About Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is powered by the assumption that a greater world is feasible. To do that, we all know our groups do their greatest work when they’re numerous and each group member feels that they belong. We welcome numerous backgrounds, views, and expertise in order that we may be stronger and have long run affect.
The Division
Mercy Corps’ Technical Assist Unit (TSU) is a key a part of the Program Division. TSU subject-matter consultants assist set company technique and supply session – from evaluation and design by means of undertaking implementation and outcomes measurement – to subject workplaces worldwide, in a number of the world’s hardest locations. TSU group members lead analysis, foster organizational studying, symbolize Mercy Corps to exterior audiences, and develop partnerships. The TSU can be integral to international enterprise growth and income.
The Atmosphere Staff is a central a part of the TSU. The group supplies technical management because it pertains to local weather resilience, water safety, vitality entry and environmental safeguarding.
The Place
The Local weather Information & Know-how Advisor will assist develop Mercy Corps’ means to combine prime quality geospatial information and determination making instruments into their packages and operations. In 2022 Mercy Corps accomplished its new 2030 World Technique. The brand new technique established an bold new international local weather dedication, which fees the company with scaling up our local weather programming. Enhancing the businesses capability to make the most of local weather information for key determination making, technique and program approaches is crucial to the success of this dedication. The Sr. Advisor stories to the Sr. Director of Local weather & Water Safety, and can change into a part of a strategic group working to advance Mercy Corps international local weather dedication.
The Sr. Advisor is liable for supporting Mercy Corps groups (international, regional, nation and program) on two fronts. First, the Advisor will work throughout groups to enhance the utilization of local weather and atmosphere information and related applied sciences to tell strategic choices making, program design and different related operations. This can contain working throughout groups (TSU, Disaster Analytics, Know-how, Compliance) to foster a coherent technique and coordination across the use and scale-up of local weather data at Mercy corps. Present technical help, coaching, and capability constructing help to Mercy Corps’s Local weather IQ on the usage of local weather, climate and different related atmosphere data for decision-making and threat administration. The Sr. Advisor will even foster partnerships with international, regional and nationwide stakeholders to help and facilitate these efforts.
Second, the Sr. Advisor will work in partnership with nation and program groups on the design and implementation of on-the-ground program methods that stretch entry to local weather data providers for many weak populations. On this regard the Sr. Advisor will collaborate with nation groups to grasp and interpret local weather and climate providers information that tackle the wants of assorted stakeholders, together with authorities businesses, non-profit organizations, and personal sector companions. The Sr. Advisor will work with nation groups to undertake assessments, and design program fashions vital to enhance entry to those providers. In help of this work, the Sr. Advisor will even develop evaluation tips, technical instruments, program approaches, partnerships and analysis to assist Mercy Corps groups advance its local weather and climate providers programming. Lastly, the Sr. Advisor will work with Mercy Corps’ Analysis and Studying group to judge programmatic interventions and undertake assessments to grasp “what works”.
Important Job Duties
STRATEGY
- Work throughout groups (TSU, Disaster Analytics, Know-how, Compliance) to foster a coherent technique and coordination across the use and scale-up of local weather and atmosphere data at Mercy Corps.
- Articulate and develop regional and nation methods for establishing and/or scaling up approaches to handle inequitable entry to local weather and climate data providers for weak populations.
- Develop analytical merchandise to help the applying of local weather information for technique processes similar to nation methods and nationwide stage local weather motion plans.
- Maintain updated on related methods being developed or utilized by important governmental, tutorial, and non-profit teams. Work with Mercy Corps to find out how the company can greatest work with and/or affect such supplies.
PROGRAM AND PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT
- Domesticate and nurture donor relationships and strategic partnerships that positively affect Mercy Corps means to affect program methods and proposal design, in addition to strategic partnerships that end in stronger and impactful program growth efforts.
- Analysis and articulate Mercy Corps’ portfolio and capability to make use of know-how, information, and information science to drive local weather adaptation, resilience, and water safety approaches, including that strategic imaginative and prescient to proposals and idea notes.
