*Finn Church Aid (FCA) is Finland’s biggest development co-operation organization and the second biggest organization in Finland working in humanitarian aid. Finn Church Aid is a member of the ACT Alliance (ACT), an alliance of faith-based development and humanitarian aid organizations forming one of the world’s largest aid organizations.*

FCA is looking for a consultant to design a salary structure for the office in Nairobi, Kenya.

To feed into FCA strategic plan 2013-2016 to reposition FCA human resources to attract, maintain and harness the human resources.To position FCA attract senior technically skilled staff within the current structure, ensuring that a dichotomy is not created between program and support staff.Provide a systematic, dynamic and sustainable staff motivation, staff performance and salary review, staff progression and staff development system.

The key deliverables include:-

Come up with job structures for the Regional Office/Kenya Country Office.Revised/update job descriptions for the Regional/Kenya Country Office.Create a grade and salary structure for the Regional/Kenya Country Office.Provide recommendations on career paths and staff development strategies.

The consultant will be expected to:

Undertake a process of job analysis in a manner that allows staff input both in the regional office and the other country offices. Use the outcome of the job analysis to update job descriptions for the regional office to adequately reflect the scope and responsibilities of the positions.Facilitate a job evaluation process and use the outcome to develop a grade structure. Further enrich the job descriptions based on additional information that may emerge during the job evaluation process.Use the outcome of the salary survey (conducted independently) and the grade structure determined above to develop a salary structure, and make recommendations on appropriate salary adjustments.Review and make recommendations on career paths, staff development, and motivation strategies for national staff.Review the performance management process and make recommendations on how it can be strengthened, and suggest ways and means of creating stronger linkages with the reward system for national staff.Develop an action plan for implementation of key issues in conjunction with Finn Church Aid management.

The evaluator will design participatory method and tools which among others will include focus groups, individual questionnaires and face to face interviews with staff, of which information gathered to will be submitted directly to the consultant.

The planned duration of the exercise is fifteen (15) days inclusive of report writing.

S/NoActivityConsultancy Days 1 Initial consultations and review of documentation 1 2 Job analysis 2 3 Update of job descriptions 2 4 Job evaluation 3 5 Salary structure and administration 2 6 Career paths and staff development 2 7 Draft Report 2 8 Final Report 1Total 15

Expert knowledge and understanding in the area of the assignmentMinimum of 5 years relevant work experience in human resources management and/or policy formulation with experience in an international organization.Experience in developing/drafting policies and procedures is required.Solid understanding of strategic human resources management principles, concepts and application.Deep business acumen and strategic thinking capability to formulate policy that supports the organization’s people management objectives.Ability to meet deadlines.

How to apply

To apply please provide:

A brief proposal detailing how you will respond to the assignmentCV with references.Daily rate for the consultancy and any other expenses.

Deadline for proposals is November 27th 2014 and be submitted by email recruitment.esaro@kua.fi indicatingin the subject line "Consultancy Services _Salary Structure ESARO

The proposal will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

The consultant’s/organization’s experience and capacity in carrying out similar assignment;The approach in responding to the TORs;Competitiveness from a financial perspective.

Final remuneration for the evaluation will be issued upon delivery of a final report that is satisfactory to both parties.

Only Short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview.

Our Client, a fast growing Business and Marketing Consultancy Company, located in Nairobi is seeking to recruit a Marketing Consultant.

Position Title: Marketing Consultant

Nature of Job: Project Based Engagement

Job Purpose: The Marketing Consultant will be required as and when depending on CLIENT’s projects.  

The individual will be engaged to provide Marketing consultancy Services in developing marketing and brand strategy.  The consultant should have experience on the subject and be up to speed with industry developments.  The consultant will be compensated for project work done at pre-agreed fees.

Key Accountabilities

Marketing Consultancy.

Qualifications

MBA in Strategic Management or MarketingMarketing or Business degree Marketing consultancy or work experience spanning over 5 yearsLeadership position (Marketing Function) or Marketing lecturer in any of the main universities or CIM/MSK/KIM for over 3 years.Available, committed, reliableMirrors CLIENT’s values (passion, excellence, professionalism, Integrity, Teamwork, Customer focus)Attention to detailPersonal projection (face of CLIENT)Up to speed on industry developments including suppliers and competitorsMarketing ConsultancyBrand StrategyHands on with marketing tools – Branding, Communication and Advertising, ActivationProject ManagementAnalysisInterested applicants, who meet the above requirements, should send their CV, Overview of Projects done and a Cover letter to info@fivetalentsafrica.com by Wednesday 12th November 2014.

