Somalia: Information Management Consultant

Overview of CTG Global:

CTG support and manage humanitarian projects in fragile and conflict-affected countries around the world. With past performance in 15 countries – from the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia and Central and South America – we offer a holistic fabric of project management, implementation and support. Skilled in emergency response to crises such as the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, we have the ability to act quickly (crisis response teams can be on the ground in 24 hours) and to establish structured operations in high-risk environments. CTG recruit and manage qualified, skilled teams with extensive experience operating in challenging conditions.

Overview of position:

In August 2014, the UK Government made available a grant to our client for the purpose of supporting a program in Somalia, with the capacity to deliver in the short term on its mandate to coordinate early recovery efforts aligned to the Federal Government’s stabilization strategy, and to help facilitate the international community’s efforts to help stabilize newly recovered areas of south-central Somalia..

Project implementation in the coming period will include focusing on continued support to the federal government implementation of its stabilization strategy across south-central Somalia. In support of this phase of project implementation, our client now seeks to engage an international consultant to advise the team leader on the development information management and monitoring approaches by which stabilization progress and impact can be systematically tracked and analysed in terms of underlying political, security and economic processes.

Role objectives:

The purpose of the consultancy is to support the Team Leader in the establishment of a systematic means of assessing, monitoring and verifying information relating to the political, economic and security aspects of stabilization in recovered areas of south-central Somalia.

Expected output:

Working under the direction of the Team Leader, and in close cooperation with federal government and humanitarian stakeholders, the consultant will undertake the following tasks:

 Assess the team’s existing stabilization information management and recommend means by which improvements could be made.
 Develop a framework for analyzing and mapping stability-related indicators for districts in south-central Somalia.
 Identify measures to strengthen monitoring and verification by our client and the federal government of stabilization activities in recovered areas.
 Identify steps to be taken by international partners to align activities with federal government stabilization efforts in south-central Somalia.

Project reporting:

The consultant will work within our client’s team, reporting to the Team Leader.Key competencies Post-graduate degree in a relevant discipline.
 At least 10 years’ stabilization related experience in fragile and conflict affected states, in particular in the Horn of Africa.
 Stabilization program design.
 Stability related information acquisition and development.
 Knowledge of monitoring, verification and evaluation frameworks in militarized stabilization environments.
 Experience of operating in insecure and militarized environments.

Team management:

This role does not have team management responsibility.

Further information:

To be advised.

Interested candidates need to register on CTG website as a candidate and apply for this role using this link https://recruitmentctg.force.com/xcdrecruit__Site_ExternalPositionDetails?id=a1124000000vsX3