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Workforce and Community Education
Consultant, Policies and Procedures
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
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Origin: • 🇲🇽 Mexico
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Establish a solid framework and comprehensive policies and procedures to enhance CIMMYT’s operational efficiency and governance
- Report to the COO and provide regular updates on progress and issues
- Be based at CIMMYT HQ in Texcoco, Mexico
- Conduct a thorough review of existing organizational policies, procedures, and the framework to manage them
- Benchmark current policies against industry standards and legal requirements and identify gaps, redundancies, and areas for improvement
- Draft new policies and procedures to address gaps and update/refine existing policies to ensure clarity, relevance, and compliance
- Ensure policies promote CIMMYT’s values, transparency, accountability, and alignment with institutional strategy and risk appetite
- Engage with key stakeholders (leadership team and process owners), facilitate workshops/meetings, and incorporate feedback
- Develop a detailed implementation plan with timelines, responsibilities, resources, and training materials
- Provide training, including training the trainers, and support staff and volunteers in adopting new policies and procedures
- Deliver assessment report, draft and final policy/procedure documents, implementation plan, training plan/materials, and a prioritized finalized set of policies
Requirements
- Proven experience in policy development and organizational management
- Full English proficiency, both written and spoken
- Understanding of the NGOs/ International Organizations sector and its regulatory environment
- Excellent communication and facilitation skills
- Ability to work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders