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Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview.

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Background and Justification

UNICEF ESARO is seeking services of a consultant to assess country and regional office performance against agreed benchmarks. These include (a) Programme expenditures on gender results; (b) Gender staffing and capacity across the organization; (c) Gender performance of country programme management plans; (d) Gender performance on evaluations of UNICEF programmes; (e) Effective knowledge sharing and communications for promoting gender quality.

The tasks involve document review, compilation of information, country interviews and require dedicated time to be concluded and can therefore not be done by staff members.

The UNICEF Strategic Plan 2014-2017 emphasizes gender equality and the empowerment of girls and women as important results across all of the seven outcomes of the Plan: Health; HIV and AIDS; Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH); Nutrition; Education; Child Protection; and Social Inclusion. The associated Gender Action Plan (GAP) provides guidance and strategic entry points for UNICEF regions, countries and divisions for focusing their programmatic work on gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls within the parameters of the Strategic Plan. The consolidated results framework for the programmatic results prioritized in the GAP are drawn directly from the results framework of the UNICEF Strategic Plan 2014-2017. It incorporates 42 indicators in total, 22 tracking progress on the targeted gender priorities, and 20 tracking progress on the broader integration of gender in programming.

In addition, UNICEF has identified five performance benchmarks to track its progress on improving institutional effectiveness in achieving results on gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls. These benchmarks map to the key areas of systems strengthening, capacity enhancement and resource investment that UNICEF is making in implementing the GAP.

All regions will assess country level performance against the GAP on an annual basis, with the GAP Steering Committee assessing it organization wide. These reviews along with annual reports from countries and monitoring data collected on institution wide performance will inform the report on implementation of the GAP, which will be presented annually to the Executive Board at its annual session. The consultancy results will form an integral part of ESAR report and serve as baseline for future reports.

Scope of Work

1)****Goal and Objective*****:*Under the supervision of the Deputy Regional Directorthe consultant willproduce a final report, including key findings and recommendations for GAP implementation at country and regional office level for discussion at RO with key CO participation*.*

2)****Provide details/reference to AWP areas covered:****240R/A0/09/002/002 Corporate Strategic Plan and Guideline

3)Activities and Tasks:

Regional gender profile and priorities: The consultant will develop a gender profile on key Gender Action Plan (GAP) related indicators and identify priority gender results for the region (for both gender targeted priorities and sectoral mainstreaming). Specifically the consultant will:

a. Analyse MICS, DHS and other data to develop a draft regional gender profile/dashboard building on GAP related indicators especially as they relate to the five regional priorities (i/ Enabling children to survive and thrive, ii/ Reducing stunting to provide opportunities for children to realize their full potential, iii/ Improving education quality and learning outcomes to prepare children for the future, iv/ Achieving results for adolescents, that help them manage risks and realize their full potential and v/ Scaling upsocial protectioninterventions to reduce child poverty and other vulnerabilities that impede the full realization of child rights. (details in attachment 2)

b. Review programme budget data to clarify expectations of Gender staffing based on GAP standards for the countries in the region

c. Based on key findings, define a draft set of priority gender programming issues and countries in the region (webinar to be organized with RO and COs to discuss).

Desk review of country programme documents (all 21 countries): The consultant will assess the extent to which priority gender results are integrated in current country programmes for all countries in the region (20 days)

a. Review COARs for 2012 and 2013 and 2014 RAM, and updated results matrices of MTR countries; conduct interviews with COs to assess the extent to which these include gender related results (outcome/outputs), indicators, strategies and activities, including through review of gender equity marker (GEM) and PIDB coding.

b. Provide a comparative analysis to assess key strengths and weaknesses of current gender programming.

