Consultancy - Cost-Recovery & Subscription Model Market Assessment for Analysis Services

Description

Background Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40 countries around the world, we partner to put bold solutions into action — helping people triumph over adversity and build stronger communities from within. The Mercy Corps Crisis Analysis Team combines traditional research methods with powerful data science tools to help organizations navigate complex, high-risk environments impacted by climate change and conflict. Through trend monitoring, risk forecasting and deep-dive thematic analysis, we help ensure that donor investments create measurable, sustainable impact through coordinated and context-sensitive interventions – even in the most challenging operational environments. We have implemented the Crisis Analysis approach in more than 20 fragile and conflict-affected countries, through a team of more than 60 analysts, data scientists, and subject-matter experts. Purpose / Project Description Crisis Analysis at Mercy Corps has until now largely relied on institutional donor grant funding – a revenue source that has declined across the sector during 2025. Mercy Corps is mapping and assessing alternative revenue stream options for Crisis Analysis work to ensure sustainability of this function while ensuring these alternative funding streams are mission aligned. Consultant Objectives Produce a go-to-market strategy for select sustainable, mission-aligned funding models for Mercy Corps’ Crisis Analysis function, enabling the organisation to recover costs and diversify funding streams while maintaining alignment with humanitarian principles and objectives. Models in scope:

• Cost-Recovery / Fee-for-Service (per-product)
  • Subscription / Membership (recurring revenue for standardised outputs and business-aligned services) Consultant Activities and Deliverables
    1. Diagnostic & Landscape Review: Lead feasibility assessment, including market analysis, peer and prospect mapping across sectors including alignment with current capacities and mission; legal/financial implications, with consideration of global/country level INGO structure; design KIIs/surveys with co-identified priority prospects and peers across range of sectors to understand needs, priorities, feasible payment mechanism, SWOT analysis (5 days)
       1. Consultant deliverables: Draft go-to-market strategy using diagnostic findings, including target stakeholder and segmented target priority prospect list; entry message demonstrating