Overview
The purpose of this consultancy is to facilitate and coordinate the DPGs at Scale community and help translate the work to date into practical, decision-ready outputs. The consultant will support the development of an operating model for DPGs at Scale, a productized DPG service offering, cost-efficiency options, knowledge products, and structured inputs for senior management consideration.
Key Responsibilities
- Facilitation and coordination of the DPGs at Scale Working Group (WG) and community
- Development of a DPGs at Scale operating model and structured inputs for senior management
- Development of a productized DPG service offering
- Identification of cost-efficiency and effectiveness opportunities
- Knowledge management and documentation of good practices
- Cross-cutting consolidation and synthesis
Required Experience
- Minimum of five years of relevant professional experience in digital transformation, technology for development, innovation, open source, Digital Public Goods, product management, programme coordination, or complex multi-stakeholder initiatives.
- Demonstrated experience facilitating working groups, communities of practice, stakeholder consultations, or cross-functional collaboration processes.
- Experience synthesizing diverse inputs into clear written outputs, including briefs, options papers, guidance documents, strategies, or senior management materials.
- Experience working on digital products, platforms, or technology-enabled programmes in international development, humanitarian, public sector, or comparable settings.
- Experience with knowledge management, documentation of good practices, or development of practical tools and templates.
- Strong understanding of sustainability, governance, and operational challenges related to digital products or platforms.
- Experience with UNICEF, the UN system, or other international development organizations (Desirable).
- Familiarity with Digital Public Goods, open-source digital platforms, or the Digital Public Goods Alliance ecosystem (Desirable).
- Experience supporting productized service offerings, service catalogues, shared services, or country office support models (Desirable).
- Experience with cost-efficiency, vendor management, procurement processes, LTAs, or operational improvement in institutional settings (Desirable).
- Familiarity with financing or sustainability models for digital products, including cost recovery, subscriptions, pooled funding, government co-financing, or franchise-style models (Desirable).
- Experience supporting senior management engagement, board materials, portfolio reviews, or decision-ready briefing packages (Desirable).
Qualifications
- Advanced university degree (Master’s) in international development/relations, ICT, digital innovation, social entrepreneurship, business administration, communications, or another relevant technical field.
- Academic training or certification in impact finance/innovative finance is considered an asset.