Country assessment (3 countries – MIC, LDC, fragile): The consultant will develop a country level SWOT analysis for enhanced gender programming in 3 countries based on a detailed review of country programme documents and in-country interviews. (Jan/Feb - 3 day mission in 3 countries -> 9 days)

a. Assess the programming environment on gender results (articulation with national gender action plans; UNDAF Action Plan; humanitarian response frameworks, existing partnerships; donor interest)

b. Assess internal strengths and needs for strengthened gender programming (priority gender results, key entry points, knowledge assets/gaps, available expertise and capacities and/or gaps)

The countries will be selected in consultation with the RO and based on the desk review. The RO will facilitate the communication between consultant and Country Offices for their concurrence and facilitation of consultants work.

RO assessment: Develop a SWOT analysis for RO support to and oversight of gender programming in the region based on a detailed review of ROMP/AMPs and in-house interviews with ESARO management and key regional advisers. (Jan/Feb - 3 day mission -> 3 days)

a. Assess the planned and achieved activities which support or provide oversight to country programming for relevance to gender issues

b. Assess internal strengths and needs for strengthened support to gender programming

5.Produce a final report, including key findings and recommendations for GAP implementation at country level for discussion at RO with key CO participation.(March a total of 10 days with 2 days travel to Nairobi).

4)Work relationships

The consultant will work independently from home for the tasks 1 and 2, for the task 3 the countries will be selected based on the desk reviews (1 and 2) in consultation between the consultant, Regional Office supervisor and Country Offices. For Country Office visits, the RO will contact the selected Country Offices and facilitate the visit, while Country Office focal point will facilitate the contacts/ appointments with the major stakeholders in the country including UN partners, NGO/CSO representatives and key donors in the country.

5)Outputs/Deliverables:

The consultancy aims to ensure that the benchmark for each ESAR country and for the region are established as indicated in the GAP guidance by HQ: offices are expected to report annually against these benchmarks necessitating that the indicators are clearly defined and measurable on annual basis.

The timeline aims for collating and analysing the country office documentation in time for inclusion into each of the country offices workplans and AMP. More detailed country analysis for three countries will take place in the beginning of 2015 and will form a basis for guidance to remaining country offices for more detailed GAP preparation and reporting.

The final report will be presented to the Regional office and to RMT for discussion and endorsement.

DeliverablesDuration

(Estimated # of days or months) Timeline/Deadline Schedule of payment Regional gender profile and priorities 15 days 15 December Desk review of country programme documents (all 21 countries) 20 days 15 January 30% Country assessment (3 countries – MIC, LDC, fragile) 3x 3 days missions January-February 2015 30% RO assessment 3 days mission January-February Final report, including key findings and recommendations for GAP implementation at country levelfor discussion at RO with key CO participation. 10 days

Including 2 day mission to Nairobi 15 April 40%

Reports

Inception report: The inception report to include findings from regional gender profile and from desk review of country programme documents, including a draft set of priority gender programming issues and the extent current CP documents are addressing these. The report to include a summary table where country and region findings are compiled for easy reference. The draft inception report will be discussed by Regional Office Advisors, selected country participants and the consultant to further define the work in 3 selected countries and to inform future action. (webinar to be organized with RO and COs to discuss).

Technical report: This will include the country office reports including SWOT analysis from the three selected countries and from Regional Office: the report will look in depth the strengths, weaknesses and opportunities in each of the three different countries and in the regional office highlighting the programmatic areas, internal HR strengths and proposing further action. The common issues are to be included in the executive summary of the report.

Final report: To include key findings and recommendations for GAP implementation at country level summarizing the inception and technical report findings and including the conclusions from the discussion in Nairobi with the Regional Office and key CO participant. The report to include a power point presentation on key findings, bench marks and recommendations in addition to the narrative report. Country reports as annexes.

Payment Schedule

Upon satisfactory deliverables of:

· Inception report: 30%

· Technical report 30%

· Final report 40%

Desired competencies, technical background and experience

a)Education:Advanced university degree, preferably in the Social Sciences, Gender Studies, or other relevant field.

b)States the specialized skills and/or training if needed;

c) Eight to ten years of professional work experience at national and international levels in programming for gender equality and women's rights, including international work experience and field work experience.

Background/familiarity with mainstreaming gender equality in development and in emergency.Knowledge and awareness of gender in emergencies.

d) Competencies:

i) Core Values:

CommitmentDiversity and InclusionIntegrity
ii) Core Competencies:CommunicationWorking with PeopleDrive for Results
iii) Functional Competencies:Leading and SupervisingFormulating Strategies and ConceptsAnalyzingRelating and NetworkingPersuading and Influencing

e)Languages needed.Fluency in English and a second UN language

Administrative issues

· The consultant should perform the work using own resources (e.g. computer, internet connection) and UNICEF will not provide working space;

· The work can be performed from distance; however consultant presence in Nairobi is required during the start of the consultancy. In the case that the selected candidate resides outside Kenya, travel cost will be provided according to UNICEF’s rule and regulation.

