Centre for Disaster Protection

 

Organisational Transformation and Change Management Specialist

Background to the Centre

The Centre for Disaster Protection works to prevent disasters devastating lives, by helping people, countries, and organisations change how they plan and pay for disasters. We focus on disaster risk financing to help ensure that money and plans are in place before a disaster strikes, so that the poorest and most vulnerable people are better protected. We are committed to work in partnerships across sectors and geographies to drive more impactful and more equitable disaster risk finance that leaves no one behind. Specifically, through a focus on: 

 

·        Delivering excellent client outcomes and promoting lasting disaster risk finance expertise. We provide clients with impartial and evidence-based advice, quality assurance and training that meets their needs and drives more effective disaster risk finance. 

·        Quality evidence and learning. We work to strengthen the evidence base for prearranged financing and document and share what shows the greatest potential to achieve system change.  

·        Impactful communications and global policy engagement. We seek to engage and influence through evidence-led policy and inclusive policy dialogue that bridges both ‘local to global’ and the humanitarian development climate nexus, targeting the bottlenecks key to effect transformative change of the international crisis financing architecture. 

 

Additionally, we are focused on building effective systems and processes for people and operations that support the Centre to rapidly, yet strategically, scale and grow in a way that supports our people to do their best work through safe challenge, promoting and integrating diversity, equity and inclusion. 

 

The Centre is funded with UK aid through the UK government. Read more about us in our updated strategy (2022-2025) and find out more at www.disasterprotection.org. 

 About the role

Introduction

The Centre, comprising a small team of 25 to 30 individuals, is entering its next phase of maturity, after 6-years of successful operation. Consequently, we are undertaking development activity to ensure the Centre is well set-up from an organisational perspective, to deliver on the ambitious agenda ahead. This development activity is running in parallel to the development of our 5-year strategy out to 2029.

Primary Objective

We are seeking to engage a skilled change management/ organisational transformation professional to help us strengthen the Centre’s delivery capability. Specifically, to support in: (i) review and update of our organisational structure; and (ii) review of specific aspects of the Centre’s operating model.  

Approach & responsibilities  

The Centre team is based in London, and the Consultant will be expected join key meetings in-person at the Centre office. The Consultant is expected to cover any travel costs to London.

Organisational structure review

For this activity, the Consultant will report into the Head of Operations, also working closely with the Chief Finance and Operations Officer to design and deliver an organisational review and recommendations for changes to the organisational structure.

Operating model review

The Centre has been undertaking work to look at its Future State across all operational organisational dimensions. Across 2025, the Centre wants to design and deliver a program to build on the work done so far.

Through this Consultancy, the Centre is seeking a consultant to provide programme management and stakeholder engagement support to build out the next phase of Future State work. For this activity, the Consultant will report to the CFOO. Specific deliverables will be determined upon appointment, in consultation with the CFOO, and partly depending on the Consultant’s skills and experience. Activities will include review of specific aspects of the Centre’s operating model, stakeholder engagement and programme design.     

Expected deliverables and timelines

The following deliverables and timelines are provided for the assignment.

It is expected that up to 60 fee days would be required in total, to be delivered between March and June 2025. The below table shows an estimated level of effort per activity/deliverable with an indicative timeline. Timelines and deliverables will be finalised between the Consultant and the Centre team.

 

Expected deliverable

Estimated Level of Effort

Indicative timeline

Organisational structure review

Design and delivery of engagement plan with staff

10

March 2025 to June 2025

Review of organisational structure; and

Delivery of workshop to Centre ED/CFOO with recommendations on new organisational structure

15

March 2025

 

Review and update of job descriptions

15

April – May 2025

Operating model review

To be determined in Consultation with Centre team

20

April – June 2025

 

This consultancy forms part of a broader organisational development programme, and there may be opportunities for follow-on work as the Centre continues to refine its structure and operating model. The Centre reserves the right to extend this contract up to a maximum of 120 fee days, based on early results.

Competencies 

We are seeking a consultant with the following skills and experience:

 

·        Proven experience in undertaking organisational review and change management.

·        Experience in applying strategic thinking to assess organisational needs and propose practical solutions

·        Expertise in job description development, role structuring, and accountability frameworks.

·        Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

·        Strong programme design and delivery skills.

 

Application 

Interested applicants should apply via DAI’s recruitment portal, including a concise CV and a one-pager detailing proposed approach to this exercise.

 

If you do not receive further communication from us for this opportunity, please understand that, regrettably, you were not selected for this position. Please keep an eye out for future roster opportunities.

 

Any reasonable adjustment requests or questions about the role or the recruitment process should be sent to: jobs_centre@disasterprotection.org  (please do not send applications to this email address). 

 

The deadline for receiving applications is 11:59 pm (UK time) on 17th of March 2024.  

 

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Fee Rates and Payments 

Remuneration will be based on individual experience and skills while, as the Centre is a UK aid-funded project, all rates for consultants and staff are subject to controls.

   

Payment  

Fees will be payable on actual usage of days evidenced by timesheets, subject to completion and approval of key deliverables due at the invoicing point.  Any expenses will be paid on actual costs (against receipts) using an agreed invoice and timesheet template.   

Correctly submitted invoices will be paid within 30 days of receipt of invoice and/or approval of relevant work (whichever is the later).  

  

Negotiation and finalisation of commercial terms  

DAI on behalf of the Centre reserves the right to negotiate on any aspects of the proposed costs and payment and is not bound to accept any offer.

   

DAI Eligibility Criteria    

All individual(s) shortlisted will undergo an initial eligibility criteria assessment. This includes vetting of the organisations in line with terrorism checks, company history of improper conduct, any legal acts against the organisation(s) and initial vetting of proposed personnel. Where disqualification factors are discovered, the application may be rejected without notification.  

 

Successful individual(s) will be subject to detailed vetting analysis and relevant reference checks, and, in the case of organisations, also a due diligence assessment through DAI’s Management Capacity Assessment Tool (MCAT). This will include an assessment of:  

• Organisational details  

• Safeguarding policies, procedures and systems  

• Financial management policies, procedures, practises and systems  

• Duty of care  

• Modern Slavery policies and procedures.  

 

Final award of contract will not be confirmed until these checks are complete.  

 

Intellectual property

Any Foreground Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) arising out of the performance of project will belong to the Managing Agent of the Centre for the purposes of awarding to the Centre perpetual, irrevocable licence to use, sub-licence or commercially exploit such IPRs in the delivery of its mission and likewise to the Centre’s funder, the UK FCDO. The Management Agent, on behalf of the Centre, will provide the Service Provider right to use such IPRs and other Centre IPRs to the extent needed to perform their obligations under this project. IPRs relating to any background intellectual property drawn upon by the Service Provider in delivery of the assignment shall remain with the Service Provider, who will provide the Centre (through its Managing Agent) and FCDO rights to use such intellectual property to the extent it is integrally required to enjoy their rights to use the results of the Project and the foreground IPRs.

 

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