Duty station: Colombia or remote
Duration:  6 months
Worktime: 100% FTE 
Target start date: January or February 2024
Reports to: Regional Representative and Programme Managers
Languages required: English and Spanish
Experience: 3-4 years
Deadline for applications: 12/12/2023 

ACT is looking to fill this vacancy either through a 6-month staff contract for a Colombian resident or national from Jan-June 24 or a 6-month consultancy that can be done remotely from anywhere.

About ACT Alliance 
ACT Alliance is one of the world’s largest coalition of churches and church-related organizations engaged in humanitarian, development, and advocacy work. It consists of 148 members working together in over 120 countries, with headquarters in 73 countries, whose aim is to create a positive and sustainable change in the lives of poor and marginalized people regardless of their religion, politics, gender, sexual orientation, race, or nationality in keeping with the highest international codes and standards. 64% of our members are headquartered in the Global South, 30% in the Global North, and 6% are Global members. For more details about the general work of ACT, please refer to http://www.actalliance.org/.   

ACT Alliance’s structure is unique, with national, sub-regional and regional forums that bring local, national, regional, and international church-related organizations to work together under the same principles and standards, bringing different skills and expertise to support each other and leverage collective action in humanitarian, development, and advocacy engagement. Thanks to the presence of national ACT forums in over 50 countries, and of its global secretariat in strategic locations (Geneva, New York, Nairobi, Bangkok, Amman, Brussels, Toronto, and Bogota), ACT Alliance is able to bring local and regional concerns to the global arena.   

About the job or consultancy
The Latin-American Human Mobility and Climate Justice Programme Officer will support the development and accompaniment of the regional initiatives of both a) Migration and Human Mobility and b) Climate Justice in Latin America and the Caribbean looking closely at the intersection between human mobility, climate change, and gender and at the implications of this nexus on human and climate mobility, and community resilience and social cohesion. The programme officer will assist in developing the programme's implementation together with the Regional Secretariat, strengthening the programme's capacity, and assisting LAC forums in stepping up national and regional joint efforts. The programme officer will also help strengthen advocacy efforts with a focus on the forums’ leadership and engagement related to the two programmes he/she/they will be supporting. The Programme Officer is responsible for supporting assigned projects or activities (including event planning and coordination, and capacity-building design) partner coordination, work planning, reporting, communications, budget, and contracts/administration for LAC.

Duties and Responsibilities 

1. Support the Regional Representative and Programme Manager (Migration and Displacement, and Climate Justice programmes) with regional efforts for human and climate mobility initiatives and programmes. This includes providing support with developing the programmes and coordinating the programmes and CoP in the Latin America and the Caribbean region.
2. Under the leadership of the Regional Representative and the programme managers, implement effective coordination of regional efforts for human and climate mobility to enhance joint action regarding advocacy and development-related programming to respond to people to the needs and social cohesion of the people in the move and communities of origin, including coordinating the developing and/or implementation of the Community of Practice on Human and Climate Mobility regional roadmap and first activities.
3. In this sense, work with members for the development of an advocacy pilot for the regional review meeting on the implementation of the Regional Consultancies for the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.
4. Coordinate the design and development of a virtual course on regional joint-advocacy among forum members and mobilize participants for the preparation and implementation of the course.
5. Systematize information (provided from the Secretariat, based on previous surveys and interviews) and generate visual and informative materials allowing to position and inform on the work, opportunities, and concerns of the members in the region relating to human mobility, climate mobility, and gender mainstreaming.
6. Assist in the development or review of national, subregional, or regional forum-led proposals and concept notes.
7. Organize internal in-person or virtual meetings and events and represent the organization to external audiences.
8. Develop close relationships with 13 national and 3 subregional forums to contribute to national forums strategic objectives in LAC regarding Human and Climate Mobility. Promote and guarantee that any initiatives and actions are forum driven.
9. Ensures regular reporting to the Regional Representative and programme managers.
10. Supports ACT communications work at the regional level.
11. Assist with administrative and logistic tasks, including translation of documents from Spanish to English and vice versa.

Experience and technical competencies:

Required

• At least 3 years' experience in or Human Mobility or Climate justice-related experience will also be valued when it relates to climate mobility.
• University degree in political science, international development, or any other relevant field.
• Sound knowledge in Human Mobility and Climate Justice regional and international advocacy.
• Familiarity or interest to work in coalitions, alliances, and partnerships.
• Full professional proficiency in Spanish and English.
• Ability to work under pressure and strong ability to multi-task.
• International travel availability.

Preferred

• Experience supporting new and successful climate justice and/or migration and human mobility proposals, is an asset.
• Experience working for or with faith-based organizations and churches.
• Significant experience in training and/or liaising with national NGOs.
• Working knowledge of French and/or Portuguese an asset.

Competencies and Behaviours

• Readiness and commitment to work both on programmatic and administrative tasks and remain focused and motivated.
• Interest in being part of a team and being a team player, as well as contributing to a healthy work environment.

HOW TO APPLY
ACT provides equitable compensation and pension packages and flexible working conditions. ACT also applies a non-discriminatory approach to recruitment and celebrates a diverse workforce. Interested and qualified candidates should send only their CV and a cover letter, in English and by email only, to lac@actalliance.org 12/12/2023 (24.00 CET). Please put “[name of position]” in the subject line and name your documents: “First name last name CV” and “First name last name Cover letter”. NB: consultants should provide consultancy status and their daily rate to work between Jan and June 2024.

Please note that ACT adheres to the SCHR misconduct scheme  The Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (misconduct-disclosure-scheme.org). As part of reference checking, ACT will contact the current and former employer(s) of the preferred candidate, asking them to complete a Statement of Conduct form.

ToR download

We ask for understanding that we are only able to contact shortlisted candidates.

Type of Contract: Consultancy
Languages Required: English
Experience required: At least 3-4 years of experience with climate change programming and human rights
Consultancy start target date: 7/12/2023
Duration of Contract: 25 days over a 3-month period
Application deadline: 23/11/2023
 

About ACT Alliance
ACT Alliance is one of the world’s largest coalition of churches and church-related organisations engaged in humanitarian, development and advocacy work. It consists of 148 members working together in over 120 countries, with headquarters in 73 countries, whose aim is to create a positive and sustainable change in the lives of poor and marginalised people regardless of their religion, politics, gender, sexual orientation, race or nationality in keeping with the highest international codes and standards. 64% of our members are headquartered in the Global South, 30% in the Global North, and 6% are Global members. For more details about the general work of ACT, please refer to http://www.actalliance.org. 

Terms of reference (click for full ToR)
ACT Alliance would like to engage a consultant for research in determining loss and damage interventions in programming, how to strengthen them and bridge policy and institutional gaps at national level for enhanced loss and damage response.

ACT Alliance’s structure is unique, with national, sub-regional and regional forums that bring local, national, regional and international church-related organisations to work together under the same principles and standards, bringing different skills and expertise to support each other and leverage collective action in humanitarian, development and advocacy engagement. Thanks to the presence of national ACT Forums in over 50 countries, and of its global secretariat in several strategic locations (Geneva, New York, Nairobi, Bangkok, Amman, Brussels, Toronto and Bogotá), ACT Alliance is able to bring local and regional concerns to the global arena. Conversely, global trends and development can be transmitted to the regional and national levels using these structures.

COP 27 delivered a landmark decision establishing new loss and damage financing architecture – funding arrangements and a fund. The decision settled the long-contested matter of financing loss and damage by setting in place a new institutional arrangement (the fund) and a mosaic of funding arrangements (institutions, processes and structures) that should deliver financing for loss and damage. This finance should address loss and damage in the contexts of economic and non-economic loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, including extreme weather events and slow onset events in the context of ongoing and ex-post, including rehabilitation, recovery, and reconstruction. While the scope of financing loss and damage is posited, there is a need to further understand loss and damage response interventions/activities, programming considerations, and institutional contexts for addressing loss and damage. This will be key in determining programming approaches for addressing loss and damage, contributing to the body of knowledge on loss and damage response activities, and institutional strengthening for effective loss and damage response.

