Consultant Market-Based Coping and Recovery Program Technical Guidance

Mercy Corps has been operational in Sudan since 2004. With the eruption of violence throughout the country in April 2023, Mercy Corps is rapidly shifting its portfolio to respond to the crisis in urban and peri-urban centers in the East and center of the country, with an aim to address basic needs for conflict-affected populations, while also focusing on supporting coping through markets and supporting and building the resilience of key market systems for food security and economic opportunities. While the Sudan team is working to quickly increase the scale of their team and programming, they will require additional technical support to navigate the pivot as well as to continue to adapt programs in the shifting operational and security context.

Consultant Activities:

• Support completion of SOMOUD I and II deliverables, particularly by helping the teams design and implement agriculture input delivery methodologies, SME and consumer cooperatives component.
• Assist in designing and implementing agriculture input delivery methodologies, ensuring alignment with program goals and local context.
• Strengthen the SME and consumer cooperatives component by providing technical guidance, reviewing and advising on existing models, and ensuring effective implementation.
• Collaborate with program leadership and technical team to identify and address bottlenecks, ensuring timely delivery of program outputs.
• Support SOMOUD II CoP as needed through regular calls and tasks.
• With the Sudan MSD Technical Lead, enable program technical quality and coherence by supporting staff capacity building for relevant programs, both at the technical and managerial levels,
• Work closely with the Sudan MSD Technical and Implementation Lead to build staff capacity at both technical and managerial levels.
• Assist in developing and delivering training sessions, tools, and resources to enhance staff understanding of MSD principles and practices.
• Contribute to program learning by supporting program assessments, contributing to data-driven decision making, and capturing information for future program opportunities.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of baseline, midline, and market assessments, ensuring alignment with program objectives.
• Support the development of survey tools, data collection processes, and analysis frameworks to generate actionable insights.
• Document lessons-learned, cases, and successes and challenges.
• If and when appropriate, assist in presenting assessment results to stakeholders, ensuring clarity and relevance for program adaptation and decision-making.
• Facilitate program consistency and coordination by facilitating regular calls with relevant program staff, managers, and the MSD Technical Lead and ad-hoc engagement. Support harmonization of approaches across programs and ensuring efficiency in programmatic processes. Focus on ensuring consistency through senior program- and country-level staffing transitions.
• Organize and lead coordination calls with program staff, managers, and the MSD Technical Lead to ensure alignment and address challenges.
• Provide ad-hoc support to program teams as needed, ensuring timely resolution of issues and maintaining program momentum.
• Ensure continuity during senior program- and country-level staffing transitions by maintaining consistent communication with SOMOUD Program Directors, the Sudan DoP, and other key stakeholders.
• Advise DoP on program structures and management lines to ensure programs deliverables are met.

Experience Requirements:

• Minimum 10 years MSD/Markets experience
• Previous Sudan MSD Experience preferably with MC
• Mercy Corps MSD Program design and implemetaiton experience
• Country Leadership experience, as DOPC/D/COP.

Source: https://jobs.jobvite.com/mercycorps/job/oSOwvfwr