Senior Cash Coordination Expert

About the role

The Senior Cash Coordination Expert will co‑lead the national Cash Working Group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, strengthening the quality, coherence and leadership of multipurpose cash assistance across the response. Based in Goma, the role reports programmatically to GiveDirectly while maintaining functional accountability to NORCAP’s CashCap Management Unit.

Key responsibilities

• Co‑chair and coordinate national and provincial Cash Working Groups, ensuring inclusive, well‑prepared meetings and follow‑up that reflect partner priorities.
• Strengthen the quality and coherence of multipurpose and sectoral cash responses through harmonised strategies, tools and technical standards.
• Lead updates to key frameworks, including cash assistance strategy, transfer values, minimum expenditure basket and post‑distribution monitoring tools.
• Improve cash information management, reporting completeness, analysis and use of dashboards and joint monitoring outputs.
• Support market monitoring and coordination, including joint market assessments and engagement with financial service providers.
• Provide technical input to humanitarian planning and funding processes, including pooled fund allocations.
• Build capacity of national and local organisations through technical guidance and learning activities.

Required profile

• Extensive experience in cash and voucher assistance within humanitarian or development contexts.
• Proven ability to lead multi‑partner coordination mechanisms and facilitate inclusive decision‑making.
• Strong knowledge of the DRC cash landscape, market dynamics and regulatory environment.
• Excellent analytical, reporting and data‑driven decision‑making skills.
• Demonstrated experience in capacity‑building for national and local organisations.

Required skills

• Cash information management
• Data analysis and dashboard development
• Market assessment and monitoring
• Technical standards development for cash assistance

What we offer

• Fixed‑term contract until April 2027.
• Opportunity to shape national cash assistance strategy in a high‑impact humanitarian setting.
• Collaboration with leading partners such as GiveDirectly, OCHA and NRC.
• Base in Goma, DRC, with a supportive international team.