Consultant, Road Safety Course Development and Delivery

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, with a network of 192-member National Societies. The overall aim of the IFRC is “to inspire, encourage, facilitate, and promote at all times all forms of humanitarian activities by National Societies with a view to preventing and alleviating human suffering and thereby contributing to the maintenance and promotion of human dignity and peace in the world.”  The IFRC works to meet the needs and improve the lives of vulnerable people before, during and after disasters, health emergencies and other crises.

IFRC is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (Movement), together with its member National Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The work of the IFRC is guided by the following fundamental principles: humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity, and universality.

IFRC is led by its Secretary General, and has its Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The Headquarters are organized into three main Divisions: (i) National Society Development and Operations Coordination; (ii) Global Relations, Humanitarian Diplomacy and Digitalization; and (iii) Management Policy, Strategy and Corporate Services.

IFRC has five regional offices in Africa, Asia Pacific, Middle East and North Africa, Europe, and the Americas.  IFRC also has country cluster delegation and country delegations throughout the world. Together, the Geneva Headquarters and the field structure (regional, cluster and country) comprise the IFRC Secretariat.

The Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) is a hosted programme of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), representing a global partnership between business, civil society and government, dedicated to the sustainable reduction of road trauma. In collaboration with its members, GRSP is a leading contributor to global road safety knowledge, and through a participatory approach in its project work, builds capacity of road safety stakeholders and encourages the adoption of global good practice to address local road safety issues.

This consultancy will enhance GRSP’s capacity to develop evidence-based road safety initiatives, including ongoing development, enhancement and delivery of technical road safety educational resources and courses.  The target audiences of the programmes include participants from junior through to senior road safety practitioners working to improve road safety in their area of responsibility.

The person filling this role will have an extensive understanding of contemporary global road safety issues and agendas, a strong track record of employing road safety research skills and experience with a focus on behavioural risk factors and translating this to and educational material. Expertise in the development and delivery of road safety technical content is also required. This position requires a person who has experience in and understanding of technical and legislative facilitators and barriers to effective road safety policy development and implementation and road policing capacity building and implementation in the context of low- and middle-income countries.

This activity is aligned with Strategic Aim 2 of the S2020 - Enable healthy and safe living.

At the direction of the GRSP Chief Executive Officer or Global Manager:

• Provide advice and guidance to GRSP on programmatic development, based on the road safety evidence base.
• Review, revise and take part in the delivery of road safety technical training resources with a focus on the development and delivery of road safety leadership related programmes.
• Develop new technical training resources as required, including expanding the suite of global road safety and road policing courses, taking into account content that keeps pace with global trends and their relevance to the low- and middle-income context.
• Travel to a variety of international locations, which may include low- or middle-income countries as required to deliver programmes.

Desired Outcome:

• Expanded and enhanced GRSP knowledge, drawing upon the road safety evidence base.
• Expanded GRSP capacity to deliver evidence-based road safety and road policing technical training, education and resources, focussed on international best practice principles.
• New technical content successfully developed and delivered on time and within budget.

Method of delivery and reasons for selecting that method:

This Consultant is expected to work independently but with direction and guidance from GRSP’s CEO or Global Manager. The specific outputs and deliverables are outlined in the “Desired outcomes” section.

Required

• Postgraduate degree in public health or road safety, with a focus on behavioural risk factors.
• Relevant technical training in road safety.

Required

• At least 5 years’ experience working in the field of global road safety, with a preference for experience in road safety in the low- and middle-income country context.
• At least 10 years’ experience conducting and publishing road safety research, with a focus on behavioural risk factors.
• Experience in developing and delivering training programmes, including the development of complex theoretical content for lay audiences.
• Experience in working with multiple international partners to implement training programmes.
• Experience delivering technical content, particularly focused on road safety.
• A minimum of 20 peer-reviewed road safety-related publications.
• Demonstrated experience in managing complex partnerships to facilitate programmatic outcomes.

Required

• Fluently spoken and written English.
• Excellent translational research skills (ability to take complex academic research findings and create readily understandable materials for a lay audience.
• Advanced analytical skills.
• Excellent project management skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong training and facilitation skills.
• Strong problem-solving ability.
• Ability to negotiate with a variety of international partners and stakeholders.
• Ability to multitask and work under pressure, and to time and budget deadlines.

Preferred

• Good command of another IFRC official language (French, Spanish or Arabic).

Values: Respect for diversity; Integrity; Professionalism; Accountability.

Core competencies: Communication; Collaboration and teamwork; Judgement and decision making; National society and customer relations; Creativity and innovation; Building trust.

Application Instructions

• Please submit your application in English
• Cover letter of no more than three pages (which includes the expected daily rate of remuneration in Swiss francs) and explains how the applicant meets each of the education and experience requirements outlined above;
• Summarised CV of no more than five pages of relevant experience, including confirmation of residence
• Applications are not to include attachments or other supporting documents;
• Note: Applications that exceed length limits will not be considered.

IFRC values equal opportunity, diversity and inclusivity. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates, irrespective of sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital or parental status, nationality, class, political opinions, ethnic or social origin, disability, religion, or belief.