Consultants at Girl Effect Nigeria

Girl Effect is an organisation working to break the cycle of inter-generational poverty. We do this by investing in programmes for girls, connecting girls to each other to amplify their voices, and brokering access to the critical assets girls need. We drive behaviour change by harnessing media in innovative ways and building social networks to shift girls perceptions of themselves and how others value them.

When a girl is better educated, has access to sexual and reproductive healthcare information and services, has access and control of economic assets, is safe from violence and exploitation, and has the capabilities and confidence to make positive choices, she can break the cycle of poverty.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Consultant, Kano State NGO Mapping Research

Department: Communications and Partnerships
Location: Kano
Salary & Benefits: Competitive
Vacancy Type: Consultancy

Job Description
Objectives:

• To identify organizations directly or indirectly working for and with girls across the themes of education, health, safety and violence, economic empowerment and girl's voice, rights and participation.
• To collect detailed information on identified organisations capacity, nature, scope, terms and level of their engagement in development work with particular focus on initiatives for girls
• To draft a mapping report that will serve as a reliable reference tool for Girl Effect Nigeria (GEN) in identifying the organizations best equipped to partner with GEN in delivering services or media products for girls in Kano state
• Include detail on which Local Government Areas are served by each NGO and CBO and in which thematic areas, and why these LGAs were selected for programme implementation

Timing:

• Total duration of work to last 6 weeks.

Consultant NGOs mapping in Kano State

• Map organizations in Kano working across the themes of education, health, safety and violence, economic empowerment and girl’s voice, rights and participation and by LGA
• Identify organizations who directly work with and for girls
• Identify organizations who indirectly work with and for girls
• Map the capacity of the organisations to deliver good quality services, research, and/or media products (based on criteria to be provided by GEN)
• Provide an overview of what initiatives these organisations are or have provided for girls, across each Local Government Area in Kano state in the thematic areas outlined above, and why these areas were selected for interventions
• Provide key contact details for each organisation identified as prospective partners.

Qualifications and Experience

• Degree in Business, International Development, Social Sciences, Statistics, Demography, or related field.
• At least 3 years experience in working with the development sector
• Demonstrable experience with similar exercises in similar position
• Very good knowledge of the development sector, local government, and the media landscape in Northern Nigeria.
• Strong written and oral communication skills in English language required, including report development, writing and editing.
• Ability to communicate fluently in Hausa language is an advantage.

Deliverables:

• Submit an inception report within one week of commissioning, with a comprehensive methodology for the assignment and detailed work-plan with timelines
• Develop data collection tools / frameworks
• Conduct all desk research and interviews with relevant actors in the NGO, CBO and CSO sectors as required to meet information gathering objectives
• Submit a draft report of findings and recommendations for review by Girl Effect Nigeria. The draft report will be commented on and returned to you within one week of submission
• Produce a revised final report latest one week after the receipt of the draft report comments

Reporting:

• All documentation should be written in plain English and sent to Girl Effect Nigeria (GEN) as electronic copies.
• The consultant will report to the Monitoring, Learning and Results (MLR) consultant in the GEN office.
• A final approved work would be reproduced in hard copies and submitted to GEN.

Risk Elements:

• Due to the unpredictable nature of security in Nigeria, especially Northern Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), there is the likely possibility that while carrying out this assignment, the consultant may be impacted/ affected by conflict or insecurity in the North.
• While some parts of the North and the FCT is relatively safe, the consultant would need to bear this in mind, put in place a safety strategy as well as err on the side of caution while discharging their duties.
• The consultant will be responsible for his own safe and that of his employees.

Proposal
Proposals should include the following information:

• Consultant/Company description including experience and qualifications (CVs attached as appropriate)
• Outline of skills and competencies for this work.
• Previous clients consulted for in similar field
• Tentative work plan
• Proposed framework for final delivery and outline of data sources to be used
• Overall budget including proposed professional fees and expenses, hire of venues, materials and so on.
• Also be prepared to share previous similar jobs for quality assessment ahead of the consultancy.

Application Closing Date
29th January, 2016.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidate should:
Click here to apply online

Note: Girl Effect is an equal opportunities employer and encourages application from all qualified candidates.