RULAAC VACANCY: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR THE POSITION OF A PROGRAMME MANAGER

VACANCY: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR THE POSITION OF A PROGRAMME MANAGER

 

Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) is a national, independent and nonprofit human rights advocacy organization, established in 2018 and registered in Nigeria with headquarters in Lagos.  RULAAC is committed to promoting law enforcement accountability, transparent and responsible policing, and the observance of human rights and rule of law in law enforcement actions.

 

RULAAC carries out its mandate through monitoring, research and investigation; publications, campaigns and advocacy, and networking and collaboration with other civil society organisations and relevant criminal justice/other governmental agencies in advancing police reform, rule of law and democracy in Nigeria.

 

RULAAC is seeking applications from qualified candidates for the position of a Programme Manager

 

Qualification:

  • A minimum of first degree in any of the social sciences, humanities or law; but a Masters degree and cognate experience will be added advantages.

 

Responsibilities:

  • To develop program ideas including writing proposals and securing grants
  • To manage, implement and report project activities
  • To identify and respond to issues relating to human rights violations in the context of law enforcement
  • To work/engage with other CSOs and stakeholders in the criminal justice sector in furtherance of the goals of RULAAC
  • To work with little or no supervision

 

Interested and qualified candidates should send in their applications along with their current CVs by email to rulaac@rulaac.org

 

Pre-qualified applicants will be invited for interview

 

Deadline for submission of applications is September 25th 2022

 

Signed: RULAAC Management

 

Call for Consultant, Community Early Warning and Response

Call for Consultant, Community Early Warning and Response
Terms of Reference for an organization to support the establishment and training for community early warning and response teams in Banki and Gwoza LGA, Borno State.

 

About CIVIC:
Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) Center is an international nonprofit with offices around the world working to improve protection for civilians caught in conflict zones. Our mission is to work with armed actors and civilians in conflict to develop and implement solutions to prevent, mitigate, and respond civilian harm.
We are advocates who believe that no civilian caught in conflict should be ignored, and advisors who provide
practical solutions to preventing and responding to civilian harm. Learn more at civiliansinconflict.org

 

Background/Context
To augment our community-based protection work, CIVIC plans to introduce an innovative new approach – a
Community Early Warning and Response – in target locations for the purpose of responding to threats in
selected Local Government Areas (LGAs). We will then help communities strengthen systems to contend with
varying degrees of threat and ensure that do-no-harm considerations are integrated into the design to further
reduce risks to civilians.

CIVIC will support its Community Protection Committees (CPCs) to be trained in a locally appropriate way to
identify early warning signs, threats and respond effectively to such – e.g., engage security forces, flee, warn,
report, respond etc. Afterwards, the CPC members will be trained on how to report early warning and response.
This activity area will be built upon lessons learned, applying such a system in a localized setting leveraging on
CPCs, utilizing context appropriate technology (basic analog signals or mobile phone platforms), and reducing
response time to incidents by focusing on security or government actors present at the community levels in target LGAs.

 

Purpose of Data Collectors / terms of reference
CIVIC Nigeria is seeking the services of an organization that can lead the process of the advising, establishment
and training of a community early warning and response committees in 2 LGAs of Borno state (Gwoza and Banki). The organization will also train CIVIC Nigeria staff and community liaison Officers on all the processes
of establishment and set-up of the community early warning and response committee. As well as advise on the
best option to adopt in the context of Borno state and northeast Nigeria.
Under the supervision of the Team Lead, Nigeria, the organization will be required to.

 

Expected Deliverables
● To provide a criterion for selection and outline the processes of establishment of a community early warning and response team,
● Support the establishment and training of CIVIC staff, community liaisons and CPC members in the various locations,
● Provide CIVIC with templates for monitoring the Community Early Warning and Response (CEWAR),
● Provide detailed soft and hard copies of the processes of establishment, training attendance lists with contact information of participants segregated by gender and successes and challenges encountered,
● Produce a detailed final report of the entire process of establishing an early warning and response system.

 

Skills, experience, and qualifications required
● At least six years progressive experience in the establishment, training and management of community early warning projects or programs.
● Previous experience of working with the UN or international agencies on conflict early warning and response.
● Availability and willingness to travel to the North-East and target locations.
● Ability to deploy multiple teams and work in close coordination with other CIVIC team members.
● Ability to conduct training and translate meeting discussions into Hausa language will be an added advantage.

 

Expected Outputs
The expected outputs will be:
• Members of Community Protection Committees in project locations and CIVIC staff trained on conflict early warning, response, and reporting,
• Final report of the entire process produced with pictures and attendance list of all beneficiaries,
• Schedule of periodic CEWART meetings developed.

 

Timeline:
The activity in this SOW is estimated to take a total of 15 working days.