Conditions

As per UNICEF policy, payment is made against approved deliverables. No advance payment is allowed unless in exceptional circumstances against bank guarantee, subject to a maximum of 30 per cent of the total contract value in cases where advance purchases, for example for supplies or travel, may be necessary.

The candidate selected will be governed by and subject to UNICEF’s General Terms and Conditions for individual contracts.

Interested and suitable candidates should ensure that they forward their applications (a cover letter, CV, and signed P11 form which can be downloaded at http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/P11.doc), quoting the indicative fee range with subject line “Gender Consultant, Ref: ESARO/SSA/RD/2014/029” by cob 6 November 2014. to:

The Human Resources Manager

UNICEF Kenya Country Office

Email address: kenyahrvacancies@unicef.org

Applications submitted without a fee/ rate will not be considered. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

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Our Client, a fast growing Business and Marketing Consultancy Company, located in Nairobi is seeking to recruit a Business Consultant.

Position Title: Business Consultant

Nature of Job: Project Based Engagement

Job Purpose: The Business Consultant will be required as and when depending on contracted CLIENT’s projects. 

The individual will be engaged to provide Business Consultancy Services in developing project TOR’s, Business Strategy Development, Strategic Business Review and Monitoring and Evaluation.  The consultant will be compensated for project work done at pre-agreed fees. Key Accountabilities

Business consulting for our CLIENT’s projects.

Qualification

MBA / PHD in Strategic ManagementBusiness DegreeHands on work experience in strategy development and review (4 years’ experience)Leadership position/heading functions in an organization/entrepreneur of own companyExperience in facilitating of workshops and seminarsConversant with the balanced score card applicationProject management experienceAvailable, committed, reliableMirrors CLIENT’s values (passion, excellence, professionalism, Integrity, Teamwork, Customer focus)Attention to detailPersonal projection (face of CLIENT)Membership in relevant associations / active in network forumsBusiness Consultancy / strategic management processAnalysisProject ManagementIT proficiency (MS word, excel, power point)ListeningCommunication (written / spoken)Interested applicants, who meet the above requirements, should send their CV, Overview of Projects done and a Cover letter to info@fivetalentsafrica.com by Wednesday 12th November 2014.

Clearly indicate the position title on the subject line.  

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview.

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TERMS OF REFERRENCE

PARTICIPATORY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT

BACKGROUND

Consortium of 3 NGOs (Regional Centre for Pastoralists Elders (RDPE) Global Peace and Prosperity Initiative (GLOPPI), & Garbatulla Development Organization(GTDO) are implementing ‘’Enhancing pastoralist’s security and resilience through diversified livelihoods and institutional strengthening project (EPASREDILIS). The project is funded by IGAD under the Regional Civil Society Dry lands Governance Facility. It’s being implemented in Isiolo, Baringo and Tana-River counties of Kenya.

The project focuses on four critical issues namely: the worsening pastoralists’ livelihoods; the declining traditional conflict resolution mechanisms and the increasing natural resources induced conflicts by strengthening pastoralists’ institutions; and the increasing demand for alternative energy sources. The project will diversify the pastoralists’ livelihoods; strengthen the capacity of the pastoralists to resolve conflicts by reviving the traditional conflict resolution mechanisms and will systematically advocate to the national governments to increase the investment and access to social services in the marginalized pastoralists’ communities.

The project will employ three approaches. Firstly, it will holistically study and approach the pastoralist problems/issues (holistic approach). Secondly, it will empower the pastoralist communities to lead in the identification, planning and implementation of appropriate responses to the identified local issues so that they take the lead in every aspect of the project (participatory approach). Finally, the project will also use advocacy approach to increase the impact of its interventions not only in the target areas but also in all pastoralists’ areas. The project is expected to realize the following results; increased household incomes through diversified livelihoods; strengthened capacity of pastoralists’ in conflict mitigation and resolution mechanisms; increased awareness and understanding of pastoralists’ development issues and pro-pastoralist policies developed by the national governments and the increased demand and adoption of alternative energy sources amongst pastoralist communities.

