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 International Rescue Committee (IRC), Action Against Hunger (ACF), Mercy Corps (MC), Concern Worldwide and national partners, leads the South Sudan Cash Consortium, currently anchored by ECHO funding and delivering harmonised multi-purpose cash assistance and market-based interventions across conflict- and climate-affected contexts.
The Cash Consortium Director provides executive-level strategic leadership of this multi-agency platform and is mandated to evolve it into a unified, multi-donor cash architecture for South Sudan. Operating at senior leadership level within the country’s humanitarian governance framework, the role carries responsibility for strategic stewardship, performance discipline and institutional integrity across the platform.
The Director exercises convening authority across partner organisations, ensuring alignment among Country Directors and senior leadership around coherent strategy, disciplined governance and collective accountability for results. The position engages at senior levels with government counterparts, the Humanitarian Donor Group and UN leadership to safeguard the consortium’s credibility, strategic positioning and influence within national and regional coordination structures.
The role ensures that implementation across independent agencies functions as a single, integrated delivery architecture rather than parallel initiatives. It consolidates and expands cash and voucher assistance programming under a harmonised multi-donor framework, strengthens operational and digital coherence, and safeguards fiduciary confidence and institutional reputation. Through structured oversight, portfolio integration and rigorous performance management, the Director ensures measurable impact at scale, clear communication of consolidated results, and sustained value for money.
The Director holds delegated authority to convene Country Directors and senior partner representatives to safeguard consortium integrity, portfolio coherence and collective performance.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: The Director reports directly to the Country Director, Save the Children South Sudan, who retains ultimate line management authority. The Country Director may delegate day-to-day supervisory management responsibilities to a designated Senior Leader within Save the Children. Such delegation does not alter the strategic reporting line to the Country Director. In recognition of the consortium’s multi-agency governance structure, the Director is formally accountable to the Consortium Steering Committee for:
- Strategic direction
- Collective performance
- Financial stewardship
- Governance integrity
- Delivery of agreed results and impact
Staff reporting to this post: Consortium Management Unit (CMU) and other strategic consortium roles as determined necessary.
Role Dimensions:
- Provides strategic leadership to a multi-agency, multi-million-dollar cash platform
- Corrals implementation across independent agencies into a unified delivery architecture
- Holds accountability for collective performance and impact communication
- Coordinate governance structures and steers strategic decision-making
- Maintains donor confidence and compliance integrity in the consortium
- Support the Steering committee to Drives portfolio expansion and multi-donor growth
- Positions the consortium as the national reference model for coordinated CVA Operations
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:
- Strategic Governance & Implementation Cohesion
- Convene steering committee meetings to ensure alignment and accountability
- Ensure implementation coherence across agencies, preventing fragmentation or duplication
- Establish shared performance benchmarks, harmonized standards, and synchronized delivery cycles
- Intervene where partner performance risks collective results
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Safeguard governance transparency and conflict-resolution mechanisms
- Platform Expansion & Portfolio Integration
- Develop and execute a strategy to expand into a multi-donor CVA platform
- Identify and engage prospective donors
- Lead development of large-scale multi-donor proposals
- Advocate for alignment of partner CVA portfolios under a unified platform
- Establish consolidated results frameworks across all donor streams
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Position the consortium as the preferred delivery vehicle for coordinated cash programming
- Strategic Direction & System Architecture
- Lead harmonization of SOPs, targeting criteria, transfer values, and digital systems
- Champion digital transformation (RedRose, CommCare, interoperability initiatives)
- Align humanitarian cash with longer-term resilience and social protection systems
- Drive cost-efficiency and value-for-money analysis
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Promote innovation in mobile money, digital beneficiary management, and market systems
- Collective Performance, Results & Impact Communication
- Lead consolidated performance tracking across all partners
- Ensure harmonized indicators and shared outcome frameworks
- Develop executive-level performance dashboards for Steering Committee and donors
- Translate technical and financial data into clear, compelling impact narratives
- Oversee high-quality consolidated donor reporting
- Ensure visibility of results, scale, and cost-efficiency
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Champion systematic documentation and dissemination of learning
- Financial Stewardship & Risk Oversight
- Provide strategic leadership of financial performance across the platform
- Monitor burn rates, cost-efficiency, and financial risk exposure
- Ensure compliance with ECHO and other donor requirements
- Coordinate consolidated financial reporting and budget narratives
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Safeguard fiduciary integrity
- Representation & Influence
- Represent the consortium at HDG, CWG, CCD Network, and national coordination fora
- Engage senior donors and government counterparts
- Advocate for collaborative and harmonized cash delivery models
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Elevate South Sudan’s CVA experience to regional and global platforms
- Partnership & Localization
- Promote collaborative equitable and transparent partnership models
- Strengthen national NGO engagement and capacity
- Model principled leadership and ethical governance
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Ensure integration of gender, protection, and safeguarding standards
- Team Leadership
- Lead and mentor the Consortium Management Unit
- Foster strategic thinking and performance discipline
- Promote a culture of accountability, collaboration, and innovation
- Address underperformance decisively and constructively.
BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)
Accountability:
- Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values.
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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.
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Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
Creativity:
- Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.
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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, Public Policy, Economics, Business Administration, or related field
- Minimum 12–15 years of progressive humanitarian/development leadership experience
- At least 7 years in senior coordination, consortium, country, or regional leadership roles
- Demonstrated experience convening Country Directors and senior stakeholders
- Proven experience leading Cash & Voucher Assistance at scale
- Experience expanding or managing multi-donor platforms
- Strong political acumen and negotiation skills
- Experience in complex and fragile contexts
Desirable:
- Prior experience as Country Director, Deputy CD, or Consortium Director
- Experience with pooled funding or collaborative delivery mechanisms
- Experience in digital cash systems and interoperability
- Established reputation within regional or global CVA networks.
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.
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