Job
Governance Consultant
- Organization: Badael
- Location: International
- Deadline: Tue Aug 11 2026
- Category: Program/Project Management
About this opportunity
**Governance Consultant**
**Location: Remote** (with participation in online meetings and one in-person workshop)
**Duration: 15 Aug – 23 Dec 2026**
**Application Deadline: 11.08.2026**
**About SARD**
SARD is a regional feminist oral history network working across the Arabic-speaking region to document, preserve, and activate the lived experiences, political agency, and collective memory of feminist actors, grassroots communities, and marginalized groups. Founded in Feb- 2022 by four feminist organizations; Al-Rowat for Studies and Research, Badael, Knowledge Workshop, and Women and Memory Forum. SARD is currently entering a new phase of institutional and governance development.
**Purpose of the Consultancy**
The consultant will accompany and facilitate SARD members through a participatory governance exploration process that enables informed collective decision-making regarding SARD's future institutional form. The consultant is expected to design and facilitate a feminist process that enables members to critically assess governance alternatives, clarify governance needs, identify institutional implications, and collectively identify the most suitable governance and institutional pathway for SARD.
**Scope of Work**
The consultant is expected to undertake the following:
**Phase I: Governance Assessment**
- Review SARD's current governance arrangements, host modality, and decision-making practices.
- Conduct interviews and consultations with founding members.
- Identify strengths, limitations, governance gaps, and future institutional needs.
- Produce an inception note outlining the proposed methodology and workplan.
**Phase II: Governance Exploration**
The consultant will:
- Map and present comparative governance and institutional models relevant to regional and transnational feminist networks, including case studies of governance arrangements adopted by collaborative networks, membership-based organizations, and alliances.
- Facilitate critical reflection on the opportunities, challenges, and implications of different governance modalities for SARD.
**Phase III: Facilitation and Collective Governance Process**
The consultant will:
- Design and facilitate a series of participatory governance discussions with SARD members throughout the consultancy period.
- Facilitate one two-day in-person governance workshop to deepen collective reflection and dialogue.
- Guide discussions to ensure meaningful participation, shared understanding, and informed collective deliberation.
- Document key discussions, emerging reflections, areas of convergence, and outstanding questions throughout the process\*\*.\*\*
**Phase IV: Institutional Roadmap**
Building on the outcomes of the governance exploration and facilitation process, the consultant will:
- Synthesize the findings and conclusions emerging from the governance discussions and in-person workshop.
- Develop a governance roadmap outlining the proposed institutional pathway, institutional arrangements, transition phases, governance milestones, and priority actions.
- Produce a two-page final consultancy report.
**Required Profile and Qualifications**
Applicants should demonstrate:
- Proven track record in designing and facilitating participatory and multi-stakeholder processes.
- Proven track record in facilitating feminist dialogue, collective reflection, and participatory decision-making processes.
- Proven track record in supporting regional networks, coalitions, or collaborative initiatives.
- Experience in organizational governance, institutional development, or organizational transformation processes.
- Excellent knowledge of the Arabic-speaking region and its civil society/ feminist movements landscape.
- Strong understanding of feminist facilitation approaches, collective leadership, and participatory governance.
- Ability to synthesize complex discussions into clear and actionable recommendations.
- Excellent written and spoken Arabic.
**Location: Remote** (with participation in online meetings and one in-person workshop)
**Duration: 15 Aug – 23 Dec 2026**
**Application Deadline: 11.08.2026**
**About SARD**
SARD is a regional feminist oral history network working across the Arabic-speaking region to document, preserve, and activate the lived experiences, political agency, and collective memory of feminist actors, grassroots communities, and marginalized groups. Founded in Feb- 2022 by four feminist organizations; Al-Rowat for Studies and Research, Badael, Knowledge Workshop, and Women and Memory Forum. SARD is currently entering a new phase of institutional and governance development.
**Purpose of the Consultancy**
The consultant will accompany and facilitate SARD members through a participatory governance exploration process that enables informed collective decision-making regarding SARD's future institutional form. The consultant is expected to design and facilitate a feminist process that enables members to critically assess governance alternatives, clarify governance needs, identify institutional implications, and collectively identify the most suitable governance and institutional pathway for SARD.
**Scope of Work**
The consultant is expected to undertake the following:
**Phase I: Governance Assessment**
- Review SARD's current governance arrangements, host modality, and decision-making practices.
- Conduct interviews and consultations with founding members.
- Identify strengths, limitations, governance gaps, and future institutional needs.
- Produce an inception note outlining the proposed methodology and workplan.
**Phase II: Governance Exploration**
The consultant will:
- Map and present comparative governance and institutional models relevant to regional and transnational feminist networks, including case studies of governance arrangements adopted by collaborative networks, membership-based organizations, and alliances.
- Facilitate critical reflection on the opportunities, challenges, and implications of different governance modalities for SARD.
**Phase III: Facilitation and Collective Governance Process**
The consultant will:
- Design and facilitate a series of participatory governance discussions with SARD members throughout the consultancy period.
- Facilitate one two-day in-person governance workshop to deepen collective reflection and dialogue.
- Guide discussions to ensure meaningful participation, shared understanding, and informed collective deliberation.
- Document key discussions, emerging reflections, areas of convergence, and outstanding questions throughout the process\*\*.\*\*
**Phase IV: Institutional Roadmap**
Building on the outcomes of the governance exploration and facilitation process, the consultant will:
- Synthesize the findings and conclusions emerging from the governance discussions and in-person workshop.
- Develop a governance roadmap outlining the proposed institutional pathway, institutional arrangements, transition phases, governance milestones, and priority actions.
- Produce a two-page final consultancy report.
**Required Profile and Qualifications**
Applicants should demonstrate:
- Proven track record in designing and facilitating participatory and multi-stakeholder processes.
- Proven track record in facilitating feminist dialogue, collective reflection, and participatory decision-making processes.
- Proven track record in supporting regional networks, coalitions, or collaborative initiatives.
- Experience in organizational governance, institutional development, or organizational transformation processes.
- Excellent knowledge of the Arabic-speaking region and its civil society/ feminist movements landscape.
- Strong understanding of feminist facilitation approaches, collective leadership, and participatory governance.
- Ability to synthesize complex discussions into clear and actionable recommendations.
- Excellent written and spoken Arabic.
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