ACT Alliance intends to undertake research work in three developing world regions (Africa, Asia Pacific and Latin America and the Caribbean). We envisage building bottom-up evidence and knowledge, ensuring gender and inter-generational perspectives, that will underpin and inform an era of deepened discussion on loss and damage interventions, and programming approaches. The research outcomes would be a conceptual understanding of what constitutes loss and damage activities, including gender transformative actions, clarify through programming experiences how in practice loss and damage can be better programmed, and provide reflections on ways to strengthen policy and institutional contexts of countries for enhanced loss and damage response.

DELIVERABLES 

The consultant will: 

1. Develop a conceptual understanding on the identification of loss and damage interventions. 
2. Apply DCA’s loss and damage activities identification criteria that will be provided to present a mix of case examples focusing on addressing loss and damage interventions.
3. Conduct an analysis of gaps, challenges, lessons, approaches, and opportunities for advancing loss and damage response at programming/implementation level.
4. Undertake an organizational-facing assessment to interrogate means to facilitate an effective response to loss and damage focusing on facilitative structural, systemic, and programming capacities.
5. Provide key recommendations on:

• Identification, design, and strengthening of programmatic approaches to loss and damage response.
• Strengthening organizational capacities to effectively programme for addressing loss and damage.
• Identify areas and good practice where faith-based actors have capacity (might add value) to restore human dignity, existential (spiritual) health and well-being in contexts of climate induced loss and damage.

Pre-briefing
Before starting the research, a briefing meeting will be held with some representatives of the ACT Climate Programmes’ Community of Practice to build common understanding of the assignment.
 
Literature review
The consultant will conduct a desk-based review of the existing literature on human rights and climate change, and adaptation, loss and damage, links with human mobility in the country/region, and resilience. Key documents produced by ACT members will be availed. Case studies will be sought, and the consultant will help the alliance understand how to identify key loss and damage activities and maximize impact in loss and damage response programming.
 
Workshop/dialogue with the member organisations
The consultant will design and conduct a workshop/dialogue with ACT forum members to test some hypotheses, develop key advocacy messages, and gather additional inputs for the final report. ACT Climate/DRR CCA CoPs/Migration and displacement working groups. 

Interviews
The consultant will conduct several interviews with key informants, ideally climate and human rights experts, across the policy, advocacy, and programming spheres. A list of interviewees will be generated in conjunction with the ACT forum. 

Intermediate meeting(s)
Depending on the progress of the research, a minimum of one meeting will be organized on weekly or fortnightly basis with representatives of the ACT forum and respective working groups. 

FINAL OUTPUT
A final report of about thirty pages, written in English, will present the results of the investigation, highlighting: 

• The context of the study and the methodology chosen (2-3 pages). 
• An overview of approaches to responding/addressing loss and damage (6-9 pages).  
• An analysis of the gaps, limitations, opportunities for strengthening organizational/institutional frameworks, structures, systems, and processes to respond to loss and damage (5-7 pages).
• Conceptual understanding on identification of loss and damage activities/interventions (3-4 pages).
• Case examples of loss and damage interventions, including discussion on cross-sectionality with development priorities (5-7 pages).
• Concrete recommendations on how to: a) strengthen identification and programmatic design/approaches to loss and damage; b) strengthen institutional effectiveness in the response to loss and damage (3-5 pages).

Sharing and restitution
The consultant will be invited to present his/her analysis, conclusions, and recommendations to the coordination team of the research, namely ACT Alliance, Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission, Act Church of Sweden and Finn Church Aid. Following this meeting, the consultant may be required to review his or her report.

Tender process
Only registered consultants or companies shall be considered. Qualified and interested parties should send their tender application to: recruitment@actalliance.org by 23/11/2023

In your tender, please include:

• Expression of Interest, including time estimation
• CV of the consultant
• Justification of consultancy or company registration
• Samples of/or links to previous consultancy work completed
• List of 3 professional reference persons
• Financial offer: gross daily rate for the consultancy in USD – including administrative overheads, taxes, and charges.

Please note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted

Duty station: Amman, Jordan, the candidate should have the right to live and work in Jordan
Contract duration: one year (with possibility of extension depending on funds and performance)
Worktime: 80/100% FTE
Target start date: to be determined
Reports to: Director of Operations
Languages required: English, other languages are an asset
Experience: minimum 3 to 5 years

Application deadline: 3 November 2023

About ACT Alliance
ACT Alliance is one of the world’s largest coalition of churches and church-related organisations engaged in humanitarian, development and advocacy work. It consists of 148 members working together in over 120 countries, with headquarters in 73 countries, whose aim is to create a positive and sustainable change in the lives of poor and marginalised people regardless of their religion, politics, gender, sexual orientation, race or nationality in keeping with the highest international codes and standards. 64% of our members are headquartered in the Global South, 30% in the Global North, and 6% are Global members. For more details about the general work of ACT, please refer to http://www.actalliance.org.

Major Function: ACT Alliance is looking for a Human Resources Officer (HRO) to provide contract and recruitment support to staff and managers in all regions of the world where its Secretariat operates and to assist the with implementation of HR Projects and HR Policy and practice improvements under the guidance of the Director of Operations. Link to ToR.

Main duties and responsibilities

1. Recruitment: Management of recruitment process (drafting Job Descriptions, posting advertisements online, filtering applications, providing recommendations on shortlisting, coordinating tests, setting up and co-conducting interviews, reference checking, drawing up contracts, organising orientation and training of new staff, etc.). Work with Communications to ensure correct profiling of ACT on its website as an employer.
2. Contract Administration: Oversee the contract administration process and ensure that it is proactive, accurate, and efficient (preparation of staff and consultancy contracts, ToRs and their review, maintenance of master lists and filing, etc.). Assist with annual end of year global salary benchmarking and salary revision process.
3. HR Platform: Provide support for continued implementation of and improvements to ACT’s HR Platform.
4. Staff Care: Support actions to improve staff wellbeing and duty of care.
5. Performance Management: Administrate ACT’s annual Performance Management cycle.
6. Learning and Development: Review current L&D policy and practices and suggest and support concrete actions to improve and activate staff L&D opportunities.
7. Other HR support: attend relevant working groups, networks and events within and outside the ACT Secretariat; other tasks as required.

Competences and behaviours

• Committed to the values of the ACT Alliance and takes pride in delivering on agreed priorities according to the highest standards individually and as part of a global team.
• Proactively finds innovative and creative solutions, is efficient and reliable, adapts to change and uncertainty, is decisive and acts with integrity.
• Builds effective internal and external relationships, involves others when solving problems and treats others with consideration and respect in an alliance where faith is a key ingredient of people’s lives.
• Passion for building and developing core skills for the role and contributes knowledge outside of immediate own role.

Working relationships

• Reports to the Director of Operations.
• Engages with the ACT Secretariat staff and the Staff Representative Group as relevant.
• Supports ACT Secretariat Managers and Directors on staffing matters.

Technical skills and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or related field.
• Minimum three years’ work experience in Human Resources, preferably within an NGO environment.
• Excellent computer skills in a Microsoft Windows environment.
• Ability to operate effectively with a high degree of independence.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to interact effectively with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.
• High degree of tact, discretion, and good judgement to effectively manage sensitive and confidential issues.
• Professional fluency in written and spoken English required. Fluency or working knowledge of French, Spanish or other languages would be a strong asset.

HOW TO APPLY
ACT provides equitable compensation and pension packages and flexible working conditions. ACT also applies a non-discriminatory approach to recruitment and celebrates a diverse workforce. Interested and qualified candidates should send only their CV and a cover letter, in English and by email only, to recruitment@actalliance.org by 3 November 2023 (24.00 CET). Please put “Senior Global HR Officer” in the subject line and name your documents: “Firstname lastname CV” and “Firstname lastname Cover letter”.

Please note that ACT adheres to the SCHR misconduct scheme https://www.schr.info/the-misconduct-disclosure-scheme. As part of reference checking, ACT will contact the current and former employer(s) of the preferred candidate, asking them to complete a Statement of Conduct form.

