Mercy Corps is commissioning a strategic review consultant for the Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance. In this role, you will conduct a mixed-methods mid-term review focused on assessing the effectiveness of the Alliance HQ team’s global influencing work over the past two years, providing actionable recommendations for ongoing and future strategy.
What You'll Do
- Conduct a light-touch, mixed-methods review combining a desk review and 20-25 Key Informant Interviews.
- Assess the effectiveness of the HQ team's direct global influencing activities, particularly on adaptation finance.
- Review the HQ team's role in coordinating and leading Alliance-wide global influencing.
- Evaluate the HQ team's support to country teams for global and national-level influencing engagement.
- Identify the Alliance's added value, key opportunities, and risks for the remainder of Phase 3A.
- Assess the strengths and limitations of the HQ team in delivering global influencing and support.
- Provide recommendations to strengthen influencing and country support for Phase 3A.
- Define strategic options for influencing at global and country levels for Phase 3B, aligned with donor priorities.
- Produce deliverables including an inception note, preliminary outcomes note, slide deck for workshops, and a final narrative report.
- Potentially present results during a strategy refresh meeting in the UK in late May 2026.
What We're Looking For
- Strong expertise in global advocacy and policy influencing, preferably related to climate resilience, climate finance, adaptation, or DRR.
- Good understanding of international climate policy processes, including those under the UNFCCC.
- Proven experience conducting strategic reviews, evaluations, or learning exercises of initiatives focused on advocacy, influencing, or systems change.
- Experience working with NGOs, alliances, or international organisations.
- Strong qualitative research, analysis, and synthesis skills.
- Ability to produce concise, strategic, decision-oriented outputs.
Team & Environment
You will engage closely with the 3.5 person Alliance HQ team at Mercy Corps, which focuses on influencing within the Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance.
Work Mode
This is a fully remote consultancy with no country restrictions. The work is globally focused, with potential for travel to a UK meeting in May 2026.
