Core Humanitarian Standards Self-Assessment Consultant

Muslim Aid UK (MA) is seeking to procure a consultant to plan and facilitate an organisational Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS) self-assessment process. This consultant will review its performance/deliverables against the CHS and then develop an improvement plan for MA to work on over the coming 12 months. The overall aim is to help MA to deliver improved accountability and increased effectiveness for the people affected by humanitarian crisis.

The consultant will:

• Support the MA team to complete a comprehensive validated CHS self-assessment.
• Provide an outline of the areas of compliance/non-compliance with the standards.
• Develop an organizational improvement plan.
• Provide insight into organisational readiness to move towards an independent verification/certification process.
• Draft and share a short assignment inception report.
• Conduct a desk review of Muslim Aid documents for the documentation survey.
• Formulate a summary report and improvement plan with a set of key recommendations including timeline, to allow compliance with CHS, with the objective of achieving CHS verification.
• Present the main self-assessment findings during an internal validation webinar involving all MAUK HQ, Country Offices and implementing partners.
• Submit final report incorporating the outcomes of the self-assessment, including an improvement plan, should be delivered at the end of the consultancy assignment. This should be written in alignment with the MAUK standards including a two/three-page executive summary.

Please see the Terms of Reference for more detailed information about this consultancy and proposed deliverable timelines.

The successful consultant will need to have:

• A relevant degree in economics, international development, disaster management or humanitarian aid or equivalent qualification in a relevant field.
• Significant experience with humanitarian work, including experience with project implementation and management, as well as knowledge of current humanitarian issues, trends, standards, specifically the Core Humanitarian Standards; Sphere Standards.
• Previous significant experience of organizational development, preferably within humanitarian organisations.
• Experience with CHS assessment/verification process.
• Good written, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Capacity to work independently and implement assignments remotely.
• Fluent in written and spoken English; knowledge of other working languages Arabic, Urdu and Bengali would be an asset.
• Experience of working in complex organisational structure.
• A summary proposal (maximum of 2 pages), providing:
• An overview of the process/methodology the consultant will undertake to complete this assignment.
• A summary of relevant experience and expertise which makes the candidate the right fit for this assignment.
• A cost proposal.
• Testimonials or references from previous clients you have worked with.