Job Field: Sector in Consultancy

  • Senior Recruitment Associate

    Senior Recruitment Associate

    Job Purpose
    We seek to recruit a Senior Recruitment Associate who will be responsible for leading on a range of talent acquisition activities as well as working closely with the Recruitment teams.
    The successful candidate should have previous experience working in a Consulting firm.
    Key Responsibilities

    Managing the delivery of end-to-end recruitment in a highly organised and efficient manner. Specific tasks to include: (assessing job needs and requirements, leading recruitment briefings, advertising, reviewing CVs, conducting interviews, shortlisting, reference checking, offer negotiations and contract generation).
    Building and maintaining a database of high-quality candidates to rapidly respond to recruiting needs, in addition to sourcing candidates through a variety of networks, events, databases and online resources.
    Collaborating with hiring managers and interview panels on the design and delivery of competency / strength-based interviews and assessments
    Conducting interviews ensuring alignment with core values .
    Making full use of the Applicant Tracking System (ATS), other related systems and advertising platforms.
    Overseeing candidate management throughout the recruitment and onboarding process ensuring a positive candidate experience
    Supporting the recruitment manager to implement the development, review and updating of various policies and streaming of recruitment processes ensuring that it adheres to good practice principles.
    Communicating and ensuring adherence to recruiting & compensation policies and procedures to candidates and hiring managers flagging areas for review to management as and when required
    Collaborating with recruitment team involved in the recruitment process to ensure consistency across the organisation.

    Professional Qualifications

    Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or a related field.
    Solid recruitment / talent acquisition experience in a mid-to-senior recruitment specialist role
    At last 4-6 years experience.
    Direct hiring experience for fast paced high volume recruitment at multiple levels
    Proven experience of developing technical and behavioural assessments and competence instruments including creation of competency and technical interview questions and evaluation processes
    Demonstrable interviewing experience at all levels.
    Expert experience of pro-actively sourcing technical and non-technical candidates, using tools such as LinkedIn recruiter and leveraging relevant networks
    Proficient with the use of applicant tracking systems and researching relevant job boards for effective and inclusive recruitment processes
    Experience training and mentoring other junior members of staff

    Competencies, skills & attributes:

    Strong multi-tasking, interpersonal and organisational skills
    Advanced knowledge of recruitment functions and practices (direct sourcing, HR lifecycle, recruitment and selection processes.
    Ability to communicate effectively (both written and verbal) to influence a wide range of stakeholders at all levels
    Customer focused – dedicated to meeting expectations and requirements of internal and external stakeholders
    Entrepreneurial mindset with strong problem solving and interviewing skills
    Reliable with a highly flexible, responsive and adaptable approach to work in a fast-paced and changing work environment
    Self-starter, with the ability to work without close supervision
    Proven ability to work collaboratively in a team environment

    Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV to: jobs1@hcsaffiliatesgroup.com using the position as subject of email.

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  • International Consultancy – Remedial Learning Coordinator- BMGF Partnership

    International Consultancy – Remedial Learning Coordinator- BMGF Partnership

    Background and Justification

    Education is recognized as a critical development priority by the Africa Union, while the Kigali Statement of Outcomes sets out equitable and inclusive access to education for all, skills and competencies among the regional priorities for sub-Saharan countries, as they move toward the Education 2030 goals. However, despite the substantial progress that has been made in terms of access, completion and quality of basic education, disparities persist within and between countries, and learning achievement remains low as 9 in 10 children aged 10 living in Sub-Saharan Africa were unable to read a simple text.
    Without urgent remedial action focused on foundational, social and emotional skills, this generation of students is robbed of the essential grounding for ongoing learning for life and work and of the chance to reach their full potential. In fact, it is estimated that this generation risks losing US$21 trillion in potential lifetime earnings, or the equivalent of 17 per cent of today’s global GDP.  To address the learning crisis, UNICEF in partnership with Bill Gate and Melinda Foundation is supporting 10 countries in ESARO region in mainstreaming and scaling up remedial and catch-up learning programme to ensure all children acquire basic foundational reading and numeracy skills.

    Scope of Work

    The scope of the assignment is to provide coordination support to 10 ESARO BMGF partnership countries, provide technical assistance, oversight implementation, consolidate updates from and disseminate with appropriate stakeholders and strengthen monitoring mechanism for the remedial programme and support countries in documenting, disseminating, and integrating remedial and catch learning programme into the national education system.

