Cash Consortium of Sudan Research & Learning: Understanding Protection, Inclusion, & Risk Implications of Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance via Proxy

The Cash Consortium of Sudan (CCS) is seeking a research consultancy firm/company to support understanding and managing risks associated with proxy mechanisms in multi-purpose cash assistance (MPCA) delivery in Sudan. The research will focus on protection, inclusion, and do no harm risks, compliance, fiduciary, and diversion risks, and provide practical risk mitigation, monitoring, and accountability measures.

Requirements

• Proven experience in cash and markets programming in complex or conflict-affected environments, ideally in Sudan or the wider Horn of Africa.
• Strong understanding of financial systems (hawala, trader networks, digital payment platforms) and liquidity dynamics.
• Demonstrated capacity to apply humanitarian principles, conflict sensitivity, and Do No Harm frameworks in program design and analysis.
• Experience conducting protection or operational research related to financial access, protection, or inclusion.
• Ability to assess ethical, compliance, and risk implications of cash delivery modalities
• Excellent analytical and writing skills, with the ability to translate complex findings into clear operational recommendations.
• Familiarity with Sudan’s current conflict and economic context and access challenges faced by humanitarian actors.
• Fluency in English is required; Arabic language skills or demonstrated access to a strong local research network an asset