Cash Consortium Director

TITLE: Cash Consortium Director – South Sudan   TEAM/PROGRAMME: Cash Consortium LOCATION:  Juba (with up to 50% field travel) EXPECTED START DATE: 1st May 2026

CONTRACT LENGTH: 12 months initially (with the possibility of extension).

 

CHILD SAFEGUARDING: 

Level 2: the role holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work in country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

 

 

ROLE PURPOSE: 

Save the Children, in partnership with the International Rescue Committee (IRC), Action Against Hunger (ACF), Mercy Corps (MC), and Concern Worldwide (CWW) leads the South Sudan Cash Consortium — a multi-donor platform anchored by ECHO funding that provides lifesaving multi-purpose cash assistance (MPCA) and complementary market-based interventions to populations affected by conflict, flooding, and displacement across South Sudan.

The Cash Consortium Director will provide overall strategic leadership, representation, and vision for the consortium, ensuring that assistance is timely, harmonized, and evidence-based while advancing the localization and digitalization agenda. The Director leads the Consortium Management Unit (CMU) and acts as the central link between partners, donors, government, and coordination bodies, ensuring that the consortium operates as a unified, high-performing platform.

S/he is responsible for the strategic development, steer, quality assurance, and cost-efficiency of the consortium’s portfolio. This steer includes cash consortium leadership, coordination, humanitarian donor engagement, partner coordination, quality assurance and technical excellence in implementation; the harmonization of cash delivery approaches, accountability systems, and digital mechanisms; and for driving learning initiatives, innovation, and expansion into a multi-donor framework.

The Director chairs the Consortium Steering Committee, serves as the technical lead of the Consortium’s Technical Working Group, participates in, and ensures alignment with the South Sudan Cash Working Group, Collaborative Cash Delivery (CCD) Network, and Humanitarian Donor Group (HDG).

S/he represents the cash consortium externally to donors and coordination fora, ensures compliance with donor and Save the Children standards, and provides strategic oversight for reporting, learning, visibility, and partner performance.

Reporting to the Director of Program Operations, the Cash Consortium Director works closely with the extended Senior Management Team, Technical Advisors, consortium partners, and donor representatives to ensure that the consortium delivers high-quality, harmonized, and impactful cash assistance that supports both immediate needs and long-term resilience. 

 

 

SCOPE OF ROLE: 

Reports to:  Director of Program Operations

 

Staff reporting to this post: Consortium Management Unit (CMU) and other strategic consortium roles as determined necessary,

 

Roles Dimensions:  

• Provide strategic oversight and leadership to ensure the cash consortium delivers high-quality, harmonized, and timely cash programming across all member agencies, in line with donor commitments and humanitarian standards.
• Lead the Consortium Management Unit (CMU) to ensure effective coordination, strategic decision-making, and adaptive management across partners.
• Ensure program coherence, efficiency, and compliance, while fostering innovation and learning across consortium members.
• Oversee the quality assurance process for all partner submissions — including technical, narrative, and financial reports — ensuring consistency, accuracy, and evidence-based results.
• Maintain proactive donor engagement, ensuring timely updates on progress, emerging challenges, and risk mitigation measures.
• Champion capacity strengthening and institutional learning among consortium members and national partners to promote harmonized standards and sustainable cash delivery systems.
• Represent the consortium in high-level coordination and policy forums, ensuring strategic visibility and alignment with national and regional CVA agendas.

 

External: Humanitarian Donors Group in south sudan (ECHO inclusive), Consortium members (IRC, ACF, MC, CWW, CCD and contracted National NGOs as well as Financial Service Providers /FinTech Companies), State and county-level government departments, Local and International NGOs, and UN Agencies (WFP) in the field location.

 

 

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

 

1. Cash Consortium Leadership and Management

• Lead and manage the Cash Consortium Management Unit (CMU).
• Drive the strategic development and implementation of the South Sudan Cash Consortium through continual improvement of methodologies, digital systems, and coordination mechanisms.
• Ensure that all projects under the cash  consortium are strategically aligned, technically sound, and efficiently delivered, meeting quality, compliance, and timeliness standards.
• Serve as the secretariat and facilitator for the Cash Consortium Steering Committee and Technical Working Groups.
• Ensure strong coordination, harmonization, and collective accountability among consortium partners.

