, identify needs, provide support, trouble shoot, strengthen capacity, and ensure quality response programming

Capacity Strengthening

• Identify technical or programmatic gaps and provide training, mentoring and capacity building as required, and specifically for technical line reports

·       Support recruitment of technical staff involved in supporting DRC’s programs that utilize an MSD approach, including cash programming

Representation/External Engagement

• Coordinate with relevant national and international actors and actively participate in relevant working groups and other meeting in the area of responsibility, including the, including Ethiopia Cash Working Group and the Multipurpose Cash Technical Working Group
• Appropriately and professionally represent and advocate on behalf of DRC in the context of the above-mentioned duties and responsibilities
• In particular – and in collaboration with the Head of Program and Emergency Coordinator– deliver sustained, impactful, context-sensitive and participatory engagement with and capacity strengthening of local authorities, local community representatives, and any other relevant key partners or stakeholders to DRC’s programming

All DRC roles require the post-holder to master DRC’s core competencies:

• Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process. 
•  Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback. 
• Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation. 
• Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.
• Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with our vision and values.  

Job Requirements

• Masters in Social Sciences, Economics, Development Studies or other relevant field
• Minimum 5 years international humanitarian field experience, with specific focus on cash-based programming
• Experience in rapidly changing humanitarian and emergency contexts, and of working with forcibly displaced people
• Relevant practitioner knowledge of and experience with relevant cash programming technical tools and guidance, and in particular of the Basic Needs Approach and using Multi-Purpose Cash
• Knowledge of and experience in designing, implementing and measuring MSD programming
• Strong operational/implementation knowledge of cash-based programming – both modalities, and on payment systems/transfer mechanisms
• Experience delivering targeted and high quality technical training and capacity building, including in settings with remote technical management/limited access
• Substantial experience in both a technical advisory role and with hands-on programme management and implementation across the project/programme cycle
• Confident and effective representation and communication skills
• Strong proposal development and report-writing skills
• Analytical thinking and supervisory skills
• Excellent organisational skills, ability to determine priorities and attention to detail
• Excellent interpersonal and coordination skills, including working with different groups, partners and nationalities
• Previous technical advisory and implementation experience in, and understanding of, the Ethiopia context is highly desirable

How to Apply

Interested candidates who meet the required qualifications and experience are invited to submit updated CV and cover letter explaining their motivation and why they are suited for the post.

We only accept applications sent via our online-application form on www.drc.ngo under Vacancies.

Please note that we receive applications up to November 15, 2020.

For general information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult www.drc.ngo.

Gender Equality: DRC is committed to achieving gender parity in staffing at all levels. In light of this, women candidates are particularly encouraged to apply to bridge the gender gap.

Equal Opportunities: DRC is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment based on mutual respect for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, disability status, religion, ethnic origin, colour, race, marital status or other protected characteristics

We encourage only qualified Ethiopian Nationals to apply. DRC considers all applicants based on merit.