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Terms of Reference (ToR)

Dec 24, 2019 | Job opportunity

(Develop PRA Tools and Training Module on Women Empowerment and Community Social Workers Capacity Building), 

Background:
Three non-government organizations namely, OvibashiKarmiUnnayan Program (OKUP), Bangladesh Nari Progati Sangha(BNPS), and KarmajibiNari (KN) have been implementing the project named “Fair recruitment and Decent Work for Women Migrant Workers South Asia and Middle East Phase – II [Work In Freedom (WIF-2)]” with the support from International Labour Organization (ILO). The project aims to contribute to women empowerment for their rights and entitlements to reduce their vulnerabilities to trafficking and forced labour. The project intends to increase empowerment of work age women in Bangladesh so that they have greater ability to make own choices, protect their rights and access jobs or local entitlement for sustainable development.

In this regard,OKUP, KN, and BNPS hereby interested to seek consultancy services to develop   PRA (Participatory Rural Appraisal) tools and training modules on women empowermentand capacity development training module for Community Social Workersas active citizen and change agents. The developed PRA tools and training modules will be used to facilitate women empowerment training, door to door orientation as well as engagingcommunity levelsocial workers in women empowerment activities in a sustainable manner.Increasing knowledge and awareness among women and girls is central to empowering them and building agency and ability to take own decision, claim rights, access entitlements and opportunities. Strengthening community to support the women and girls is critical to promote women’s empowerment and protection.

Deliverable
Develop PRA (Participatory Rural Appraisal) tools and two training modules on women empowerment and social workers capacity building (In Bangla and English Version).

Objectives of the assignment
The main objectives of this assignment are to develop PRA (Participatory Rural Appraisal) tools and training modules on women empowermentand community socialworkers capacity building.The developed PRA tools and training modules will be used to facilitate women empowerment training, door to door orientation as well as engaging social workers in women empowerment activities in a sustainable manner.

Scope of Work

• Review all the available secondary data and information,
• Consult with KN, BNPS and OKUP staffs and social workers and different level ofstakeholders,
• Collect, review and analyze all the necessary information related to the assignment,
• Link with existing local and national level government and non-government initiatives inregarding to this issue(Fair recruitment and Decent Work for Women Migrant Workers)
• Collect data through survey, FGD, KII, Social dialogue etc. (detailed description at methodology)
• Share data collection methodology and tools,
• Develop a well written and informative PRA tools and training module

Methodology
Selected consultant/firm will conduct following activities to develop PRA tools and training modules on women empowerment and community social workers capacity building:

Working Area
The consultant would have to work in following 15 upazilas under 10 districts:

Duration of Assignment
Total duration of this assignment will benot more than three months.The Assignment will be completed over a period from January 2020 to March 2020. The expected date of start will be 1^st week of January 2020. Remuneration will be negotiable.

Consultant qualifications/Expertise
The proposed PRA/ Research Consultant/firm should include the technical expertise and practical experience required to deliver the scope of work and research outputs with regards to:

• Substantial experiences in social and applied research, especially in PRA development;
• Skills in quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis, drawing findings from multiple sources and handling potential contradictions between data sets. Therefore, the consultant must have good logical, qualitative analysis, and writing skills to capture the process well;
• Research design: the team should include expertise and skills required to design, plan, and conduct potentially using experimental or quasi-experimental techniques;
• Demonstrated experiences and skills in facilitating stakeholder/working group consultations.
• An exceptionally good understanding of the socio-political context in Bangladesh;
• Being familiar with relevant policy, institutional and regulatory framework in Bangladesh, legal regulations, procedures, and requirements related to the relevant sector(s) and have a thorough knowledge of the relevant policy research methods and documents;
• Clear understanding about women’s empowerment and how freedom of work of women contributes to empower them women’s mobility, rights and local entitlements, women migration issues etc. ;
• Proven skills to assess training need and develop training module in development field.
• The consultant/team leader have to a post-graduate or equivalent qualification/ degree in Social Work/Social Science, Anthropology, Human rights, Development Study, Humanities or any other relevant discipline.
• Consultant having a good teammember will be given priority for this assignment.
• List of Publications and or previous working experience ofConsultant/firm.

Work Plan

Payment Method
The payments will be made in A/C payee cheques in favor of consultant/consultancy firm based on banking information provided by the consultant. Tax and VAT shall be deducted at source while making the payment. The Consultant/ team will be paid fees for —–days within three months of assignment period. The Consultant is expected to undertake travel in 10 districts (mentioned above) to carryout the assignment particularly for consultation workshops/ meetings in the community. DSA and moderate road transportation cost will be paid at actual. The payments will be made following the payment schedule:

• 40% on signing the contract.
• 30% on submission ofdraft final report of PRA tools and two training module.
• 30% on submission of final PRA tools and two training modules.

Application Procedures
The eligible consultant/firms are requested to submit the EoI at the office of OKUP by 4:00 pm on or before 05/01/2020 through  hr.ad.okup@gmail.com

Front Page
Three non-government organizations namely, OvibashiKarmiUnnayan Program (OKUP), Bangladesh Nari Progati Sangha (BNPS), and KarmajibiNari (KN) have been implementing the project named “Fair recruitment and Decent Work for Women Migrant Workers South Asia and Middle East Phase – II [Work In Freedom (WIF-2)]” with the support from International Labour Organization (ILO). The project aims to contribute to women empowerment for their rights and entitlements to reduce their vulnerabilities to trafficking and forced labour. The project intends to increase empowerment of work age women in Bangladesh so that they have greater ability to make own choices, protect their rights and access jobs or local entitlement for sustainable development.

In this regard, OKUP, KN, and BNPS hereby interested to seek consultancy services to develop   PRA (Participatory Rural Appraisal) tools and training module on women empowermentand capacity development training module for Community Social Workersas active citizen and change agents. The developed PRA tools and training modules will be used to facilitate women empowerment training, door to door orientation as well as engaging community level social workers in women empowerment activities in a sustainable manner.

Interested consultant/firms are requested to visit bdjobs.com and KN, BNPS and OKUP’s website for detailed Terms of Reference (ToR).  The eligible consultant/firms are requested to submit the EoI at the office of OKUP by 4:00 pm on or before 05/01/2020 through  hr.ad.okup@gmail.co
[1] Though Tongi is under Gazipur district but in Call for Proposal Tongi was grouped under cluster 2(Dhaka).

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