Location: Remotely, with travel in selected countries
Type of contract: Consultancy
Languages required: English
Experience required: 5 years in external evaluation of humanitarian/emergency programmes
Consultancy start target date: 26/10/2023
Duration of Contract: 3 months
Application deadline: 25/09/2023 (23h59 CET)

About ACT Alliance
ACT Alliance is one of the world’s largest coalition of churches and church-related organisations engaged in humanitarian, development and advocacy work. It consists of 148 members working together in over 120 countries, with headquarters in 73 countries, whose aim is to create a positive and sustainable change in the lives of poor and marginalised people regardless of their religion, politics, gender, sexual orientation, race or nationality in keeping with the highest international codes and standards. 64% of our members are headquartered in the Global South, 30% in the Global North, and 6% are Global members. For more details about the general work of ACT, please press here.

ACT Alliance members, under the coordination of the ACT Europe Forum and the secretariat are responding in Ukraine, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Poland, and Slovakia, as part of an overall programme, funded through the UKR221 appeal funding mechanism. The appeal was launched in March 2022 and has been revised respectively according to needs assessments with a standing budget of USD46,747,481 until end of February 2024. The standing revision document can be accessed here.

Terms of reference
ACT Alliance would like to engage an expert or a team of experts to conduct a formative evaluation of the UKR221 appeal programme, launched as a response to the war in Ukraine, supported by ACT Alliance secretariat staff. The period of the work is expected to take place from October 2023 to January 2024. See the Terms of Reference document for the evaluation criteria and expected outputs.

The purpose of this evaluation is to assess UKR221 appeal overall programme performance and delivery, against OECD and reflecting CHS evaluation criteria. The evaluation should have a strong learning objective, reflecting what has worked and what has not worked so well and identify lessons and ways to enhance the project relevance, effectiveness, and impact. The evaluation will help ACT improve its future programming and identify the impact of the UKR221 appeal performance, based on lessons learned and best practices generated through the projects funded under the UKR221 appeal.

How to apply

Qualified candidates are invited to send their application documents to recruitment@actalliance.org, indicating “UKR221 final evaluation application” in the subject of the email. In your tender, please include the following documents as separate attachments: 

a. CVs of the evaluator or the team of evaluators, highlighting the relevant work experience, merged in one single PDF document, and the contact details of two references.
b. One sample report of a final evaluation that you have conducted for an INGO, working in the humanitarian or development field, preferably using DAC OECD evaluation criteria, in PDF format.
c. One technical proposal, with an indicative plan of the final evaluation approach and activities based on the present ToR, of no longer than 8 pages in PDF format, including:

• The research methods that will be used corresponding to each evaluation question/objective.
• Sufficient detail of how the applicant(s) will approach remote work in 5 countries, including Ukraine.
• A section explaining data protection measures, safety, gender and ethical considerations.

d. Financial offer: overall budget and gross daily rate for the consultancy in USD, EURO or CHF –including administrative overheads, taxes and charges.
e. Justification of consultancy or company registration.
f. List of 2 professional reference persons.

A list of answers to consolidated questions received by interested applicants can be found here

Location: Home-based and one 5 days travel expected to Bogota, Colombia in April or May 2024
Languages required: Spanish. English and Portuguese highly valued 
Experience required: 5 years of experience
Consultancy start target date: 23/01/2024
Duration of Contract: Four and a half months

Application deadline: 15/10/2023

Sobre ACT Alianza
ACT Alianza (Acción Conjunta de las Iglesias) es una coalición de 149 iglesias y Organizaciones Basadas en la Fe (OBF) que trabajan juntas en más de 127 países para lograr un cambio positivo y sostenible en la vida de las personas pobres y marginadas, independientemente de su religión, creencias políticas, género, orientación sexual, raza o nacionalidad, de acuerdo con los más al-tos códigos y estándares internacionales. Para lograr esto, ACT Alianza busca catalizar los esfuerzos de sus miembros para avanzar en sus prioridades programáticas y de incidencia en torno a cinco áreas temáticas: Respuesta Humanitaria, Justicia Climática, Justicia de Género, Migración y Desplazamiento.

ACT Alianza (contratante) busca un/a consultor/a que se encargue de liderar diálogos nacionales (virtuales) y un evento regional (presencial) con los miembros, foros y Comunidades de Practica (CoP) de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) de ACT Alianza , sobre agendas que pueden afectar procesos democráticos y de los derechos humanos en la región, incluyendo la confluencia de fundamentalismos religiosos, políticos y económicos. Ver los Términos de Referencia y la Nota Concepto para detalles completos.

Cómo postularse
Sólo se considerarán consultores o empresas registradas. Las partes calificadas e interesadas deben enviar su solicitud de licitación a:lac@actalliance.org antes del 15 de octubre de 2023.

Documentos para adjuntar

• Carta del/la oferente confirmando su interés y disponibilidad para la asignación de contratista individual debidamente firmada.
• Hoja de vida incluyendo experiencia previa en consultorías, actividades o proyectos similares y al menos tres (3) referencias comprobables. La hoja de vida deberá tener toda la información necesaria para asegurar la confirmación de su cumplimiento con la educación y experiencias requeridas. Si las referencias resultaran ser no favorables, la oferta del/la consultor/a será rechazada.
• Propuesta técnica.
• Propuesta económica.

Tenga en cuenta que solo se contactará a los solicitantes preseleccionados. 

Location: Asia Pacific
Language required: English (native or advanced)
Experience required: Experience with climate justice and human rights (3 to 4 years)
Target starting date: 13/9/2023
Duration of contract: 25 days within a period of 2 and a half months
Application deadline:  5/9/2023

About ACT Alliance
ACT Alliance is one of the world’s largest coalition of churches and church-related organisations engaged in humanitarian, development and advocacy work. It consists of 149 members working together in over 120 countries, with headquarters in 73 countries, whose aim is to create a positive and sustainable change in the lives of poor and marginalised people regardless of their religion, politics, gender, sexual orientation, race or nationality in keeping with the highest international codes and standards. 64% of our members are headquartered in the Global South, 30% in the Global North, and 6% are Global members. For more details about the general work of ACT, please refer to http://www.actalliance.org/. 

Terms of reference
ACT Alliance would like to engage a consultant for research on a rights-based approach to adaptation, loss and damage and resilience described inside these Terms of Reference. 

ACT Alliance’s structure is unique, with national, sub-regional and regional forums that bring local, national, regional and international church-related organisations to work together under the same principles and standards, bringing different skills and expertise to support each other and leverage collective action in humanitarian, development and advocacy engagement. Thanks to the presence of national ACT Forums in over 50 countries, and of its global secretariat in several strategic locations (Geneva, New York, Nairobi, Bangkok, Amman, Brussels, Toronto and Bogotá), ACT Alliance is able to bring local and regional concerns to the global arena. Conversely, global trends and development can be transmitted to the regional and national levels using these structures. 

Climate change is a driver of inequality, poverty and disasters that keep frontline communities from being able to enjoy their human rights and lead dignified lives. Efforts to respond to the climate crisis must deliver a new reality for these communities. ACT Alliance has the ambition to strengthen its adaptation, loss and damage and resilience work drawing on the diverse experience, skills, and technical capabilities of its membership. At the core of this effort is the generation of evidence to strengthen a human rights-based approach to designing, building, implementing, and scaling up actions that tackle climate vulnerability, enhance adaptation, and build resilience. 

Climate action should be delivered within the purview of human rights obligations and not by any means stifle the rights of frontline and marginalized communities to a safe, adaptive, equitable and resilient present and future. The Alliance acknowledges that coherent and tested approaches can facilitate deepened and collaborative programming crucial for delivering change at community level in the context of climate change. However, for such change to respond to needs of communities, research must inform how approaches addressing differentiated impacts of the climate crisis can effectively uphold human rights in their design and implementation. Climate responses must be modelled within human rights’ parameters.  

ACT Alliance intends to undertake research work in three Global South regions (Asia Pacific, Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean). We envisage to build bottom-up evidence and knowledge that will underpin an era of deepened discussion on a human rights-based approach in climate response and elevating policy calls for its strengthening at national and global levels. 

