TechnoServe Terms of Reference for Study of 14-16 Year Olds for the Girls on the Move Program

Terms of Reference for Study of 14-16 Year Olds for the Girls on the Move Program 

i. Background

TechnoServe works with enterprising people in the developing world to build competitive farms, businesses and industries. 

We are a nonprofit organization that develops business solutions to poverty by linking people to information, capital and markets. 

Our work is rooted in the idea that given the opportunity, hardworking men and women in even the poorest places can generate income, jobs and wealth for their families and communities. 

With more than four decades of proven results, we believe in the power of private enterprise to transform lives.

For more information, visit www.technoserve.org

ii. Overview of the Girls on the Move Program
 

TechnoServe through the Girls on the Move Program is helping young and vulnerable girls aged 14-19 from the slums of Nairobi establish and develop girl-owned and managed Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) that will, in the short- and long-term, empower girls in their own community to sustainably increase their engagement in safe and productive economic opportunities. 

Through the CBO’s girls will be passing on the gift to other girls as trainers, mentors and role models in their community. As a result, hundreds of girls will start businesses, find jobs and access further educational opportunities. 

For the first time in their lives, girls will have their own income enabling them to make an economic contribution to their households, enter formal financial markets, put aside savings and borrow to grow their businesses. 

The Program is supporting girls to establish and develop five girls owned and managed community-based organizations (CBOs). 

In the course of the program, these CBOs will work with 1,300 girls aged 14-19 (975 girls aged 17-19 and 325 girls aged 14-16) over 12 months to sustainably increase their engagement in safe and productive economic opportunities.

iii. Purpose of the Consultancy 
 

The Girls on the Move program has already formed five community based organizations and through the CBOs been able to train over 350 girls between 14 to 16 years in financial literacy, life skills, entrepreneurship and employability. 

The program is therefore seeking a consultant to conduct study of the 14 to 16 year olds that have gone through the program, document best practices and therefore enable TechnoServe to share these with relevant stakeholders. 

A case study document will be developed, posted on TechnoServe website and circulated to relevant stakeholders. 

The consultant will report to the Program Manager and will work with closely with  the CBO coordinator and the CBO leaders. 
 

iv. Terms of Reference for the study on 14 -16 year olds
 

The specific terms of reference for the assignment shall be;

• Prior to commencing  of the process, the consultant will be required to review relevant  Girls on the Move Program documents relating to the assignment in order to develop a wider understanding of the task.
• Provide the donor and the different stakeholders involved in the adolescents economic empowerment space with accurate, reliable information.
• Through the process of research and involvement in data collection provide project field staff and stake holders with an in-depth understanding of the underlying causes and factors affecting the reach of the 14-16 year girls’ to economic empowerment programs.
• Use available data and other information to accurately identify trends, patterns, incidence and causes of adolescent girls shunning away from accessing formal financial institutions.
• Provide an analysis of the extent to which there is an enabling environment for the realization of reaching more 14 to 16 year olds.

v. Roles and Responsibilities 
 

Consultant

• Prepare the methodology and develop appropriate tools in consultation with TechnoServe to carry out the process.
• Facilitate the focus group discussions with the CBOs leaders and target group.
• Prepare a case study as spelled out in the terms of reference.

TechnoServe

• Avail documents relevant program that the consultant might require.
• Ensure the girls are available for the focus group discussions.
• Payment of the consultant as per the agreement.
• Give input to draft and final reports.

vi. Key deliverables

• 2 hard copies and a soft copy (in CD ROM) of the final case study shall be submitted to TechnoServe.
• The consultant should develop a feasible costed work plan/activity schedule. The successful consultant must commit to accomplish and deliver the consultancy services and deliverables on or before 30th May 2014.

vii. Proposal contents and evaluation criteria
 

Proposal must address each of the following criteria. Each proposal may be awarded points up to the amount listed.  

No	Activity	Score
1	Proposal strategy and plan	30%
2	Successful past experience of a similar nature	25%
3	Proposed team/Individual expertise (background, years of experience etc)	25%
4	Financial Proposal	20%
Total		100%

viii. Selection process

• Demonstrated experience in conducting studies on adolescent girls.
• Strong interpersonal communication and information-gathering skills
• Highly collaborative and results oriented work approach
• Resourcefulness, critical and creative thinking
• Ability to structure and manage complex tasks

This assignment requires an individual who is passionate about empowering disadvantaged girls and women. 

The consultant should also be willing to work in the slums of Nairobi. 

The proposal should reach TechnoServe not later than close of business 24th March 2014. 

Emails should have the subject line clearly marked as “Study of 14 to 16 year old girls’ Consultancy Service”.

Any proposal received after the time for submission of proposals shall not be evaluated.

The proposal should be submitted to the email address below: kenyaprocurement@tns.org

Only the short-listed candidates will be contacted for interview.