Location: RemoteReporting Manager: SBC Senior Programme ManagerStart Date: September 2026Duration: 6 months, approximately 15 days of consultancy inputType: ConsultancyRemuneration: USD 5,000Application Deadline: 10 September 2026 MAGENTA, a leading Social and Behavioural Change agency, is seeking an experienced Team Lead to provide strategic leadership and quality assurance for a consultancy supporting the ILO STREAM programme. The assignment focuses on strengthening the uptake and use of labour migration and social protection knowledge across the South Asia–Gulf corridor. MAGENTA combines behavioural science, research, strategy and communications to help United Nations agencies, governments, civil society organisations and other partners address complex social and development challenges. The successful consultant will play a central role in ensuring that this assignment delivers a coherent, practical and evidence-led package of outputs. Role Overview The Team Lead will provide strategic direction across the assignment’s five phases while serving as MAGENTA’s principal liaison with the International Labour Organization (ILO). The role requires an experienced professional capable of coordinating multidisciplinary teams, managing stakeholders and ensuring that high-quality deliverables are completed within demanding timelines. The consultant will maintain overall oversight of project governance, work planning, quality assurance, communication and delivery. Strong judgement, organisation and client-management skills will be essential to keeping the assignment on track. Key Responsibilities The Team Lead will be responsible for: • Serving as MAGENTA’s principal account manager and maintaining a responsive, constructive relationship with ILO throughout the assignment. • Chairing the kick-off meeting and weekly project meetings, establishing governance and review arrangements, and ensuring that decisions and agreed actions are documented and followed through. • Coordinating the core project team and consultants, clarifying responsibilities and dependencies, and addressing resourcing, scheduling and delivery challenges before they affect key milestones. • Tracking progress, risks, approvals and client inputs across all five phases while promptly escalating potential blockers. • Managing agreed changes to scope, timelines or delivery arrangements and ensuring that project adjustments remain controlled and aligned with agreed objectives. • Managing submission and review cycles for all deliverables, ensuring consolidated client feedback is appropriately assigned, addressed and incorporated within agreed deadlines. • Leading MAGENTA’s quality-assurance process and confirming that each deliverable meets the required standards before submission to the client. • Supporting final validation and handover, ensuring that ILO receives all agreed final files and that outstanding actions are formally closed. Key Requirements Candidates should demonstrate the following qualifications and professional experience: • A postgraduate degree in communications, knowledge management, international development, behavioural science, social policy or a related discipline. Equivalent senior-level professional experience may also be considered. • At least 10 years of relevant professional experience in knowledge management, strategic communications, international development or related areas. • Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary and multi-country assignments for international organisations. • Proven ability to develop high-quality strategies, analytical outputs and evidence-led deliverables. • Strong understanding of evidence synthesis, audience-centred communication, institutional knowledge uptake, implementation planning and monitoring. • Excellent client-management, facilitation, stakeholder-engagement and written communication skills. • Excellent written and spoken English. • Previous experience working within the Gulf region and/or the South Asia–Gulf migration corridor will be strongly advantageous. Core Competencies The ideal candidate will demonstrate: • Strategic leadership and sound professional judgement. • Strong communication and stakeholder-management capabilities. • Exceptional attention to quality and detail. • Accountability and ownership of deliverables. • A collaborative approach to multidisciplinary project delivery. Working Conditions The consultancy will be delivered primarily remotely over a compressed 16-week working schedule, with approximately 15 days of consultancy input expected over the six-month engagement period. The successful consultant must be available in line with the agreed workplan, project milestones and review windows. The consultant will work closely with ILO, MAGENTA colleagues, corridor-based consultants and diverse institutional partners. The role requires a respectful, inclusive and collaborative approach, together with adherence to agreed requirements relating to data protection, consent and accessibility. How to Apply Interested candidates should submit their application before 10 September 2026. Applicants are required to provide: • A two-page CV highlighting relevant professional experience, leadership responsibilities and international development expertise. • A letter of motivation explaining why they want to join the MAGENTA team and providing a specific example demonstrating how their experience and skills could strengthen MAGENTA’s work. This consultancy presents an opportunity for a highly experienced communications, knowledge-management or international development professional to contribute to an important initiative addressing labour migration and social protection knowledge across the South Asia–Gulf corridor. MAGENTA is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive working environment. All qualified applicants will be considered without discrimination based on race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability or age. Candidates requiring reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process are encouraged to communicate their needs so appropriate support can be provided. Application Deadline: 10 September 2026Remuneration: USD 5,000Location: RemoteEngagement: Consultancy VISIT OFFICIAL WEBSITE TO APPLY For more opportunities such as these please follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and WPChannel Disclaimer: Global South Opportunities (GSO) does not take ownership or credit for the opportunities shared on this platform. All opportunities are sourced from official announcements and external sources for informational purposes only. 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