Save the Children Call for Consultants

Save the Children 

Call for Consultants

About us: 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 organization, underpinned by a vision in a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. 

Our mission to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world 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 organization 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 behavior towards children both in their private and professional lives.

The East African Regional Office is responsible for 8 countries in East Africa, including Kenya, Somalia, Uganda, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania and Ethiopia, with a current staff complement of approximately 3500 staff, and current expenditure of approximately $200 million each year.
 

Save the Children East Africa Regional Office (EARO) would like to prequalify consultants with expertise and experience in any of the following areas of work:
 

1. Child Protection in East Africa.

• Strengthening national child protection systems
• Child Protection
• Strengthening national child protection systems
• Child protection in emergencies specifically targeting children associated with armed conflict (CAAC) and capacity building of security and defense forces.
• Children without appropriate care (CWAC)
• Physical and humiliating punishment (PHP).

2. Child Rights Governance

• Child Right Monitoring with focus on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC)
• Strengthening national systems with a focus on the UNCRC general measures of implementation, key actors and key factors
• Building awareness and capacity of local, national and regional civil society organisations on CRs monitoring 
• Investment in children.
• Child Right and busines

3. Strategic Planning & Project Cycle Management

• Strategic Planning
• Project Management
• Proposal Development
• Report writing (include reporting to the regional and international mechanisms relating to children)

4. Monitoring and Evaluation

• Programme / Project Evaluations(both humanitarian and development contexts)
• KAP (knowledge, attitude & practices) & KPC (knowledge practice & coverage) studies
• SMART Surveys
• Baseline Study
• Child Rights Situational Assessments
• Database Designers
• Operational Research

5. General

• Rapporteurs
• Event Organizers
• Editors, designers and publishers of documents.

Application Procedure:

1. Interested consultants should identify the area that best fits his/her range of experience and expertise. If applicable, consultants may select one or more thematic areas.
2. Your expression of interest shall include a cover letter and your resume.
3. Please include any similar/relevant work samples as well as referees & their contact details.
4. Please state your availability within the year 2014.
5. A financial proposal stating your daily fee subject to negotiation.

This should be send to EA.recruitment@savethechildren.org by COB 26thFebruary 2014.
 

Note: When a specific request for consultancy service arises, SCI will contact the most appropriate consultant from the roster. Some selection procedures will be followed and specific terms of reference will be issued with specific terms and conditions. 

Conditions of a particular assignment may be negotiable.

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 complete a Police Check and must sign onto our Child Safeguarding Policy and organizational Code of Conduct.