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"SCOPE OF FUNCTION / KEY RESPONSIBILITIES"
Technical Expert Consulting
▪ Be responsible for leading technical consulting projects, including such activities as supply chain and advocacy, solution and innovation transfer from the commercial sector, and the coordination of supporting technical resources.
▪ Identify business and technical requirements, conduct comprehensive discovery of problems/gaps, and architect client solutions to support their operations in humanitarian responses and development programmes that is entirely data driven.
▪ Be able to navigate ambiguity when engaging partners to streamline problem statements, formulate data driven approaches, and develop tangible solutions.
▪ Be responsible for scoping missions, participating in engagements from kick-off through completion, and mentoring. Capacity Strengthening
▪ Identify partner strengths and areas of improvement in their capacity to be upskilled via our in-house developed training curriculum.
▪ Perform as mentor or in coaching activities to strengthen capacity of partners in the sector.
▪ Be responsible for leading, organising, facilitating workshops and trainings based on our in-house developed training curriculum, or curated around the partner needs.
▪ Transfer (and learn) technical competencies, knowledge, and skills to the internal team to ensure the organisation stays at the forefront of innovation. Networking, Stewardship and Thought Leadership
▪ Advocate for the value of ompany and supply chain management in workshops, conferences, and publications.
▪ Stay up-to-date and maintain as a thought leader on trends and innovations that are relevant, and be able to derive concise impact assertions that are tangible for partners.
▪ Draft or contribute to relevant publication in operational or academic venues. Qualifications and Experiences required:
▪ A masters degree from a recognised academic institution in Engineering, Business Analytics, Economics, or equivalent practical experience
▪ > 5 years of management consulting experience and/or advisory role in public/commercial/non-profit sectors.
▪ > 5 years of experience managing customer/client-facing data driven consulting projects to completion and handling technical delivery
▪ Possess strong planning, management, communication and coordination skills (with technical staff as well as senior management), with the ability to organise a substantial workload comprised of complex, diverse tasks and responsibilities
▪ Have a proven ability to analyse, diagnose and solve problems at operational, tactical and strategic level
▪ Familiar with the political, cultural, and economic situation in the region, and how it impacts our partners
▪ Experience in supply chain or operations projects is beneficial
▪ Experience with process mapping, analytical and optimisation tools beneficial
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