    Major tasks

    Coordinates with 10 BMGF partnership countries[1] in designing workplans and support in implementing remedial and catch-up learning activities
    Provides technical support to 10 countries in strengthening programme designing, development of appropriate learning resources and teacher training and mentoring and monitoring of the programme implementation
    Provides quality assurance and oversight support in development of scale up framework and large-scale demonstration of remedial learning programme
    Creates documentation of best practices, develop knowledge products on remedial learning, organize workshop, webinars, learning sessions and disseminate within UNICEF across stakeholders
    Participates in weekly, monthly and quarterly meetings and contribute to providing updates and share insights and reflections from country coordination and implementations

    Payment Schedule

    The payment will be transferred within 15 days of submission of respected deliverables.

    Desired competencies, technical background and experience

    Advanced university degree or equivalent experience in Education, Psychology, Sociology or related field of social science.
    *A first-level university degree in a relevant field combined with seven years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.
    At least 5 years of proven experience in the field of education, teacher training, pedagogical practices and designing TLM and implementation of education programmes
    Solid experience in the design and implementation of education programme at scale.
    Excellent writing skills, planning and coordination skills, with proven ability to work independently. 
    Previous work with UNICEF (HQ or ROs) is an added advantage.
    Knowledge of French and Portuguese is an added advantage
    Must exhibit the UNICEF Core Values of:

    Care
    Respect
    Integrity
    Trust
    Accountability
    Sustainability

    Competencies:

    The consultant must have skill and competencies to adapt and toil-made the FLN approaches for
    countries in African continents, high quality documentation and presentation skills and coordination and
    negotiation skills with government and partners.

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  • Consultant – Micro-insurance Market Assessment

    Consultant – Micro-insurance Market Assessment

    Areas of Need

    The consultant will work as part of a larger project team composed of other full-time staff and consultants, and is expected to make contributions to an ongoing research design process for a market assessment to understand demand for crop index insurance. 
    This would involve several steps; Firstly, defining research objectives, such as identifying the target market, understanding their needs and preferences, and assessing the viability of the insurance product. Next, determine data sources, data collection approach and sample size and sampling methods. Analysis and synthesis of insights to draw conclusions and make recommendations on determinants of viability of a crop index insurance product and the best approach to market such a product to the target audience.

    The consultant will assist in the following areas:

    Conduct literature review to identify relevant research questions for understanding demand for crop index insurance
    Prepare for primary data collection (IRB draft, draft tool, train and supervise field team)
    Analysis of field data (tool testing)
    Drafting a set of market assessment tools and guides (baseline and endline)
    Draft reports as required
    Co- present at a learning event 
    Consultants will need to meet the following requirements:
    3-5 years experience in micro-insurance market assessments or agriculture insurance product design in Africa
    Masters in a relevant field (Agriculture, Commerce, rural development etc)
    Experience developing and executing standardized research instruments

    Consulting Details 
    Duties of Busara

    The Busara team will provide overall clarification on expectations and technical support as required.
    Busara will provide contextual information required, including already generated long list of ideas. 

    Duties of the Consultant
    The consultant will: 

    Operate  from own office  other  than  in  exceptional  situations  and  provide  own manpower, work   facilities,   equipment,   stationery,   supplies, and   all   operational requirements to carry out the assignment and provide the services required; 
    Deliver high-quality service within the agreed timelines.
    Liaise with the Engagement Director on a regular basis to report progress, and report any  issues  and/or  concerns  that  may  affect the performance of the consultancy in the course of the assignment

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  • Tor: Living Goods Organization Incident Management 

Senior Manager – Digital Health & Government Partnerships 

Senior Manager – Community Health Systems Strengthening (CHSS).

    Tor: Living Goods Organization Incident Management Senior Manager – Digital Health & Government Partnerships Senior Manager – Community Health Systems Strengthening (CHSS).

    OVERVIEW

    Living Goods is committed to offering a safe and trusted work environment and meeting the duty of care it owes internally to its staff, board and volunteers (CHWs) and externally to its stakeholders (community it serves, partners, clients, donors, Governments, regulatory authorities, consultants). To achieve this, we have initiated a process to review the current safeguarding and related policies, complaint mechanisms and develop training materials. We aim to ensure relevant capacity within the organization specifically with the Field Operations teams while improving the current policies and guidelines. The scope of work will also include the development of safeguarding communication and training material to enable the integration of safeguarding consistently in Living Goods’ approaches and ways of working.