Tender process
Only registered consultants or companies shall be considered. Qualified and interested parties should send their tender application to: recruitment@actalliance.org

In the tender, please include: 

• Expression of Interest, including time estimation
• CV of the consultant
• Justification of consultancy or company registration.
• Samples of/or links to previous consultancy work completed.
• List of 3 professional reference persons.
• Financial offer: gross daily rate for the consultancy in USD, - including administrative overheads, taxes and charges.

Please note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. 

Location: In any of the ACT Alliance regions of the world  
Language required: English 
Experience required: Organizational development including internal policy review and development capacities, resource mobilization, climate change advocacy and programming  
Consultancy start: 11.09.2023 
Duration of Contract: 3 months (25 days) 
Application deadline: 31.08.2023 
  
About ACT Alliance  
ACT Alliance is one of the world’s largest coalition of churches and church-related organisations engaged in humanitarian, development and advocacy work. It consists of 149 members working together in over 120 countries, with headquarters in 73 countries, whose aim is to create a positive and sustainable change in the lives of poor and marginalised people regardless of their religion, politics, gender, sexual orientation, race or nationality in keeping with the highest international codes and standards. 64% of our members are headquartered in the Global South, 30% in the Global North, and 6% are Global members. For more details about the general work of ACT, please refer to http://www.actalliance.org. 

Terms of reference 
ACT Alliance would like to engage a consultant for an Assessment of ACT climate structures, joint fundraising, and environmental policy review described within these Terms of Reference.
 
ACT Alliance’s structure is unique, with national, sub-regional and regional forums that bring local, national, regional and international church-related organisations to work together under the same principles and standards, bringing different skills and expertise to support each other and leverage collective action in humanitarian, development and advocacy engagement. Thanks to the presence of national ACT Forums in over 50 countries, and of its global secretariat in several strategic locations (Amman, Bangkok, Bogota, Brussels, Geneva, Nairobi, New York and Toronto), ACT Alliance is able to bring local and regional concerns to the global arena. Conversely, global trends and development can be transmitted to the regional and national levels using these structures. 
 
Climate change is a driver of inequality, poverty and disasters that keep frontline communities from being able to enjoy their human rights and lead dignified lives. Efforts to respond to the climate crisis must deliver a new reality for these communities. In order to respond to these challenges, ACT Alliance has the ambition to develop ACT structures that facilitate effective climate change response by ACT members through joint efforts at national, regional, and global level. This aspiration is anchored on the need to have nuanced cross-structural coordination mechanisms that allow ACT Forums to holistically programme in climate justice. In addition, and cognisant of the urgency of the climate crisis, ACT members have the opportunity to jointly pool resources, fundraise, and implement climate programmes that respond to the rising climate change needs. This consultancy seeks to document existing joint fundraising strategies and approaches and explore additional options that will enhance joint and holistic programming in climate justice programming. Finally, this consultancy seeks to review its internal environmental policy (developed in 2018) with a view to strengthening elements of the policy, such as CO2 emission reduction, implementation and accountability frameworks, including taking into account recent ACT commitments in other spaces (Climate and Environment Charter for Humanitarian Organizations; ICVA Commitment and Motion to Action on climate and environment). The process will additionally, seek to engage with ACT Forums in a bid to broaden these commitments and environmental policy expectations to the ACT membership at large. 
 
ACT seeks the services of a team of expert consultants with proven skills and capacities in organizational development, environmental policy design and development and fundraising/resource mobilization for development work with particular focus on climate change. 

Tender process  
Only registered consultants or companies shall be considered. Qualified and interested parties should send their tender application to: recruitment@actalliance.org by 31st August 2023.  
 
In your tender, please include: 

• Expression of Interest, including time estimation (work plan)
• CVs of the team of consultants
• Justification of consultancy or company registration
• Samples of/or links to previous consultancy work completed
• List of 3 professional reference person
• Financial offer: gross daily rate for the consultancy in USD – including administrative overheads, taxes and charges. 
   
  Please note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. 

Duty station: Nairobi, Kenya, the candidate should have the right to live and work in Kenya
Contract type: fixed term contract
Duration: from hire until year-end 2024, to be extended depending on funds and performance 
Worktime: 100% FTE
Target start date: between 1 August-1 September 2023
Reports to: Global Climate Justice Programme Manager
Languages required: English, French an asset
Experience: 5 years

Application deadline: 24 July 2023

About ACT Alliance
ACT Alliance is one of the world’s largest coalition of churches and church-related organisations engaged in humanitarian, development and advocacy work. It consists of 149 members working together in over 120 countries, with headquarters in 73 countries, whose aim is to create a positive and sustainable change in the lives of poor and marginalised people regardless of their religion, politics, gender, sexual orientation, race or nationality in keeping with the highest international codes and standards. 64% of our members are headquartered in the Global South, 30% in the Global North, and 6% are Global members. For more details about the general work of ACT, please refer to http://www.actalliance.org.

Duties and responsibilities

• Supports the implementation of the ACT Alliance Africa Adaptation Advocacy project, its monitoring and reporting, under the guidance of the Global Climate Justice Programme Manager.
• Provides assistance and coordination of ACT national and regional forums on climate-related topics and programming.
• Assists coordination of regional Communities of Practice on Climate change.
• Supports the advocacy and engagement of ACT Alliance in the context of UN processes, such as the UNFCCC, and others as appropriate.
• This role will entail 10% travel.

Technical guidance, advice, and substantive leadership

• Support the undertaking of research, analysis, and evaluation of climate change intersections with social, economic, and humanitarian issues, and advise Global Climate Justice Programme Manager and team as appropriate.
• Help coordinate regional ACT Alliance’s climate change policy and advocacy work, campaigning, including policy briefs, position papers, information sharing, capacity building of members and forums, engaging with relevant international processes under the UNFCCC, and others as appropriate.
• Provide assistance and coordination of ACT Alliance regional climate structures.
• Provides assistance and coordination of ACT national and regional forums on climate-related topics and programming.

Project management

• Assist in overseeing and implementing the “Adaptation Advocacy project’’ including its activities and related internal and external communications monitoring and reporting, as well as supporting budget management of the project finances.
• Develop a draft workplan, standards for measuring progress and results, and determine the processes, tools, and methodologies to be used to ensure effective and efficient project implementation.
• Monitor the different steps and stages of project implementation and timely actions to ensure results are achieved.
• Plan and oversee the implementation of required project evaluation to address any design or implementation issues.
• Facilitate the preparation for meetings and other designated forums and follow up on all decisions taken to ensure implementation and/or timely action.
• Regularly monitor regional ACT climate projects and other initiatives.
• Contribute to the preparation and finalisation of ACT climate programme reports.

Knowledge and capacity building

• Support the various structures at regional and national levels, and work closely with ACT Alliance members and partners at regional and national level to help build ACT member and group capacities, and to facilitate increased collaboration and joint initiatives.
• Develop and disseminate knowledge products to strengthen Secretariat and forum capacity on issues of climate justice.
• Contribute to the climate justice module of the ACT Advocacy Academy.

Competences and behaviours

• Committed to the values of the ACT Alliance and takes pride in delivering on agreed priorities according to the highest standards individually and as part of a global team. 
• Proactively finds innovative and creative solutions, is efficient and reliable, adapts to change and uncertainty, is decisive and acts with integrity.
• Builds effective internal and external relationships, involves others when solving problems and treats others with consideration and respect in an alliance where faith is a key ingredient of people’s lives.
• Passion for building and developing core skills for the role and contributes knowledge outside of immediate own role.

Working relationships

• The candidate will be required to nurture and maintain relevant existing regional and national relationships.
• Internally, the Senior Programme Officer – Climate Justice will report to the Global Climate Justice Programme Manager, and collaborate closely with the advocacy, programmes and communications teams as well as the regional representatives.

