Consultant for Mid Term Review for Strategy

Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction

GNDR is seeking a consultant to facilitate the review of our strategy as we are half way through, to reflect with our key stakeholders on progress against our strategy plan for 2020-2025.

Main purpose of the role

GNDR is now just over half way through its current strategy period 2020-2025 and would like to take the opportunity to reflect with our key stakeholders on progress against our strategic plan 2020-25, document lessons and learnings and decide what and how we may want to adapt our ways of working approaches to improve our impact in the second half of this strategic period.

Overall scope of the role

To be able to meet the vision of GNDR, the strategy lays down three goals:

  1. Strengthen the collaboration, solidarity and mobilisation of CSOs
  2. Champion a localisation movement
  3. Strive for Risk Informed Development

Candidate requirements

The following Competencies are expected from the applicants for this assignment

Experience of similar assignment in the international humanitarian and development context

Experience in engaging with senior decision makers/policy makers

  • Ability to synthesise and present complex information / arguments easily and effectively
  • Excellent written /oral communication skills
  • Positive and results-oriented attitude, able to meet targets/deadlines
  • A least advanced university degree i.e. master’s degree in the field of development economics, social science, public policy, development study, and other relevant fields of study
  • At least 10 years of programme/project management and policy formulation experience or related field
  • Prior experience of organisational strategy reviews desirable
  • Prior projects/programmes/policies evaluation experience is a must. In particular the expert must be fully conversant with Project Cycle Management (PCM) based evaluation work
  • Fluency in written and spoken English. Spanish and French desirable

Eligibility

The work will be completed from a distance and so candidates must be able to work from home – applicants from any country are therefore welcome to apply.

Start date

TBC – flexible in regards to the successful applicant’s availability

How to apply

How to apply

The application documents must be submitted no later than 15th Nov 2022 in electronic format to the following address: [email protected] specifying “Mid Term Strategy Review” in the subject line.

The application file should include:

1. A technical offer including:

  • Mid Term Review methodology: Describe your overall approach and methodology including, but not limited to, review questions, review design, proposed tools and methodology.
  • Understanding of the issues at stake and the Terms of Reference.
  • Relevant experience: Provide details of projects of similar scope, complexity and nature you have worked on previously.
  • Specific expertise: understanding of advocacy campaigning, Global frameworks (incl. Agenda 2030), civic space, international networks.
  • Key personnel and staffing: Describe the key personnel. Include CVs (no more than 2 pages each and attached as annex) of key personnel who will be part of the proposed plan.
  • Timeline: Include a detailed timeline of key activities. Three references (including telephone numbers) and web links to previous work (if available) or Annexes.

2.A detailed financial offer including:

  • A line-item budget: The cost estimates used to prepare the budget should be presented in GBP (including VAT and any other taxes). The tenderer should include his/her proposed daily rate, including all costs.
  • A budget narrative.

Applicants should clearly highlight any current or previous working or personal links to GNDR, as well as any risk around conflict of interest.

The interviews will take place during the first week of December 2022. A multilingual selection panel composed of GNDR staff will conduct the interviews. The process of mid term review will commence in January 2023

GNDR reserves the right to close applications early in the event of high numbers of applicants. GNDR is a non-profit organisation that leaves no room for any form of discrimination.

As an international charity, GNDR strives to be inclusive in all its activities, and encourages applicants of Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds for all roles.


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