PURPOSE:

HIAS is an international humanitarian organization committed to supporting staff worldwide. Recognizing that well-being is critical to both individual resilience and organizational effectiveness.

The organization intends to engage an experienced consultant to design a comprehensive, context-appropriate Staff Care and Wellbeing Framework that meets the needs of its employees and is aligned with humanitarian best practice.

The consultant is to design a coherent, practical, and sustainable approach to staff care and wellbeing that supports the physical, mental, psychological, and emotional health of staff across all levels of employees globally.

OBJECTIVES:

The specific objectives of the consultancy are to:

• Review and Assessment:

• Assess existing staff care and wellbeing practices and policies.

• Benchmark against best practices in humanitarian staff care and wellbeing.

• Consultation and Engagement:

• Conduct consultations with key stakeholders and staff (i.e. leadership, HR, managers, technical leaders, and US and Country Office staff).

• Ensure staff perspectives, lived experiences, and contextual realities inform the design.

• Design of Staff Care and Wellbeing Guide and Associated Materials:

• Propose practical, scalable initiatives, materials, and guides that can be implemented across diverse settings, and that meet the needs of employees across the globe (e.g. support mechanisms, trainings, activities).

• Include both organizational-level and individual-level interventions.

• Provide guidance and tools for implementation, including in low-resource and high-stress contexts.

• Ensure the framework reflects principles of duty of care, inclusion, equity, and cultural sensitivity.

QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS:

• Advanced degree in psychology, organizational development, public health, social work or related field.

• Demonstrated experience designing staff care, wellbeing, or psychological support initiatives in humanitarian organizations.

• Strong understanding of trauma-informed and culturally responsive approaches.

• Excellent facilitation, analytical, and writing skills.

• Experience working with international teams at all levels.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

All interested applications should submit the following:

• CV showing relevant experience

• The applicants proposed approach and methodology, including their ideas on how to design effective staff care and wellbeing initiatives in a humanitarian context.

• A brief explanation on how staff voices and organizational context will be integrated.

• A proposed workplan and timeline.

• Detailed budget including daily rate and proposed timeline.

• At least one example of similar assignments or publications.

• Quality and relevance of the proposed approach ideas.