 

Logistics and Support:
CIVIC Country Office shall provide necessary support to the consultant to execute the assignment during the
duration of the consultancy. These shall include:
• Security briefing for consultants
• Access to relevant project documents necessary for the execution of the duties under this consultancy.
• Facilitation of UNHAS flights & accommodation in deep field locations for the assignment.
Kindly note: For travel and accommodation, the UNHAS requires either a COVID vaccination certificate or a less than 72-hour negative COVID test result to access their services.

 

How to apply:
Interested organizations should send their expression of interest following the procedure below to nigeriahr@civiliansinconflict.org.
● A Technical and financial proposal indicating consultancy fee (lump sum fee) and a breakdown of expenses (unit price together with any other expenses) related to the assignment.
● Highlighting company profile, proposed methodology and timeline for the assignment.
● Organizational CV highlighting experience in similar projects; and
● Work references – contact details (e-mail addresses) of referees
● Certificate of registration and other relevant documents

 

The title must be expressly stated as the subject of the email quoting reference CEWAR092022. Any application without quoting the reference code will be disqualified. The Technical and Financial proposals including other documents should be sent in one folder.

Completed applications should reach us before COB, Thursday September 15, 2022. Only applicants who send
in the required format will be considered and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Equal Opportunity:
“CIVIC is an equal –opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, etc.
Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply”.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Statement of Commitment to Protection:
‘’CIVIC’ recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to protecting children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation’’.

REQUEST FOR CONCEPT NOTE FOR STRENGTHENING CIVIC ADVOCACY AND LOCAL ENGAGEMENT (SCALE) INNOVATION FUND – NIGERIA

The Nigeria Strengthening Civic Advocacy and Local Engagement (SCALE) project is a five-year project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by Palladium through a cooperative agreement with USAID. The goal of the project is to improve public accountability, transparency, and sustainable service delivery in Nigeria. The strategic objective is to strengthen the financial, management, and advocacy capacity of local civil society organizations (CSOs) and business membership organizations (BMOs) in Nigeria to create a more accountable, transparent, peaceful, and democratic Nigeria with more effective and efficient public service delivery. The Project emphasizes leadership and innovation and explicitly aims to engage marginalized populations, including women, youth, persons with disabilities, and other minorities in the process.

 

The project has five main components:

  • 1. Improve Organizational Capacity; Managerial, Financial, and Institutional capacity.
  • 2. Enhance Capacity for Improved CSOs/BMOs Advocacy, Collaboration, and Management.
  • 3. Improve the Policy and Regulatory Enabling Environment for Civil Society.
  • 4. Countering Trafficking in Persons (CTIP); and
  • 5. Sector (Sexual and gender-based violence, Child and Early Forced Marriage) Strengthening and Advocacy

 

SCALE’s theory of change states that the project goals can be achieved IF: (i) CSO capacity (managerial, financial, and advocacy) is enhanced; AND (ii) CSOs collaborate effectively with each other and with government; AND (iii) the CSO enabling environment is permissive (legislative, policy, and practice); THEN: civil society can effectively engage citizens to influence government in key development reforms at national, state, and local levels to improve public accountability, transparency, and sustainable service delivery. The key assumptions in the theory of change are based on there being a conducive environment for CSOs and BMOs to influence policies in transparency, accountability, and good governance; CSOs and BMOs being able to sustain activities with local capacities and resources that promote transparency, accountability, and good governance in priority sectors; and the Nigerian state ensuring a healthy enabling environment for CSOs.

 

Purpose of Funding Opportunity
Nigeria Strengthening Civic Advocacy and Local Engagement (SCALE) (the “Project”) is seeking to issue grants under the SCALE Innovation Fund (SIF) for innovative approaches that will promote citizen and government engagement towards creating a more accountable, transparent peaceful, and democratic Nigeria with more effective and efficient service delivery across the project’s priority sectors. The motivation of the SIF is to identify organizations with innovative initiatives and solutions for tackling the different complex governance issues in Nigeria, ranging from citizen participation to effective governance.

 

Instructions to Applicants
Applications are invited from all qualifying organizations, nationally and sub-nationally. Applications are to focus on innovative approaches that promote improved partnership and engagement with key stakeholders; and/or strengthen and improve public awareness and engagement in governance.

Innovations for the purpose of this funding opportunity are defined as: completely new ideas being currently tried and tested, and the application of existing ideas in a new, innovative way, or to a sector or field in which that idea has not yet been applied. Under this award, SCALE will support innovative projects or ideas that have the potential for expansion and replication.

