Global Advisor, Economic Recovery

Are you passionate about supporting forcibly displaced people recover from crises, thrive economically and achieve durable solutions? Then, you may be DRC’s next Global Economic Recovery Advisor

**Who are we?**

Economic Recovery is one of DRC’s five core sectors of intervention.The** **overall ambition** **of DRC’s Economic Recovery (EcRec) sector is to contribute to ensuring immediate needs are covered with life-saving direct assistance, while supporting conflict
- and displacement-affected people to meet their essential needs independently and sustainably (**self-reliance**), and restore their ability to mitigate impact of, adapt to and recover from future shocks and stresses in a way that reduces chronic vulnerability (**resilience**). The sector focuses on **capacity to subsist** (produce for self-consumption) and/or **generate income and other economic assets in a safe, dignified and resilient manner**, with a specific focus on mutually reinforcing **food security**, **decent and sustainable livelihoods**, and **financial inclusion**.

**About the job**

The Global Advisor, Economic Recovery is a core member of DRC’s Global Economic Recovery Unit, whose primary objectives is to provide strategic and technical support, as well as quality assurance, to DRC’s Regional and Country Offices in respect of Economic Recovery programming. The Global Advisor, Economic Recovery supports the Head of the Economic Recovery Unit in both internal and external strategy, policy and resource mobilisation. The Global Advisor also leads or co-leads on a set of specific thematic areas and workstreams within DRC’s Economic Recovery sector, including cross-cutting strategic and programmatic areas of focus prioritised by the Global Economic Recovery Unit and wider DRC Programme Division.

**Strategic and Technical Support: Regional & Country Levels**
- Strategic and technical support and quality assurance to DRC’s regional and country teams across the project cycle via remote or in-country support;
- Design integrated and/or multi-sectoral programming across DRC’s Response Framework with Economic Recovery components and/or outcomes;
- Provide technical support to Food Security, Financial Inclusion and Decent Livelihoods activities;
- Support targeted market assessment and analysis in support of Market System Approaches (MSA) designed to achieve Economic Recovery outcomes, informed by applicable minimum standards, not least the Minimum Economic Recovery Standards (MERS);
- Support best practice process, output and outcome monitoring to measure programme quality, as well as evaluations;
**Resources, training and learning**
- Ensure institutional knowledge management, and delivering targeted provision of relevant policy, standards, resources, guidance and tools to country and regional operations;
- Provide training materials in line with global interagency and internal DRC resources;
- Contribute to DRC’s internal learning processes on Economic Recovery and MSA.

**Strategy, Policy and Resource Mobilisation: Internal and External**
- Contribute to the further strategic and programmatic development of DRC’s Economic Recovery sector;
- Advise country and regional operations on mainstreaming CVA and MSA in support of Economic Recovery outcomes;
- Lead on global proposal development; assist DRC regions and countries on resource mobilisation in relation to institutional fundraising as required;
- Support relevant global initiatives (e.g. programme, policy, advocacy, research) in further defining DRC’s Economic Recovery profile;
- Represent DRC externally in relevant technical, policy and advocacy forums and communities of practice;

**About you**

To be successful in this role we expect you to have demonstrable experience working on Economic Recovery programming (including Food Security, Financial Inclusion and/or Decent Livelihoods) in contexts of forced displacement. You’ll also need strong and practical knowledge of Market Systems Approaches (MSA), including Cash and Voucher Assistance, and proven ability to support development of MSA in support of Economic Recovery outcomes.

All employees should master DRC's core competencies: Communicating, Taking the lead, Collaborating, Striving for excellence and Demonstrating integrity.

Moreover, we also expect the following:

- Required _
- Master’s degree in development or humanitarian studies, economics, political science - or other relevant higher education
- Good understanding of emergency and (early) recovery livelihoods support interventions, and integrated programming/approaches, including the Graduation Approach
- Strong skills in humanitarian programme assessment, response analysis and modality selection, set-up/design, implementation, and MEAL
- Demonstrable capacity building skills - including specifically with design and facilitation of impactful and contextually-adapted trainings and workshops
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, inclu