    OBJECTIVE

    The objective of this consultancy is to support Living Goods (LG) in the development and institutionalization of an enterprise-wide incident management framework to provide a structured approach to identifying, analyzing,  and responding to incidents in the organization to minimize their impact on the business and prevent similar incidents from happening in the future.
    Living Goods considers incident management capability as a critical factor in guaranteeing our operational resiliency. We believe that operational resilience as a concept is critical in managing operational risk to ensure mission viability by being able to adapt to new risks as they emerge and acting before reacting. Our operational resilience is understood as a function of a robust and strong incident management framework which will be part of our risk and security management activities.

    THE CONSULTANT’S RESPONSIBILITIES

    This role will be on a 3 months consultancy basis, directly reporting to the Director of Compliance and Grants and interacting majorly with the organizational functional leads at the Global Office and Country Level. A Technical Working Group consisting of Global Executive and Management Team members will oversee the outputs of this consultancy.

    Key responsibilities will include the following:

    Conduct a current state assessment to understand the current state of incident management in the organization.
    Facilitate enterprise-wide cross-functional engagement to gather understanding, determinants, and gaps of the organization’s current incident management practices.
    Based on the needs analysis and findings of the detailed assessment make recommendations to the TWG on improvements and best practices for implementation.
    Develop an incident management framework that outlines the processes, roles, responsibilities, and tools required to manage incidents effectively tailored to Living Goods’ needs.
    Support the development of standardized methods, workflows, and procedures for the efficient and prompt response, analysis, documentation, ongoing management, and reporting of Incidents aligned to the incident management framework. These should help
    Identify the incident types.
    Define the severity levels and associated response times.
    Steps that should be taken to resolve incidents.
    Support the development of policies and procedures that define and assign the appropriate roles and to responsibilities for personnel involved in incident management activities.

    SCOPE OF WORK 

    The consultant will be required to conduct a comprehensive review of LG’s incident management system with the aim of developing an enterprise-wide incident management framework. The consultant will provide advice based on industry best practices and Standards to meet the objectives of the assignment.

    Specifically, the Consultant is required to:

    Undertake a comprehensive review of the proposed incident management mechanism to identify the needs and management teams across the enterprise and their specific roles and responsibilities (command and control structure with clearly defined RACI)
    Support management in establishing a policy and corresponding procedures that define the incident management process and key participants.
    Develop required workflows to illustrate how incidents flow through the incident management process, including detection, reporting, triage, analysis, response, and closure, which should be completed.
    Develop the required incident management tools (Incident reporting forms, guidelines, and procedures).
    Identifying people across the enterprise who have a role in analyzing and resolving incidents and their specific roles and responsibilities.
    Establish a comprehensive enterprise-wide incident management system that supports the organizational mission, goals, or business drivers.
    Develop a standard orientation program for the organization.
    Map and ensure linkages of the proposed incident management system to any existing business continuity or disaster recovery plans where and when appropriate.
    Ensure the incident management systems supports the overall strategy to protect and secure critical business functions and assets.
    Other specific actions aligned with the key activities.

    DELIVERABLES
    The Consultant will deliver:

    Inception Report
    Presentation of draft
    Final comprehensive LG enterprise-wide incident management framework, tools, and orientation;
    This will include;

    Incident management systems Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to Critical Success Factors (CSFs).
    Feature system to assign unresolved Incidents to appropriate Tiers.
    Escalation mechanism.  
    Incident lifecycle.

    CONSULTANT QUALIFICATIONS

    At least 3 years of experience in providing consulting services in the field of incident management
    Extensive experience in technology solutions for organizational processes.
    Full command of the English language with prior experience and a proven ability for excellent oral and written communication/documentation in the development of Operational and Administrative policy and procedures development.

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  • Consultant – External Relations/Resource Mobilization (EXR) Officer

    Consultant – External Relations/Resource Mobilization (EXR) Officer

    Purpose of consultancy

    In the context of the WHO Emergency Preparedness and Response Cluster the incumbent has front line responsibility for the development and implementation of a resource mobilization strategy in line with the corporate WHO mobilization strategy and EPR’s global external relations strategy. S/he will research existing and potential donors; draft proposals, donor briefings, reports and updates; ensure compliance with WHO and donor requirements; coordinate the overall and day-to-day activities to secure rapid and sustainable funding for the effective implementation of the emergency operations and ensure accurate, timely reporting.