 

Activities could include:

  • Programming designed to resolve gaps/bottlenecks in the policy reform process from the perspective of partnership, engagement, or public awareness.
  • Innovative approaches that increase civic partnership and engagement with key government stakeholders
  • Innovations that strengthen public awareness, engagement, discourse, and support for issues that improve transparency, accountability, and good governance, as well as promote inclusive economic development, enabling environment, and a peaceful Nigeria.
  • Support for scaling up/replication of good practices at the local level to shape national policy and have a broader national impact.
  • Programming to improve the coordination and communication among the various actors involved in the proposed policy area
  • Addressing gaps in data by conducting policy-relevant and timely research and analysis, including strengthening, or expanding research currently under development
  • Innovative approaches to monitoring the implementation of policies, preparing policy recommendations, and implementing advocacy campaigns.
  • Activities to develop and disseminate policy recommendations based on citizens’ views and policy research to raise awareness and garner support from policymakers and other key actors, including the public. This could involve publishing research/information on citizens’ views, attending and organizing seminars, forums, or conferences.
  • Conducting consultative process among CSOs, research institutions, political parties, parliaments, government officials, and other stakeholders.
  • Innovative ideas that address issues of Peace and Security in Nigeria.
  • Innovative approaches for expanding the civic space as we approach the 2023 elections
  • Innovations that address issues of safeguarding and gender equality and social inclusion

The above list of illustrative activities is by no means exhaustive. Creativity and innovative thinking are required from applicants.

Please see attached Notice of Funding Opportunity for full specifications and requirements for submitting a concept note.

 

DETAILS : NIGERIA
CLOSING DATE: 31  JANUARY 2023

National Admin and Logistics Officer @ PPDC

Position: National Administration and Logistics Officer
Job Location: Abuja (FCT)
Employment Type: Full-time
Reporting to: National Programme Coordinator

 

Job Summary

The Administration and logistics officer will be responsible for the day-to-day administrative running of the project, handling logistics of meetings, training and other program activities.  The Admin and Logistics officer would be working 100% on the project.

 

Main Duties & Responsibilities

Administration/ Logistics Management

  • Ensure store, asset, fleet, and administration operations are implemented effectively
  • Coordination and logistics: Ensure all project administrative activities are coordinated effectively.
  • Scheduling and meetings: Coordinate meeting arrangements, including informing team members, booking meeting rooms, and updating management/staff calendars.
  • Support Finance with timesheets collection for the project team
  • Coordinate workshop/training events as required, including hotel liaison, participant confirmation, invitations, travel arrangements, supplies and materials, equipment hire and providing point of contact support for participants during scheduled events.
  • Ensure budget allocation for smooth running administrative and logistics activities is monitored and utilised properly
  • Conduct logistics compliance check
  • Produce report for all project meetings attended

 

Human Resource Management

  • Manage the staffing process including recruiting, interviewing, hiring and onboarding
  • Ensure job descriptions are up to date and compliant with all local, state and federal regulations
  • Develop training materials and performance management programs to help employees understand their job responsibilities.
  • Investigate employee issues and conflicts and bring them to resolution
  • Use performance management tools to provide guidance and feedback to the team
  • Ensure all PPDC’s organizational policies are applied consistently
  • Maintaining and reporting on workplace health and safety compliance.
  • Any other duties that may be assigned

 

Educational / Professional Background: –

  • Degree in Logistic Management/ Business Administration / Procurement/Social Sciences or related field of studies and at least 5 years work experience out of which 3 years in a similar position.
  • Previous experience with an NGO or USAID-funded projects is an advantage.

 

Essential Skills

  • Comfortable working on projects involving multiple teams across multiple states.
  • Discretion and confidentiality
  • Organizational, communication and people skills, with knowledge of multiple operational functions and principles.
  • Proven interpersonal relationship skills
  • Ability to work with all levels of management and to influence and support the development of recommendations.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
  • Ability to work under pressure, Able to work in a team and independently, someone who works well with others.
  • Planning and organization skills on short and long-time frames, decision making, and analytical skills.
  • Solutions oriented focused on programme outcomes, budgeting management skills including effective use of resources.
  • Problem solver—able to think out of the box, has analytical skills, Able to keep the big picture in mind and work in detail.
  • Comfortable facilitating meetings and bringing people together.

How to apply

Interested candidates should send their CV and copy letter to ppdc@procurementmonitor.org

The deadline for submission of applications is 24th August 2022

Request For Application From Consultant On Assessment Of The Implementation Of Nigeria’s Anti-Corruption Commitments

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Corruption is a major problem in Nigeria and is largely responsible for widespread poverty and underdevelopment. According to the UN and the AU, around $148 billion is stolen from Africa annually by political leaders, multinational corporations, the business elite and civil servants with complicity of banking and property industries in Europe, North America and elsewhere.   Transparency International (TI), recently ranked Nigeria 154th out of 180 countries ranked in its 2021 Corruption Perception Index (CPI). The country, according to the CPI, scored 24 out of 100, a figure which is one point less compared to the score of 2020.

 

The Federal Government of Nigeria, working with the international community has shown commitments and determination to trace, track and repatriate looted assets to countries of origin to finance development. At the London anti-corruption Summit held in 2016 and the Global Forum on Asset Recovery held in December 2017, Nigerian government made specific commitments in a bid to address corruption in Nigeria.

