CONSULTANCY ON FACILITATION ON LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE

Duties and Responsibilities

The selected consultant/firm will be expected to:

• Facilitate through adult learning methodologies, virtual, physical and hybrid meetings on;
• Policy advocacy on women’s leadership and governance
• Implementation of the two-third’s gender rule
• Consultative engagements between duty bearers and community
• Development of advocacy plans, memoranda, position papers and communique on various leadership and governance issues where applicable

Deliverables

• After provision of facilitation and or drafting of the documents highlighted above; the facilitator will be expected to submit;
• An activity program providing for active engagement of participants including those with various disabilities, to be shared at least one day before the engagements
• PowerPoint presentation and reading materials to guide the facilitation, to be shared at least one day before the engagements
• Summary facilitator’s report on the forums or engagements with general observations and recommendations for action submitted within three days of the engagements
• Consultancy activity schedule / Timeline
• The duration of the consultancy will be for two to twenty working days inclusive of the days of the meetings or engagements, depending on the tasks.

Qualifications/ requirements / Desired Expertise

• The applicant should possess the following desired knowledge and expertise.
• An undergraduate degree in political science, gender and development or relevant social sciences.
• A post-graduate qualification will be an added advantage.
• At least 5 years’ demonstrable work experience in the development sector on gender, human rights and governance
• Good facilitation and writing skills

Background and purpose of the consultancy

• To optimize the implementation of the leadership and governance  program, CRAWN Trust seeks to have to create a pool of preferred service providers to provide facilitation services on an adhoc basis. Suitable firms and individual experts on leadership and governance are hereby invited to submit their Expression of Interest for consideration for pre-qualification. They will be qualified and experienced to deliver the services highlighted in the section below;
• The consultant/firm meeting the above requirements should submit an Expression of

Interest- EOI (three pages maximum) which should include the following:

• A capability statement or cover letter, entailing your understanding of the assignment and experience.
• An EOI entailing a budget proposal inclusive of 5% withholding tax, in consideration of modest budget available.
• An updated organization profile or Curriculum Vitae of the lead consultant(s)/firm who will undertake the work

Annexure should include:

• Contact information of two organizations that have recently and preferably in the last three years contracted the consultant to carry out a similar assignment
• Samples of past related work on leadership and governance.