Consultancy: Capacity Build Wajir County Assembly Officials
Ref: INT1474
Terms of Reference (TORs) to Build Capacity for Wajir County Assembly Officials on Improved County Planning and Budgeting for Resilience.
Terms of Reference (TORs) to Build Capacity for Wajir County Assembly Officials on Improved County Planning and Budgeting for Resilience.
1. Background: Oxfam is an International Organisation working with others to overcome poverty and suffering. Oxfam has been working in Kenya since 1963 working in long term development and humanitarian response in collaboration with others.
In collaboration and partnerships
Oxfam continues to work in Wajir in a 3 year UKAID funded project on
(Strengthening Community Resilience for Wajir).
One key pathway within the project is to contribute towards capacity building of the Wajir County Government.
One key pathway within the project is to contribute towards capacity building of the Wajir County Government.
The overall objective will ensure
that Wajir County Government has support to plan for climate resilience and
invest in disaster risk reduction (DRR) priorities through improved county
plans and budgets.
Disaster Risk Reduction strategies
and vulnerability assessment is increasingly becoming a prerequisite for Arid
and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) county planning and budgeting processes.
This act of planning and budgeting
for improved DRR policies and practice shall contribute to early actions by
both Governments and citizens, to cushion and increase options for communities
to cope, respond to environmental shocks and the negative impacts of drought.
This action will facilitate training for 40 county government officials who shall comprise of public servants drawn from the County and sub/county wards representatives.
This action will facilitate training for 40 county government officials who shall comprise of public servants drawn from the County and sub/county wards representatives.
In addition to the National Drought
Management officials for a 3 day training organised and conducted in Wajir
County.
The training shall aim to build
abilities of County officials in inclusive planning, budgeting,
management and monitoring as well as the interpretation of roles and
responsibilities outlined in the County structure that help ensure
planning priorities are fed to and from the county and in line with National
structures.
Main emphasise and training content
will be geared enforcing knowledge on County planning anchored on
Constitutional context as per county planning in schedule (iv) of the
Constitution.
The participants shall draw key lessons from the training to enable county officers to better manage County planning and devolution.
The participants shall draw key lessons from the training to enable county officers to better manage County planning and devolution.
Through a letter by the Wajir County
Assembly, it has been stated that members of County assembly in the various
sectoral committees lack capacity gaps to deliver legislative and oversight
roles.
At the end of the training sessions
participants will have gained skills and knowledge on the following key areas -
- Constitutional context of county planning, to
include drafting of county bills, policies and legal frameworks mainly for
2 key departments of Agriculture and Natural resources and the
Planning, Trade ,Tourism and Cooperatives department.
- Planning as per schedule 4 of the Constitution
- County mandates related to development
planning/paradigm shift in county planning
- Steps towards the preparation of an integrated
County Development plan and linkages of integrated planning and County
Governance.
Methodology: The training will be conducted by consultants and
will ensure that the training sessions are conducted in a participatory manner
mixing both lecture, and buzz groups ensuring the exercises enables
participants pick useful analysis skills.
The consultant(s) must develop an
appropriate methodology which they propose to use and appropriate tools.
To achieve the purpose of this training, the consultant will be expected at minimum to:
To achieve the purpose of this training, the consultant will be expected at minimum to:
- Conduct reviews (through consultations with
County Executive and desk reviews) to identify gaps with the Wajir
Government and County planning processes. Challenges experienced in the
drafting of County legislations including policies and legal
frameworks.
- Develop relevant data training materials and
instruments and share tools with Oxfam.
3. Deliverables
- Detailed and comprehensive tools and material
content developed and shared with Oxfam.
- Actual training conducted
- Draft progress report write up and
submission to Oxfam for review and comments
- Submit final training report
The training report should be:
- Produced in English language and should be
simple in expression and easy to understand.
- Maximum of 60 pages with some short annexes.
- A5 Page summary highlighting key issues for
Oxfam and Partner’s attention and action.
- The report format and text should be an A4
paper size and a legible font (e.g. Times New Roman 11 or 12, Arial 10 or
11.
- The consultant/s are liable to submit at least
01 hard copy and 01 electronic copy of the study report by the agreed
deadline.
5. Eligibility for Consideration: Bids are invited from suitably qualified and
experienced consultants with capacity to undertake the above activity.
Applicants should have traceable
referees and records of previous work in Public Finance Management training as
well accountability and governance trainings.
