Terre des hommes Foundation,
Kenya
Terms of Reference for Senior Program Consultant to fully lead on the
full development of the program proposal and accompanying budget
Length of engagement: approx. 27 January to
24 February 2017
Terre des hommes Foundation
(Tdh) has operated in Kenya since 2011, and in Dadaab since 2012 in Child
Protection (ref.https://www.tdh.ch/en/our-interventions/kenya for further details).
A new funding cycle is
to be announced imminently and Tdh seeks a consultant to embed with the Kenya
team and lead on the full development of the program proposal and accompanying
budget.
The release date of the
funding call is estimated to be around the end of January 2017 with a due date
three or four weeks following the release date.
Specifically, the consultant
shall, among other key activities:
1. Abide
by Tdh global and Kenya office policies and procedures including the Terre des
hommes Child Safeguarding Policy.
2. As an
essential responsibility, demonstrate a clarity of understanding and close
familiarity with the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian
Action and the UNHCR Child Protection Framework.
3. Review
pertinent core documents provided by Tdh Kenya for pre-deployment
familiarisation and preparation; conduct necessary consultations on program
plans, strategies, and other conceptual areas with essential staff; and,
prepare and present a conceptual framework of proposed project/inception
report.
4. 4Further
prep in Nairobi for two days for deciding with Country Representative and Child
Protection Program Manager on the approach of the proposal development, subsequent
plan, outputs in line with new PRM proposal templates and formats.
5. Seven
days in Dadaab with the Child Protection Program Manager for stakeholder
consultations and workshop facilitation with the Tdh Child Protection team and
support staff for the formulation of appropriate background, objectives,
indicators, activities, etc.
6. Finalization
in Nairobi of the budget and budget narrative with Country Representative and
Logistics Admin and Finance Manager.
7. Draft
narrative for review by HQ, Department of Children’s Services, and UNHCR.
Seek support letters where needed.
8. Finalize
all documents for submission to HQ for review and for HQ submission to PRM
according to the donor’s deadline.
9. Produce
end of mission report by 24 February to include feedback regarding the proposal
development process and Dadaab programming strategy with recommendations.
10. N.B.
Flexibility will be built-in and considered when agreed upon with the Country
Representative on timeline considerations. Compensation of the consultant
will be in line with pre and post deployment period effort and supporting
outputs.
IMPORTANT:
Tdh seeks candidates with a
direct familiarity with the Dadaab refugee context and strong proven experience
in child protection in particular.
Previous experience leading
on proposal development is highly desired.
A competent level of written
English is required where little to no final editing of the final narrative
document will be required.
Previous experience with PRM
and other similar donors would be a strong advantage.
