Mercy
Corps
Scope
of Work
Youth
Tender Assessment Coordinator
About Mercy Corps:Mercy Corps’ mission is to alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities.
About Mercy Corps:Mercy Corps’ mission is to alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities.
We
work in over 42 countries where we have developed strong relationships with
local communities and civil, private and public-sector partners including
government entities at local, regional and national levels.
Our
programs strive to achieve one or more of our countrywide objectives:
1)
Increase the capabilities and assets of households to adapt and recover from
shocks and stresses,
2)
reduce levels of in-country and cross-border conflicts that threaten to destabilize
development gains,
3)
strengthen adolescent & youth leadership, livelihoods, & ability to
influence government policy, and
4)
Increase the effectiveness of public service at the county government level.
Summary
of Consultancy: Mercy
Corps plans to assess the use and benefit of the Access to Government
Procurement Opportunities (AGPO) funds earmarked by the GoK to support business
run by youth, [women and people with disabilities] at the county level (http://agpo.go.ke/pages/about-agpo).
Mercy
Corps specifically hopes to better understand if this initiative has promoted
youth (defined in Kenya as ages 18-35 years old) businesses and enterprise, and
generated gainful self- employment, how youth businesses use and benefit from
these funds, the health of this youth-run businesses and what recommendations
youth and others who administer the funds have to improve government
initiatives like AGPO.
In
addition, Mercy Corps would like to understand county-managed “youth funds”
that may be in place in certain counties to promote youth entrepreneurship and
support youth-run businesses—and assess others’ perceptions of the AGPO and
youth funds regarding what is working, what is not working and what could be
improved.
The
research will be in specific counties in which the county governments have
welcomed Mercy Corps to conduct this research and share the results with
them.
We
believe that such an independent assessment of speaking to youth who benefited
from AGPO and/or youth funds and soliciting perceptions about AGPO from others
in the counties has not happened before.
The
outcomes of the assessments at the county level will be shared with all target
counties and then aggregated to create a national understanding of how AGPO
funds are used in multiple counties.
Mercy
Corps intends to conduct this research in 4 counties in distinct areas of Kenya
in which we work (e.g. West Pokot, Kericho or Nandi, Kirinyaga or Nyeri and
Wajir).
We are
looking for an individual researcher to help us finalize the Terms of Reference
for the Research, oversee and conduct the research, which will be administered
by students and/or Mercy Corps team members, draft an overall report and
PowerPoint presentation (by county) and then a consolidated report with all county
information and recommendations included.
Duties:
1.
Review and refine SOW and processes with Country Director and/or
Deputy Country Director. Identify and finalize process map and engagement
strategy with all counties involved.
2.
Identify, vet, select and mobilize students and/or Mercy Corps
staff who will be engaged in data and information collection at the country
level. Identify plan for movement of students, staff and sequencing of data
collection by country.
3.
Weeks before data collection begins, talk with county government
leadership in all locations to ensure buy in and associated paperwork to begin
data collection in each county. A list of all AGPO youth recipients in each
county will be needed from government officials in order to randomly select
those to be interviewed (we anticipate interviewing 50 AGPO recipients per
county)
4.
Develop, test and finalize interview guide and strategy for
interviewing AGPO youth recipients and other interviewees.
5.
Train student interviewers and Mercy Corps staff in how to
administer and code the interview guide and other expectations of them.
6.
Assess others’ perceptions of the AGPO a program regarding what
is working, what is not working and what could be improved. Those to be
interviewed include county government officials and the public (we estimate
interviewing 25 people per county that fall into this category).
7.
Oversee data coding and data entry on site and analyze results.
8.
Draft findings by county stratified by group (AGPO recipients
and other) and develop findings and recommendations by county. Develop an
overall (4 county) report with findings and recommendations.
9.
Share findings and a draft report with the Country Director and
Deputy Director for input prior to finalizing the report.
10. Prepare
presentations of findings by county and in aggregate to present to government
for discussion.
Deliverables:
1.
Must be present on the ground providing support during
data/information collection and data entry.
2.
At least 80% of the expected 300 interviews are fully completed
at quality and completely at data entry stage.
3.
4 county level, quality reports drafted and presented to the
Country Director or Deputy Director for review and input
4.
1 consolidated report developed and presented to the County
Director or Deputy Director for review and input.
5.
4 county level power point presentations and 1 consolidated
PowerPoint with major findings and recommendations.
Requirements:
- A
minimum of a BA/BS degree in a relevant field.
- Demonstrated
experience in managing qualitative and quantitative research assignments
including oversight of data collection, data coding and entry and
generating reports with recommendations developed from the data.
- Proven
English oral and written skills.
- Fluency
is Swahili is required
- Ability
and experience working with students or other stakeholders to collect
data.
- Demonstrated
ability to run and manage effective research processes including getting
sign off from county governments, testing and refining data collection
tools,
- Proven
organizational and strong interpersonal skills.
- Must
have an even temperament and good sense of humor.
Estimated
timeframe: 3
months (beginning in June)
Start date: early June. Data collection to take place over a 6 week period maximum.
The
balance of 6 weeks should be spent analyzing data, and drafting reports and
PowerPoint presentations.
For any further information contact Isaac Gachuhi on igachuhi@mercycorps.org
Kindly drop proposal at our offices at ABC Place 3rd Building, 1st Floor on or
before 10th June 2016