    Background  

    Objectives of the Programme and of the immediate Strategic Objective
    The mission of WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme (The Programme) is to help countries, and to coordinate international action, to prevent, prepare for, detect, rapidly respond to, and recover from outbreaks and emergencies.

    Organizational context

    Reporting to and under the overall guidance of the WHO EPR Hub Coordinator and working closely with counterparts at the respective Country Offices, Regional Office and HQ, the incumbent is responsible for implementing a resource mobilization plan required to finance the emergency prevention, preparedness, recovery and response activities in the ESA sub-region. This will entail building and promoting strong partnerships with all relevant actors, including Member States, various donors at country, regional and global levels, the health cluster, other UN agencies, etc. in order to identify and create resource mobilization opportunities. The incumbent will establish partnerships with the technical leads overseeing the programme and the administrative staff to ensure the adequate use and reporting of the funds following donor requirements. As part of the WHO emergency’s global External Relations network, s/he and will work in close cooperation with the resource mobilization, planning, communication and advocacy officers at the three levels of the Organization to achieve common goals and thus contribute to the delivery of WHO emergency global external relations strategy.

    Deliverables
    During deployment, the duty station may change, and duties may be modified, based upon the technical needs of the Programme.

    Develop and implement the ESA resource mobilization strategy to ensure sustainable financing for the work of EPR at regional and country levels. In coordination with relevant external relations and resource mobilization counterparts and technical officers, develop donor briefing materials, funding proposals and other WHO and UN appeal documents; to be used as advocacy and fundraising tools.
    Identify and partner with main humanitarian donors to the countries (in consultation with HQ and Regional Office resource mobilization teams). Coordinate WHO participation at donor coordination meetings; proactively contribute to negotiations for rapid donor agreements.
    Research the interests and application requirements of the main donors and other sources of funding, identifying trends as well as opportunities and risks and positioning EPR as appropriate, in consultation with HQ.
    Oversee the overall activities related to mobilization of resources, grants management, analysis of funding needs and gaps and the award management process at the country office level. Maintain project calendars and milestones; analyze information on project activities and monitor progress towards targets using various project management databases.
    Work closely with HQ and the relevant Country and Regional Office focal points to gather donor intelligence and support the timely development of strategic funding proposals, grants, donor agreements and other external relations activities. Provide technical expertise and resource mobilization guidance to the staff at the country office level.
    Support the management of multiple projects throughout the project life cycle: monitor implementation rates and reporting deadlines and ensure activities and expenditures are aligned with the terms and conditions set out in individual donor agreements; work closely with procurement, logistic, HR and technical staff to monitor the overall implementation of emergency projects.
    Provide support in the convening and coordination of the various partner platforms at the Hub and technical working groups in line with approved terms of reference for each. This includes recording meetings, following up on action points and ensuring timely response to requests from partners
    Coordinate participation of WHO in relevant inter agency platforms at regional level to ensure that WHO participates in system-wide resource mobilization activities such as CERF and Country-Based Pooled Funds staff
    In coordination with the Communication and Advocacy Officer, effectively utilize the communication products to inform donors about both Health Sector and WHO’s strategies and work to encourage them to fund the overall health sector response to affected populations and WHO’s strategic plans and proposals.
    Perform any other emergency-specific related duties, as required by the functional supervisor.

    Qualifications, experience, skills and languages
    Educational Qualifications
    Essential

    Advanced university degree (Masters level or above) in social sciences, international relations, political sciences, communications, marketing, management, economics accounting, financial management, business or public administration from an accredited/recognized institute.

    Desirable: 

    Specific studies on resource mobilization, communication, studies on development and/or humanitarian work. Training in donor intelligence, proposal writing, and general project management.

    Experience
    Essential

    At least seven years’ related experience, at the national and international level, in resource mobilization, external relations and/or grants management. Documented achievements in fundraising activities, part of which supporting humanitarian emergency or health outbreak response and recovery activities.
    Proven experience in writing resource mobilization proposals, donor reports and related documents.