 

ANEEJ, as part of the implementation of the “Enhancing Anti-corruption and Social Inclusive Reform Initiatives in Nigeria project, is seeking to assess how far those commitments have been implemented. ANEEJ has received funding from Palladium under the Strengthening Civic Advocacy and Local Engagement (SCALE) project funded by USAID to implement the project, and now working with eight organisations under the anchor-cluster model as the anchor organization. The cluster is composed of Anti-Corruption-focused CSOs drawn from NGOs, Faith-Based Organizations, Gender-based and Persons with Disabilities. The project is designed to strengthen the capacity of CSOs and journalists as advocates to engage government on anti-corruption and social inclusive policy reforms issues at the national level and in six oil and gas producing States (Edo, Delta, Abia, Imo, Rivers and Ondo States). It is equally advocating for transparency, accountability and reforms within the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and the five Oil and Gas Producing Areas Development Commissions in the Niger Delta. The project will also be engaging government on commitments made during London Anti-corruption Summit and the Global Forum on Asset Recovery.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Click to see RFA details” color=”pink” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fnnngo.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2022%2F08%2FRFA-and-ToR-for-Consultant-GFAR-London-Anticorruption-Submit-Commitment.pdf|title:Apply%20Now|target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][/vc_column][/vc_row]

CONSULTANCY OPPORTUNITY PROGRAMME MANAGER, HIGH IMPACT, NIGERIA (BASED IN ABUJA, NIGERIA) (131-2022-GAVI-RFQ)

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Opening Date:

August 8, 2022

Closing Date:

August 22, 2022

All responses by email to: procurement@gavi.org

(Submissions are due before midnight Geneva Time on the Closing Date)

 

  1. Background and Introduction

 

Gavi Alliance’s (“Gavi”) mission is to save children’s lives and protect people’s health by increasing access to immunisation in poor countries.

Gavi is a unique organisation that aligns public and private resources in a global effort to create greater access to the benefits of immunisation. It does this with precision and in creative, innovative ways to ensure that donor contributions efficiently save lives and help build self-sufficiency in the world’s poorest communities and regions.

For more information, please visit the Gavi website: http://www.gavi.org/about/mission

 

  1. Background of the team and purpose of the role

 

Programme Managers (PM) play an important role in Gavi’s mission to ensure that children in the world’s poorest countries are vaccinated against deadly diseases such as hepatitis B, diarrhoeal disease, pneumococcal disease, measles, meningitis A, and cervical cancer.

They help to ensure countries deploy Gavi supported vaccines, direct financial support, and technical support effectively and transparently. They support the Senior Country Manager to assess and manage risks and they monitor the performance of Gavi-funded programmes. They also participate in the solving of problems that hold back programme implementation. Responsibilities and desired skillset can vary depending on the team’s nature i.e., Core, Conflict/Fragile and High Impact, and scope of the consultancy.

This Consultancy position will be within the High Impact team and will dedicated to support Nigeria and would be based within Nigeria, to advance Gavi engagement with the states around zero-dose programme and other priorities.

 

  1. Description of Services:

 

  • Provide in-person day-to-day in-country engagement with government counterparts at national and sub-national levels, core and expanded partners, and other relevant stakeholders in line with agreed Nigeria country team priorities.
  • Work with the government and partners to ensure sound understanding of and compliance with Gavi policies and processes with focus on key requirements, agreed timelines, formats and quality standards.
  • Complete timely and thorough review of key portfolio management processes including timely and proactive support services to the Senior Country Manager, Programme Manager, Country Team members and in-country partners.
  • Knowledge of and compliance with Gavi policies and processes with focus on key requirements, agreed timelines, formats and quality standards.
  • Proactive identification of and action on issues and escalation of perceived risks related to portfolio management and other tasks under PM’s responsibility.
  • Timely and quality delivery of specific work streams/projects, as agreed with SCM and Country Team members.
  • Collaborate with relevant Gavi Secretariat colleagues and country and partner agency counterparts.
  • Ensure timely, high-quality communication of Gavi information (funding decisions, Board policy, etc.) to senior country officials and other stakeholders.

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

Below is an illustrative list of duties and responsibilities that could be asked of a consultant to maintain and engage on critical deliverables. This list is not exhaustive but is indicative.

Overall engagement

  • Support SCM and Country Team members with overall Alliance engagement with country at national and sub-national levels.
  • Work in tandem with the Programme Manager on the Portfolio with a clear division of tasks and plans to ensure business continuity in their absence as well as work in tandem with other Country Team members on assigned tasks aligned with country team priorities, assisting with additional tasks to ensure business continuity in the absence of any Country Team members.
  • Act as liaison to prepare for and to coordinate stakeholder meetings including the drafting of briefings as requested.
  • Maintain files and key information and documents for easy reference.

