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.
Operational
in Kenya since 2008, we currently are a team of 75 people who work from 5
offices: Nairobi, Wajir, Eldoret, Kapenguira, and Lodwar.
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