    Desirable

    Prior working experience with WHO/UN, health cluster partners or with an international nongovernmental or recognized humanitarian organization.

    Skills/Knowledge

    Strong interpersonal, representational, and organizational skills, with proven ability to facilitate and strengthen the involvement and collaboration of a broad range of internal and external partners.
    Demonstrated success in resource mobilization, including the ability to conceptualize resource mobilization strategies and approaches and achieve consensus with donors and partners.
    Integrity, tact and discretion.
    Ability to work and achieve goals under pressure.
    Sound understanding of the impact of emergencies and crises on social and economic development, and its burden on populations.
    Ability to “think out of the box” and to make innovative proposals as related to mobilization of resources.
    Good knowledge of WHO mandate and goals in the emergency incident management context is an asset.

    Languages required

    Essential: Excellent knowledge of English.
    Desirable: Working knowledge of another WHO official language.

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    careers.who.int

  • Consultant – Regulatory Framework for Biosafety and Biosecurity 

Consultant – National Action Plan on AMR and Primary Health Care Assessments

    Consultant – Regulatory Framework for Biosafety and Biosecurity Consultant – National Action Plan on AMR and Primary Health Care Assessments

    Purpose of consultancy
    To contribute to strengthening Member States’ national regulatory frameworks for managing biological risks.
    Deliverables: 

    Deliverable 1: Provide juristic input as set out in the WHO guidance document on implementing regulatory requirements, including review and national evaluation, strengthening regulatory expertise, as well as facilitate a project for developing and strengthening regulatory framework of biosafety and biosecurity in harmony with diverse stakeholders including national competent authorities and subject matter experts relevant to each stage of the project including reporting and recommendations in writing.
    Deliverable 2: Perform fact finding missions to the identified countries and organize meetings so that all stakeholders are engaged in a dialogue so as to establish foundation of this project.
    Deliverable 3: Contribute to the revision of the WHO Guidance on Regulations for the Transport of Infectious Substances and augmenting WHO’s training regime for shippers (e-ISST) as well as inform the formal international process for reviewing and revising relevant sections of the UN Model Regulations for transport of dangerous goods.

    Qualifications, experience, skills and languages.
    Educational Qualifications:
    Essential:

    University degree in health-related, biological or medical sciences, coupled together with additional studies in legal science.  

    Desirable:

    Advanced degree in Medicine.

    Experience
    Essential:

    At least 1 year of experience in the area of licensing, legislation and regulatory framework relevant to biomedical laboratories and safe transportation of infectious substances. 
    At least 2 years of experience in project facilitation and developing technical reports and guidance documents.

    Desirable: 

    Professional experience at an international level, in particular WHO.

    Skills/knowledge
    Essential:

    Excellent written and verbal communication skills, particularly for technical report and proposal.
    Proven project management skills.
    Knowledge in regulatory framework relevant to biosafety and biosecurity.
    Ability to liaise and communicate with diverse stakeholders of all levels with proper understanding of the inherent sensitivity of the subject.

    Closing Date: May 16, 2023

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  • Consultant for Terminal Evaluation of the UNEP Project “Climate Change and Security 

Youth Communication Consultant 

Marine and Coastal Environmental Management Consultant

    Consultant for Terminal Evaluation of the UNEP Project “Climate Change and Security Youth Communication Consultant Marine and Coastal Environmental Management Consultant

    Duties and Responsibilities
    Org. Setting

    The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the United Nations systems designated entity for addressing environmental issues at the global and regional level. Its mandate is to coordinate the development of environmental policy consensus by keeping the global environment under review and bringing emerging issues to the attention of governments and the international community for action. This consultancy is located at Headquarters in the Evaluation Office which reports directly to the Executive Director. The consultant reports to the Evaluation Officer managing the project and the Director of the Evaluation Office (EO).
    The Terminal Evaluation is undertaken at operational completion of the project to assess project performance (in terms of relevance, effectiveness and efficiency), and determine outcomes and impacts (actual and potential) stemming from the Project, including their sustainability. The Evaluation has two primary purposes: (i) to provide evidence of results to meet accountability requirements, and (ii) to promote operational improvement, learning and knowledge sharing through results and lessons learned among UNEP, the European Union (EU), Adelphi, among other project partners and Practical Action (Nepal and Sudan). Therefore, the Evaluation will identify lessons of operational relevance for future Project formulation and implementation, especially where a second phase of the Project is being considered. Recommendations relevant to the whole house may also be identified during the evaluation process.