Portfolio Management – Plan & Design

  • Support Nigeria state-level engagement, zero-dose programming, Full Portfolio Planning process (HSS-3 programming), and various cash and vaccine grants.
  • Support SCM and the Country Team to engage with national and sub-national levels to plan and design tailored strategies, with specific tasks to follow up on 8 MoU states and other states of priority for programming.

Portfolio Management – Review, Approve, Disburse

  • Support coordination of quality assurance, compliance and pre-screening across teams before the review of the Independent Review Committee (IRC); following review, facilitate any required follow-up.
  • Support finalisation of grant-making post IRC review: multi-year approval; budget and work plan; Grant Management Requirements; draft grant agreements; and initiate, track and monitor disbursements.

Portfolio Management – Implement & Monitor

  • Support day-to-day problem solving to ensure that programme implementation is effective, impactful, across all streams of support, with pro-active coordination of reprogramming against needs.

Note: The essential functions listed in this section are not exhaustive of the job responsibilities; other duties may be assigned consistently with the department needs.

 

  1. Location: Abuja or Kano, Nigeria with frequent travel to other states and Geneva.

 

  1. Qualifications and work experience required:

 

Academic

  • University degree in public health, health economics, development or social sciences, business administration (with experience in international development) or related field, or other relevant qualification.

 

Work Experience

  • Minimum of 8 years of professional experience working in public health or international development at increasing levels of seniority.
  • Experience in immunisation programmes or health systems a strong asset.
  • Experience working in/with developing countries on technical issues a strong asset.
  • Experience of working in Nigeria and engagement with state level stakeholders would be a strong asset.
  • Some grant-, project- and/or programme-management experience required, including in situations of considerable complexity, challenging environments and political sensitivity.
  • Experience in bilateral and multilateral aid environments would be an asset.

 

Skills/competencies

  • Strategic and proactive problem solver who can work with ambiguous situations and make sound and decisive decisions.
  • Able portfolio manager with knowledge of the various steps of Gavi’s grant management processes.
  • Effective communicator with strong interpersonal and diplomatic skills; ability to engage in an international environment with multiple government, partner and donor stakeholders.
  • Proven track record with Gavi systems highly desired.

 

Note: short-listed candidates may be asked to complete a timed test to demonstrate their data management, analysis, and communication skills.

 

Languages:

  • Written and spoken fluency in English is essential.

 

  1. Duration of Assignment: 12 months with potential extension based on need, availability of funding and satisfactory performance.

 

  1. Selection Process and expected timelines

 

  • Interested parties should respond by completing Annex One and returning their application before midnight on the Closing Date.
  • Gavi will shortlist and invite for written tests and/or interviews (1-2 weeks).
  • Contract negotiation and signature (1-2 weeks).

 

We are committed to fostering a just, equitable and diverse culture free from racism and discrimination in which all staff, partners and stakeholders feel empowered, safe and heard.

 

If you wish to apply, please visit our Careers webpage and apply by sending your application to procurement@gavi.org with the title 131-2022-GAVI-RFQ – “Programme Manager, High Impact, Nigeria ” before the closing date of August 20, 2022.

 

Please note that as a vaccine organisation and in order to provide duty of care towards its employees, consultants, and individual contractors working on site, Gavi is requiring all of them to confirm that they are fully vaccinated*) against Covid-19 as a condition for engagement with us.

*) Fully vaccinated means one of the following categories:

  • You have received one dose of the Covid-19 vaccination listed in WHO’s Emergency Use Listing, and you are scheduled to receive a second dose in the near future, or you have previously had Covid-19 thereby exempting you from a second dose.
  • You have received two doses of the Covid-19 vaccination.
  • You have received one dose of the J&J Covid-19 vaccine.

ANNEX ONE

SUBMISSION FORM

Consultancy Opportunity for the services of

PROGRAMME MANAGER, HIGH IMPACT, NIGERIA (BASED IN ABUJA, NIGERIA)

(Gavi reference 131-2021-GAVI-RFQ)

 

IF ANY OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BELOW IS CONFIDENTIAL, PLEASE STATE SO IN THE RESPONSE.

Applicant name:
Address of residence:
Business type: ☐Non-profit           ☐ For-profit

☐Individual          ☐Other:

Daily rate (currency & amount):
Resume (attach CV) or description of past services, similar to this position: Attach
Short letter outlining motivation and relevance of experience to date: Attach
Valid passport and work permit (*)  ☐ Yes                 ☐No
This information certified by:
Application Source ☐Gavi Website    ☐ Devex

☐LinkedIn          ☐Other:

Signature:

* Applicants must hold a valid working permit for the Country where they are based. Please note if applicant is selected, a copy of their passport, will be required. In the event that the work location is Switzerland, Gavi may at its discretion assist the Consultant in obtaining a Work Permit in Switzerland for the duration of the contract.

 

Please do not submit generic marketing materials, broadly descriptive attachments, or other general literature.

