Deadline of this Job: 21 September 2022
Specific tasks for both the analysis and strategy include but may not be limited to:
- Becoming familiar with and using documentation already produced by the KBEST team, including notes from consultations, the preliminary gender equality analysis produced for the program’s initial proposal, the high-level gender strategy produced for the program’s initial implementation plan, and the blue economy labour market analysis that was just completed for the program.
- Conducting additional literature reviews as needed.[1]
- Preparing data collection tools as needed; for example, interview guides for the consultations to be conducted. The tools developed should align with KBEST’s results-based management (RBM) tools.
- Preparing a mapping of the existing services provided to the diverse groups of women, girls, men or boys facing challenges and barriers, particularly as regards GBV and SEA.
- Conducting consultations with a variety of stakeholders in the program’s two focus regions, and including input from women and girls (as actual beneficiaries)
- Consulting with key KBEST staff.
- Analyzing data collected.
- Preparing draft and final reports, including information on the methodology used and its rationale, and a complete list of persons and organizations consulted in the two regions.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Must be Kenyan citizen with considerable work experience in Kenya
- At minimum bachelor’s degree in gender studies, social sciences, statistics, or a related subject area
- Experience conducting gender analyses for international projects, experience with Global Affairs Canada-funded projects an asset
- Experience with M&E within a results-based management framework
- Experience developing reliable data-gathering tools and gathering and analyzing information from different project partners/stakeholders
- Experience with women’s rights organizations
- Knowledge of blue economy/climate change an asset
- Experience working with TVET institutions or post-secondary sector is highly desirable
- Ability to report findings clearly and concisely
- Strong communications and problem-solving skills
- Fluency in English and Swahili
- Ability to work effectively under pressure and tight timelines
- Willingness to travel in Kenya
The applications should be submitted by September 21, 2022, at 23:59 hrs. Applications submitted after this date/time will not be considered.
Deadline of this Job: 28 September 2022
PRF10056 - Call for Consultancy for Endterm Evaluation for Improving SRH and GBV Outcomes for Women of Reproductive Age with Disability Inclusion job at Kenya Red Cross Society
Purpose
The end-term evaluation seeks to provide relevant data and analysis against the Project indicators and understand the impact of the Project’s interventions. This stands apart from the recent internal reviews which can be used as an ongoing resources by KRCS, FRC and the reviewers but need not be repeated in view of the ongoing partnership between KRCS and FRC.
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The specific objectives of the end-term evaluation will be:
- To measure project achievements against benchmark statistics of the indicators
- To understand whether shifts in knowledge, attitudes and social norms around SRH and GBV occurred in the target community/populations as a result of Project interventions.
- To examine the extent to which access to and care seeking practices regarding SRH and GBV services by women of reproductive age with and without disability changed as a result of Project interventions.
- To identify specific interventions/approaches in the Project that were most or least effective in creating positive change and impact in SRH and GBV.
- To highlight lessons learned from the project and make practical recommendations for improvement of future strategies and projects.
Key questions
The evaluation is expected to answer the following questions:
Measuring against indicators and targets
- What are the end-line values for indicators (section 5.1) as per the project plan?
Did they reach the targets?
- Are they meaningfully different from baseline?
Shifting knowledge, attitudes, and norms
- In what ways has knowledge, attitudes and social norms of the target communities/populations improved, stayed the same or worsened?
- To what extent can these changes be attributed to Project interventions?
- To what extent were KRCS branches able to apply the recommendations from social norms assessments conducted in the internal mid-term review?
Service access and utilisation
- How were CHVs and health workers trained as part of the Project able to apply new knowledge and skills?
- To what extent was the project able to improve care-seeking for SRH (including safe delivery) services for women of reproductive age including those with disabilities?
- To what extent was the project able to improve care-seeking for GBV services for women of reproductive age including those with disabilities?
Achieving positive change/impact
- Which project interventions were most and least effective in achieving impact in the opinions of target communities/populations?
- Which project interventions were most and least effective in achieving impact in the opinions of health workers/ CHVs?
- Which project interventions were most and least effective in achieving impact in the opinions of government stakeholders?
- In what ways were Project interventions inclusive or not inclusive to people with disabilities?
- In the context of limited resources, which 2-3 project interventions should be considered most impactful to replicate in the project locations or elsewhere for the empowerment of women and girls including those with disabilities?
