The overall purpose of this position is to contribute to the strengthening and improvement of the accountability and impact of Red Cross Alliance programs and operations supported by IFRC. This includes providing technical assistance in capturing and documenting key knowledge generated through the Alliance.

Given the closure of Alliance country programs in 2024, the position will work closely with the global and country teams to support knowledge management processes aimed at identifying best practices and lessons learned. More specifically, the role will collect, organise, and analyse data from six country projects and develop content for knowledge products including case studies, infographics, and video scripts, among others.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

Final reports
Current Red Cross Alliance country programs will close in a staggered manner throughout 2024. Five final reports will be produced, along with a global report, reviewing the impact and achievements of the programs between 2019 and 2024. The consultant will provide technical support to five Red Cross country teams to develop these final reports.

• Deliverable: Inception report (Q1 2024)

The inception report should include a data collection plan with identified deliverables, activities and timeframe, draft data collection tools such as interview guides and evaluation questions, team members’ roles and responsibilities, and propose travel and logistical arrangements for the evaluation.

• Deliverable: Draft report (Q2 2024)

The consultant will produce a draft report which should include key findings/results, lessons learned, and recommendations for the current and future operations.

Knowledge Management
This position will provide support to the global knowledge management plan that aims to develop externally facing knowledge products promoting lessons learned and successes of Red Cross country teams to the Alliance, IFRC network, potential future donors, and other key stakeholders.

• Deliverable: technical solutions briefs (Q1 2024)

The consultant will collaborate with Alliance country teams on the development of technical solution briefs on scalable community resilience building interventions in accordance with the Alliance requirements (i.e. Interventions Questionnaire).

• Deliverable: human impact stories (Q2 2024)

The consultant will develop technical guidance and provide ongoing support for the collection of human impact stories that reflect the positive changes generated by the Alliance country teams.

• Deliverable: draft case study (Q2 2024)

The consultant will support the development of a thematic case study bringing together the diverse experiences of the Red Cross Alliance country teams, Alliance partners and other National Societies on shared topics related to flood resilience.

Duties Applicable to All Staff

• Actively work towards the achievement of the Federation Secretariat’s goals.
• Abide by and work in accordance with the Red Cross and Red Crescent principles.
• Perform any other work-related duties and responsibilities that may be assigned by the line”manager.

Education

Required

• Relevant university degree in a related discipline from an accredited academic institution.

Experience

Required

• Experience within the humanitarian sector and the area of Disaster Risk Reduction, Resilience Programming, or related fields of practice and research.
• Experience in conducting quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis.
• Demonstrable experience in translating complex information in to clear and impactful knowledge products.

Preferred

• Experience with remote methodologies for consultations is a plus.

Knowledge, Skills and Languages

Required

• Fluently spoken and written English.
• Familiarity with different data collection and analysis tools and software.
• Strong writing skills.
• Access to basic word processing software, i.e., Microsoft Word.

Preferred

• Good command of Spanish or Portuguese is a plus.
• Good command of other IFRC official languages (French, Arabic).

Competencies, Values and Comments

Values: Respect for diversity; Integrity; Professionalism; Accountability.

Core competencies: Communication; Collaboration and teamwork; Judgement and decision making; National society and customer relations; Creativity and innovation; Building trust.