    In close consultation with the Evaluation Manager, the evaluation consultant will be responsible for the overall management of the evaluation and timely provision of its outputs, data collection and analysis and report-writing. More specifically:

    Inception phase of the evaluation, including:
     preliminary desk review and introductory interviews with project staff;
     draft the reconstructed Theory of Change of the project;
     prepare the evaluation framework;
     develop the desk review and interview protocols;
     draft the survey protocols (if relevant);
     develop and present criteria for country and/or site selection for the evaluation mission;
     plan the evaluation schedule;
     prepare the Inception Report, incorporating comments until approved by the Evaluation Manager

    Data collection and analysis phase of the evaluation, including:

     conduct further desk review and in-depth interviews with project implementing and executing agencies, project partners and project stakeholders;
     (where appropriate and agreed) conduct an evaluation mission in the project country, visit the project locations, interview project partners and stakeholders, including a good representation of local communities. Ensure independence of the evaluation and confidentiality of evaluation interviews.
     regularly report back to the Evaluation Manager on progress and inform of any possible problems or issues encountered and;
     keep the Project/Task Manager informed of the evaluation progress.

    Reporting phase, including:

     draft the Main Evaluation Report, ensuring that the evaluation report is complete, coherent and consistent with the Evaluation Manager guidelines both in substance and style;
     liaise with the Evaluation Manager on comments received and finalize the Main Evaluation Report, ensuring that comments are taken into account until approved by the Evaluation Manager
     prepare a Response to Comments annex for the main report, listing those comments not accepted by the evaluation consultant and indicating the reason for the rejection; and
     (where agreed with the Evaluation Manager) prepare an Evaluation Brief (2-page summary of the evaluand and the key evaluation findings and lessons)

    Managing relations, including:

     maintain a positive relationship with evaluation stakeholders, ensuring that the evaluation process is as participatory as possible but at the same time maintains its independence;
     communicate in a timely manner with the Evaluation Manager on any issues requiring its attention and intervention.

    Qualifications/special skills

    An advanced university degree in environmental or social studies or international development is required. A first level degree with an additional (2) years qualifying work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced degree.
    At least 7 years’ professional experience is required
    Working experience in the areas of environmental resource management, climate change, and natural resource conflict is an added advantage; previous working experience in undertaking evaluation of projects, preferably using a Theory of Change approach, is required.
    Experience in managing partnerships, knowledge management and communication is desirable for all evaluation consultants.

    Languages

    Knowledge of English language along with excellent writing skills in English is required.

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  • Consultants – Quality Assurance, Assessment and Awards 

Consultant – Rehabilitation (Strengthen Health Information Systems for Rehabilitation)

    Consultants – Quality Assurance, Assessment and Awards Consultant – Rehabilitation (Strengthen Health Information Systems for Rehabilitation)

    Purpose of consultancy
    To implement and further develop Quality Assurance, Assessment and Award systems and processes at the WHO Academy. The consultant will contribute to at least one of the following areas of work:

    Quality Assurance 
    Assessment 
    Awards

    Deliverables: 
    Deliverables (Quality Assurance):

    Ensure the operation of the learning programme quality system including the review process of learning programmes against identified quality criteria.
    Identify and implement improvements to the learning programme quality system and provide best practice guidance and examples.
    Evolve the quality assurance systems and processes to enable quality assurance for different types of learning programmes and products.

    Deliverables (Assessment):

    Establish and evolve a valid and reliable learner assessment approach.
    Provide technical expertise to the Learning teams on assessment design.
    Review learning programme assessments against the identified quality criteria.

    Deliverables (Awards):

    Develop, implement and evolve the learner recognition framework.
    Provide technical expertise to the Learning teams on the learner recognition framework.
    Conduct learning programme award reviews.

    Qualifications, experience, skills and languages.
    Educational Qualifications:
    Band level A:
    Essential:

    University degree in one of the following fields: Education, Education technology, Learning technology, Quality management or any related or relevant fields.

    Band level B:
    Essential:

    University degree in one of the following fields: Education, Education technology, Learning technology, Quality management or any related or relevant fields.

    Desirable:

    A master’s degree or an equivalent qualification, a post-graduate degree in education, education and learning technology, quality management or a related field. 

