Emergency Response Training Consultant

Emergency Response Training Consultant,Global Health

Location:

Washington, D.C.

Project HOPE is an international NGO with more than 1,000 engaged employees and volunteers who work around the globe, responding to the world’s most pressing global health challenges. Throughout our 60-year legacy, Project HOPE has treated millions of patients, provided more than $3 billion worth of medicines to local health care organizations around the world helped build hundreds of health programs from the ground up, and responded to humanitarian crises worldwide.

It is our shared responsibility and obligation to treat each other with respect, take affirmative steps to prevent matters involving Sexual Exploitation & Abuse and Trafficking in Persons, and to disclose all potential and actual violations of our Code of Conduct, which may include Conflicts of Interest, Fraud, Corruption, Discrimination or Harassment. Together we can culture of respect, integrity, accountability, and transparency.

Project HOPE is seeking an experienced Emergency Response Training Consultant to support the planning, design, and facilitation of a 2.5-day emergency response training for HQ support departments and country program leads.

The consultant will help translate Project HOPE’s emergency response framework, processes, and lessons learned into an engaging and practical learning experience. The training will strengthen participants’ understanding of emergency response roles and responsibilities, coordination between HQ and country programs, decision-making, and operational processes during an emergency.

The consultant will work closely with the Director of Emergency Preparedness and Response and the Emergency Response Unit to develop and facilitate a practical, engaging training. The training will combine presentations, case studies, and tabletop simulations. Project HOPE’s Emergency Response Unit will lead the core training content, while the consultant will support the overall training design and facilitate the case studies and simulations.

• Develop the overall training and exercise design, including learning objectives, agenda, methodology, and participant materials.
• Review relevant Project HOPE emergency response policies, procedures, tools, and lessons learned.
• Support the development of training materials in coordination with Project HOPE staff.
• Design realistic emergency scenarios, case studies, and tabletop exercises.
• Develop facilitator guides, participant instructions, scenario injects, decision points, and debrief questions.
• Facilitate tabletop simulations, breakout discussions, and plenary sessions.
• Capture key lessons, coordination challenges, information gaps, and recommendations from the exercises.
• Work collaboratively with Project HOPE staff throughout the planning, preparation, and delivery of the training.

• Training and exercise design plan
• Training materials and supporting resources
• Emergency response scenarios and tabletop exercise package
• Facilitator and participant materials
• Facilitation of the simulation sessions
• Summary of key lessons and recommendations

Detailed deliverables, timelines, and expectations will be outlined in the consultancy Statement of Work.

The anticipated consultancy timeline is:

• October 1–14, 2026: Inception and planning
• October 15–31, 2026: Training and exercise design
• November 1–14, 2026: Final preparation and materials development
• November 30–December 2, 2026: Training delivery

Approximately up to a maximum of 20 consulting days.

The ideal consultant will have:

• Bachelor’s degree in international development, humanitarian studies, emergency management, public health, education,…