Consultant Trainer on Institutional Partnership Development and Program Cycle Management Job in Kenya

Terms of Reference

Consultant Trainer on Institutional Partnership Development and Program Cycle Management

1) General Background at SOS Children’s Villages International we believe that children can only develop to their full potential if they have a supportive and protective family environment. 

 

We work to make this a reality. We are a social development organization which works in the areas of child care, education, health, child rights, research and emergency response. 

 

The East Africa region comprises of the following National Associations: Ethiopia, Burundi, Rwanda, Djibouti, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, South Sudan, Somalia and Somaliland.

SOS International has been implementing an Institutional Partnership Development (IPD) Strategy globally since 2010 to support national associations (NA) to diversify their funding base and become more self-reliant in securing locally raised income, especially from institutional donors. 

 

With reduced support from traditional donors, the NAs viability is now dependent on their capacity to adapt to changing donor trends, and the willingness to explore alternative sources of funding. 

 

The Regional Office for East Africa (ROEA) has identified the need to conduct an intensive training for IPD and Program cycle Management (PCM).

2) Objectives of the Assignment

The objective of the training is to facilitate individual and organizational learning on IPD and PCM to;

• expand staff’s understanding and knowledge of IPD current and emerging issues; donor trends, donor strategies, existing donors in the region
• Identify and formulate quality projects through a participatory approach and write sound project documents.
• Understand and prepare high-standard logical and results frameworks
• Improve knowledge on Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) of the projects/programmes. 

3) Scope of Work

 

This should be a practical training and the method for delivery of the training should combine the use of lectures, case studies, power point presentations and group work. The scope of this assignment comprises the following:

• Develop a training programme, under a close consultation with ROEA suitable for the SOS staff
• Provide a detailed training on IPD and PCM
• Support design of at least 3 draft project proposals.

It is envisaged that the training should at least cover following topics:

Institutional Partnership

Project Cycle Management Overview
Defining Institutional Partnership Development

• Definition of IPD, networks, partnerships, principles, objectives and obstacles
• Roles/responsibilities of IPD Focal Points
• Developing Regional IPD Strategy

Working with Institutional Donors

• Developing and maintaining donor Relations
• Project identification/formulation
• Participatory Planning
• Stakeholder, problem and objective analysis
• Project Design Matrix/logical and results framework
• Developing project indicators
• Project monitoring and evaluation
• Project proposal writing and budgeting
• Exploring donor requirements
• Budgeting with Public Funds
• Grants Management

4) Duration of Assignment

The training is planned for 12th – 16th November 2012, in Nairobi Kenya. The number of working of this assignment is 8 working days.

• 2 days for preparation
• 5 days training
• 1 day for preparation of training report

5) Final Products

It is envisaged that the following will be delivered by the consultant:

• Five days training curriculum which covers the content covering IPD and PCM
• Course materials jointly developed by SOS
• Regional IPD Strategy
• 3 draft project proposals developed by the participants that can be submitted to donors
• The training report with recommendations

6) Degree of Expertise and Qualifications

• Minimum Master’s Degree in International Development or related fields
• Certified trainer and at least five years’ experience in conducting training on PCM
• Knowledge of the donor environment in the East and Central African Region will be an asset
• Excellent English report writing and communication skills;
• Good interpersonal skills and effective communication

7) Application

Interested consultants should send the following to rachael.onyango@sos-kd.org by 17th October 2012

1. Updated curriculum Vitae (with 3 referees of previous similar tasks conducted recently)
2. Two-page expression of interest briefly detailing how they will carry out the assignment and consultancy fees per day in USD