The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you're a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.

Background/IRCSummary: TheInternational Rescue Committee (IRC) is a private, non-political, non-profit,and non-religious organization. For over 90 years, we have been providinghumanitarian assistance to communities affected by conflict and naturaldisasters in more than 40 countries. Since 2008, the IRC has been active inMyanmar, delivering humanitarian assistance in areas such as health,protection, water, and sanitation, specifically targeting families impacted byconflict and natural disasters.

JobOverview/Summary: IRC seeks a dynamic individual tosupport the expansion of CVA programming in Myanmar. According to IRC’s cashfirst approach, we are aiming to expand the CVA programing through differentoutcomes in order to enable the crisis-affected communities meet their basicneeds as they defined and prioritized them in a resilient and dignified mannerand reduce the resorting of negative coping mechanisms. CVA program iscontributing to different outcomes areas of country programs as a part ofcurrent emergency response. As partnership is at the core of IRC value, we worktogether with local agencies in responding to meet the needs of the communitiesto relief the impacts of the shocks and bring more resilience outcomes for theclients we serve around Myanmar.
This position is based in Yangon withoccasional travel to field office to support the field activities.

Major Responsibilities: Under the supervision of Cash and Basic Needs Coordinator, Senior Cash and Basic Needs Manager will be responsible for performing the following,

Program Quality and Implementation

Provide required technical support to CBN program across the country in Northwest, Southeast, and Rakhine where IRC do the interventions. Conduct the required follow-up with CBN field sector leads regarding the project planning, implementation and achievement against the plan.Conduct quality assurance and relevancy of the CBN tools against each context and projects in coordination with relevant field CBN sector leads, CBN MEAL focal and partners. Lead the partner engagement process during the project designing stage with the development of partner SoP, Workplan and SoW during the planning stages.Support in the development of concept notes and proposals relating to the CBN programming across the country, and continuation from emergency to long-term response, including budgets, logical frameworks, relevant indicators.Review the program related reports released by MEAL department and partner such as assessment reports, On-Site Monitoring, PDM and Indicators result reports.Support the field team in identification of target communities, selection, and monitoring of the most feasible CVA modalities and mechanisms, according to the needs and operational context. Engage with the team and finance in preparing the spending plan and spending forecast.Support in FSP and partner mapping for potential CVA intervention in the country. Co-lead engagement with various interagency coordination forums including Cash Working Groups and identification of strategic partnerships aligned with IRC approach.Coordinate with MEAL team in keeping track of program achievements and preparation of the required reports. Coordinate with other IRC’s sectors (Protection, WASH, Health & WPE) focal to develop capacity building plan for integrated programming.Ensure that all the program related files are systematically and safely stored according to IRC’s data protection protocols. Perform other duties as required by the supervisor.

Partnerships and Representation

Overall technical support to the partners across programing areas. Arrange necessary technical support training to partners such as CVA Core-Concepts, CASH Toolkits and other capacity building training courses. Lead the engagement of partner SoP development prior to the project implementation and making necessary adjustments on Toolkit.Conduct regular follows with the partner and team for activities updates, key challenges to provide required technical support in the process starting from assessment, distribution to learning phases.Deliver capacity-building sessions to partners/ new team members and community mobilizers as needed.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL)

Ensure required reports to make programmatic decisions are released in timely manner. Ensure that appropriate monitoring and control systems are in place throughout the implementation both by partner and internal IRC team. Ensure data collections across programming areas are completed in the quality manner and conduct the data validation, ensuring they are done properly in collaboration with MEAL. Ensure the planned and achieved targets for all programming areas are reflected in the tracks and dashboards in coordination with MEAL Focal.Review assessment's reports, narrative and case studies and keeping track of the all the program related documentation throughout the implementation.

Reporting

Assist the CBN Coordinator in narrative and donor reporting. Provide a timely report about arising needs, implementation progress, partner updates, distribution progress and key challenges across all CBN programing areas.

Professional Standards

Complete other duties as assigned by the supervisor to enable and develop IRC programs.Adhere to the IRC Way Standards for Professional Conduct and the IRC country employment policies.

Key Working Relationships:

Position Reports to: Cash and Basic Needs CoordinatorPosition directly supervises: None
Minimum Qualifications:

Education:

A bachelor / master university degree in International Development, Business Administration, Economics, or Humanitarian Development Studies is preferred. 

Work Experience:

At least 5-6 years of relevant work experience in cash and voucher assistance programming and/or other humanitarian and development programmes with demonstrated experience in both direct implementation and working with local partners.Knowledge and experience in implementing humanitarian or development projects, especially in conflict- affected contexts.

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

Willingness to travel to earthquake affected areas within Myanmar is requiredProven ability to work well with attention to details and promote teamwork, comfortable in a multi-cultural environment, flexible and able to handle pressure with professional grace is required Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Excel and Outlook.

Language Skills:

Fluency in English and Myanmar (written, spoken, comprehension) is required

The application will be considered in rolling basis throughout the vacancy opening period and IRC take the right to finalize the application process before the closing date of the announcement. 

Myanmar nationals with relevant skills sets and proven experience of working at international level are strongly encouraged.

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

Standard of Professional Conduct:The IRC and the IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – our Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equality.