Role

The Cash & Innovation Advisor provides technical leadership on cash transfer programming, cash-plus approaches, learning, evidence generation and adaptive management within the ReSET programme. The role ensures ReSET contributes to national and global learning on refugee self-reliance by generating robust evidence on what works, for whom, under what conditions and at what cost.

Key Duties

• Provide technical leadership on lump-sum cash and cash-plus interventions
• Advise on transfer design, sequencing and complementary support packages
• Ensure interventions align with global good practice and national cash coordination priorities
• Support quality assurance of cash delivery approaches across the consortium
• Lead implementation of the ReSET learning agenda covering graduation models, cash-plus approaches, lump-sum cash, self-reliance, resilience and cost-effectiveness
• Facilitate reflection and learning processes across the consortium
• Support operational research, assessments and technical studies
• Lead analysis of programme performance and outcome data
• Support programme adaptation based on evidence and learning
• Facilitate after-action reviews and learning workshops
• Represent ReSET within relevant technical forums and learning platforms
• Engage with the Uganda Cash Working Group and other cash coordination mechanisms
• Develop policy briefs, learning papers and technical products
• Lead production of case studies and technical learning products
• Capture, document and disseminate lessons learned

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Economics, International Development, Humanitarian Studies, Research, Monitoring & Evaluation or related field
• At least 8 years' experience in cash programming, learning, research or evidence generation
• Strong experience with cash transfer and cash-plus programming
• Experience designing or managing learning agendas and operational research
• Strong understanding of adaptive management approaches
• Experience conducting value-for-money or cost-effectiveness analysis
• Experience in refugee and displacement contexts
• Experience supporting FCDO-funded programmes