STRATEGY AND IMPLEMENTATION CONSULTANCY, DRF LABS

Duration: 6 months (up to 100 fee days), with possible extension
Start date: August 2025
Location: London-based (embedded with the Centre for Disaster Protection team)
Contract type: Consultancy or secondment via affiliated organisation
Candidate profile: Experienced strategist and implementer with a track record of launching and operationalising complex initiatives in development, finance, or innovation environments
Remuneration: Based on experience
Submission deadline: 23rd July 2025

The Centre for Disaster Protection is establishing a new research & development function – DRF Labs – to address key technical and operational barriers to scaling high-quality, pre-arranged disaster risk financing (DRF), particularly in lower-income and fragile contexts.
The DRF Labs function will provide a dedicated platform to co-develop practical, public-good tools and approaches that can improve the design, implementation, and scale of disaster risk finance.
This work will be delivered with and for problem holders – including governments, development insurers, multilateral banks, domain experts, and other stakeholders involved in the design and implementation of disaster risk financing.
We are seeking a Strategy and Implementation Consultant to work directly with the Labs Project Lead and Senior Leadership over a 6-month period during the start-up phase of the Labs program. The consultant will play a central role in shaping and delivering the Labs function – helping to design its core processes, build strategic partnerships, shape an initial project pipeline, and support early implementation.
This is a hands-on, strategic delivery role for someone with deep experience building new functions or initiatives in complex policy, finance, or innovation environments, and delivering impactful projects in multi-stakeholder environments.