​​​​Ann-Murray Brown

You’ve built the skills. Delivered the work. Designed frameworks. Cleaned up more logframes than you can count. Your CV is solid. Your results are real. And yet, when the big opportunities come up, you’re not the first call. You’re not on the panel. You’re still chasing contracts instead of choosing them. It’s not because you’re not good enough. It’s because you are not visible. Read the article for tips on how to change that.

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Are you seeking a job or consultancy opportunity in the field of International Development? You are not alone! However, if everyone is fishing in the same pond (so to speak) the competition to land that ‘fish’ of a job or consultancy gets slimmer. The document below gives my top picks for websites off the beaten path to help you land that dream assignment today! You will notice that Reliefweb, Developmentaid.org, DevNet and the UN are not on this list as you probably know the

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What is 'Scope Creep'? Just as the name suggests, scope creep is the gradual increase in the scope of works while the price remains the same. As a consultant you were contracted to undertake a certain set of activities for a certain price. However, the client keeps adding extra things on top of what was agreed in the Terms of Reference (ToR). For example by saying 'oh by the way, can you also add a few additional questions to the survey?' Due to how incrementally things are a