Skills and experience

• At least 5 years’ experience in a project coordination, advocacy and/or campaigns role, including international experience in a network setting.
• Good understanding of global civil society working environment and multilateral processes within the UN with a particular focus on UNFCCC and the UN sustainable development and disaster risk reduction agenda.
• Strong knowledge about climate mitigation, adaptation and loss and damage.
• Experience in engaging with regional processes and governments including facilitating multi-stakeholder communications and dialogues.
• Experience working with the faith sector is desirable.
• Advanced degree in climate change and environment studies, development studies, international relations, or any other relevant discipline preferred. Demonstrable knowledge and experience will be accepted in lieu of an advanced degree.
• Ability to work in multi-cultural situations and/or multi-locational settings using a flexible, collaborative approach.
• Proven capacity to build and maintain trust among diverse groups towards consistent collaborative work.
• Highly organised, with strong project management skills.
• Demonstrated experience in developing and undertaking capacity-building initiatives.
• Ability to manage one’s own work and time within the context of multiple responsibilities and projects, and a demonstrated capacity to work under pressure to deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. Good knowledge of French is an asset.

HOW TO APPLY
ACT provides equitable compensation and pension packages and flexible working conditions. ACT also applies a non-discriminatory approach to recruitment and celebrates a diverse workforce. Interested and qualified candidates should send only their CV and a cover letter, in English and by email only, to recruitment@actalliance.org by 24/07/2023 (24.00 CET). Please put “[name of position]” in the subject line and name your documents: “Firstname lastname CV” and “Firstname lastname Cover letter”. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.    

Please note that ACT adheres to the SCHR misconduct scheme https://www.schr.info/the-misconduct-disclosure-scheme. As part of reference checking, ACT will contact the current and former employer(s) of the preferred candidate, asking them to complete a Statement of Conduct form.  

Location: Home-based, no travel expected
Type of contract: Consultancy
Languages required: English
Experience required: 5 years
Consultancy start target date: 17 July 2023
Duration of Contract: 30 working days
Application deadline: 6 July 2023 5pm (CET)
Interview date: 12 July 2023

About ACT Alliance
ACT Alliance is one of the world’s largest coalition of churches and church-related organisations engaged in humanitarian, development, and advocacy work. It consists of 149 members working together in over 120 countries, with headquarters in 73 countries, whose aim is to create a positive and sustainable change in the lives of poor and marginalised people regardless of their religion, politics, gender, sexual orientation, race, or nationality in keeping with the highest international codes and standards. 64% of our members are headquartered in the Global South, 30% in the Global North, and 6% are Global members. For more details about the general work of ACT, please refer to http://www.actalliance.org/.

ACT Alliance’s structure is unique, with national, sub-regional and regional forums that bring local, national, regional, and international church-related organisations to work together under the same principles and standards, bringing different skills and expertise to support each other and leverage collective action in humanitarian, development, and advocacy engagement. Thanks to the presence of national ACT forums in over 50 countries, and of its global secretariat in strategic locations (Geneva, New York, Nairobi, Bangkok, Amman, Brussels, Toronto, and Bogota), ACT Alliance is able to bring local and regional concerns to the global arena.

Purpose
ACT Alliance is determined to support improvement of the effectiveness and quality of humanitarian assistance delivered by members and to strengthen accountability to all stakeholders. The ACT Alliance revised Humanitarian Policy sets out the details of ACT’s humanitarian response and funding mechanisms and it outlines the roles and responsibilities of all ACT members, forums, and the ACT Alliance Secretariat, in relation to ACT appeals. The Secretariat seeks to engage a consultant to work with the Global Humanitarian Operations Manager in the development of operational guidance for implementation of the revised policy, in the form of a Humanitarian Operations Manual.

Scope
The consultancy should include three main phases over 30 working days.
1. Desk review of relevant documents as agreed between the consultant and ACT Secretariat: adherence to Core Humanitarian Standard, efficiency and effectiveness of its current operational processes and procedures (3 days).
2. Interviews with key stakeholders: funding and requesting members, ACT Secretariat staff (7 days) to understand how the humanitarian system works in practice and get feedback from the stakeholders of the draft manual.
3. Drafting of the operations manual (20 days)

Expected Outputs
• Draft operations manual and accompanying guidelines based on an approved outline for feedback
• Final operations manual after receiving feedback from key stakeholders
• Development of accompanying standard templates/tools

Required Skills and Experience 
• More than five years of experience in the humanitarian sector with direct experience of developing/publishing humanitarian operational guidance for internal and external audience
• Excellent knowledge of humanitarian quality and accountability standards (CHS & Sphere)
• Familiarity with networked and faith-based organisations
• Familiarity with faith actors in humanitarian response
• Fluent in written and spoken English.

Reporting 
The consultant will report to ACT’s Global Humanitarian Operations Manager with regular check-in throughout the consultancy period.

Tender process
Only registered consultants or companies shall be considered. Qualified and interested parties should send their tender application titled “Operations manual consultancy” to: recruitment@actalliance.org by 24.00 CET, 6 July 2023.

In your tender, please include:
• Expression of Interest, outlining relevant experience and suggested approach in implementing the Terms of Reference inclusive of delivery timeline up to a maximum of 30 days’ work.
• Consultant CV
• Examples of/or links to previous consultancy work related to the development of humanitarian operational guidance. Proposals without examples of such work will not be shortlisted.
• List of 3 professional references.
• Financial offer: gross daily rate for the consultancy in USD - including administrative overheads, taxes and charges.

Please note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

Duty station: To be based in Bogota, Colombia. Open to nationals of any country in Latin America and the Caribbean, dependent on eligibility for work permit in Colombia. 
Contract type: fixed term contract   
Duration: from hire until year-end 2023, to be extended depending on funds and performance. 
Worktime: 100% FTE  
Target start date: As soon as possible  
Reports to: Regional Representative   
Languages required: English and Spanish  
Experience: 5 years  

Application deadline: 12th of May 

 
About ACT Alliance  

ACT Alliance is one of the world’s largest coalition of churches and church-related organizations engaged in humanitarian, development, and advocacy work. It consists of 144 members working together in over 120 countries, with headquarters in 73 countries, whose aim is to create a positive and sustainable change in the lives of poor and marginalized people regardless of their religion, politics, gender, sexual orientation, race or nationality in keeping with the highest international codes and standards. 64% of our members are headquartered in the Global South, 30% in the Global North, and 6% are Global members. For more details about the general work of ACT, please refer to http://www.actalliance.org/.    

ACT Alliance’s structure is unique, with national, sub-regional and regional forums that bring local, national, regional, and international church-related organizations to work together under the same principles and standards, bringing different skills and expertise to support each other and leverage collective action in humanitarian, development, and advocacy engagement. Thanks to the presence of national ACT forums in over 50 countries, and of its global secretariat in strategic locations (Geneva, New York, Nairobi, Bangkok, Amman, Brussels, Toronto, and Bogota), ACT Alliance is able to bring local and regional concerns to the global arena.    

About the role  

The Latin-American Migration and Climate Justice Program Officer will support project cycle management to both programs a) Migration and Human Mobility and b) Climate Justice in Latin America and the Caribbean looking closely at the intersection between gender, migration, the environment and climate change and at the implications of this nexus on climate change adaptation, community resilience and sustainable development. The program officer will assist in developing the program's implementation together with the Program Managers for (LAC), strengthening the program's capacity, and assisting LAC forums in stepping up national and regional joint efforts. The program officer will also help strengthen advocacy efforts with a focus on the forums’ leadership and engagement and will assist the alliance in our forum-driven fundraising efforts related to the two programs he/she/they will be supporting. The Program Officer is responsible for supporting assigned projects or activities, partner coordination, work planning, reporting, communications, budget and contracts/administration for LAC. 

