Consultancy: Short-Term, Full-time Consultant

Apr 5, 2021 | Natural Resource Governance Institute
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The Natural Resource Governance Institute is an independent nonprofit organisation dedicated to improving countries' governance over their natural resources to promote sustainable and inclusive development.

Countries that are rich in oil, gas, and minerals face a critical development challenge. When used well, these resources can create greater prosperity for current and future generations; used poorly, or squandered, they can cause economic instability, social conflict, and lasting environmental damage. Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) is a non-governmental organization dedicated to helping communities and nations benefit from their countries’ endowments of oil, gas, and minerals. For more information about NRGI, please refer to this short introduction and our 2020-2025 Strategy.

NRGI produces the Resource Governance Index (RGI), a tool for measuring the quality of governance in the oil, gas and mining sectors across a range of countries with considerable oil, gas and/or mineral reserves. The RGI is based on the premise that good governance of natural resources is necessary for the successful development of countries with abundant oil, gas and minerals. It provides a diagnostic tool to help identify good practices as well as shortcomings in governance. The most recent edition of the index is the 2017 Resource Governance Index; you can learn more about the results at www.resourcegovernanceindex.org/ .

Following positive outcomes from the first two editions of the Resource Governance index in 2013 and 2017, NRGI is launching the next edition of the project: the 2021 Resource Governance Index

Description & Major Responsibilities

As part of the 2021 RGI preparation and launch process, we are seeking to engage a short-term, full-time consultant until at least July 2021 at a minimum of 4 days per week, who will work directly with the Research and Data Officer in charge of the RGI, as well as with the NRGI communications team and country offices on a range of communications, administrative and support tasks:

Communications (50%)

  • Supporting colleagues to draft reports and produce charts and other data visualizations about the results of the Resource Governance Index.
  • Checking accuracy of data in reports and materials to be published.
  • Supporting colleagues to host virtual launches of country results, including production of invitations and administrative hosting.
  • Work with vendors (e.g. translators, designers, video production companies) to produce items that will be disseminated externally.
  • Managing the Content Management System (CMS) of the www.resourcegovernanceindex.org website. Loading documents for our visitors to download.

Administrative (35%)

  • Coordinating the publish pathway of country reports and communications outputs. Assembling inputs from different parties, both internal and external.
  • Tracking progress of each country project and providing regular updates to the Research and Data Officer. Ensuring that projects are kept on track according to plans and deadlines set by each country team.  
  • Administrative supporting tasks including market research of vendors, contracting and invoicing. 

Research (15%)

  • Carry our desk research and policy analysis on topics relating to policies and trends related to governance, transparency and accountability, including but not limited to the extractive industries.
  • Monitor current developments in relevant research areas, relying mostly on open-source information. Contribute to compiling briefs on evolving events and substantively contributing to the writing and editing of related commentary, research pieces and presentations; updates and checks existing data and footnotes; helps with editing and proofreading of publications.

Duration & Working Hours:

The applicant should be available at a minimum of 4 days per week for the duration of mid-April to July. The exact duration of the contract will be agreed with the successful candidate.

Ideally, the applicant will be able to perform their work during UK/European working hours in order to coordinate with the RGI Officer in real-time.

Fee

NRGI will compensate the consultant at a mutually agreed upon rate.

Application procedures

It is expected that the applicant will possess the following qualifications:

  • Bachelors level degree is essential.  Postgraduate degree in economics, international relations, development, communication, or related fields, would be desirable. 
  • Demonstrated desk-based research skills.
  • Attention to detail; ability to meet deadlines.
  • Responsiveness to inquiries and excellent communication skills.
  • A minimum of 2 years’ experience in communications, preferably within the extractives sector.
  • Experience working with international organisations with different time zones preferred.
  • Experience of working on research projects and conducting desk and policy analysis research.
  • Experience of working with information management systems is strongly preferred.

NRGI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. NRGI considers all applicants based on merit without regard to race, gender, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Your privacy is important to us and we are committed to collecting, processing, storing and destroying all information in accordance with the GDPR, UK data protection laws and the NRGI Privacy policy. Please note that only successful candidates will be contacted.