- Write/overview related proposals and idea notes for funding from donors together with foundations, companies and US, European, and UN businesses.
- Work with packages, nation/regional groups, and technical help models on prepositioning and growth of methods.
- Collect/analyze information and full assessments to find out group wants and priorities and Mercy Corps’ aggressive benefit for funding.
- Work with different TSU members on the design and help of multi-sectoral packages that embody parts of broader company objectives similar to water safety, financial growth, peace and governance and meals safety.
PROGRAM QUALITY & TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION
- Establish information sources that hyperlink local weather and environmental information to program design and adaptation; work with T4D and IT to judge alternatives for wider information and know-how use and to pilot information evaluation and technical instruments that help use of local weather and environmental information in program determination cycles.
- In collaboration with different tech/information actors at Mercy Corps, work with packages and nation groups to pilot information analyses that promote the usage of local weather and environmental information in program design and adaptation.
- Take part as an energetic, built-in member of the group offering technical help to a portfolio of subject packages together with these in complicated disaster environments.
- Construct capability with Mercy Corps workers and companions to higher design and implement packages.
- Take management in figuring out and addressing program high quality wants. Collaborate with subject leaders to drawback remedy.
LEARNING AND IMPACT
- Work with the analysis and studying group to judge the affect of program interventions to tell replication and scaling up of efficient approaches.
- Contribute to agency-wide initiatives such because the analysis agenda round Thought Management precedence matters.
- Present in-country and distant coaching and help for Mercy Corps workers, companions, and others.
- Assist new and ongoing packages with greatest apply recommendation and help on evaluation, implementation, analysis, and analysis wants.
- Conduct assessments; write case research, studying paperwork, quick articles, and blogs; and develop inside and exterior disseminate plan for all merchandise.
- Nurture partnerships with universities, analysis establishments, and different organizations to supply case research, assessments, and different studying documentation, in addition to improve program high quality.
POLICY, ADVOCACY, REPRESENTATION
- Signify Mercy Corps at tutorial occasions, conferences, media boards, and different occasions; contribute to thought management in space of experience.
- Establish and nurture strategic partnerships with different organizations and establishments.
- Current ideas and concepts to donors, companions, and peer organizations that affect them to drive innovation and constructive change.
ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING
· As a part of our dedication to organizational studying and in help of our understanding that studying organizations are more practical, environment friendly and related to the communities they serve, we count on all group members to commit 5% of their time to studying actions that profit Mercy Corps in addition to themselves.
ACCOUNTABILITY TO BENEFICIARIES
· Mercy Corps group members are anticipated to help all efforts towards accountability, particularly to our beneficiaries and to worldwide requirements guiding worldwide reduction and growth work, whereas actively partaking beneficiary communities as equal companions within the design, monitoring and analysis of our subject initiatives.
Supervisory Accountability
Consultants on managed initiatives
Accountability
Stories Instantly To: Sr. Director, Local weather and Water Safety, Technical Assist Unit.
Works Instantly With: Different TSU Groups, Related field-based PMs, World Disaster Analytics and subject groups, program and nation groups, HQ-based Program Operations, Finance, PAQ/MEL.
Minimal Qualification & Transferable Abilities
- Bachelor’s diploma in a related subject most popular, together with however not restricted to worldwide growth (and associated topic areas), local weather and environmental sciences, information sciences, geographic data sciences. Demonstrated superior talent and expertise can be thought of in lieu of academic necessities.
- Demonstrated expertise in the usage of local weather and atmosphere information for growth and humanitarian outcomes.
- Demonstrated understanding of the panorama of actors engaged in local weather and climate providers work, and customary approaches being utilized by growth actors in strengthening entry to local weather and climate providers.
- Expertise engaged on (or with) programming which improves entry to, or utilization of, local weather data for marginalized and weak populations.
