Job Description
1.Background
The Falaba District Women’s Network (FDWN) is a network of women’s organizations in Falaba and Koinadugu districts with Head office in Mongo Town Falaba District, dedicated to promoting gender equality, advocating for women’s and girls’ rights, and facilitating grassroots-led community development. To further our impact, FDWN had secure support from Irish Aid through IRC under the Adolescent Girls Empowerment and Protection Project Phase 2 to develop a comprehensive organizational strategic action plan that will guide our intervention , alignment with our mission,vision, and set measurable goals to achieve strategic ambitions and outcomes over the next five years.
2. Purpose of the consultancy
Falaba District Women’s Network (FDWN) wishes to recruit a consultant with expertise in strategic planning and organizational development, particularly within National Non-Governmental organization (NGOs) or women-led networks with a proven track record in gender empowerment, adolescent right, female genital mutilation or family-centered development programs in Sierra Leone . The plan should articulate FDWN’s strategic direction, goals, and objectives, and provide an actionable roadmap for achieving these goals over a five-year period (2024-2029).
. 3. Task
The consultant is expected to work closely with FDWN Executive Director, Senior Management Team, staff and partners with limited supervision to complete the task.
- Conduct a comprehensive needs assessment, including a SWOT analysis, to understand FDWN’s current position, clarify its needs in the area of strategic planning and agree on the process of the strategic plan development programme
- Introduce the methodology and tools that should be used during the strategy planning process.
- Support FDWN to develop a strategy development process leadership team, roadmap and stakeholder engagement plan.
- Review relevant documents, reports, and other materials.
- Working with the strategy development process leadership team, facilitate consultative workshops with key stakeholders, including board members, staff, partners, local authorities, and community representatives.
- Identify FDWN’s core priorities, strategies, and objectives aligned with its mission and vision.
- Develop a five-year strategic plan, including measurable goals, objectives, outcomes and indicators.
- Propose a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework to track progress against strategic goals.
- Develop an implementation plan that outlines timelines, responsibilities, and required resources.
- Deliverables
Upon signing the contract, the consultant is expected to deliver the following: –
- Inception report outlining the approach and timeline.
- Findings from the needs assessment, including SWOT analysis.
- Draft of the strategic plan that is aligned with FDWN’s vision, mission for review.
- The final strategic plan document should include a budget, action plan, Monitoring, Evaluation and Accountability framework and operational structure
- An operational model which will facilitate the delivery of the Strategic Plan for the next 5 years with a focus on sustainability as well as inform FDWN’s governance.
- Timeline for key deliverables
Key Outputs |
Time Frame(Proposed) |
Inception report outlining the approach and timeline |
-25th – 29th November,2024 |
Findings from the needs assessment, including SWOT analysis. |
30th – 4th November,2024 |
Draft of the strategic plan for review. |
5th -9th December, 2024 |
Final strategic plan document should take into consideration M&E framework and implementation plan. |
10th -30th December,2024 |
The Consultant will be paid in tranches based on delivery of key outputs:
Tranche 1: Detailed implementation plan – 40%
Tranche 2: A presentation of the final report to FDWN, IRC and Partners – 60%
The Consultant will report to Fatmata B. Turay <fatmatabturay12@gmail.com>, FDWN Executive Director, and be guided by Senior Management Team
- Provide their own equipment including laptop computer and administrative supplies.
- Be available to travel to Falaba, Koinadugu and the intervention communities within those districts.
- Work closely with FDWN staff in identifying key stakeholders for consultative meetings
- FDWN to provide relevant documents for review.
- Selection criteria for consultancy
- Qualification & Experience of Consultant(s):
The Consultant who will be sourced for undertaking this assignment MUST demonstrate with a proven track record in gender empowerment, adolescent rights, female genital mutilation or family-centered development programs and with minimum of 5 years of experience in strategic planning and organizational development, particularly within NGOs or women-led networks in Sierra Leone.
The Consultant engaged to undertake the assignment must fulfill the following requirements:
- A master’s degree in social science or relevant field or recognized equivalent work experience.
- Strong knowledge of the social and cultural context of Sierra Leone or similar settings.
- Proven experience facilitating consultative workshops and stakeholder engagement.
- Excellent understanding of organisational development and management concepts;
- Demonstrated knowledge of gender equality, women’s rights, and community development issues.
- Strong analytical, writing, and communication skills.
- Excellent facilitation, communication, and report-writing skills.
- Have undertaken at least 3 similar assignments;
Applications:
Applications are sought from qualified individuals and/or teams. Both international and Sierra Leone nationals are eligible to apply.
Applications should include:
- Covering Letter addressing previous experience and the Selection Criteria for each candidate
- A brief proposal (maximum 3 pages) detailing the approach to the assignment
- One example of previous relevant written work, for example a strategic action plan completed by the team or the lead
- CV(s) of the consultant(s)
- A budget outlining consultancy fees and any other costs
- At least two references from similar assignments
- Submission Details
Applications should be sent to musenu86@gmail.com by [ Tuesday 11:59 pm 19th November 2024].