Cash and Markets Project Manager Sudan Khartoum

Norwegian Refugee Council · Khartoum

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Background:

The Cash Project Manager sits in the Country Office Cash & Markets team, reports to the Cash & Markets Programme Manager, and works at middle-management level. The role leads the day-to-day management of a portfolio of CVA grants across several Area Offices. It supervises the Cash & Markets Project Coordinator(s) and is the technical reference point for Area Office cash and market staff. It is the main link between the Country Office, Area Office teams, partners and support functions, turning strategy and donor commitments into on-time, compliant, quality delivery.

What you will do:

The Cash Project Manager leads the oversea of NRC's cash and markets projects from start to close-out. The role owns project cycle management across multiple grants and Area Offices: planning, budget follow-up, quality assurance, reconciliation of reach figures, and timely donor reporting. It ensures cash reaches people most in need safely and in line with NRC standards, and that market functionality and risk inform every modality decision.

The position sits in the Country Office Cash & Markets team and is a key link between the Programme Manager, Area Office teams, partners, the Sudan Collective technical unit and support functions. 

General Responsibilities:

  1. Line management responsibilities for directly reporting staff. This includes the

    • Performance management process; setting clear goals aligned to country strategy and priorities, and to follow up and support staff’s achievement. 

    • Responsible for key processes as workforce planning, recruitment, staff induction and development and ensure Duty of Care for own staff

    • Manage cash projects (activities, budgets, procurement, partners, documentation) in line with proposals, strategy and donor requirements. 

  2. Report on progress regularly and on an ad-hoc basis, meeting all internal and donor deadlines. 

  3. Coordinate across NRC departments and Area Offices involved in delivery

Specific responsibilities 

  1. Project cycle management 

    • Engage with AO teams to develop and maintain work plans, spending plans, MEAL plans and procurement plans for each CVA grant. 

    • Lead grant opening, project review and grant closing meetings with Grants, Finance and Area Offices. 

  2. Cash and voucher delivery – Field based. 

    • Oversee MPCA, sectoral cash, voucher delivery, both direct and partner led. 

    • Ensure Area Office teams apply NRC Sudan SOPs: targeting, registration, verification, payment and complaints handling. 

  1. Markets and feasibility 

    • Lead or support cash feasibility, market and risk assessments ahead of each response. 

    • Identify opportunities for market-support interventions and integration with other Core Competencies. 

  2. Grants, budgets and reporting 

    • Oversee CVA project budgets with AO teams and Finance: forecasting, BvA follow-up, and timely reallocation requests. 

    • Reconcile reach and distribution figures across Area Offices, NRC systems, in close collaboration with the Information Management Coordinator. 

  3. MEAL, quality and learning 

    • Work with MEAL on baseline, post-distribution monitoring and market monitoring, and act on findings. 

    • Ensure complaints and feedback are tracked, referred and closed on time. 

  4. Partnership and coordination 

    • Support partner capacity assessments and capacity building for local partners on CVA. 

    • Represent NRC in the Cash Working Group and CCS technical meetings as delegated. 

  5. People management 

    • Line-manage the Cash & Markets Project Coordinator(s) and provide functional guidance to Area Office cash staff. 

    • Identify capacity gaps and deliver or arrange CVA training for NRC staff. 

Please refer to the Job Description for detailed information as the above responsibilities are just a snapshot. 

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