 

2. Strategic Direction and Quality Programming

• Take overall leadership on the strategic, programmatic, and technical direction of all cash assistance interventions.
• Lead development and updating of the Cash Consortium Strategy Guidelines, SoPs, ensuring coherence between humanitarian cash responses and longer-term social protection and localization goals.
• Ensure the standardization of tools and approaches (SOPs, transfer values, targeting criteria, PDMs, MEAL systems, digital delivery platforms like RedRose or CommCare).
• Champion digital cash delivery and data systems (RedRose, CommCare, ) to enhance efficiency, transparency, and accountability 
• Actively participate in   efforts to align with national social protection systems, exploring interoperability with government platforms and UN Agencies engaged in CVA programming
•  Promote evidence-based learning and innovation, documenting successful pilots in mobile money, e-vouchers, and digital beneficiary management.
•  Coordinate integrated programming linking CVA with nutrition, protection, and livelihoods where feasible.
• Ensure that consortium programming aligns with national strategies, donor priorities, and humanitarian coordination mechanisms such as the CWG and CCD Network.
• Ensure the integration of gender, protection, and accountability markers in design, implementation, and reporting.
• Promote evidence-based approaches and innovation (digital payments, market systems, and anticipatory actions).

• Lead the design of multi-donor proposals, ensuring complementarity and scalability beyond ECHO funding.

   

3. Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL)

• Oversee and support the implementation of a harmonized MEAL framework for the consortium.
• Ensure all programs meet the highest standards for design, monitoring, and evaluation, in line with ECHO PCM, CHS, and Save the Children quality frameworks.
• Champion joint learning and adaptive management, ensuring post-distribution monitoring (PDM), cost-efficiency analysis, and lessons learned are consistently shared and acted upon.
• Lead joint reviews, After-Action Reviews (AARs), and lessons learned events to inform adaptive management and continuous improvement in cash programming.
• Develop and oversee the Consortium Accountability Framework, ensuring meaningful feedback loops with affected populations.

• Coordinate and validate all consortium-level data and reporting, ensuring consistency and completeness.

   

4. Financial Oversight and Compliance

• With support from the CMU Finance Manager, ensure that all consortium expenditure complies with donor rules and aligns with approved workplans and forecasts.
• Review monthly award financials, monitor spending trends, and guide partners on corrective actions.
• Ensure compliance with Save the Children and donor financial policies, and that funds are used efficiently and transparently.

• Coordinate consortium-wide financial reporting and ensure harmonized budget narratives and justifications.

   

5. Representation, Coordination, and Advocacy

• Represent the South Sudan Cash Consortium at high-level coordination platforms, including the Cash Working Group, Collaborative Cash Delivery (CCD) Network, and the Humanitarian Donor Group (HDG).
• Maintain strong relationships with ECHO, other donors, government counterparts, and humanitarian agencies to ensure alignment and advocacy for cash programming.
• Lead the Consortium’s external communication and advocacy efforts, promoting visibility, learning, and policy influence.
• Ensure visibility and branding requirements are met across consortium outputs and communication materials.

• Engage with regional and global CVA networks to promote South Sudan’s experience and learning.

   

6. Partnership, Integration, and Capacity Building

• Strengthen collaboration and integration among consortium members to achieve collective results.
• Foster equitable and transparent partnerships, supporting national NGOs in line with the localization agenda.
• Identify capacity-building needs and lead on training, mentoring, and knowledge-sharing across the consortium and its partners.

• Encourage joint planning and implementation among partners to ensure synergy and efficiency in field operations.

   

7. Team Leadership and People Management

• Uphold Save the Children’s and the Consortium’s values of accountability, integrity, and inclusiveness.
• Provide strategic leadership, coaching, and performance management for CMU staff.
• Foster a collaborative and empowered team culture within the consortium structure.
• Hold self and others accountable for delivering on responsibilities, supporting professional growth and addressing underperformance proactively.

 

Travel: Frequent 

 

 

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

 

Accountability:

• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values.

• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance, and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

   

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development, and encourages their team to do the same.
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future-oriented, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

 

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships with their team, colleagues, Members, and external partners and supporters.
• values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength.

• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

   

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.

• Willing to take disciplined risks.

   

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates the highest levels of integrity.

 

 

 

 

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Essential:

• Advanced degree in International Development Studies, Humanitarian Affairs, Business Administration. Social Sector Planning and Management or related fields.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in humanitarian/development programming, including 5 years in a senior coordination or leadership role.
• Experience working in South Sudan or similar complex humanitarian environments within East and Southern Africa.
• Proven experience leading Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) and multi-agency consortium operations.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate multi-stakeholder governance, manage donor relationships, and ensure high-quality reporting.
• Experience in ECHO compliance, Project Cycle Management, and donor reporting requirements.
• Excellent representational, analytical, and negotiation skills.
• Strong leadership, communication, and team-building skills, including experience managing multicultural teams.
• Commitment to localization, accountability to affected populations, gender equality, and child safeguarding.

Desirable:

• Familiarity with digital cash delivery systems (e-vouchers, mobile money…etc.).
• Prior experience with multi-donor or consortium governance models.

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Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive, and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within the reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

 

Equal Opportunities 

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

 

Child Safeguarding:

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

 

Health and Safety

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.

 

The Organization
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard. We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

· No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
· All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
· Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

Application Information:
Please apply using a cover letter and up-to-date CV as a single document. Please also include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/jobs We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.