Bachelor's degree required, with formal training in Peace and Good Governance (P&GG) related subjects., 5-7 years of experience in international development work, including at least three years in a program management or technical advisor role., Minimum of 5 years of experience in P&GG technical work, including program design and partnership building., Excellent writing and strong presentation skills are essential, with proficiency in English; Arabic or Russian skills preferred..
Key responsibilities:
Engage donors and support business development for P&GG projects, including writing competitive proposals.
Deliver training to country teams and partners on P&GG subjects to enhance program quality.
Contribute to research and learning initiatives around peacebuilding and good governance sub-sectors.
Provide technical advice and support in the development of assessments, proposals, and strategic documents.
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Project Title: MENAE Regional Peace & Good Governance Consultant Roster
Consultancy Title: Peace and Good GovernanceConsutlant
Location: Remote (ideally within similar time zones of MENA/Europe region)
Background:
Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40 countries around the world, we partner to put bold solutions into action — helping people triumph over adversity and build stronger communities from within. Now, and for the future. Mercy Corps implements a variety of programming throughout the Middle East and Europe in response to the diverse humanitarian and long-term development needs of the region. Mercy Corps has ongoing programs in Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine,Ukraine, and Georgia. Mercy Corps is committed to delivering high quality, high impact programming that reaches communities or individuals in need, wherever they are.
Purpose / Project Description:
As Mercy Corps works on growing its Peace and Good Governance (P&GG) portfolio in MENA/Europe, we areseekingto develop a pool of technical experts in P&GG areas with strong contextual knowledge and expertise in the region to support specifically our Business Development work and Technical Program Quality Support. Applicants will join our Regional P&GG consultants' rosters and broadly, consultant activities will be determined based on the needs of each assignment. However, scopes of work could take the form of literature review, analyses, inputs into strategic documents, and providing technical leadership and capacity building to country offices.
Technical Coverage: This consultancy includes experts in the following Sub-sector areas:
Local Government Strengthening: Service delivery, electoral process and election, violence prevention, political and legislative institutions.
Countering Violent Extremism: Youth and conflict, intersection of governance and conflict.
Civil Society Strengthening: Progress measurement, social accountability, political economy analysis, community mobilization.
Conflict Sensitivity: Interest based negotiation and mediation, HDP Nexus.
Youth Empowerment: Trauma healing, mental health and psychosocial health.
Gender, Peace, and Security: Participation, protection, violence prevention, women’s security.
Digital Peacebuilding: Peacemessaging.
Technology for Governance:Stakeholder and crisis mapping.
Natural Resource Management
Mediation and ConflictResolution: Reconciliationprocesses.
Consultant Objectives:
Engage donors and support business development for peacebuilding and good governance(P&GG) projects in the Middle East and Europe including writing competitive proposals for submission to donors
Contribute to program quality through delivering training to country teams, project participants, or implementing partners on subjects pertaining to P&GG.
Lead/support in grant implementation by assisting program teams in developing relevant SOPs and program guidelines, leading on relevant project activities
Contribute to Mercy Corps’ Evidence and Learning agenda through the development and execution of research and learning pieces around peacebuilding and good governance sub-sectors, as well as to agency-wide opportunities to advance thought leadership.
Consultant Activities:
As mentioned above, consultant activities will be determined based on the needs of each assignment. Specific examples of assignments will include one or more of the following activities:
Proposal Development and Design:
Support strategy development work at country level, in collaboration with Institutional Donors Engagement (IDE) Team, Technical Resources and Quality Unit (TRaQ), regional and country focal points
Support country teams with engagement to donors to increase awareness and interest in P&GG
Provide technical advice on concept notes, proposals, donor presentations, strategy documents and research
Guide the development of assessments and prepositioning documents, ensuring they align with strategic objectives
Provide guidance or training to country teams on P&GG approaches and principles in support of prepositioning with strategic donors
Analysis and Assessments:
Contributing toward learning documents and evaluations for external audiences, including donors and other P&GG practitioners
Conduct secondary data collection and prepare literature review pieces.
Develop data collection tools, train enumerators and conduct analysis using Mercy Corps and donors guidelines.
Prepare conflict analysis or context assessment reports.
Lead workshops with country teams to understand findings and provide tailored recommendations for the programs.
Review work plans and project logframes.
Program Quality & Capacity Building
Provide technical support to ensure programs meet high-quality standards
Lead the maintenance, technical orientation, rollout, socialization, and sustainability planning for newly established technical working groups.
Lead/support grant implementation by assisting program teams in developing relevant SOPs and program guidelines, leading on relevant project activities
Design training material tailored to Mercy Corps programs needs.
Deliver training at country and regional level.
Prepare reports on the training conducted.
Develop standalone country and/or program level gender strategies/action plans
Lead participatory strategy/ action plan workshops on a program/country or regional level.
Consultant Deliverables:
Specific deliverables and timeline will be determined based on the needs of each assignment. These will be discussed and agreed between the consultant, the program and the country or regional technical team at the start of the assignment.
Deliverables could include at least one or more of the following:
Country-level strategy documents that reflect the P&GG approaches
Tailored communication materials that highlight the P&GG approaches in alignment with priority donors
Documented discussions and action items as a result of progressing new business opportunities
Development of concept notes, proposals, and/or prepositioning materials
Assessment reports, research or learning pieces.
Timeframe / Schedule:
Consultancy timeframe / schedule will be determined based on the needs of each assignment. These will be discussed and agreed between the consultant, the program and the regional team at the start of the assignment.
The Consultant will report to:
Deputy Regional Director, Middle East and Europe and closely work with Mercy Corps P&GG Team.
The Consultant will work closely with: Regional Technical team, Regional Evidence and Learning team, Country Directors, Directors of Programs, Program Managers, Regional and Global Business Development teams.
Required Experience & Skills:
Bachelor’s degree required. Formal training in P&GG related subjects
5-7 years of experience in international development work, with a minimum of three years in a program management or technical advisor role, including proposal design.
Minimum of 5 years of experience in Peace and Good Governance technical work-including experience with program design, partnership building, technical advising, and/or learning and research.
Experience working in the MENA and Eastern Europe required. Experience working in fragile contexts and humanitarian settings preferred.
Excelent writing skills required.
Strong presentation and representation skills required.
Very strong English skills, Arabic or Russian skills preferred
Application:
To apply, please submit your CV, sub-sector speciality/expertise, and daily rate.
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Spoken language(s):
English
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