CONSULTANT - CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

CONSULTANCY SUMMARY

A Coalition of health service providers and individual activists is seeking to formalize its ways of working and engagement within the Coalition. The goal of the Coalition is to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in the implementation of joint initiatives that have been identified and that require effective alignment to support the achievement of key projects initiated within the Coalition. The output from this Consultancy being the Governance framework, shall further provide guideline for all key stakeholders, third parties and contracted staff on all assignments undertaken, in order to have an increased understanding of the agreed and synchronized way of working within the coalition. 

KEY ASSIGNMENT TASKS

• Interview Coalition members to develop a key understanding of the Coalition’s workings as well as the members’ overall vision
• Develop a governance framework to inform participation, decision making, and the values and ethos of the Coalition (e.g. A Constitution) This governance framework shall include but not be limited to administration, programme and project preparation, management, planning, implementation, reporting, monitoring, evaluation and audits
• Prepare an implementation guideline of the governance framework that reflects the Coalition members’ interactions with the roles of each key stakeholder clearly defined
• Conduct a validation exercise of the draft governance structure with coalition members and incorporate feedback given by the members to ensure it is robust and well binding
• Within the guidelines, establish proper entry and exit clauses for key stakeholders and ensure these clauses are clearly communicated and documented to reduce error in mis-interpretation
• Guide the development of agreed upon terms of reference that binds each coalition member to adherence to the agreed ways of working
• Develop a tool for joint, expedient and effective decision making to guide the use of Coalition resources
• Conduct a comprehensive comparative analysis of like-minded or similar coalitions, while also researching on best practice that can support the setting up and running of the Coalitions’ operations

• Represent the Research Monitoring and Evaluation(RM&E) team at internal meetings for senior staff and Board meetings as needed, including direct engagement with the Executive Director and Board of Directors
• Together with the various teams, conceptualize, design and deliver RM&E related workshops and capacity building activities for staff
• Lead the integration of monitoring, evaluation, research and learning into programme learning, programme implementation and decision-making across teams and ensure that data and learning can be used for improving programme design, implementation and advocacy

DESIRED COMPETENCIES

• Relevant qualifications in Corporate Governance or demonstrated equivalent extensive experience
• Demonstrate a clear understanding of the Health and Rights Sector both at National & Regional level
• Have a flexible approach to problem solving
• Look beyond the obvious and immediate information when generating solutions
• Demonstrate resourcefulness in identifying and exploiting trends and developments.
• Display strong verbal and written communication skills
• Bachelor’s Degree in Corporate Governance, Social Sciences, humanities, development studies, human rights, political science or other relevant discipline
• At least 8 years work experience supporting corporate governance initiatives within the health and rights sector
• Experience in supervising teams, including remote management of team members in different locations
• Demonstrated success in driving process improvement and effective partnering
• Ability to lead in Research Monitoring Evaluation and Learning discussions
• High level of integrity, confidentiality, trust and dependability with a strong sense of urgency
• Results-oriented, entrepreneurial, self-motivated, self-starter, who is flexible and adaptable to rapid change and has the ability to work in a fast-paced, high demand environment
• Good consultative and influencing skills with the ability to build strong working relationships across all levels
• Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills with a good focus on organization, and enhanced multitasking abilities
• Ability to present data clearly and in a non-ambiguous manner to all relevant stakeholders.