    Experience
    Essential:
    Band level A:

    Up to 5 years of experience in one or more of the following fields: Teaching, Assessment, Instructional design, Quality assurance, Credentialing in education or any related discipline.

    Band level B: 

    At least 5 years of experience in one or more of the following fields: Teaching, Assessment, Instructional design, Quality assurance, Credentialing in education or any related discipline.

    Desirable:

    At least 5 to 10 years of professional experience, inclusive of at least 5 years of experience in teaching, assessment, instructional design, quality assurance or credentialing in education.

    Skills/knowledge
    Essential:

    Excellent written and verbal communication skills and attention to detail.
    Knowledge of quality assurance, assessment and award systems and processes in education and learning.   
    Ability to work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders in multidisciplinary and multicultural settings. 
    Good knowledge of MS Office including SharePoint, Teams, Word and Excel.
    Ability to work independently and remotely. 

    Closing Date: May 15, 2023,

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  • Consultant – Corporate Governance

    Consultant – Corporate Governance

    CONSULTANCY SUMMARY
    A Coalition of health service providers and individual activists is seeking to formalize its ways of working and engagement within the Coalition. The goal of the Coalition is to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in the implementation of joint initiatives that have been identified and that require effective alignment to support the achievement of key projects initiated within the Coalition. The output from this Consultancy being the Governance framework, shall further provide guideline for all key stakeholders, third parties and contracted staff on all assignments undertaken, in order to have an increased understanding of the agreed and synchronized way of working within the coalition. 
    KEY ASSIGNMENT TASKS

    Interview Coalition members to develop a key understanding of the Coalition’s workings as well as the members’ overall vision
    Develop a governance framework to inform participation, decision making, and the values and ethos of the Coalition (e.g. A Constitution) This governance framework shall include but not be limited to administration, programme and project preparation, management, planning, implementation, reporting, monitoring, evaluation and audits
    Prepare an implementation guideline of the governance framework that reflects the Coalition members’ interactions with the roles of each key stakeholder clearly defined
    Conduct a validation exercise of the draft governance structure with coalition members and incorporate feedback given by the members to ensure it is robust and well binding
    Within the guidelines, establish proper entry and exit clauses for key stakeholders and ensure these clauses are clearly communicated and documented to reduce error in mis-interpretation
    Guide the development of agreed upon terms of reference that binds each coalition member to adherence to the agreed ways of working
    Develop a tool for joint, expedient and effective decision making to guide the use of Coalition resources
    Conduct a comprehensive comparative analysis of like-minded or similar coalitions, while also researching on best practice that can support the setting up and running of the Coalitions’ operations

    Represent the Research Monitoring and Evaluation(RM&E) team at internal meetings for senior staff and Board meetings as needed, including direct engagement with the Executive Director and Board of Directors
    Together with the various teams, conceptualize, design and deliver RM&E related workshops and capacity building activities for staff
    Lead the integration of monitoring, evaluation, research and learning into programme learning, programme implementation and decision-making across teams and ensure that data and learning can be used for improving programme design, implementation and advocacy

    DESIRED COMPETENCIES

    Relevant qualifications in Corporate Governance or demonstrated equivalent extensive experience
    Demonstrate a clear understanding of the Health and Rights Sector both at National & Regional level
    Have a flexible approach to problem solving
    Look beyond the obvious and immediate information when generating solutions
    Demonstrate resourcefulness in identifying and exploiting trends and developments.
    Display strong verbal and written communication skills
    Bachelor’s Degree in Corporate Governance, Social Sciences, humanities, development studies, human rights, political science or other relevant discipline
    At least 8 years work experience supporting corporate governance initiatives within the health and rights sector
    Experience in supervising teams, including remote management of team members in different locations
    Demonstrated success in driving process improvement and effective partnering
    Ability to lead in Research Monitoring Evaluation and Learning discussions
    High level of integrity, confidentiality, trust and dependability with a strong sense of urgency
    Results-oriented, entrepreneurial, self-motivated, self-starter, who is flexible and adaptable to rapid change and has the ability to work in a fast-paced, high demand environment
    Good consultative and influencing skills with the ability to build strong working relationships across all levels
    Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills with a good focus on organization, and enhanced multitasking abilities
    Ability to present data clearly and in a non-ambiguous manner to all relevant stakeholders.

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