Duties and Responsibilities  

1. Support Program Managers and Regional Representative with regional efforts for the Migration and Human Mobility and the Climate Justice programs. This includes providing support with planning, developing, managing, and coordinating the program in the Latin America and the Caribbean region.  
2. Under the leadership of the Program Managers and Regional Representative, implement effective coordination of regional efforts for Migration and Human Mobility and Climate Justice to enhance joint action regarding advocacy and development-related programming to respond to people on the move’s needs, including coordinating together with the Program Managers the developing and implementation of regional roadmaps.  
3. Analyze migration trends and upcoming issues of relevance, donor priorities and funding opportunities. As needed, assist in the review of subregional or regional forum-led proposals. 
4. Develop close relationships with 15 national and 3 subregional forums to contribute to national forums strategic objectives in LAC regarding Migration and Human Mobility and Climate Justice. Promote and guarantee that any initiatives and actions are forum-driven.  
5. Provide guidance to members for subregional, regional or global advocacy opportunities. In this sense, contribute to the development of thematic national or regional reports, policy papers, public statements, key messages, meetings, events and visibility efforts for internal audience, donors, and external stakeholders strengthening forum-driven advocacy.  
6. Conduct member mapping and analyze assessments to identify specific capacity building and organizational development needs and provide targeted capacity strengthening support.   
7. Organize internal in-person or virtual meetings and events and represent the organization to external audiences. 
8. Ensures regular reporting to the Regional Representative and Program Managers. 
9. The Program Officer will also collaborate with the Gender Program for gender to be integrated in all policies and operations at all levels. 
10. Liaises with the Humanitarian Officer for mainstreaming climate justice in RRF’s and Appeal, when relevant and possible.  
11. Supports ACT communications work at the regional level. 
12. Assist with administrative and logistic tasks, including translation of documents from Spanish to English and vice versa and organizing events.  

Experience and technical competencies: 

Required 

• At least 5 years' experience in migration or human mobility. Climate justice-related experience will also be valued when it relates to climate-induced migration. 
• University degree in political science, international development, or any other relevant field. 
• Sound knowledge in Human Mobility and Climate Justice regional and international advocacy.   
• Experience in developing new and successful climate justice and/or migration and human mobility proposals. 
• Familiarity or interest to work in coalitions, alliances, and partnerships. 
• Full professional proficiency in Spanish and English.  
• Ability to work under pressure and strong ability to multi-task.   
• International travel availability 

Preferred 

• Experience working for or with faith-based organizations and churches.  
• Significant experience in training and/or liaising with national NGOs. 
• Working knowledge of French and/or Portuguese an asset.  

Competencies and Behaviors  

• Readiness and commitment to work both on programmatic and administrative tasks and remain focused and motivated.  
• Interest in being part of a team and being a team player, as well as contributing to a healthy work environment.   

HOW TO APPLY 

ACT provides equitable compensation and pension packages and flexible working conditions. ACT also applies a non-discriminatory approach to recruitment and celebrates a diverse workforce. Interested and qualified candidates should send only their CV and a cover letter, in English and by email only, to recruitment@actalliance.org by 12/05/2023 (24.00 CET). Please put “[name of position]” in the subject line and name your documents: “Firstname lastname CV” and “Firstname lastname Cover letter”. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.    

Please note that ACT adheres to the SCHR misconduct scheme https://www.schr.info/the-misconduct-disclosure-scheme. As part of reference checking, ACT will contact the current and former employer(s) of the preferred candidate, asking them to complete a Statement of Conduct form.  

We ask for understanding that we are only able to contact shortlisted candidates. 

Ubicación: Latin America and the Caribbean   
Tipo de Contrato: Consultoría  
Idiomas Requerido: Inglés y español (nativo o avanzado en ambos)  
Experiencia requerida: Experiencia con justicia climática y derechos humanos  
Fecha esperada de inicio:       17/4/2023  
Duración de contrato: 25 días en un período de 3 meses  

Fecha límite de aplicación: 12/4/2023  

Acerca de ACT Alliance  

ACT Alliance es una de las mayores coaliciones del mundo de iglesias y organizaciones relacionadas con las iglesias dedicadas a la labor humanitaria, de desarrollo y de promoción. Consta de 144 miembros que trabajan juntos en más de 120 países, con sede en 73 países, cuyo objetivo es crear un cambio positivo y sostenible en las vidas de las personas pobres y marginadas, independientemente de su religión, política, género, orientación sexual, raza o nacionalidad, de acuerdo con los más altos códigos y estándares internacionales. El 64% de nuestros miembros tienen su sede en el Sur Global,  El 30% en el Norte Global y el 6% son miembros Globales. Para obtener más detalles sobre el trabajo general de ACT, consulte http://www.actalliance.org/.

La estructura de ACT Alliance es única, con foros nacionales, subregionales y regionales que unen organizaciones basadas en la fe o relacionadas con iglesias de nivel local, nacional, regional e internacional para trabajar juntos bajo los mismos principios y estándares, aportando diferentes habilidades y experiencia para apoyarse mutuamente y aprovechar la acción colectiva en compromiso humanitario, de desarrollo y de incidencia. Gracias a la presencia de los foros nacionales de ACT en más de 50 países, y de su secretaría mundial en varios lugares estratégicos (Ginebra, Nueva York, Nairobi, Bangkok, Ammán, Bruselas, Toronto y Bogotá), ACT Alliance es capaz traer preocupaciones locales y regionales al escenario mundial. Igualmente, las tendencias y el desarrollo mundiales pueden transmitirse a la región y a niveles nacionales usando estas estructuras

Términos de referencia  

El cambio climático es un impulsor de la desigualdad, la pobreza y los desastres que impiden que las comunidades de primera línea puedan disfrutar de sus derechos humanos y llevar una vida digna. Los esfuerzos para responder a la crisis climática deben generar una nueva realidad para estas comunidades. ACT Alliance tiene la ambición de fortalecer su trabajo de adaptación, pérdidas y daños y resiliencia aprovechando las diversas experiencias, habilidades y capacidades técnicas de sus miembros. En el centro de este esfuerzo está la generación de evidencia para fortalecer un enfoque basado en los derechos humanos, para diseñar, construir, implementar y ampliar acciones que aborden la vulnerabilidad climática, promuevan la equidad económica, mejoren la adaptación y desarrollen resiliencia. 

La acción climática debe llevarse a cabo dentro del ámbito de las obligaciones de derechos humanos y de ninguna manera deberá sofocar los derechos de las comunidades marginadas y de primera línea a un presente y un futuro seguro, adaptable, equitativo y resistente, esto incluye tanto a comunidades rurales y pueblos originarios, así como a población vulnerable en zonas urbanas quienes deben ser partícipes en los procesos de toma de decisiones. La Alianza reconoce que los enfoques coherentes y probados pueden facilitar una programación más profunda y colaborativa crucial para generar cambios a nivel comunitario en el contexto del cambio climático. Sin embargo, para que dicho cambio responda a las necesidades de las comunidades, la investigación debe informar cómo los enfoques que abordan los impactos diferenciados de la crisis climática pueden defender de manera efectiva los derechos humanos en su diseño e implementación. Las respuestas climáticas deben modelarse dentro de los parámetros de los derechos humanos con un enfoque en justicia de género y protección social en el que se tengan en consideración problemáticas estructurales como la inequidad económica. 

ACT Alliance tiene la intención de realizar trabajos de investigación en tres regiones del Sur Global (Asia, África y Latinoamérica y el Caribe). Prevemos construir evidencia y conocimiento de abajo hacia arriba que sustentarán una era de discusión más profunda sobre un enfoque basado en los derechos humanos en la respuesta climática y elevando los llamados de política para su fortalecimiento a nivel nacional y global. Por lo tanto, anticipamos la entrega de valiosa evidencia para: 

1. Fortalecer la comprensión conceptual de un enfoque basado en los derechos humanos para: 
   1. Abordar la vulnerabilidad, la adaptación, la construcción de resiliencia y las pérdidas y daños, en particular el desplazamiento inducido por el clima 
   2. Permitir la realización de los derechos humanos en el contexto del cambio climático 
2. Analizar las brechas, los desafíos, las lecciones y las oportunidades para avanzar en los enfoques basados en los derechos humanos en el trabajo de adaptación, pérdidas y daños y resiliencia en los niveles de programación e implementación. 
3. Brindar recomendaciones clave para fortalecer la programación climática para hacer realidad los derechos humanos y promover la equidad económica en un entorno cambiante. 