 

 

ANNEX TWO

CONSULTANCY OPPORTUNITY RULES

Gavi invites you to submit a competitive bid by responding to this “Consultancy Opportunity”, based on the below outlined rules:

 

  1. This entire Consultancy Opportunity and all related discussions, meetings, exchanges of information, and subsequent negotiations that may occur are confidential.

 

  1. The issuance of this Consultancy Opportunity in no way commits Gavi to make an award. Gavi is under no obligation to justify the reasons for its supplier(s) choices as a result of this Consultancy Opportunity . Gavi may choose not to justify its business rewarding decision to the participants to this tender.

 

  • Gavi reserves the right to:
  • reject any proposal without obligation or liability to the potential bidder.
  • withdraw this Consultancy Opportunity at any time before or after submission of bids, without prior notice, explanation, or reason.
  • accept other than the lowest price offer.
  • award a contract on the basis of initial offers received, without discussions or requests for best and final offers.
  • decide not to award any contract to any bidder responding to this Consultancy Opportunity.

 

  1. You agree that your bid is valid for no less than sixty (60) days from the quotation due date.

 

  1. Faxed copies will not be accepted. Late quotations are subject to rejection.

 

  1. Gavi reserves the right to request additional data, information, discussions or presentations to support part of, or your entire bid proposal. Bidders or their representatives must be available to discuss the details of their proposal during the evaluation process.

 

  • All responses should be submitted in electronic format.

 

  • The proposed timeline set out above indicates the process Gavi intends to follow. Gavi reserves the right to make changes to this timeline.

 

  1. If the applicant is a US Citizen or resident (Green Card holder) or a non-US person living or working in the US, Applicants should be aware of OFAC regulations.

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Seeking Readers for 2023 Fellowship Applications

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The U.S. Department of State and IREX seek academic, professional, and regional experts to read and score applications for the 2023 Mandela Washington Fellowship.  Over the first eight years of the Fellowship, the program received nearly 300,000 applications from 49 sub-Saharan African countries for 5,800 Fellow slots.  Your talents and expertise in helping score our high volume of applications are greatly appreciated!

 

Responsibilities and Reading Period

Readers will be responsible for evaluating program applications based on set guidelines and a scoring rubric.  This is a great volunteer professional development and résumé -building opportunity for professionals or degree-seeking individuals.

 

The reading period will begin on September 14, 2022, and will comprise up to three separate reading phases, each lasting approximately two weeks, from mid-September through early November.  Selected readers will be assigned to one of the reading phases to review approximately 40 applications.  Each application takes about 10-15 minutes to read and score; the total time commitment is estimated at 10 hours.

 

Eligibility

Ideal readers are academics and/or professionals with expertise in one or more of the Fellowship’s thematic areas (business, civic engagement, or public management), have experience working in Africa, or experience working on sub-Saharan African issues. U.S. Government employees and Fellowship Alumni are eligible.

 

Applicants for the 2023 Fellowship are not eligible to be readers.

If you are interested in serving as a reader, please complete the application form as soon as possible.  Submit the application form by September 2, 2022 to be eligible for the reading pool starting from the first phase.  We will confirm via email whether you are selected to be a reader before the Fellowship application closes on September 13, 2022.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Apply Now to Be A Fellowship Reader” color=”pink” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.surveygizmo.com%2Fs3%2F6916039%2F2023-Mandela-Washington-Fellowship-Reader-Application|title:Read%20More|target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Senior Programme Officer (Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning)

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As the Senior Programme Officer for Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL), you will guideshape and oversee the integration of the Foundation’s new MEL strategyYou will work closely with staff across all our programmesproviding them with appropriate monitoring and evaluation toolstraining and learning processes to enable the Foundation to: (i) continuously improve our programmes; (ii) tell our story of change; and (iii) affirm the Foundation’s role as advocate and champion for the people of the Commonwealth.

 

The organisation

The Commonwealth Foundation was established by Heads of Government in 1965, reflecting the commitment of Member States to ensuring that the Commonwealth family would be as much an association of people as of governments. As one of the three intergovernmental pillars of the Commonwealth, the Foundation operates within that critical space between government and civil society.

Our focus is to:

  • Support the active and constructive participation of Commonwealth citizens in all aspects of their governance
  • Nurture the growth of vibrant and free civil societies in all Commonwealth countries
  • Advance the principles and ideals of the Commonwealth.

Most of the Foundation’s work is delivered through three core programmes: Commonwealth Civil Society, Creative Commonwealth and People of the Commonwealth.

 

Knowledge, Learning and Communications

The Knowledge, Learning and Communications (KLC) programme captures, distils and shares knowledge and learning to strengthen the Foundation’s impact and effectiveness. The programme brings together a range of functions critical to the Foundation’s identity, coherence and visibility including the facility to learn internally; management of information and infrastructure; leadership of the Foundation’s monitoring and evaluation work; and all aspects of our communications and outreach including reporting.