In addition, the consultant should be
registered to operate in Kenya.
6. Consultant / Team Qualifications
The Consultancy team must be multidisciplinary as the study is an opportunity to set the overall direction of the proposed program.
6. Consultant / Team Qualifications
The Consultancy team must be multidisciplinary as the study is an opportunity to set the overall direction of the proposed program.
At the minimum, the consultant(s)
must possess the following:
- At least a degree in Political Science or
Governance Studies, Social Sciences or any other related discipline in
Development Studies.
- Demonstrate a good understanding of the Arid
and Semi Arid Areas (ASALs) with practical working experience
in such environments and delivering trainings on county planning and
Devolution.
- Experience of effective interaction with local
and national institutions, government departments, and County Governments.
- Be Conversant with current laws on county
planning and devolution and transition into county management and models
and practice around the Northern Region in Kenya.
- Practical application of cross cutting themes
like gender mainstreaming, and gender competence, M&E, Advocacy.
- Good spoken and written communication skills
in English and Swahili.
- Proven experience of using participatory tools
and methodology.
- Excellent analytical and report writing
skills.
7. Bid Requirements: Firms or Consultant(s) who meet the requirements
should submit expression of interest (Maximum 15 pages), which should include
the following:
- A suitability statement, including commitment
to availability for the entire assignment.
- A brief statement of on the proposed training
methodology including a detailed plan.
- A detailed financial proposal. The financial
proposal should include daily cost per major activity.
- Updated curriculum vitae that clearly spell out
qualifications and experience.
8. Adherence to Oxfam principles and
policies: Once hired, the consultant shall
operate under the principles governing Oxfam ways of working including
adherence to policies and procedures of Oxfam with regards to such key issues
as non partisan, neutrality, gender sensitivity, impartiality and
accountability, mainstreaming of Gender and HIV/AIDS as well as other policies
governing Oxfam operations on transport usage, security guidelines and
confidentiality of information collected.
9. Reporting Lines: The consultant shall work under the direct supervision of the Wajir Program Manager in Wajir in close liaison with ASALs Program Officer in Nairobi.
10. Timeframes and Budgets: It is anticipated that the assignment will take 10 working days. The total costs of the assignment will be negotiated with the consultant.
11. Application Contacts: Interested and qualified consultants should send their applications latest by 17th May 2015.
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Please note that only the successful and shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
9. Reporting Lines: The consultant shall work under the direct supervision of the Wajir Program Manager in Wajir in close liaison with ASALs Program Officer in Nairobi.
10. Timeframes and Budgets: It is anticipated that the assignment will take 10 working days. The total costs of the assignment will be negotiated with the consultant.
11. Application Contacts: Interested and qualified consultants should send their applications latest by 17th May 2015.
CLICK HERE to apply online
Please note that only the successful and shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
Consultancy: Writing Effective Reports Training
Job Ref: INT1475
Location: Wajir
Job Type: Consultancy
Background: Oxfam is an International Organisation working with others to overcome poverty and suffering.
Background: Oxfam is an International Organisation working with others to overcome poverty and suffering.
Oxfam has been working in Kenya since
1963 working in long term development and humanitarian response in
collaboration with various local and International organizations.
Oxfam and partners (WASDA and ALDEF)
are working in Wajir implementing various projects including this DFID Funded
programme on Strengthening Community Resilience in Wajir.
The programme is anchored in Vision
2030, the County’s development blue print particularly the third foundation of
enhancing equity and wealth creation opportunities for the poor.
This emphasizes that
no society can gain the social cohesion if significant sections of the
populations live in abject poverty and hence prioritization of investment to
the arid and semi arid districts where there is significant incidences of
poverty.
The programme will contribute to MDG
1: Eradicating extreme poverty and hunger and MDG 3: Promoting gender equality
and empowering women.
The programme builds on an ongoing
National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA, HSNP and an ECHO Consortium
Resilience project led by Oxfam in various wards in Wajir County.
One key pathway under the programme is to contribute towards community empowerment for improved and better preparedness to mitigate and recover from shocks and other disasters.
One key pathway under the programme is to contribute towards community empowerment for improved and better preparedness to mitigate and recover from shocks and other disasters.
Continuous assessments to identify
capacity gaps amongst project staff have identified effective report writing as
a major challenge.
Project staff and partners are on a
regular basis delivering project progress reports.