Para lograr lo anterior, se prevé el siguiente proceso preparatorio/toma de decisiones inicial: 

• Elaboración particular de los términos de referencia a nivel regional/nacional: determinar temas específicos y partes interesadas que participarán 
• Reuniones de planeación regionales/nacionales con DRR CCA CoP / CoP de Justicia Climática: determinar los foros de ACT participantes 
• Desarrollar una convocatoria de consultorías a nivel nacional para el trabajo 

Metodología 

• Revisión documental de la investigación existente sobre derechos humanos y cambio climático desarrollada por cualquier miembro de ACT y otros actores, así como por agencias de la ONU y otras iniciativas multilaterales. 
• Revisión documental de métodos de proyectos/estrategias de implementación de programas existentes sobre un enfoque del cambio climático basado en los derechos en el contexto de abordar la vulnerabilidad a través de la adaptación, la respuesta a pérdidas y daños y la construcción de resiliencia 
• Revisión documental de vínculos documentados específicos a nivel nacional entre los impactos del cambio climático y la movilidad humana (desplazamiento, incluido el desplazamiento interno, migración laboral, reubicación planificada, etc.) 
• Discusiones participativas facilitadas con foros de ACT, comunidades de práctica regionales y globales que describen en detalle los impactos del cambio climático en los derechos humanos en sus vidas, sus diferentes experiencias con la programación en adaptación, pérdidas y daños, desplazamiento y migración, y los intentos de construir su resiliencia 

ACTIVIDADES ESPERADAS 

Reunión informativa previa 

Antes de iniciar la investigación, se realizará una reunión informativa con algunos representantes de los grupos de trabajo de Clima, Migración y Desplazamiento y Abogacía de ACT para construir una comprensión común del trabajo. 

Revisión bibliográfica 

El/la consultor/a adelantará una revisión de textos existentes en derechos humanos y cambio climático, y adaptación, pérdidas y daños, vínculos con la movilidad humana en el país/región y resiliencia. Se aprovecharán los documentos clave producidos por los miembros de ACT. Se buscarán estudios de casos y el/la consultor/a ayudará a la Alianza a entender cómo maximizar el impacto y la cooperación para el desarrollo con respecto a la implementación de un enfoque basado en los derechos humanos en la política climática y la programación a nivel de foro. Este análisis también debe cuestionar los esfuerzos, si los hay, por parte de los miembros de ACT para promover un enfoque basado en los derechos en la respuesta al cambio climático. 

Preguntas guía 

• Teniendo en cuenta los derechos humanos y el cambio climático, ¿se podrían emplear niveles y enfoques de programación para fortalecer un enfoque basado en los derechos en la adaptación al cambio climático, pérdidas y daños, movilidad humana y resiliencia? 
• ¿Qué brechas, desafíos, oportunidades existen a nivel de país para fortalecer un enfoque basado en derechos para la adaptación al cambio climático, pérdidas y daños, movilidad humana y resiliencia? 
• ¿Qué esfuerzos facilitarían la integración de un enfoque basado en derechos a nivel de programación? ¿Cómo se rastrearían, informarían y fortalecerían tales esfuerzos? 

Taller/diálogo con las organizaciones miembro 

Diseñar y realizar un taller/diálogo con los miembros del foro de ACT para probar algunas hipótesis, desarrollar mensajes clave de promoción y recopilar información adicional para el informe final. ACT Clima / RRD CCA CoPs/ Grupos de trabajo sobre migración y desplazamiento 

Entrevistas 

El/la consultor/a conducirá varias entrevistas con agentes clave, idealmente expertos en clima y derechos humanos en las esferas de políticas, promoción y programación. Se generará una lista de entrevistados junto con el foro de ACT. 

Reuniones intermedias 

Dependiendo del progreso de la investigación, se organizará mínimo una reunión semanal o quincenal con representantes del foro ACT y respectivos grupos de trabajo. 

INFORME FINAL 

Un informe final de unas treinta páginas, escrito en inglés, presentará los resultados de la investigación, destacando:  

• El contexto del estudio y la metodología elegida (2-3 páginas). 
• Una descripción general de los contextos de los derechos humanos y el cambio climático, una base conceptual del enfoque del cambio climático basado en los derechos (6 a 9 páginas). 
• Un análisis de las brechas, limitaciones, oportunidades para avanzar enfoque basado en derechos con énfasis en espacios y procesos de políticas, y enfoques de programación (8-10 páginas). Se debe proporcionar un enlace al discurso global y qué brechas/oportunidades para elevar a nivel global (2 páginas). 
• Ejemplos de casos de enfoque basado en derechos en intervenciones climáticas a nivel nacional (10-12 páginas)  
• Recomendaciones concretas que incorporan un enfoque doble: promoción de políticas y programación (4 a 6 páginas) 

Intercambio y restitución 

El/la consultor/a será invitado a presentar su análisis, conclusiones y recomendaciones a la ACT Foro & Clima/ Grupos de trabajo sobre migración y desplazamiento. Siguiendo esto reunión, el/la consultor/a puede ser requerido a revisar su informe. 

Calificaciones y experiencia 

El/la consultor/a deberá tener: 

• Al menos 3-4 años de experiencia con justicia climática y/o derechos humanos 
• Conocimiento en trabajo de programación y políticas de cambio climático 
• Algún conocimiento sobre temas de migración y desplazamiento. 
• Buen conocimiento de las políticas nacionales de cambio climático, DRR, migración y desplazamiento de Honduras, Brasil, Perú y Argentina  
• Capacidad de escucha y de cooperación 
• Deseable experiencia laboral con organizaciones/actores basados en la fe actores y/o grupos religiosos  
• Facilitación participativa efectiva para discusiones y reuniones 
• Capacidad a escribir textos de alto calidad, informes claros y concisos en inglés 
• Excelentes habilidades logísticas 
• Fuerte conocimiento de computación para reuniones virtuales, incluyendo experiencia usando Microsoft Word, Skype y Zoom (deseable también Microsoft Teams) 
• Fija prioridades, satisface plazos y maneja el tiempo eficientemente 
• Altamente organizado y orientado al detalle  

Cronología 

• Fecha límite para envío de ofertas: 5/4/2023 
• Selección de la oferta por el trabajo grupo: 11-13/4/2023 
• Reunión previa para el comenzar la misión: 17/4/2023 
• Reunión provisional: fecha a ser determinada 
• Envío del reporte final: 17/7/2023 
• Presentación del estudio: fecha a ser determinada 

Informes 

El/la consultor/a trabajará en colaboración con el equipo del programa climático y rendirá informes al Gerente de Justicia Climática y punto focal del Foro ACT instituido para esta consultoría

LICITACION PROCESO

Solo se considerarán empresas o consultores registrados. Las partes calificadas e interesadas deben enviar su solicitud de licitación con el titulo "Consultoría para la investigación sobre un enfoque basado en los derechos para la adaptación, las pérdidas y los daños, y la resiliencia en LAC" a: recruitment@actalliance.org antes del 12 de abril de 2023  

En su licitación, por favor incluir:  

• Expresión de Interés, incluido estimación de tiempo   
• Currículum del/la consultor/a  
• Justificación de consultoría o compañía registro.  
• Muestras o enlaces de trabajos de consultoría previos.  
• Lista de 3 personas de referencia profesional  
• Oferta financiera: tarifa diaria bruta para la consultoría en USD, incluidos los gastos generales administrativos, impuestos y cargos  

Tenga en cuenta que solo solicitantes preseleccionados serán contactados  

Location: Latin America and the Caribbean   
Type of Contract: Consulting  
Languages Required: English and Spanish (native or advanced in both)  
Experience Required : Experience with climate justice and human rights
Consultancy begin aim date: 17/4/2023  
Duration of contract : 25 days within a period of 3 months  

Application deadline:                   12/4/2023  

About ACT Alliance  

ACT Alliance is one of the world’s largest coalition of churches and church-related organisations engaged in humanitarian, development and advocacy work. It consists of 144 members working together in over 120 countries, with headquarters in 73 countries, whose aim is to create a positive and sustainable change in the lives of poor and marginalised people regardless of their religion, politics, gender, sexual orientation, race or nationality in keeping with the highest international codes and standards. 64% of our members are headquartered in the Global South, 30% in the Global North, and 6% are Global members. For more details about the general work of ACT, please refer to http://www.actalliance.org/. 

