Consultant Technical

Background Information:

College of Youth Activism and Development a non-profit organization working throughout Pakistan since 2009 together in partnership with Oxfam in Pakistan has launched an exciting project titled, “Empower Youth for Work” aimed to contribute to poverty reduction, youth empowerment (especially of young women) and gender equality through the promotion of effective policies and practices which address the economic and gendered exclusion of youth, and lead to productive and decent employment and self-employment prospects for young women and men living in rural climate-change affected areas.

Purpose:

The said need assessment is aimed to gather initial knowledge around key technical skills, existing Life skills as well as around climate change. Hence CYAAD seeks to engage a consultant who could gather the information which identifies needs leading to development of a mixed training

Need:

This assessment lays the foundation for better understanding of the prerequisites of youth which would be addressed to empower them socially and economically. Furthermore the recommendations and conclusions deduced shall lay the ground work for development of overall youth engagement strategy. Under the program Union Council Cooperatives groups formed by Youth and for engaging youth are also put in place. These groups shall also contribute in designing of training modules around the skills in demand and skills in need by youth.

Scope of Work:

1.      Expected Outputs

·   Developing a very clear methodology and execution plan of the assignment

·   Organizing a study team

·   Reviewing relevant documents

·   Developing and validating the study questionnaires

·   Collecting data from the field and stakeholders

·   Analyzing and interpreting the data

·   Preparing and submitting a preliminary report to Oxfam for feedback

·   Finalizing report

Key TORs.

·   Consultant is responsible to develop a plan for Need Assessment and Mapping of Research by considering geographical and demographical condition of the area.

·   Consultant will consult with project team for finalizing the Need Assessment design, tools and Literature review.

·   The Consultant will be responsible to ensure Need assessment around key existing technical skills, women's agency, climate change and SRHR.

·   Explore, through literature review and coordination of local organization of the any need assessment being done for triangulation and validation. 

·   Support and engage women and organizations seeking sexual and reproductive health and equality in climate change adaptation and mitigation at the national, regional, and international levels.

·   Assessing the current level of knowledge, expertise and skills of youth (men and women) on issues around women agency, Climate change and SRHR,(i.e. the present understanding and capacity)

·   Articulate the training and engagement needs of young men and women on sexual and reproductive health commitments, as a measure to support the resilience and adaptive capacity of women and girls.

·   Determining the difference between the current and the desired awareness and capacities, (i.e. the· knowledge/skills gaps)

·   Review the project document and, clearly articulate the needs and gaps in awareness/skills sets and suggest capacity building/awareness raising needs for different range of project target groups.

·   Suggest contextually relevant and applicable training and awareness raising interventions.

·   propose capacity building interventions addressing the challenges to women’s access to SRHR in the context of climate change;

General Procedures:

1.   Duration of the Assignment

·      15 working days (including preparatory work, remote analysis, and potential field work and

·      finalization of report)

·      Step 1: Preparing questionnaire, reviewing secondary documents, orientation of team

·      members– 2 days

·      Step 2: Collecting and analyzing data from the field including community, local government,

·      smallholder farmers, small traders and input sellers – 5days

·      Step 3: Step 3: Processing data and preparing report– 6 days

·      Step 5: Finalizing report after feedback from CYAAD and Oxfam: 2 days

2.   Financial Guideline

·   Detailed financial projection for the study should be reflected in the proposal

·   urgency of the proposal and payment of the assignment will be considered in PKR

2.   Consultant profile

·      Proven good record in doing research and study in Youth/Women economic empowerment, SRHR and Climate change and ability /commitment to meet agreed deadlines

·      The ideal consultant will have 5 to 7 years of - experience of conducting needs assessments/ studies, design of the training material.

·      Excellent verbal/written communication skills and strong report writing skills.

·      Awareness of cultural sensitivities and local context

3.   Selection of the Consultant

·      Consultants will be evaluated in following criteria:

·      Technical proposal and understanding of assignment

·      Related experiences and assignments performed by the firm/ consultant

·      Financial proposal.

JOB LOCATION: Jamshoro