International Rescue Committee Strategic Planning & Policy - Consultant Jobs in Nigeria

International Rescue Committee Strategic Planning & Policy - Consultant Jobs in Nigeria;The consultant will dual report to the Nigeria and CAR Country Director and a member of the Movement against Malnutrition leadership team throughout the period of the consultancy. The consultant will also engage directly with the MaM Executive Director, the Nutrition Global Practice Lead, as well as other members of the MaM leadership team for different functional support and engagement (eg. fundraising, advocacy, and communications). An advisory group for MaM will also support the consultant both to provide steers and learn from the work of the consultant.

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

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 divers stakeholders together to achieve outputs, outcomes and goals

Deep knowledge of the country 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 a plus

How to Apply

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