Gender Strategy Consultant job at Heifer International

Description

Heifer International is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with some form of disability.

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Specific Tasks

Task 1: Work planning

The Consultant will conduct a preliminary work-session with the Heifer Africa Senior Vice President and the Women Development Lead for Africa to refine the scope of work, fully understand Heifer’s requirements for the consultancy. This will entail reviewing any applicable documents, tools, and templates, which will be provided.

Task 2: Desk review

Review secondary data/information on all the documents mentioned under 2.0 above, as well as specific focus on the selected value chains across the 10 countries. The review should result in a 5–10-page report.  

Deliverables (all in electronic format when applicable)

Inception report following preliminary work session with Heifer’s Women Development Lead.

Draft Report in word that documents the proposed gender strategy framework that will enable Heifer to incorporate Gender in the Signature Programs.

Prepare and conduct a Consultative Presentation via zoom of the Gender strategy framework to Heifer via one of our regional meetings for receiving feedback and providing clarification pertaining to questions that may arise.

Prepare final Gender Strategy framework report in word that incorporates the feedback from the Regional and submit for approval via the Women Development Lead -Africa.

Team composition

Heifer International – Africa is looking for an individual consultant with substantial experience in Gender issues, specifically in Agriculture. She / He should be experienced in developing Gender frameworks that will enable an organization like Heifer to incorporate Gender into its Signature Programs. More specifically, the consultant should have a proven track record in Gender issues on the African Continent (especially the ten countries that Heifer works with), and should have expertise in analytical, presentation   and report writing skills in English.

The assignment will not require any travel (i.e., the consultant will be working from where she / he is).  Other than related documents and resources (aside what HI staff will provide) should be arranged by the consultant and factored into the financial proposal.

 Required expertise, skills and knowledge are as follows:

• Minimum five (5) years of work experience in working on Gender issues in Agriculture internationally (especially in Africa).
• Evidence of success in completing similar work.
• Strong qualitative research and analytical skills.
• Proven record of excellent management, leadership, decision-making and interpersonal skills.
• Proven strong, clear technical writing and oral presentation skills in English.
• Proven ability to prepare high-quality technical reports on time.

Consulting firm Submission Requirements:

All interested individuals will submit his/her profile with the following information: 

Technical Proposal (not to exceed 5 pages)

GENERAL INFORMATION (NOT TO EXCEED 2 PAGES):

• Organization overview highlighting related assignments completed with client name, contact person and mobile number
• Capacity statement

Approach (not to exceed 2 pages):

• A detailed methodology on how the assignment will be conducted as well as documentation of the work.
• Maximum 5-page CV (as annex) highlighting related assignment completed, role in the completed assignment.
• A clear and comprehensive work plan (draft), outlining the major activities and time schedule.
• Technical capacity statement, including past experiences and activities related to the theme of the study. Reference information must include the location, award numbers, and brief description of work perform.
• At least three references of other clients for which similar assignments were undertaken with contact information for each.

Financial Proposal (in USD)

• Proposed a daily pay for this assignment
• Annexes
• Maximum of 5-page CV
• Documents in favor of the previous relevant studies.
• A summary of previous assignments undertaken within the last 3 years.
• Interested consultants legally eligible to implement this assignment are requested to submit a proposal including your telephone and email contact information.

Submissions must be in English and typed single-spaced using Times New Roman font size 12, with a complete set of appendices/attachments as applicable. All pages must be numbered and include the TOR reference number in the cover page, and name of the organization at the bottom of each page.

Heifer retains the right to terminate this TOR or modify the requirements upon notification to the Offerors.

Selection criteria

The consultancy can only be done by individuals, the individual that get the highest points as per the herein below criteria will be awarded the contract. The criteria will be based on technical capacity of the consultants (80%) and financial viability (20%).

• Accuracy and relevance of the proposed technical approach and methodology 30%
• Completeness of proposal according to the TOR (general information, activity plan, budget, expertise, etc.) 20%
• Relevance and capability/skill to implement/manage the assignment 30%
• Budget justification and costs realism 20%

Validity of Proposals

Proposals submitted shall remain open for acceptance for ten (10) days from the last date specified for receipt of the proposal. This includes, but is not limited to, pricing, terms and conditions, and service levels. If your organization is selected, all information in this document and the negotiation process are contractually binding.

Limitations

This TOR does not represent a commitment to award a contract, to pay any costs incurred in the preparation of a response to this TOR, or to procure or to contract for services or supplies. Heifer reserves the right to fund any or none of the applications submitted and reserves the right to accept or reject in its entirety and absolute discretion any proposal received.

Intellectual Property

Section 1. Ownership Generally. Subject to Section 2 below, any intellectual property (including but not limited to copyrights, trademarks, service marks, and patents), intellectual property rights, deliverables, manuals, works, ideas, discoveries, inventions, products, writings, photographs, videos, drawings, lists, data, strategies, materials, processes, procedures, systems, programs, devices, operations, or information developed in whole or in part by or on behalf of Contractor or its employees or agents in connection with the Services and/or Goods (collectively, the “Work Product”) shall be the exclusive property of HPI. Upon request, Contractor shall sign all documents and take all actions necessary to confirm or perfect HPI’s exclusive ownership of the Work Product.

Section 2. Prior-Owned Intellectual Property. Any intellectual property owned by a Party prior to the Effective Date (“Prior-Owned IP”) shall remain that Party’s sole and exclusive property. Regarding any of Contractor’s Prior-Owned IP included in the Work Product, Contractor shall retain ownership, and hereby grants HPI a permanent, non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, irrevocable rig

Method of application
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