Women for Women International Vacancies for Change Agent Consultants
Women for Women International (WfWI) - In countries affected by conflict
and war, Women for Women International (WfWI) supports the most
marginalized women to earn and save money, improve health and
well-being, influence decisions in their home and community and connect
to
networks for support. By utilizing skills, knowledge, and
resources, she is able to create sustainable change for herself, her
family, and community.
Since 1993, Women for Women International (WfWI) has helped nearly
429,000 marginalized women in countries affected by war and conflict. We
directly work with women in eight countries, offering support,
tools, and access to life-changing skills to move from crisis and
poverty to stability and economic self-sufficiency.
Women for Women International is recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Change Agent Consultant
Location: Plateau
Terms of Reference: Development of Change Agents Programme
Background
- Women for Women International (WfWI) works with marginalized
women in conflict-affected countries to help them move from poverty and
isolation to self-sufficiency and empowerment. Through our combined
economic and social empowerment programme, we aim to provide
participants with a combination of knowledge, skills, and resources to
increase their self-confidence and capacity to create sustainable
change in their lives and those of their families and communities.
- Through this year-long programme, women learn about the value
of their work in the family and local economy, basic health practices,
their role in decision making, women’s rights, and the benefits of
working together in a group for social and economic purposes. For women
who need it, we provide a limited series of numeracy classes to bring
them to the level where they can better benefit from their business and
vocational skills training. We also provide referral services to
women, connecting them to health, legal and financial services.
Job Description
Budget available: $13,500 USD (for all costs associated with this project).
Women for Women International-Nigeria (WfWI-Nigeria) is seeking support to:
- Using participatory methods, design a curriculum for Change
Agents training programme with WfWI graduates, with emphasis on advocacy
issues related to violence against women and women’s economic
empowerment.
- Work with WfWI-Nigeria to develop selection criteria for participants for the Change Agents programme.
- Work with WfWI-Nigeria to develop monitoring and evaluation tools that will be used by staff.
- Train social empowerment trainers to deliver the Change Agent curriculum;
- Organise and hold one-day training for wider WfWI-Nigeria staff on advocacy and on Violence Against Women (VAW).
- We invite applications from individuals or organisations with
expertise in women’s rights programming in Nigeria and who are skilled
in participatory methods to facilitate information gathering.
Project Overview
- Women for Women International (WfWI) is delighted to be a
recipient of a FLOW (Funding Leadership Opportunities for Women) grant
from the Dutch Government. Through this support, three WfWI country
offices (including WfWI-Nigeria), will train women graduates of our
year-long programme (see background section) in leadership and advocacy
skills, focusing on issues relating to ending violence against women and
women’s economic empowerment.
- These ‘Change Agents’ will then go on to advocate in their
communities and provide a two-way link between their communities, local
NGO’s and national-level advocacy. WfWI- Nigeria trainers will deliver
the training and provide ongoing support to the Change Agents until the
end of 2020 by WfWI- Nigeria, including through the development,
implementation and monitoring of work plans.
- The Change Agents curriculum must be developed using
participatory methods before 31 January 2017. The Change Agents
curriculum should be grounded in ‘global components’ and consistent with
guiding principles that have been developed by WfWI internally and will
provide consistency across the Change Agents programmes being delivered
by WfWI in three countries. We envision the curriculum as a toolkit
that trainers can adapt to different cohorts, based on their needs.
- As graduates of WfWI’s year-long women’s empowerment programme,
the Change Agents curriculum should also build on elements from that
programme. As should selection criteria for graduates of WfWI’s
year-long women’s programme and monitoring and evaluation tools that
WfWI-Nigeria staff can use. The first Change Agents cohort will be
enrolled in the first quarter of 2017 and WfWI-Nigeria has committed to
training 40 women each year, for three years (2017-2019 inclusive).
Outputs (all due by 31 January 2017):
- Change Agents Training Curriculum. NB developed by using
participatory methods, centred on WfWI’s global principles and taking
forward elements from WfWI’s year-long programme. This is the priority
output.
- Work with WfWI-Nigeria to develop selection criteria for participants for the Change Agents programme.
- Train WfWI-Nigeria staff to be able to deliver the programme.
- Work with WfWI-Nigeria to develop a monitoring and evaluation tools that will be used by staff.
- One-day training for wider WfWI-Nigeria staff on advocacy and on VAW.
- WfWI-Nigeria will be responsible for identifying, enrolling,
training and providing follow-on support for the Change Agents. We do
not envision further support from the individual/organisation after
2016.
Timeframe:
- Activity/deliverable Timing
- Interviews and appoint - contracts signed w/c 18 November 2016
- WfWI briefs consultant w/c 21 November
- Inception report produced by consultant and approved by
WfWI-Nigeria. This report will provide a clear work plan for the
development of the curriculum including dates and any instruments for
information gathering By 2 December
- Consultant submits first draft of curriculum. By 20 January
- Phase three (suggested*): Consultant works with WfWI-N to
finalise curriculum and develop M&E tools and selection criteria.
Final version submitted. w/c 23 Jan 17
- Criteria and M&E tools and process finalised. By 31 January 2017
- This is a suggested process from WfWI to provide clarity around
our expectations and not a dictated process. We do expect applicants to
go into depth on their proposed process in their application.
- Phase one of curriculum development (suggested*): we envision
that this will include desk based research (into other grassroots
advocacy programmes and Nigeria-specific materials), initial discussions
re: M&E, criteria etc. Concluded by 15 December
- Phase two (suggested*): information gathering from key
informants (WfWI staff, participants, partners, etc.) Concluded by 13
January 2017
Budget
- $13,500 USD - this is to cover all costs associated with the
outputs and a full budget must be included in the application. Within
the budget, we expect budget lines to be specific and expenditure
estimated against weeks/months. NB WfWI budgets run January to December,
and we have budgeted for $8,100 for November and December 2016, and
$5,400 for January 2017.
Essential Skills and Experience
- Expertise in women’s rights programming in Nigeria;
- Experience in participatory methods;
- Ability to work to strict/tight deadlines;
- Fluent in English.
- Expertise in grassroots advocacy programming;
- Experience and understanding of grassroots advocacy on VAW and women’s economic empowerment;
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their CV's and Cover Letters and 3 professional references to:
[email protected]
Please submit:
- A covering letter outlining your suitability for the project and any issues you would like to flag (max 2 pages);
- A draft work plan that outlines the timeframe and approach for
meeting the deliverables, focusing on the development of the Change
Agents curriculum (using participatory methods).
- Budget (reflecting the draft work plan and including all estimated costs);
- Examples of similar work completed
- Your Curriculum Vitae.
Through this support, we aim to achieve the following four outcomes:
- Women earn and save money;
- Women improve health and wellbeing;
- Women influence decisions in the home and community;
- Women connect to networks for support.
- The programme’s curriculum covers basic advocacy elements under
module 4, which includes the importance of groups and networks,
characteristics of group management and effective leadership, team
building, problem identification, the power of the group, negotiation
and conflict management, and basic communication and advocacy skills.
Application Deadline Wednesday, 16th November, 2016. (Interview will be held the following week)