Engility Corporation,Social Inclusion Specialist Jobs in Rwanda

Scope of
Work

Consultancy
Title:Social
Inclusion Specialist

Estimated
LOE:34
days (4 days of travel a
nd up to 5 weeks, six day work weeks)

Estimated
Dates of Service:July-August
2015

Location of
Service:Kigali
with travel to the field

General
Background:

Rwanda Private
Sector Driven Agricultural Growth Project (PSDAG) is a five-year Feed the
Future project funded by USAID and implemented by ENGILITY Corporation/IRG. The
project was created in line with Government of Rwanda (GoR) targets and aims to
develop a strategic partnership between the Rwandan public and private sectors
to improve the conditions for investment mobilization and to create more
economic opportunity for smallholder farmers through increased value chain
market integration. The project’s principle objectives include:

• Assisting
  the Government of Rwandan (GoR) to attract and increase Private Sector
  Investment
• Facilitating
  increased private Sector Investment by Upgrading Agricultural Value Chains

Through building
linkages between smallholder farmers and investors, PSDAG envisages unlocking
opportunities across viable agricultural value chains in which people including
women, youth and people with disabilities are included fully within project
activities to improve their livelihoods and income.

USAID/Rwanda aims to
move beyond a gender-neutral development approach and will proactively advance
gender issues throughout its programming.

A recently drafted
Gender Assessment by USAID/Rwanda identified several key constraints in
advancing women empowerment, including limited financial independence, few
chances to explore new economic opportunities, and limited decision-making
power within the household. Women are disproportionately represented among the
poorest, most marginal subsistence farming households. In fact, 82 percent of
women work in agriculture compared to 61 percent for men. The Who owns
agricultural lands, who controls agricultural processes, and who benefits from
agriculture extension programs and marketing initiatives can greatly improve
women’s leadership and economic empowerment through access to agriculture assets
and control over agricultural income and other agricultural economic
opportunities. At the same time, a major challenge facing Rwanda is a large
youth bulge – 67% of the population is 25 years of age or younger. Without
advanced levels of literacy, demonstrated vocational skills and a secondary
education at a minimum, youth are largely unprepared for the formal labor
market.

Finally, every
effort will be made to accommodate the needs of people with disabilities in
this project. According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities (PWD), a person with a disability is defined as
someone who has term physical, mental, and intellectual or sensory impairments
which, in interaction with various barriers, may hinder their full and
effective participation in society in an equal basis with others”.

Social inclusion of
women, youth and people with disabilities will be incorporated across all PSDAG
project activities so that the vulnerable groups benefit fully from value chain
development, market facilitation and public and private partnership approaches
which facilitate an inclusive business environment.

Objective

PSDAG will hire a
Social Inclusion Specialist(s) to:

1. conduct
   a baseline of key constraints facing women, youth, and PWD separately in
   four value chains (maize, beans, Irish potatoes, and horticulture);
2. map key
   implementing partners for social inclusion;
3. prepare
   a project social inclusion integration plan for gender, youth, and PWD
   separately, including description of specific activities if applicable;
4. prepare
   impact assessment strategy, including recommendations for data gathering
   and any custom indicators;
5. conduct
   PSDAG feedback and social inclusion training workshop.

The baseline should
be based on a desk review, key informant interviews, and field focus groups.
Constraints analysed should take into account possible risks associated with
utilization of Information Communication Technology (ICT) tools and other
modern commercialization techniques. Recommendations should take into account
feedback from PSDAG staff and partners.

Specific
Tasks

1. Develop
   inception report that will detail work plan, initial timeline, interviewee
   list, report review list, draft and final report formats.
2. Conduct
   desk review of current status of gender, youth, and persons with
   disabilities in Rwanda.
3. Conduct
   key informant meetings with partners in Kigali.
4. Identify
   data gaps and prepare data collection tools and a field work plan.
5. Conduct
   key informant interviews and field focus group interviews for the four
   value chains.
6. Provide
   a verbal debriefing at the end of this field work to Sr. Technical
   Management Team.
7. Analyse
   the field data and compile key findings.
8. Prepare
   draft integration plan and specific activities descriptions, draft of
   description of impact assessment strategy, draft indicators, and staff
   workshop and agenda.
9. Conduct
   workshop for staff which will a) present findings from desk and field
   study, b) present draft integration plan and activities for feedback, and
   c) train staff in basics of social inclusion.
10. Prepare
    final report, which will summarize key findings from desk review and field
    research; and present integration plan, description of activities,
    indicators, impact assessment strategy, and any other recommendations.
11. Present
    final report in a Power Point presentation to Sr. Technical Management and
    USAID.

Timeline and
Deliverables

The task should not
take more than 4 to 5 weeks. Completion of the assignment within 4-5 weeks is
critical to the timely implementation of the project. Applicants may propose
more than one consultant as needed to complete the deliverables within this
timeframe. All activities will be conducted with assistance and guidance by the
PSDAG Social Inclusion Manager, reporting directly to the Deputy Chief of Party
and the Chief of Party.

1. Inception
   Report and Desk review

Detailed work plan,
initial timeline, interviewee list, report review list, draft and final report
formats; Carry out comprehensive desk research; Carry out key informant
interviews in Kigali; Identify data gaps and prepare data collection tools and
a field work plan. One (1) week

1. Conduct
   Field Research

Carry out field
research and interviews. Provide verbal debriefing to PSDAG teams. Up to two
(2) weeks

1. Analyze
   data and draft initial report; Staff feedback workshop and training.
   Analyze data and draft an initial assessment report. Conduct staff
   feedback workshop and train staff in social inclusion. One week (1)- By
   August 7
2. Final
   Report and Presentation

Compile final report
and conduct Power Point Presentation, incorporating feedback from staff and
partners. One week (1) By August 14

Minimum
Qualifications

• At
  least five (5) years of knowledge and proven experience conducting gender,
  youth, and/or PWD constraint analysis. A Master’s degree or equivalent
  preferred.
• Experience
  analysing gender/youth/PWD population in Africa and in agriculture
  required.
• Prior
  experience conducting informal baselines required.
• Familiarity
  with operational and M&E plans, USAID policies, strategies, project
  work planning and management preferred. Prior experience with USAID
  projects a plus.
• Fluency
  in English is required. Knowledge of French is an asset.
• Excellent
  written and verbal communication skills required.

Application
Instructions

Interested and
qualified applicants should submit their consultancy applications on or before
10 July 2015 through IRGAfrica.Experts@engilitycorp.com and indicate on the
subject line:APPLICATION
FOR SOCIAL INCLUSION CONSULTANCY including the following
documents:

• Technical
  proposal briefly indicating an understanding and interpretation of the
  ToRs, methodology to be used in undertaking the assignment, work-plan with
  clear timelines for expected deliverables.
• Background
  of the organization he/she represents (if applicable).
• Financial
  proposal containing consultant’s daily rate in US Dollars Consultant(s).
• Curriculum
  Vitae detailing relevant experience related to the assignment and
  references.
• Names,
  addresses, telephone numbers of three professional referees and relevant
  documents regarding registration (if applicable).
• Completed
  Due Diligence Questionnaire.