Job Summary
Expressions of interest are invited for the above consultancy opportunity.
Minimum Qualification:Bachelor
Experience Level:Mid level
Experience Length:4 years
Job Description/Requirements
TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR POLICY CONSULTANT
DATE OF ISSUE:NOVEMBER 24, 2020
Position:Consultant
Tentative starting date:December 2020
Type of contract:Short term
Location:Nairobi and Marsabit, Kenya
1. About EACHRights
The East African Centre for Human Rights (also known as EACHRights),
is a non-partisan, regional Non-Governmental Organisation that seeks to
promote, protect and enhance human rights in East Africa with an
emphasis on Economic, Social and cultural rights among the vulnerable
and marginalised groups. The organization currently specializes in
promoting the realization of the right to health and education for
children.
EACHRights is currently implementing the “Watoto Wetu” project whose overall objective is to “contribute
to the reduction of harmful cultural practices and enhancing access to,
and, quality of education in pastoralist counties through advocacy and
community partnership” with specific focus on girls in the
pastoralist Counties of Kajiado, Marsabit, and Garissa. The themes for
the project are: female genital mutilation and child marriage.
2. Job description
Since 2018, EACHRights has been partnering with the Marsabit County
Government and other county-based organizations towards the formulation
of an integrated and all-inclusive child protection policy that will
enable the County to enhance the protection of their children. Several
policy consultative forums with stakeholders have taken place in various
sub-counties during which views and recommendations on the key child
protection issues have been collected to enrich the formulation of the
child protection policy. In the next phase of this process, EACHRights
is now seeking an experienced consultant to analyse and interpret the
data collected and facilitate the drafting of Marsabit child protection
policy.
3. Tasks
The scope of the consultancy will be to:
Develop work plan and inception report.
Collate, analyze and interpret the data collected during the policy consultative forums carried out in Marsabit County.
Enrich the data by completing a desk review assessment and carrying out interviews with key stakeholders within Marsabit County.
Prepare high quality and comprehensive stakeholder mapping and context analysis report.
Prepare draft policy document that will subsequently be subjected to public review and validation.
4. Minimum Requirements and Competences
University degree in Social Studies (Anthropology, Law, Political Science etc). An advanced degree will be an added advantage.
Proven experience in policy and legislative drafting in Kenya.
Good understanding of Kenyan laws and expert knowledge of Government processes.
Experience in conducting social research and analysis is desirable (sexual gender based violence, FGM, health issues etc).
Good understanding of the local context and related issues.
Excellent analytical and report writing skills.
Fluency in spoken and written English and Kiswahili.
5. Deliverables
A high quality and comprehensive stakeholder mapping and context analysis report.
Development of Draft child protection policy document.
6. Supervision
The Consultant is expected to be self-motivated and able to work
independently. However, support will be provided by the Watoto Wetu
project team in availing the relevant information on previous activities
undertaken towards the formulation of the Marsabit child protection
policy.
7. Submission of interest
Interested candidates who fully meet the above criteria are invited to send their applications **********ong with the following:
Cover letter indicating interest and past experiences from similar projects
An updated CV or Company profile with references.
A
financial proposal/ quote that indicates all-inclusive fixed total
contract price, supported by a breakdown of costs for each task or
element in the ToR.
Applications are to be submittedon or before 1700hrs (EAT) on 8th December 2020.The subject of the application letter or e-mail should readEOI: MARSABIT POLICYCONSULTANCYand the Cover letter should be addressed to:
The Chair
Board of Directors
East African Centre for Human Rights – EACHRights
P.O. Box 19494-00100
NAIROBI, KENYA
Only e-mail applications will be accepted.Incomplete applications will not be considered and only successful
candidates will be contacted. Any form of canvassing will lead to
automatic disqualification.
East African Centre for Human Rights is an equal opportunity employer.
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