Our approach to MEL reflects our commitment to a clear and straightforward mixed-methods approach which combines both results-based and reflexive methods, with an emphasis on adaptive, participatory and learning-oriented practices. We are committed to ensuring that our reporting on MEL is concise and easy for our wide range of stakeholders to understand.

 

The Senior Programme Officer

The Senior Programme Officer (SPO) will oversee the effective implementation of the MEL strategy across all programmes and areas of work. Working under the supervision of KLC’s Senior Manager, the SPO will guide and implement effective internal MEL processes; lead the exchange of knowledge and learning from projects and programmes, and lead on management of internal knowledge systems.

Cross-team work is integral to this position and the SPO will be expected to collaborate closely with colleagues in all other programmes and will be involved in other areas of the Foundation’s work relevant to their experience and expertise.

 

Key responsibilities include:

Guiding and refining monitoring and evaluation systems 

  • Support the effective delivery and ongoing refinement of the Foundation’s MEL strategy, translating its Theory of Change and results framework into programme and project level monitoring. 
  • Working closely with programme managers and teams, lead on the development, review and application of MEL tools and processes to help find the most effective ways of communicating our impact and embedding MEL across the Foundation 

 

Knowledge management and learning 

  • Develop processes for gathering baseline data required for our annual report 
  • Regularly undertake data analysis to support results tracking and check the quality and accuracy of data. Support colleagues to enhance and/or streamline data management processes where possible 
  • Coordinate the development of both internal and external reporting and planning documents  
  • Support the collection, analysis, documentation and systems of knowledge and the exchange of learning from projects and programmes 
  • Proactively research new methods and systems to improve our approach to managing information 

 

Capacity building 

  • Support MEL capacity development for Foundation partners and provide technical expertise and insight for MEL where requested 
  • Lead on capacity building for programme staff 

 

What we offer

We offer a competitive salary based on what you bring to the role with an expectation band of between £36,000 to £39,000.

The Foundation is proud of our welcoming and accommodating working environment. We strive to be a great place to work.

We offer generous holidays (almost seven weeks a year excluding public holidays).  Fifteen percent of your salary is payable tax-free at stipulated periods in lieu of a formal superannuation scheme.

All Foundation staff are enrolled in our private health scheme, including dental cover.

 

We operate from a wonderful office at Marlborough House in Pall Mall, London. The successful applicant must live within commuting distance of Marlborough House. We are currently operating a flexible working policy requiring staff to be in the office several days a week. While the policy is still being trialled, we expect to retain, over the longer-term, a measure of flexibility that enables the Foundation to maintain its high levels of productivity while preserving our team ethos and ensuring staff are happy.

 

Our commitment

The Foundation celebrates diversity, and we are proud of our diverse and welcoming team. All qualified applicants already eligible to work in the UK will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status or pregnancy. If you need us to make any special accommodation in the recruitment and selection process because of a protected characteristic, please let us know.

 

The process

The application requires you to provide a comprehensive CV as well as a motivation letter that clearly addresses the criteria as outlined in the person specification and the competencies bank below.

 

You must possess and declare the right to work in the UK at the time of application submission for your application to be considered.

 

Shortlisted applicants will be contacted within two weeks of the close of applications. We are expecting to hold first-round interviews via video link. Second-round interviews may be required and held in person.

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Request for Application for Consultancy Service to Conduct a Fiscal Space Analysis for Health Insurance Coverage of the Poor and Vulnerable in Nasarawa State

Background

Development Governance International Foundation (DGI Foundation) is a purpose-driven not-for-profit organization. The Foundation is currently implementing the Christian Aid-funded Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Project aimed at accelerating the expansion of healthcare access to the poor and vulnerable population in Nasarawa State in collaboration with the Nasarawa State Health Insurance Agency (NASHIA). DGI Foundation is seeking a consultant to conduct a detailed fiscal space analysis (FSA) to identify potential sources of additional funding for the expansion of health insurance coverage in Nasarawa State and recommend practical techniques for harnessing the identified sources of funding towards resource mobilization.

 

Key Responsibilities

The Consultant will be engaged to:

  • Map out relevant stakeholder categories from the public and private sector to support comprehensive assessments and primary information collection
  • Develop qualitative assessment tools including key informant interview guides for all stakeholder categories (government, donors, partners, and private sector)
  • Develop quantitative assessment tools
  • Collect and collate relevant state-level data and/or documents for review
  • Conduct in-depth interviews with key government, donor, partner, and private sector stakeholders
  • Analyze, synthesize and interpret collated data and share comprehensive reports for review and eventual dissemination
  • Identify funding scenarios and carry out financial projections
  • Prepare and submit a detailed consultancy report

 

Requirements:

  • An advanced degree (minimum MSc/MPH) in health economics, public health, public policy, or equivalent, and at least 5 years of relevant work experience
  • Demonstrable experience in conducting fiscal space analysis at the sub-national level in Nigeria
  • Proven experience in critically reviewing and analyzing budget expenditure data
  • Experience conducting financial modeling and projections
  • Ability to analyze, triangulate and integrate diverse information from varied sources into conclusions and recommendations and write high-quality reports
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills in English

 

Deliverables:

  • Quantitative and qualitative data collection and evaluation tools
  • Final transcripts of all interviews conducted
  • Analyzed qualitative and quantitative data
  • Financial projections
  • Comprehensive Fiscal Space Analysis report
  • A detailed consultancy report

 

Application Closing Date

August 26, 2022

 

Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should forward a CV and cover letter detailing suitability for the job in a single document with “Fiscal Space Analysis Consultant” as the subject to: info@dgifoundationng.org.