- Demonstrated talent and expertise with fundamental geospatial evaluation together with desktop GIS instruments is required; superior geospatial programming (together with with Google Earth Engine) and information visualization expertise are fascinating, however not vital.
- Expertise within the utility of geospatial information science for worldwide growth and/ or environmental functions (similar to pure useful resource administration or conservation, environmental change or land-use information) is strongly most popular.
- Demonstrated expertise in coaching/capacity-building (in individual or and/or distant) and in fostering collaborative relationships with practitioners and undertaking administration is most popular.
- Demonstrated familiarity with technical product design, together with person wants assessments, specs drafting, and so on is an asset.
- Potential to work successfully with ethnically numerous groups in a delicate atmosphere, and work with geographically dispersed groups.
- Glorious oral and written English expertise required; proficiency in French, Spanish, and/or Arabic fascinating.
Success Elements
In the beginning the profitable candidate could have demonstrated expertise working on the intersection of local weather change and humanitarian help and growth in addition to information and know-how. They’ll perceive the alternatives and challenges confronted by NGOs working at this intersection and show and understanding of sensible approaches to utilizing information and know-how to assist them. They’ll show a dedication to user-centered design, that prioritizes finish customers and their determination making wants.
All members of our TSU group are anticipated to be robust communicators who can successfully work with colleagues from a wide range of technical and non-technical backgrounds. They’re help oriented. They take a user-centered strategy, working to fulfill potential end-users the place they’re to attain one of the best final result. They don’t hesitate to hunt clarification and help when wanted and are in a position to clarify technical ideas to a non-technical viewers. They see themselves as a part of a group. They’re interested by different individuals’s concepts and views and prepared to share their very own. They welcome and proactively search suggestions and are enthusiastic about exploring various paths to fixing an issue.
Dwelling Situations / Environmental Situations
It is a place open to candidates approved to work within the US, UK, Netherland and Switzerland.
Ongoing Studying
In help of our perception that studying organizations are more practical, environment friendly and related to the communities we serve, we empower all group members to dedicate 5% of their time to studying actions that additional their private and/or skilled progress and growth
Variety, Fairness & Inclusion
Attaining our mission begins with how we construct our group and work collectively. Via our dedication to enriching our group with individuals of various origins, beliefs, backgrounds, and methods of considering, we’re higher in a position to leverage the collective energy of our groups and remedy the world’s most complicated challenges. We attempt for a tradition of belief and respect, the place everybody contributes their views and genuine selves, reaches their potential as people and groups, and collaborates to do one of the best work of their lives.
We acknowledge that range and inclusion is a journey, and we’re dedicated to studying, listening and evolving to change into extra numerous, equitable and inclusive than we’re in the present day.
Equal Employment Alternative
Mercy Corps is an equal alternative employer that doesn’t tolerate discrimination on any foundation. We actively hunt down numerous backgrounds, views, and expertise in order that we may be collectively stronger and have sustained international affect.
We’re dedicated to offering an atmosphere of respect and psychological security the place equal employment alternatives can be found to all. We don’t interact in or tolerate discrimination on the premise of race, colour, gender identification, gender expression, faith, age, sexual orientation, nationwide or ethnic origin, incapacity (together with HIV/AIDS standing), marital standing, navy veteran standing or every other protected group within the areas the place we work.
Safeguarding & Ethics
Mercy Corps is dedicated to making sure that each one people we come into contact with by means of our work, whether or not group members, group members, program contributors or others, are handled with respect and dignity. We’re dedicated to the core rules relating to prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse laid out by the UN Secretary Basic and IASC and have signed on to the Interagency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. We is not going to tolerate youngster abuse, sexual exploitation, abuse, or harassment by or of our group members. As a part of our dedication to a protected and inclusive work atmosphere, group members are anticipated to conduct themselves in an expert method, respect native legal guidelines and customs, and to stick to Mercy Corps Code of Conduct Policies and values always. Staff members are required to finish necessary Code of Conduct elearning programs upon rent and on an annual foundation.