- Were there any unexpected negative effects of the project? Which ones?
Deadline of this Job: 30 September 2022
Research on Systemic Barriers towards Access and Usage of Housing Finance job at Habitat for Humanity
1.Background and context/ Assignment summary
In conjunction with its partners; AMFI-K, and KMRC, HFHI-TCIS is seeking to engage a company/consultant to carry out transparent and objective research to identify the systemic barriers preventing access and usage of housing finance in Kenya.
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2.Purpose
In conjunction with its partners; AMFI-K, and KMRC, HFHI-TCIS is seeking to engage a company/consultant to carry out transparent and objective research to identify the systemic barriers preventing access and usage of housing finance in Kenya.
3.Objectives
- Perform a holistic assessment of the housing finance market. This includes;
- all the market players (government and non-governmental agencies, financial service providers and non-financial providers that play a bridging role in access to housing finance)
- current housing finance products available catering to various customer segments (stand-alone products, tagged along products and undefined housing products),
- current and future financial needs for other housing finance value chain actors (Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and developers)
- Unpack the demand and supply side housing finance needs, challenges and opportunities as well as assessing the support functions available to promote affordable housing finance;
- Review existing regulations, policies and laws that support and hinder housing finance;
- Give recommendations on opportunities to address the housing finance barriers in specific sectors that will bring impact to the market in the short, medium and long term;
- Identify potential investment opportunities in housing finance that will help the supply side in accessing and providing capital/investments in housing finance initiatives within the supply chain.
4.Scope of the Consultancy
The selected company/consultant must undertake the following activities:
- Market Analysis
- Identification of Systemic Barriers
- Provide detailed recommendations
- Research Dissemination
4.1 Duration of the assignment : 3 months
5. Key deliverables/ output and deadlines.
- Inception report (2 weeks after contract signing)
- Prepare an inception report detailing on how the company is planning to undergo the research. This should include deliverables, methodology and work plan
- Proposed structure for the supply and demand side assessment
- Detailed work plan and proposed methodology (sample design and market survey instruments), to respond to the objectives of the research
Market Analysis Report (2 months after delivery of inception report)
- Supply-side assessment: all the financial and non-financial service provides in the market that offer housing finance solutions to the public and housing value chain actors (SME’s), detailing available products/solutions related to housing finance in the market, and possible indications of accessibility requirements (KYC/due diligence) and cost structures
- Demand-side assessment: providing detailed insights on the current behaviours, uptake, usage and beneficiary needs of housing finance products/solutions as well as challenges, barriers and opportunities
- Regulatory and policy assessment: clearly identifying gaps in the regulatory landscape towards provisioning of affordable and appropriate housing finance products/solutions in the market
- Market assessment: providing investment/financing landscape and needs for the housing value chain actors (SME’s) including the current investment models/approaches
Draft report (2 weeks after delivery of market analysis report)
- A draft report detailing the systemic barriers identified and recommendations on how to address them to bring the impact anticipated.
Final report (2 weeks after receiving comments on the draft report)
- Final report on findings and recommendations taking into account all the comments that would have been shared in the Draft report
HFHI Responsibilities
HFHI shall provide the following support towards the consultancy
- Provide financial resources for the research
- Provide office space (if needed)
- Through its partners, provide support to ensure the research is done appropriately and the right players/stakeholders are available
Expected profile of the consultant (s)/ Firm
- Demonstration of practice and results in entrepreneurship and inclusive economic development
- Clear demonstration of multistakeholder engagement
- Demonstration and understating of the Technical Vocation landscape and operation in Uganda
- Understanding of the housing sector is an added advantage
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Fluency in English and a common local language spoken in rural Uganda
- Outstanding written and verbal English communication skills – in particular ability to write clearly, succinctly and engagingly reports
- Facilitation skills, being able to articulate the participation of diverse stakeholders in the skills upskilling sector in a meaningful way.
- Excellent computer and information and communication technology skills
- Ability and aspiration to learn fast, be effective in a team and autonomously, and be challenged. Must be willing to travel to project locations around the country of operations and regionally
Evaluation process
- HFHI will evaluate the proposals and award the assignment based on technical and financial feasibility. HFHI reserves the right to accept or reject any proposal received without giving reasons and is not bound to accept the lowest or the highest bidder
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