HIRING: Senior Researcher/Consultant (Africa Engagement)

Senior Researcher/Consultant – Business case and strategy development for sub-Saharan Africa engagement

 

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Salary budget: £45k (full-time or part-time)

 

Mode of work: Remote work with occasional in-person meetings and travel

 

Term: Starting immediately or as soon as possible – duration of the work will be adjusted to the candidate’s experience level.

 

Closing date for applications: August 15th, 2022 (applications will be considered on a rolling basis)

 

Overview:

Data for Policy CIC is a premier global community of interest (independent non-profit) operating at the interface of data science and governance/policy. Its annual flagship conference series has been running since 2015 and attracts a large number of submissions from top universities, public and private sector institutions, intergovernmental organisations, and the voluntary sector. In 2019, the community launched an open-access journal, Data & Policy, in collaboration with Cambridge University Press (CUP).

 

The Data for Policy network reaches across 73 countries in the six continents, and we are ambitious to increase involvement of countries which are not well-represented in the global debate. The community has a positive commitment to inclusion and equity, demonstrable by initiatives such as the inclusion scholarship programme for conference attendance, and by support for open research and data, exemplified by its open access partner journal Data & Policy, published by Cambridge University Press.  To date we have seen organic growth of the network, but we now wish to expedite this through a positive strategy of engagement in under-represented regions.

 

Data for Policy CIC  is therefore delighted to enter into a new collaboration for 2022-23 with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Evans School Policy Analysis and Research Group (EPAR) at the University of Washington. We are looking to hire an experienced researcher/consultant to work with our leadership team in developing a longer term strategy and business case to facilitate sustainable collaboration with academics and policy practitioners/experts from sub-Saharan Africa in particular. Depending on securing further funding, the role may develop into an enhanced and/or longer term engagement of the candidate with the Data for Policy Global Community of Interest and its project partners.

 

Job Purpose: To produce a complete business case, setting out a plan for expansion of Data for Policy CIC engagement with African countries, and in particular sub-Saharan Africa. This business case will be used to attract further investment, leading to implementation of the plan.

 

Job Responsibilities:

  • Research into the status of the emerging research field of data for policy in African countries;
  • Identify potential outreach, content and funding partners in Africa who most directly serve local policy capacity, design and implementation needs;
  • Conduct discussions with Data for Policy CIC and its project collaborators (the Foundation, EPAR and CUP) as well as relevant partners in Africa. Four potential (overlapping) regional policy-related networks to be consulted are RUFORUM (http://www.ruforum.org/), ARUA (https://arua.org.za/), RenaPRI (https://www.renapri.org/) and AGRODEP (http://www.agrodep.org/), and we are looking to expand this list with recommendations from the consultant and the broader Data for Policy networks;
  • Lead the organisation of meetings and workshops in sub-Saharan Africa (one week travel visiting multiple organisations with the core project team) and Seattle (during Seattle edition of the Data for Policy 2022 conference in December), and potentially also in London/Cambridge where Data for Policy CIC activities are centred;

 

These activities are to be reported as a complete business case, proposing a detailed engagement strategy and implementation plan using evidence from all activities. We anticipate the core work to include elements of both desk-based research and proactive conversations and field engagement.

 

A primary success measure for the role will be the level of further funding attracted by the business case for implementing the strategy. We also highly value the organisational learning and development that will be gained through this engagement.

 

Qualifications and Experience:

We are looking for an experienced researcher/consultant with skills in business strategy development and familiarity with the sub-Saharan Africa context in the Data for Policy CIC areas of interest. Familiarity with  how knowledge is produced (conference papers, journal articles, reports, grey literature and other formats), disseminated and accessed and the particular challenges for African authors, policy practitioners and decision-makers, and other audiences is relevant. Early career researchers/consultants may be considered on a case by case basis.

 

How to apply:

Please send a CV and detailed Cover Letter to team@dataforpolicy.org by August 15th latest. Please note that applications will be assessed on a rolling basis until a suitable candidate is identified.

 

The Nigeria Network of NGOs (NNNGO) is the first generic membership body for civil society organisations in Nigeria that facilitates effective advocacy on issues of poverty and other developmental issues. 

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