Consultancy
Services
Partnership
Consultant
Background:
For over 90 years,
Save the Children has been making a difference in children’s lives in more than
120 countries. We are the world’s largest independent child rights
organisation, underpinned by a vision in a world in which every child attains
the right to survival, protection, development and participation. Our mission is
to inspire breakthroughs in the way the wo
rld treats children, and to achieve
immediate and lasting change in their lives.
Save the Children is
an organization for talented people with different backgrounds and
perspectives. We are proud that our people are representative of the children
we work with and we thrive on our diversity. We are an equal opportunity
organisation dedicated to our core values of Accountability, Ambition,
Collaboration, Creativity and Integrity. Our culture is embedded in these values,
along with a strong commitment to our Child Safeguarding Protocol, ensuring
that all representatives of Save the Children demonstrate the highest standards
of behaviour towards children both in their private and professional lives.
Background
of this Consultancy:
Over the past 3
years, Save the Children Rwanda has begun to work with local partner
organisations that share an alignment with the organisation’s vision, mission
and values, working in similar thematic areas of implementation. As the
organisation continues to grow, and considering the needs of assessing the
effectiveness of Save the Children’s partnership work to date, we are seeking a
consultant to address different aspects of the organisation’s engagement with
partners, including carried out a partner organisational capacity assessment
and partnership review, as well as a potential partner mapping exercise, as
here described:
Partner
Organisational Capacity Assessment and Partnership Review:
Save the Children
has been working with a Rwandan NGO, Umuhuza, for the past 3 years as a key
partner in implementing a 5-year literacy promotion programme – Advancing the
Right to Read. Umuhuza is a Rwandan child-focused organisation with the primary
goal to create a culture of peace across Rwanda, supporting children and their
families to become peaceful citizens. Umuhuza have previously implemented a
project working with families of young children, training them on parent-child
interaction and nurturing relationships, through sensitisation sessions, home
visits and community meetings. Umuhuza are recognised as having a high level of
expertise and experience with communities and local leaders through outreach
and mobilisation. They have an especially impressive track record in achieving behavioural
change.
Despite their strong
programmatic expertise, prior to partnering with Save the Children, Umuhuza was
operationally very small, and functioned on limited funding. Within this
context, Save the Children committed to supporting the capacity strengthening
of Umuhuza as a key outcome within the Advancing the Right to Read (ARR)
programme. An organisational capacity assessment was carried out in late 2012,
which served both as a baseline against which Save the Children can monitor
progress against this expected outcome, as well as helped to inform a capacity
strengthening plan to address identified gaps.
Potential
Partner Mapping:
As Save the Children
Rwanda continues to grow, the organisation would also like to expand its
partnership base by identifying potential partners with whom Save the Children
could work with in the future.
Title:
Partnership Consultant
Consultancy
Objective:
Partner
Organisational Capacity Assessment and Partnership Review:
The general
objective of this consultancy is to assess the organisational capacity of
Umuhuza with respect to their current status against the core functions of NGOs
(including Internal Organisation, External Relations and Programme
Performance), which can be compared against the capacity assessment conducted
in 2012. In addition, the consultant is expected to document reflections on the
effectiveness of this partnership, including the production of a case study,
providing recommendations for future capacity strengthening support and
refining SC’s partnership approach.
Potential
Partner Mapping:
The objective of
this component of the consultancy is to identify potential partners for future
collaboration by Save the Children across different thematic areas.
Scope of
Services:
The consultant
should expect to engage in the following activities:
Partner
Organisational Capacity Assessment and Partnership Review:
- Conduct
a capacity assessment of Umuhuza (using a SC-provided template) to
identify the organisation’s current strengths and weaknesses, and provide
an analysis of these results vis-à-vis the assessment conducted in 2012; - Facilitate
a workshop with key Save the Children staff and Umuhuza Board and senior
management to feedback results of the capacity assessment, and discuss
future capacity strengthening support priorities; - Review
the partnership relationship between Save the Children and Umuhuza to date
against expectations set out within Save the Children’s Partnership
Principles; - Review
the “Partnership Approach” for Save the Children Rwanda to refine/update
the way in which SC monitors and supports partners.
Potential
Partner Mapping:
- In
consultation with Save the Children, identify and meet with at least 5
other INGOs currently working with partners to learn from their
experiences in partner identification and implementation, including
documenting the successes and challenges; - Conduct
a preliminary review of potential partners through the identification of
local NGOs engaged in programming aligned with Save the Children’s areas
of thematic focus (Education, Child Protection, Child Rights Governance); - Identify
organisations that demonstrate potential to be effective partners through
their alignment with Save the Children core values and practices.
Deliverables:
Partner
Organisational Capacity Assessment and Partnership Review:
- Results
of the capacity assessment, defined in terms that can be used as a midline
for measuring progress against the previous capacity assessment; - Workshop
report with defined and agreed upon capacity strengthening plan for
2016-17; - Case
story outlining the effectiveness of the SC-Umuhuza partnership work to
date; - A
revised “Partnership Approach” document that defines the way in which Save
the Children works with Umuhuza (or other partners in future).
Potential
Partner Mapping:
- Report
outlining the experiences of other international organisations’ work with
partners in Rwanda; - Table
of potential partners for Save the Children to consider engaging with for
future collaboration, including rationale for inclusion.
Duration of
role
Proposals should
outline a detailed workplan; however, we anticipate the consultancy will
require approximately 15-17 days (including 10-12 days work for the Partner Organisational
Capacity Assessment and Partnership Reviewand 5 days for the Potential Partner Mapping).
The consultant is expected to begin the tasks by 15 October 2015 and complete
all tasks by 15 November 2015.
Key
selection criteria
- Experience
in conducting partner capacity assessments; - Experience
working in collaboration with INGOs and/or UN agencies, especially in
their partnerships with local NGOs; - Experience
in case study documentation; - Excellent
spoken and written English skills; - University
degree in Education, Development Studies, Social Sciences, or related
field; - Knowledge
of the Rwandan NGO context in thematic areas of Education, Child
Protection and/or Child Rights Governance preferred; - Spoken
Kinyarwanda and/or French skills preferred, but not required.
Application
specifications
To register interest
in this consultancy, please send the following documentation to HR-Rwanda@savethechildren.org
specifying ‘Partner Organisational Capacity Assessment and Support Consultant’
in the subject line.
· Cover Letter
· Curriculum Vitae,
including contact details for a minimum of 3 references
· An estimated work
plan based on scope of services outlined
· Budget breakdown
based on expected daily rates (gross) and initial work plan
Applications
close on 29th September 2015
We work with
children, communities and governments all over the world and we believe in the
right person for the job regardless of where you come from and how you identify
yourself. We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our
commitment to ensuring that only those who are suitable to work with children
are considered for these posts. All successful applicants will therefore be
required to provide a Police Clearance and must sign onto our Child
Safeguarding Policy and organizational Code of Conduct.
Application
specifications
To register interest
in this consultancy, please send the following documentation to HR-Rwanda@savethechildren.org
specifying ‘Partner Organizational Capacity Assessment and Support Consultant’
in the subject line.