Roving Emergency Advisor – Economic Recovery (Cash and Markets)

The Danish Refugee Council is seeking a Roving Emergency Advisor with expertise in Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) and Market Systems Approaches (MSA) to provide technical and strategic guidance for emergency preparedness and response. The Advisor will support rapid emergency analysis, develop response packages, and strengthen country office preparedness for CVA and market-based emergency responses.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support rapid emergency analysis, including cash feasibility, rapid market assessments, cross-border market assessments, modality due diligence, and market systems analysis to inform timely response decisions.
• Develop and/or roll out response packages, tools, Group Cash Transfers (GCT), and modality recommendations across sectors, including CVA, kind assistance, market-based support, with solutions from the start mindset towards shock recovery.
• Support country teams to translate analysis into concrete emergency response plans, concept notes, proposals, SOPs, implementation plans, MEAL tools and adaptation measures throughout emergencies.
• Provide hands-on technical support during deployments to ensure quality implementation of CVA and market-based responses, including targeting, delivery mechanisms, risk mitigation, accountability and post-distribution monitoring.
• Strengthen country office preparedness for CVA and market-based emergency response, including trainings and support on triggers, market monitoring, financial service provider readiness, partner/private sector mapping, tools, Group Cash Transfers etc.
• Coach, train and accompany country teams and local partners to strengthen practical CVA, market analysis and market-based programming capacity, support local communities and actors to roll out GCTs, while promoting integrated and context adapted emergency responses.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in designing, implementing and monitoring Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) and market-based programming in humanitarian or displacement contexts, including emergency responses.
• Demonstrated experience leading or supporting cash feasibility analysis, Rapid Market Assessments, modality selection and response analysis across sectors, including the use of CVA, Group Cash Transfers (GCTs), in-kind assistance and market-based approaches.
• Strong technical experience in market systems analysis and market systems programming in fragile, disrupted or crisis-affected markets, including the ability to translate analysis into practical emergency and early recovery programming.
• Proven experience providing hands-on technical advice, coaching and capacity strengthening to country teams in complex emergency contexts, including supporting programme design, implementation quality and adaptation during deployments.
• Fluency in English and French is required, with strong communication skills and the ability to present complex technical information clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrate DRC’s five core competencies: Striving for excellence, Collaborating, Taking the lead, Communicating, Demonstrating integrity.

Skills

• Cash and Voucher Assistance
• Market-Based Programming
• Emergency Response
• Cash Feasibility Analysis
• Rapid Market Assessments
• Modality Selection
• Response Analysis
• Group Cash Transfers
• In-kind assistance
• Market Systems Development
• Market Systems Programming
• Emergency Programming
• Early Recovery Programming
• Technical Advice
• Capacity Strengthening
• Programme Design
• Implementation Quality
• Adaptation in Emergencies
• English
• French

Languages

English, French