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Organizational Context The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is the world’s largest humanitarian network, with 191 member National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Uses the Triple R – response, resilience and respect – to deliver on. Explicit requirements include proficiency in writing, reading and speaking COMPETENCIES, VALUES AND and 15 years of experience.
Last checked: 7 hours ago
Closing date: Monday, 15 June 2026
Country: Global
Duty station: Not specified
Contract type: Consultant
Grade: Consultant, Not Applicable
Applicant eligibility: Not explicit in source
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The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world’s largest humanitarian network, with 191 member National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. IFRC uses the Triple R – response, resilience and respect – to deliver on Strategy 2030. IFRC responds to disasters and crises, ensuring timely, coordinated and locally led humanitarian action. IFRC supports its members in building community resilience in the areas of climate and environment, health and wellbeing, and migration and displacement. IFRC promotes respect for our fundamental principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity, and universality, including in our work on values, power and inclusion. The IFRC focuses throughout on our core mandate – our raison d’être – of strategic and operational coordination, humanitarian diplomacy, National Society development, and accountability.
IFRC is led by its Secretary General and has its Headquarters in Geneva and five regional offices in Africa (Nairobi); the Americas (Panama); Asia Pacific (Kuala Lumpur); Europe (Budapest); and MENA (Beirut) as well as representation offices, service centres and delegations across the globe.
The IFRC has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment and other forms of harassment, abuse of authority, discrimination, and lack of integrity (including but not limited to financial misconduct). IFRC also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles.
A partnership between the IFRC and the Measles and Rubella Partnership (M&RP) seeks to establish a Measles & Rubella Country Platform (M&R Country Platform), which serves to advance the goals of the Immunization Agenda 2030 and is committed to reducing measles and rubella morbidity and mortality by supporting countries to implement the Measles and Rubella Strategic Framework 2021- 2030.
With declining global resources for immunization and persistent gaps in rubella-containing vaccine (RCV) introduction across priority countries, there is a critical need for senior-level strategic leadership to guide countries, partners, and global stakeholders toward coordinated, evidence-based, and timely RCV introduction to ensure progress towards global and regional rubella elimination goals.
Alignment to the IFRC’s objectives and strategy
The M&R Country Platform aligns to the Federation’s Strategy 2030 as it supports the achievement of Global Aims:
Global Aim 1: People anticipate, respond to and quickly recover from crisis.
Global Aim 2: People lead safe, health and dignified lives and have opportunities to thrive.
This consultancy aims to provide high-level technical and strategic leadership to accelerate rubella-containing vaccine (RCV) introduction across priority countries in Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean Region. The role focuses on strategic advisory support, policy translation, and the alignment of epidemiological evidence, modelling outputs, and financing pathways for rubella vaccine introduction, while facilitating consensus across partners.
The Senior Advisor will ensure that rubella considerations are fully integrated across key programmatic Measles and Rubella (MR) platforms, including program implementation, surveillance and outbreak response, and routine immunization strengthening. Achieve vaccination coverage of 95% or higher with two doses of the vaccine in at least 80% of municipalities.
Desired outcomes of the Consultancy
Specific terms of reference for consultancy
The selected consultants will support in the following activities:
1. Strategic Leadership & Policy Guidance
2. Evidence Synthesis, Modelling Interpretation & Strategic Translation
3. Financing & Resource Alignment
4. Global & Regional Partner Coordination
5. Country Engagement & High-Level Advisory Support
6. Capacity Strengthening & Technical Leadership
Method of delivery and reasons for selecting that method
Duty station: Home based, with up to 20–30% international travel, depending on program needs.
Support to be provided to the consultant
The consultant will be provided with support from the IFRC for travel, logistics, program management through the M&R Country Platform Officer and Administrative Lead.
Schedule for payment of fees
The consultant will be paid on a monthly schedule based on the receipt of invoices listing days worked at the contracted rate. Relevant travel and operational expenses will be included along with receipts for reimbursement.
Time Allocation, for budget purposes
Currently it is estimated that the consultant will be contracted from July 2026 to June 2027.
40 hours per week over a 12-month period.
Management of consultancy
The consultant will be directly managed by the IFRC M&R Country Platform Officer with overall coordination from the IFRC Immunization Senior Officer, based in Geneva.
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