Organisational Capacity Sharing Consultant at 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: Organisational Capacity Sharing Consultant

Job ID.: req54483
Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Employment Type: Full Time
Sector: Technical Units

Purpose

• The purpose of this individual consultancy is to support the organizational capacity strengthening. Specifically, this consultant will support IRC grantees to conduct a comprehensive Organizational and Technical Capacity Self-Assessment using a co-designed self-assessment tool; and support the IRC grantees to implement the organizational capacity strengthening activities, coordinating the process with sub-consultants and internal consortium partners.
• The tool will help them identify their organizational strengths, challenges, and gaps and use the findings to develop comprehensive organizational capacity improvement plans.

 Deliverables
The consultant's deliverables for this consultancy are as follows:

• Methodology and Work Plan;
• Capacity Sharing offer strategy;
• Tailored and Contextualized Capacity Assessment Tools;
• Online meetings with grantees;
• Individualized capacity sharing plans for grantees;
• Coordination with country level consultants;
• Facilitators manual; 

Minimum Qualifications
The ideal consultant should possess the following qualifications:

• An advanced degree in International Development, business administration, management, education, social sciences, gender studies or a related field.
• Proven experience in conducting and implementing Organizational Capacity Assessments especially using the facilitated self-assessment methodology preferably for local organizations.
• Clear understanding of feminist and women’s rights organizations and feminist movements
• Experience working with feminist movements and grassroots organizations across Africa
• Strong knowledge of the local organizations landscape especially in Africa.
• Experience in assessment tools development and customization to fit diverse contexts.
• Knowledge of best practices in capacity building and organizational development
• Ability to develop standardized processes and quality assurance tools and mechanisms
• Instructional design skills and experience in developing training materials and manuals
• Ability to distill key insights and recommendations from assessment processes
• Experience in compiling and synthesizing data and information.
• Proficiency in online meeting platforms, collaborative tools, facilitation and participatory methodologies.
• Ability to develop engaging session plans and agendas and experience in designing and delivering training materials and capacity enhancement interventions for local organizations.
• Fluency in English and French is mandatory- (the ability to communicate effectively in both languages is necessary to collaborate with Consultants and local organizations across all target Countries Reporting and Coordination

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should :
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