  ACT Alliance’s structure is unique, with national, sub-regional and regional forums that bring local, national, regional and international church-related organisations to work together under the same principles and standards, bringing different skills and expertise to support each other and leverage collective action in humanitarian, development and advocacy engagement. Thanks to the presence of national ACT Forums in over 50 countries, and of its global secretariat in several strategic locations (Geneva, New York, Nairobi, Bangkok, Amman, Brussels, Toronto and Bogotá), ACT Alliance is able to bring local and regional concerns to the global arena. Conversely, global trends and development can be transmitted to the regional and national levels using these structures. 

Terms of reference  

Climate change is a driver of inequality, poverty and disasters that keep frontline communities from being able to enjoy their human rights and lead dignified lives. Efforts to respond to the climate crisis must create a new reality for these communities. ACT Alliance has the ambition to strengthen its adaptation, loss and damage and resilience work drawing on the diverse experience, skills, and technical capabilities of its membership. At the center of this effort is the generation of evidence to strengthen a human rights-based approach, to design, build, implement and scale up actions that address climate vulnerability, promote economic equity, enhance adaptation and build resilience. 

Climate action should be delivered within the purview of human rights obligations and not by any means stifle the rights of frontline and marginalized communities to a safe, adaptive, equitable and resilient present and future, this includes both rural communities and indigenous peoples, as well as vulnerable populations in urban areas who must be participants in decision-making processes. The Alliance acknowledges that coherent and tested approaches can facilitate deepened and collaborative programming crucial for delivering change at community level in the context of climate change. However, for such change to respond to needs of communities, research must inform how approaches addressing differentiated impacts of the climate crisis can effectively uphold human rights in their design and implementation. Climate responses must be modeled within the parameters of human rights with a focus on gender justice and social protection that consider structural problems such as economic inequality. 

ACT Alliance intends to undertake research work in three Global South regions (Asia, Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean). We envisage to build bottom-up evidence and knowledge that will underpin an era of deepened discussion on a human rights-based approach in climate response and elevating policy calls for its strengthening at national and global levels. As such, we anticipate the delivery of valuable evidence that: 

1. Strengthens a conceptual understanding of a human rights-based approach to: 
   1. Tackling vulnerability, adaptation, resilience building and loss and damage, in particular climate induced displacement 
   2. Enabling the realization of human rights in the context of climate change 
2. Analyse the gaps, challenges, lessons and opportunities for advancing human rights-based approaches in adaptation, loss and damage and resilience work at the programming and implementation levels. 
3. Provide key recommendations to strengthen climate programming to realize human rights and promote economic equity in a changing environment. 

To achieve the above, the following preparatory process/initial decision-making is envisaged: 

• Further elaborating the Terms of Reference at regional/national level – determine specific topics and stakeholders to be involved 
• Regional / national planning meetings with DRR CCA CoP / Climate Justice CoP – determine participating ACT forums 
• Developing a call for consultancies at national level for the assignment 

Methodology 

• Desk-based review of existing research on human rights and climate change developed by any ACT members and other actors, as well as by UN agencies and other multilateral initiatives.  
• Desk-based review of existing project methods/programmes implementation strategies on a rights-based approach to Climate change in the context of addressing vulnerability through adaptation, loss and damage response, and resilience building. 
• Desk-based review of nationally specific documented links between the impacts of climate change and human mobility (displacement, including internal displacement, labour migration, planned relocation, etc.) 
• Participatory facilitated discussions with ACT Forums, regional and global Communities of Practice that describe in detail the human rights impact of climate change on their lives, their different experiences with programming in adaptation, loss and damage, displacement, and migration, and attempts at building their resilience. 

EXPECTED ACTIVITIES 

Pre-briefing 

Before starting the research, a briefing meeting will be held with some representatives of the ACT "Climate, Migration and Displacement and Advocacy working groups'' to build common understanding of the assignment. 

Literature review 

The consultant will conduct a desk-based review of the existing literature on human rights and climate change, and adaptation, loss and damage, links with human mobility in the country/region, and resilience. Key documents produced by ACT members will be availed. Case studies will be sought, and the consultant will help the alliance understand how to maximize impact and development cooperation concerning the implementation of a human rights-based approach in climate policy and programming at forum-level. This analysis should also interrogate efforts, if any, by ACT members in advancing a rights-based approach in climate change response. 

Guiding questions 

• Considering human rights and climate change, programming levels and approaches could be employed to strengthen a rights-based approach in climate change adaptation, loss and damage, human mobility and resilience?  
• What gaps, challenges, opportunities exist at country level for strengthening a rights-based approach to climate change adaptation, loss and damage, human mobility and resilience?  
• What efforts would facilitate the integration of a rights-based approaches at programming level? How would such efforts be tracked, reported, and strengthened? 

Workshop/dialogue with the member organisations 

Design and conduct a workshop/dialogue with ACT forum members to test some hypotheses, develop key advocacy messages, and gather additional inputs for the final report. ACT Climate / DRR CCA CoPs/ Migration and displacement working groups. 

Interviews 

The consultant will conduct several interviews with key informants, ideally climate and human rights experts across the policy, advocacy, and programming spheres.  A list of interviewees will be generated in conjunction with the ACT forum. 

Intermediate meeting(s) 

Depending on the progress of the research, a minimum of one meeting will be organized on weekly or fortnightly basis with representatives of the ACT forum and respective working groups. 

FINAL REPORT 

A final report of about thirty pages, written in English, will present the results of the investigation, highlighting: 

• The context of the study and the methodology chosen (2-3 pages). 
• An overview of the human rights and climate change contexts, a conceptual underpinning of rights-based approach to climate change (6-9 pages).  
• An analysis of the gaps, limitations, opportunities for advancing rights-based approach with focus on policy spaces and processes, and programming approaches (8-10 pages). A link to the global discourse and what gaps/ opportunities to elevate at a global level should be provided (2 pages).  
• Case examples of rights-based approach in climate interventions at national level (10-12 pages) 
• Concrete recommendations incorporating a 2-pronged approach: Policy advocacy and programming (4-6 pages) 

Sharing and restitution 

The consultant will be invited to present his/her analysis, conclusions, and recommendations to the ACT Forum & Climate/ Migration and displacement working groups. Following this meeting, the consultant may be required to review his or her report. 

Qualifications and experience 

The consultant shall have: 

• At least 3-4 years of experience with climate justice and/or human rights 
• Knowledge on climate change programming and policy work 
• Some knowledge of migration and displacement issues. 
• Good knowledge of the national policies (Honduras, Brazil, Peru, Argentina) of climate change, DRR, migration and displacement. 
• Listener and highly cooperative 
• Experience working with faith-based actors and/or religious groups desirable  
• Effective participatory facilitation of discussions and meetings 
• Ability to write high quality, clear, concise reports in English 
• Excellent logistical skills 
• Strong computer and virtual meeting including experience using Microsoft Word, Skype and Zoom (and Microsoft Teams as an added asset) 
• Sets priorities, meets deadlines, and manages time efficiently 
• Highly organised and detail oriented  

Timeline 

• Deadline for submission of tenders:  5/4/2023 
• Selection of the offer by the working group:  11-13/4/2023 
• Pre-meeting for the start of the mission: 17/4/2023 
• Interim meeting: date to be determined  
• Submission of the final report:  17/7/2023 
• Presentation of the study: date to be determined 

Reporting 

The consultant will work in collaboration with the Climate program team and report to the ACT Climate Justice Manager and the ACT Forum focal point instituted for this consultancy. 

TENDER PROCESS

Only registered consultants or companies shall be considered. Qualified and interested parties should send their tender application titled "Consultancy for Research on A rights-based approach to adaptation, loss and damage, and resilience in LAC" to: recruitment@actalliance.org by 12/4/2023  

In his tender, please include:  

• Expression of Interest, including time estimation  
• CV of the consultant  
• Justification of consultancy or company registration.  
• Samples of/or links to previous consultancy work completed.  
• List of 3 professional reference persons.  
• Financial offer: gross daily rate for the consultancy in USD, - including administrative overheads, taxes and charges.  

Please note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.