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Senior Implementation and Field Consultant Prevail Fund is exploring a new area of giving, and this consultancy will help assess whether there is a strong enough implementer landscape to support it. We are looking for a Senior Implementation and Field Consultant to join us for roughly three months to assess promising livelihoods interventions and the organizations delivering them. The consultant will assess delivery models, operational capacity, and the practical risks of scaling. This is a rare opportunity to shape a major strategic decision for a potential new fund. About Prevail Fund Prevail is a new foundation dedicated to pursuing bold goals. We set a social change goal, find philanthropists who have a similar vision, raise a pooled fund, and then make grants. Rather than choosing a general issue area (e.g., education), each pooled fund chooses a simple, targeted goal. For example, our first fund aims to improve foundational education for over 27.5 million Grade 1-3 children across 11 national governments in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Prevail provides patient capital to implementers – primarily in the form of grants that grow over time as our partner organizations scale. In addition to funding, Prevail offers on-the-ground support to help orgs scale, including strategic planning, systems, recruitment, and talent development. Our roots are in the field. Our Co-Founding Board members have a track record of scaling social enterprises that together employ more than 15,000 staff and manage annual budgets exceeding $500M. In our first three years, we have: - Provided $55M in funding to date, to support 27 partners across Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, growing very quickly - Helped partners to strengthen foundational learning outcomes for over 3 million children - Hired 35+ mission-driven team members - Executed dozens of in-field projects to help support key functions for our implementing partners   About the role You’ll work closely with the Claudia https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudia-carbajal/, Varsha https://www.linkedin.com/in/varshahariprasad/ and the research team to support the calls, field visits, and operational assessments behind Prevail’s scoping work. You will help determine whether organizations in this sector have the operational strength, leadership, growth potential, and delivery model needed to absorb funding and deliver impact as part of a potential fund. The role is best suited to someone who has built or scaled programs in low- and middle-income countries and can assess an organization quickly because they have done similar work themselves. The core components of this role are to: - Pressure-test implementers. Co-lead screening calls with senior leaders of livelihoods organizations to assess whether their delivery model is credible, aligned with the evidence, and capable of absorbing funding and delivering impact. Identify strengths, risks, and red flags early so the team can decide where deeper diligence is warranted. - Ensure efficient, effective field visits through thorough preparation and tools. Visiting partners takes a lot of their time and ours, and often does not lead to a real understanding of how the program operates. You will be in charge of ensuring each field visit is minimally disruptive to partners, while also ensuring Prevail gains a deep understanding of how the program works, what is working well, and what concerns might arise if the program were to scale. - Write the operational read-ups. For each organization, draft concise summaries that cover budget, scale, growth trajectory, geographic footprint, MEL maturity, government relationships, leadership strength, absorptive capacity, and key risks or flags. - Set up the sector conversations. Help identify implementers, funders, and field experts who can pressure-test our emerging views on delivery, scale, and operational risk. - Get in the field. Join visits to implementing organizations, some o