British Red Cross Cash Delegate Register

Are you an experienced cash and markets specialist who can help the British Red Cross and the wider Red Cross Red Crescent Movement scale-up our cash-based humanitarian assistance work? 

In the British Red Cross we have seen for ourselves that giving cash assistance in the aftermath of a humanitarian crisis can often be a more effective and efficient option than offering goods and supplies.

We know from research and our experiences in the field that affected people can make independent decisions about what they most immediately need and buy vital items of their own choice.

It has been shown that when cash payments are distributed, the increased local spending power helps economies in crisis-affected places recover and get back to normal more quickly, meaning aid budgets can stretch further.

The Cash Hub initiative, hosted by British Red Cross (BRC), aims to support the scale-up and acceleration of cash-based assistance in the International Red Cross and Red Crescent (RCRC) Movement, was launched in 2017. In 2017 the Movement delivered 767 million CHF of cash based assistance to 5.57 million people in over 80 countries. Focus remains on scaling up the delivery of cash throughout the Movement, with the work of the BRC Cash Hub playing a key part in this. We are a champion of the independence and greater choice this form of assistance can offer people in crisis and having a strong register of experiences specialists will be key to supporting the Red Cross Red Crescent movement in its scale-up of cash assistance.

The Cash Register is a pool of skilled, experienced individuals who are available to work overseas on a fixed-term, salaried basis. Individuals on the delegate register are pre-recruited to one or more of the profiles below and contacted when a potentially suitable role arises with the aim of facilitating a fast and smooth deployment. Delegates may work directly for British Red Cross programmes overseas or could be seconded to work for the International Federation of the Red Cross Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) or the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the field when suitable positions arise. 

The British Red Cross Cash Delegate Register is made up 4 profiles:

*Cash Assistance - Assessment and Project Design Delegate

*Cash Assistance - Implementation Delegate

*Cash Assistance - Preparedness Delegate

*Cash Assistance - Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (PMEAL)

Further information on the profiles, recruitment process and what it means to part of the BRC Cash Delegate Register can be found in the Cash Register Candidate Guide.  

We are looking for people who have:  

- Experience of working in Cash and Markets in at least one international response, recovery and/or development context  

- Technical/professional knowledge within the areas of Cash and Markets or other relevant thematic areas 

- The ability to design and implement cash-based interventions and/or market assessments and market-based interventions 

- Competence in budget management and funding proposal development - Influencing skills and experience of building and maintaining partnerships 

- Fluency in French, Arabic or Spanish would be an advantage.  

- Completion of Practical Emergency Cash Transfer (PECT) training (desirable)  

- Security management training and/or experience (desirable)

In your application please outline which of the four above profiles you are interested to be considered for. You can apply to multiple profiles. 

For further information about joining the British Red Cross Cash Delegate Register please contact internationalregisters@redcross.org.uk

Testing (online) will commence on 7th June and close on 14th June. Remote interviews are scheduled to take place on 25th and 26th June. The selection days will be held at our UK Office in London on 4th and 5th July.

In the British Red Cross, we will not tolerate any form of misconduct, including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse. We have a code of conduct in place, and are committed to creating a culture of integrity in the organisation where misconduct is not tolerated, situations of abuse are quickly investigated, and perpetrators are dealt with effectively.

We are committed to welcoming people from the widest possible diversity of background, culture and experience.

The British Red Cross, incorporated by Royal Charter 1908, is a charity registered in England and Wales (220949) and Scotland (SC037738).

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