ECHO HIP FY27 Individual Consultant Roster
Overview
The IRC is updating its roster of individual consultants to support ECHO Humanitarian Implementation Plan (HIP) proposal development across five regions. Consultants will be retained beyond FY27 and contacted for future ECHO HIP cycles.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end development of an ECHO HIP proposal for an assigned country or opportunity
- Coordinate between country programme technical teams, grants staff and the IRC Awards Management Unit
- Ensure narrative quality, compliance with ECHO's Single Form requirements, and overall proposal coherence
- Draft and revise proposal narrative components, log-frames and annexes to a publication-ready standard
- Incorporate feedback from country and headquarters review cycles
- Work within IRC's proposal templates and formatting requirements
- Develop and quality-assure ECHO-compliant budgets
- Ensure alignment between narrative, log-frame and financial submission
- Apply ECHO's budget templates and cost-eligibility rules accurately
- Provide sector-specific technical design input for ECHO HIP proposals
- Ensure technical design aligns with donor priorities and IRC's technical standards
- Support integration of technical content into the proposal narrative and log-frame
Required Experience
Demonstrated experience developing ECHO HIP proposals, ideally with a track record with IRC or comparable international NGOs. Familiarity with ECHO's Single Form, budget templates and quality standards. Category-specific experience: Bid leadership: demonstrated experience leading proposal teams and managing donor compliance requirements. Pricing and budget support: demonstrated experience applying ECHO cost-eligibility rules and donor budget templates. Technical leadership: sector-specific technical qualifications and experience, for example in Education in Emergencies. Proposal writing: strong technical writing skills in the required language, with experience incorporating reviewer feedback under time pressure.
