Consultant, Strategic Planning & Policy at the International Rescue Committee (IRC)

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Consultant, Strategic Planning & Policy

Job Id: req55025
Location: Nigeria
Category: Data & Analytics
Employee Category: Consultant
Job Type: Full Time
Open To Expatriates: Yes
Currency: United States Dollar
Compensation: Hourly

Scope of work
Engage IRC internal stakeholders country program, regional, and central teams) and a wide range of external stakeholders to create a plan for a radical scaling and simplification effort. Identify key elements of the plan including but not limited to:

• Who are the key local leaders of the effort (Principal Recipients in the Global Fund model)
• → Once identified agree with these stakeholders in as much detail as possible on:
• What could a concise, high quality, transparent planning and budgeting process to align stakeholders and budgets look like
• Who might we expect to be key partners, both governmental and non-governmental (including private sector)
• What would be an appropriate geographic scope based on different hypothetical budget levels
• Support local leader(s) in facilitating a participatory design workshop/conference, including resulting in a  thorough SWOT analysis for achieving 80% scale in a defined geographic location including
• What health systems building blocks are relatively strong or weak
• What specific tactics could be used to target bottlenecks to scale
• What cost-effective approaches may be prioritized in this setting
• What are the greatest risks to scale and what mitigation measures can be put in place
• Develop/write a compelling data-driven proposal & plan for scaling up malnutrition treatment coverage based on the collaborative design work; validate the proposal/plan with a network of partners.
• In collaboration with the IRC country program as well as MaM leadership, make recommendations on what internal structures are needed within IRC to ensure radical transparency, efficiency, local collaboration and achievement of targets including:
  • Program org structure and staffing (including to support extensive work in partnership)
  • Financial/grants management (including extensive partnership)
  • Governance of the program in [[Nigeria/CAR]]
  • Measurement and accountability
  • Communications and transparency
  • Sustained advocacy

Deliverables
A complete draft program plan including:

• Stakeholder analysis, identification and documented high-level agreement with key stakeholders. (This should include at minimum top 10-15 national stakeholders, 10-20 pg write up)
• Description of the agreed approach, maximizing the principles of simplicity, accountability, transparency and local leadership building on the funding, planning and measurement models established by Gavi and the global fund. (20 pg write up)
• Preliminary workstreams and indicative activities aligned against the SWOT results
• Preliminary internal organizational structure and staffing
• Preliminary budgeting and financial flows
• Preliminary project timeline including inception phase, launch and programming at scale

Selection Process:
As part of the consultant selection process, short-listed candidates would be asked to:

• Submit a past writing example (at least 20 pages)
• Complete a timed assignment
• Participate in a panel interview

Minimum Qualifications
Requirements:

• At least 15 years of experience with increasingly complex roles in public sector leadership, strategy and delivery
• Experience developing strategic plans for complex public sector programs
• Experience interacting at all levels of government, civil society and the private sector
• Demonstrated ability to bring diverse stakeholders together to achieve outputs, outcomes and goals
• Deep knowledge of the country's contexts
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Fluency in French (for work in CAR)
• Knowledge of public health issues, actors and concepts
• Specific knowledge of nutrition is a plus.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.