Mercy Corps’ Sudan crisis response seeks to meet the humanitarian needs of vulnerable Sudanese and other conflict-affected people across the country. Mercy Corps Sudan is recognized as a leader in market systems, agricultural, and food security and building on this experience, the MC Sudan humanitarian program will layer in resilience and other program activities where appropriate and feasible to do so. Assistance is delivered with a focus on needs, in partnership with local actors and civil society. Mercy Corps leads the Cash Consortium of Sudan (CCS), a collaborative platform of 20 international and national partner organizations advance a progressive vision of the potential of cash assistance to transform humanitarian response and recovery in partnership with vulnerable conflict-affected populations. The Program / Department / Team (Program / Department Summary) The Cash Working Group serves as the principal coordination forum for all humanitarian cash and voucher assistance (CVA) in Sudan. Composed of over 50 member organizations (UN agencies, local and international NGOs, the Sudanese Red Crescent Society, donors, and financial service providers), the CWG provides technical support to and across sectors, advises on issues related to CVA, and provides evidence and knowledge in response option analysis processes. The group evaluates the situation and makes recommendations on the appropriateness, effectiveness, and efficiency of the cash/market approaches in general, at national, state, and local levels. The CCS acts as a programmatic co-chair for the CWG, alongside the OCHA co-chair. The CWG reports to the Inter-Cluster Coordination Group (ICCG).
The CWG aims to develop standard products, positions, and approaches. It ensures information sharing, learning, and adopting these common approaches across its members to promote inter-agency and inter-sector participation. By providing support to and convening CVA activities across sectors, the group is expected to play a vital role in coordinating Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance (MPCA). The overall role of the CWG is to act as an inter-sectoral CVA coordination mechanism. This group is a technical advisory group composed of implementers of markets/cash-based programming and policymakers on CVA. The CWG will achieve the following activities:
- Lead and coordinate the development of common tools, modalities, and standards to extend harmonisation and complementarity of CVA in Sudan, disseminating and adapting existing tools and available resources in other countries / global levels.
- Standardise MPCA and support other sectors to define policies, strategies, and practical applications. This includes developing common standards in preparedness (MEB, assessments…), targeting, delivery (transfer value, frequency, duration), monitoring liaising, and associating sectors as appropriate.
- Promote coordination and integration using the different delivery mechanisms available in Sudan by providing analysis and joint programming and platform sharing recommendations.
- Support collaboration and alignment of humanitarian CVA with Social Protection schemes through cooperation with relevant ministries and development actors.
- Build the capacities of agencies and relevant stakeholders in implementing CVA, including terminology, best practices, toolkits, and related issues.
- Lead joint initiatives mandated by the CWG and Coordinate ad hoc assessments by partners, ensuring relevance, avoidance of duplications, and disseminating findings.
- Ensure comprehensive coverage of CVA and avoid duplication through actors mapping, information sharing, and capacity building of the group members.
- Map context-specific protection risks and benefits of CVA and decide on follow-up actions for protection and gender mainstreaming. General Position Summary The Information Management (IM) Officer for the Cash Working Group (CWG) will play a pivotal role in enhancing the humanitarian response to the ongoing conflict in Sudan by providing expert support in data and information management for Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) programs. The officer will contribute to the operationalization of the CWG strategy, conduct data analysis, and provide evidence-based recommendations for cash feasibility, targeting, and cost efficiency. Additionally, the IM Officer will develop visualization tools, such as dashboards and infographics, to facilitate decision-making, and ensure data protection standards are upheld across CWG partners. By supporting cash preparedness initiatives, vulnerability assessments, and market analysis, the officer will enhance coordination, targeting, and monitoring of CVA activities. The role requires strong technical competencies in data analysis, mapping, and visualization tools, along with the ability to mentor staff and work in a dynamic, complex humanitarian environment. Essential Job Responsibilities The primary objective of the IM Officer is to enhance the response to the conflict in Sudan by providing comprehensive information management services. The IM person will support the CWG in their CVA activities, ensuring efficient cash assistance to affected populations.
- Contribute to the operationalization of the Cash Working Group strategy through effective information management.
- Analyze data and provide evidence-based recommendations for cash feasibility analysis, contextual targeting criteria, and cost efficiency calculations.
- Support cash preparedness initiatives, including financial service provider mapping, risk assessment, and program gap analysis.
- Support design and implementation of vulnerability, needs and market assessment tools, Post Distribution Monitoring (PDM) tools, etc., for CVA programs.
- Support discussions on evidence-based targeting.
- Develop visualization products, including infographics and dashboards, to facilitate information sharing and decision-making among stakeholders.
- Collaborate with relevant partners to support standards around CVA data and information management platforms and feedback mechanisms.
- Ensure CWG partners have clear guidance on data protection and data sharing. Accountability to Beneficiaries