EXPECTED PROJECT RESULTS

· Strengthened capacity of pastoralists’ institutions to manage conflict and natural resources

· Pastoralists’ livelihood options explored and diversified

· Increased awareness and understanding of pastoralists’ development issues and pro-pastoralist policies developed by the national government

· Alternative energy sources developed and utilized

· Enhanced communities’ capacity on disaster risk reduction and resilience building.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF THE CONSULTACY

· To build capacities of the consortium staffs by training participatory approaches and facilitation of community based associations.

· To conduct participatory community development exercises by using one of the relevant approaches and tools (Participatory rural Appraisal (PRA), participatory integrated community development (PICD), Participatory Vulnerability and capacity assessment (PVCA).

· To facilitate the establishment of community based pastoralists’ development associations.

KEY TASKS

· Develop brief and comprehensive guideline for facilitating the establishment of community based pastoralist development associations,

· Train key consortium staffs on use of the guidelines and participatory approaches(PRA), PICD, PVCA ...etc)

· Assess vulnerability and capacity of communities in the target areas.

· Identify and rank community needs, priorities and problems.

· Facilitate participatory development of community action plans.

· Identify community wealth groups/categories and community-based selection criteria for the most economically disadvantaged and most vulnerable households..

· Work with the communities to identify most vulnerable and economically disadvantaged households in the target communities for livelihood intervention.

· Identify livelihood options and opportunities for potential diversification and scale up.

· Facilitate the establishment or strengthening of community based pastoralist development associations.

· Facilitate SWOT analysis of community institutions and structures on management and governance.

· Describe current capacities of pastoralist institutions and draft recommendations to strengthen their institutional capacities

EXPECTED OUTCOME

Brief and comprehensive guidelines for community based pastoralists development associations.

Copy of training outline and training report.

Participatory community development report capturing:

Ranked community priority, needs and problems

Vulnerability and capacity of communities to hazards.Wealth groups and categoriesIdentification of economically disadvantaged and most vulnerable 10-20 households initially through community-based criteriaCommunity action plan

Livelihood opportunities diversification and scale up

Existing community based structures, governance and management issues.

SWOT analysis on governance and management of community based structures.

Consultancy final report with key recommendations for taking the process forward.

SPECIFICATIONS

Individual consultants or firms having from technical experience are encouraged to apply

· Advanced university degree in a relevant discipline.

· Proven experience of 5-10 years of facilitating community participatory development approaches (PRA, PVCA, PICD, etc) especially those related to pastoralist livelihoods and disaster risk reduction and resilience programmes (Samples PRA/PVCA/PICD and training report must be provided).

· Excellent community facilitation skills.

· Excellent knowledge of participatory qualitative and quantitative research techniques.

· In-depth understanding and knowledge of pastoralist’s livelihoods issues and overall socio-economic, political and cultural situation of the target counties.

· Excellent knowledge and skills on vulnerability and capacity assessment for disaster risk reduction and resilience building

· Proven Experience of 5-10 years in facilitating and building capacity of community based organizations.

· Experience in developing comprehensive guidelines and by laws for community based organizations.

· Proficient in the use of participatory approaches methodologies.

· Knowledge of local languages; Kiswahili, Borana, Masia, Klangine and Bokot is an asset.

· Strong knowledge and understanding pastoralists’ context and have previous similar work experience.

DURATION

This assignment is expected to complete in 21days including preparation and submission of reports.

Interested consultants or firms should submit the following:

· A Cover letter, CVs of involved consultants;

· Detailed technical proposal with work schedule (3 weeks) and Financial proposal (in USD $)

· A sample of a similar work (report on participatory community exercises, training report or a report on participatory vulnerability and capacity assessment report) .

· Two most recent references

· Date of availability and the consultancy daily rate .

And send to jobs@gloppi.org and copy to consortiumresilience@gmail.com not later than November 07, 2014, 5:00Pm. Due to the urgency of the assignment, applications will be short listed on a regular basis and we may offer the consultancy before closing date. The selected consultants or firm must be ready to start work within 1 week and must complete as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, only short listed candidates will be contacted for next steps and any form of canvassing shall lead to automatic disqualification.

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