UNDP Recruitment of Individual Consultant to Support Finalization of Youth Polytechnic Strategy

United Nations Development Programme
 

Individual Consultant – Educational Policies
 

Recruitment of Individual Consultant to Support Finalization of Youth Polytechnic Strategy
 

Background: The Ministry of Education, Science & Technology has undertaken key reforms which culminated in the enactment of various laws and policies, including Sessional Paper No. 14 of 2012 on Education, Training and Research, Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Act 2013 and Basic Education Act 2013.

The Directorate of Youth Training (DYT), under the Ministry of Education, Science & Technology is in the process of reviewing its Strategic Plan for Youth Polytechnics, which is aimed at aligning the programmes and activities of the Directorate with the new Government policies guiding Education and Training.

With the support of UNDP, DYT held a retreat to develop the first draft of the Youth Polytechnic strategy document for implementation of these policies in vocational training for effective skills development in Youth Polytechnics. 

To enable the finalization of this draft strategy, DYT seeks consultancy services from qualified Kenyan applicants. The consultant will report to the Director, Directorate of Youth Training and the Programme Analyst, Inclusive Economic Growth Unit UNDP.

Overall objectives of the Consultancy: The overall objectives of the consultancy will be to support the Directorate of Youth Training in reviewing the draft Youth Polytechnic strategy, facilitate stakeholder engagement and finalization of the Strategy and Implementation Action Plan.

Application Procedure
 

Interested and qualified candidates should submit their applications which should include the following:

1. UNDP Personal History Form (P11) Template provided
2. Detailed Curriculum Vitae
3. Proposal for implementing the assignment - Template provided

Please quote “Educational Policies Consultant - IEG” on the subject line.

Applications should be emailed to consultants.ken@undp.org to reach us not later than Thursday, 8 May 2014 at 12.00 Noon Kenya Time.

Please see the Terms of Reference, the P11 form, the Individual Contract Proposal form and the Terms and Conditions of Individual Contracts by visiting the UNDP Kenya Website: -

http://www.ke.undp.org/content/kenya/en/home/operations/procurement