These reports need improvement to
ensure that they demonstrate project impact, the information gathered is
evaluated and analysed and reported in succinct fashion.
Training on effective report writing is a methodology adapted by various organisations, a preferred methodology to communicate project and overall programme progress to donors, grant managers for accountability and strategic fund raising.
Training on effective report writing is a methodology adapted by various organisations, a preferred methodology to communicate project and overall programme progress to donors, grant managers for accountability and strategic fund raising.
Hence the desire for Oxfam and Wajir
partners implementing this project seek to build institutional capacity and
knowledge on writing effective reports.
The intention in the first instance
will be to train (15) project staff that shall comprise of key project staff
(Oxfam, WASDA and ALDEF and 5 strategic county staff (under NDMA).
After a successful training these
core staff shall be tasked to work towards delivering quality project reports
in their respective organizations.
It is under this background that the project seeks consultancy services to enhance the capacity of project staff prepare, write and deliver effective reports.
It is under this background that the project seeks consultancy services to enhance the capacity of project staff prepare, write and deliver effective reports.
This training is intended to build
knowledge on the capacity around gathering; evaluating and analysing relevant
information make appropriate conclusions that are supported by evidence
demonstrating results and project impact.
Assignment
Objective of the training: The objective of the writing effective reports training is to strengthen the institutional and staff capacities to write quality, results oriented reports, identify strategies and actions that are most effective in gathering relevant information, and identify formats for structuring material in a logical and coherent manner.
Assignment
Objective of the training: The objective of the writing effective reports training is to strengthen the institutional and staff capacities to write quality, results oriented reports, identify strategies and actions that are most effective in gathering relevant information, and identify formats for structuring material in a logical and coherent manner.
Producing good quality progress
reports.
Specific Objective: The specific objective of the proposed training will be to improve the knowledge and technical competence of Oxfam and partners, on how to prepare effective reports and improve knowledge around gathering, evaluating and analysing relevant information.
Target: Trainees will comprise of 15 staff from Oxfam and partners and county government staff who will be involved in the implementation and management of the various development projects including collaborating with Oxfam towards the implementation of this project.
Expected results
At the end of the training, participants should be able to:
Specific Objective: The specific objective of the proposed training will be to improve the knowledge and technical competence of Oxfam and partners, on how to prepare effective reports and improve knowledge around gathering, evaluating and analysing relevant information.
Target: Trainees will comprise of 15 staff from Oxfam and partners and county government staff who will be involved in the implementation and management of the various development projects including collaborating with Oxfam towards the implementation of this project.
Expected results
At the end of the training, participants should be able to:
- Understand and apply writing effective
concepts, principles, process and applications. Gather, evaluate analyze
and synthesise various information and present this is a logical and
coherent manner.
- Make appropriate conclusions that are
supported by evidence that demonstrates results and impacts by project
activities and make thoughtful and practical recommendations where
required.
Deliverables
At the end of the training the following output is envisaged:
At the end of the training the following output is envisaged:
- 15 project/programme Oxfam and partners’ staff
are taken through writing effective reports training course. Each trainee
is supported to develop a workable action plan for implementation after
the training.
- Adequate training and reference materials are
supplied to all the 15 participants.
- A concise process report that clearly captures
discussions from the participants and emerging recommendations and action
points.
Training Methodology
The training methodology shall include but not limited to:
The training methodology shall include but not limited to:
- Short lectures by facilitators to introduce
concepts and stimulate discussion
- Individual exercises and group work tailored
to scenarios faced by trainees’
- Plenary discussions
- Question and answer sessions;
- Energizers and other management games to build
teams break the ice and retain attention
Duration: Time and venue of the training is as detailed in
the following table:
Training dates: 1/06/15-5 /6/15
Training dates: 1/06/15-5 /6/15
Venue: (TBC) Nairobi or Wajir
County: Wajir/ Nairobi
Number of trainees
- Oxfam/county staff: 7
- Wasda: 4
- Aldef: 4
- Totals: 15
Competencies of the training
consultants
- Proven practical and theoretical experience of
report writing
- Extensive experience in developing and
implementing organization capacity building
- Excellent presentation, facilitation and
training skills
Application Contacts
All interested and qualified consultants should send their application with a technical and financial proposal and CV of proposed trainers.
All interested and qualified consultants should send their application with a technical and financial proposal and CV of proposed trainers.
CLICK HERE to apply online
Application Deadline: 17th May 2015
Application Deadline: 17th May 2015
