Senior Consultant - Human Development

Itad is a leading international development consultancy providing advice to governments, foundations, multilateral agencies and non-profits on how to maximise the impact of their investments. We have a 30-year track record of providing our clients with the information and insight they need to make development work smarter, produce better results and improve people’s lives.

The Team

The Human Development team oversee a dynamic and rapidly evolving portfolio focused around four core health areas of expertise: health systems strengthening (HSS), adolescent, sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), global health security, and global health strategy. For example, we are a learning partner for global funders investing in evaluating health systems strengthening, evaluate youth-led design for SRHR solutions and help Gavi develop a theory-based strategic framework for its investments, and an evaluator of anti-microbial resistance with the Fleming Fund. We also manage a portfolio of work focused on education and WASH.

The Role

We are recruiting for a senior consultant to join our 11 person-strong Human Development practice, and focus on supporting the learning and evaluation agenda of our SRHR projects, in particular in senior technical and project leadership roles in two of our flagship SRHR projects: (1) Monitoring, evaluation and learning partner for The Challenge Initiative (TCI) – a ‘business unusual’, urban reproductive health programme that empowers local governments across over 170 cities in Africa and Asia to rapidly and sustainably scale high-impact practices and other interventions to benefit urban poor communities. This role will be pivotal to Itad’s position as MEL partner to TCI where are leading an impact and process evaluation, and providing monitoring and learning support. (2) Research and learning partner to PSI for A360 Amplify – an innovative girl-centred programme that works with local governments across Ethiopia, Kenya and Nigeria to increase girls’ voluntary uptake of contraception and support girls to choose the lives they want to live. This role will provide technical leadership across the work in the three countries, including engaging with the PSI and the country-based research teams, to ensure we deliver a robust evaluation and support A360 Amplify to use learning to strengthen the programme. It is anticipated that the remainder of the role will support work across the other thematic areas of the HD portfolio – HSS, global health security, global health strategy, WASH and education depending on the candidate’s areas of expertise and interest – as well as playing a key role in business development, supporting cross-company initiatives and having line management responsibilities.

The Candidate

You will ideally have a relevant post-graduate degree a proven track record within the international development or research sector, preferably in SRHR, learning and adaptive management, or another related health area.

The core technical strengths of all our consultants are focused around four key areas:

• Evidence Advocate:  generating robust evidence and using this to support clients and shape global debates

• Change Agent:  supporting clients in reflecting, learning and managing change

• Project Manager: contributing to and building high performing project teams that deliver quality and commercial targets

• Trusted Advisor: building long term relationships with clients and partners that add value and deliver commercial success

The role is based in our offices in Brighton & Hove (East Sussex) but you don’t need to be in the office every day, we work on a hybrid basis where travel to the office is expected for team meetings and key company events.   However, you will already have the right to live and work in the UK and be able to travel both nationally and internationally.

At Itad, we are committed to actively promoting diversity, equality and inclusion to empower people both within our organisation and through our work. We know that employees with diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences make us a more effective and innovative company and we therefore welcome and encourage applications from interested candidates regardless of age, sex, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion, or belief.

The salary range for this role is between £45-£50K depending on your experience.  We also offer a comprehensive learning and development programme, flexible working patterns and a matched company pension up to 5%.  You will have 26 days core holiday (for the 2022-23 holiday year), plus a further 3 flexible days and public holidays which you can take whenever you want to.   There is also the opportunity to purchase a further 5 days holiday at two points in the year.

The deadline for receiving CVs with cover letters is July 8th, but please note we will be interviewing successful candidates on a rolling basis.