[Remote] Crisis Response Research & Framework Development - Consultant

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Common Ground USA is a peacebuilding organization seeking an individual or team of consultants to evaluate lessons learned from programs across multiple sectors. The consultant will develop a generalized crisis management and response framework, update project resources into transferable guidance and tools, collaborate with CG-USA program managers, and deliver training on the finalized resources.

Responsibilities

• Review those lessons, plus lessons, as appropriate, from the wider fields of conflict management, crisis response and communications, organizational psychology, and leadership development - plus other related fields at the selected contractor’s discretion - to generalize those lessons in such a way that helps other sectors at the center of conflict know what to expect and provide approaches for response
• Use those insights to update existing project resources into generalized, transferable guidance and resources appropriate to multiple contexts
• A guidance document of 10-15 pages with definitions, diagnostics, and remedies for sectors in crisis to allow groups, institutions, and individuals to learn from each others’ experiences and lessons, overcoming sector silos through a generalized framework
• Results should include 3-5 accompanying tools and/or templates - topics be agreed upon after completion and review of the inception report
• The selected consultant will collaborate with CG-USA program managers to gather their insights and validate findings, and be supervised by a Senior Specialist
• Inception report, including review of project documents and literature review
• 1 90-minute validation session of initial findings with CG-USA staff
• Drafting of a new guidance manual, providing a framework of, - What does it look like to be a sector in crisis?: Diagnostic and remedy - What are the transferable lessons from the sectors CG-USA has engaged? -Tools and templates
• 1 90-minute training on the finalized resource to CG-USA staf

Skills

• Candidates/teams should have experience researching crisis management and bridge-building, and experience developing and designing training, guidance, and/or other leave-behind tools for project design and management
• * Proficiency in English (written and spoken)
• * Instructional Design: Demonstrated ability and skills for structuring content logically to teach or advise others in the form of training materials and/or SOPs
• * Technical Writing & Communication: Experience simplifying complex, jargon-heavy processes into plain and accessible language
• * Subject Matter Expertise: Direct experience working as or closely with practitioners on peacebuilding, crisis management, or similar work in the United States
• * Graphic and Document Design: This capacity may be outsourced, but must be included in contract price
• * Comprehensive and systematic inquiry: Consultant should make the most of the existing information and full range of stakeholders available at the time of the review. Consultant should conduct systematic, data-based inquiries. They should communicate their methods and approaches accurately and in sufficient detail to allow others to understand, interpret and critique their work. They should make clear the limitations of the review and its results
• * Competence: Consultant should possess the abilities and skills and experience appropriate to undertake the tasks proposed and should practice within the limits of their professional training and competence
• * Respect for people: Consultant respect the security, dignity and self-worth of respondents, program participants. Consultant has the responsibility to be sensitive to and respect differences amongst participants in culture, religion, gender, disability, age and ethnicity

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