Purpose / Project Description:
After the submission of its Year 5 PREP and three-year cost extension, the Nawiri program is working to scale implementation to 35 wards based on newly refined technical models in the form of intervention standard operating procedures (SOPs), and the team is looking for support in the following areas:
Guidance for and framing of technical brief, success story, and learning product creation, including:
Liaising with technical leads to unpack key technical approaches and existing data to understand gaps in Nawiri’s technical story
Synthesizing additional qualitative data collection to fill these gaps through both technical and narrative storytelling
Supporting the documentation, prioritization, framing, and production of learning products
Mentorship around Nawiri resilience story identification, collection, and production
Consultant Activities:
The Consultant will:
Provide technical backstopping around drought response technical brief (Jun):
Led by CLA, contribute to and participate in key informant interviews with technical teams to support the framing of Nawiri’s approach and lessons-learned from the drought response, including outline, lessons-learned, and key messages
Support the team in assessing what data is required to build a powerful narrative to integrate within the technical brief and what gaps in resilience stories remain
Provide feedback/comments on technical learning briefs outlines and drafts
Directly support team production of the poverty graduation technical brief (Jun-Jul):
Review reports, SOPs, and existing success stories to understand Nawiri’s current framing of poverty graduation and related integrated approaches
Conduct key informant interviews with technical teams to support the framing of Nawiri’s technical approach to the drought response, including key messages and lessons learned
Support the team in assessing what data is available to integrate within the technical brief and what gaps in the story remain
Begin developing qualitative data tools to fill data gaps
Develop 3 externally facing products for use in August learning event (Jul-Aug):
Collaborate with team to prioritize 2 high-level learning products for creation that may be used in August learning event
Provide support for team to develop 2 learning products with input from technical leads
Solicit and incorporate feedback in refined draft
Collaborate with graphic designer to outline and execute any design elements (e.g., figures, diagrams) and finalize the overall design
Finalize and submit designed drafts – at least 1 product will be the same as those identified in the processes above
Input into August review and reflection meeting processes, including themes and structure, based on review
Provide ongoing mentorship regarding story/learning identification, collection, and documentation (Jun-Oct):
Engage with Communications Lead during technical visits (i.e., activity #1) to support deeper program learning around technical approaches and reflect on implications for storytelling systems
Discuss feedback (i.e., provided through activity #1) on team’s existing stories, further unpacking technical approaches and potential pending questions
Strengthen Nawiri processes, systems, and capacity for technical learning and story production (Sep-Oct):
Synthesize approach to technical learning and story identification, including guidance and templates
Facilitate feedback session on technical learning and storytelling process
Partner with Communications Lead to refine approaches around story/learning visit preparation, documentation, and story writing
Serve as sounding board for Communications Lead in developing a strategic communications process and guidance
Deliverables:
Light touch support for technical framing of Nawiri’s drought response approach
High-level technical framing of Nawiri’s poverty graduation approaches
Three to four potential additional storylines/technical narratives to explore during review
Feedback on brief outline, draft, and revisions of drought response technical brief
Development of four learning products:
One technical brief focused on poverty graduation approach – inclusive of short success story
One technical brief focused on resilient livelihoods and integration – inclusive of short success story
One success story building off of poverty graduation brief or other data from field visit
Catalog of learning themes and story opportunities with suggestions for way forward
Ongoing mentorship around storytelling Communications Lead
Feedback on existing stories and tools
Collaboration with Communications Lead to refine approaches around visit preparation, documentation, and story writing
Support for and sounding board around around strategic communications
Timeframe / Schedule:
Through Aug 15 (remote):
Provide technical backstopping around one and lead another technical brief
Develop 3 externally facing products (inclusive of technical learning brief above) for use in August learning event
Sep 1-Oct 31 (remote, in country):
Strengthen Nawiri processes, systems, and capacity for technical learning and story production, including synthesizing approaches to technical learning and story identification, including guidance and templates
Ongoing (remote, in country):
Provide on-going mentorship support in story/learning identification, collection, and documentation
Maximum number of remote days: 25
Maximum number of in country days including travel days: 9 days
Total: 34
The Consultant will report to:
Chief of Party
The Consultant will work closely with:
Strategic Learning Advisor
Senior Director, Resilience Portfolio, East Africa
Communications Advisor
Resilient Livelihoods Focal Point – TBD
Field Coordination Focal Point – TBD
Experience and Qualifications:
5-10 years of experience in a technically relevant field
Strong understanding of resilience and its technical application in a program context
Extensive experience with capturing program outcome stories from a resilience perspective
Knowledge of and experience in Northern Kenya
Knowledge of and extensive understanding of USAID BHA programs, and multi-sectoral approach to resilience-building
Strong capacity-strengthening and facilitation experience
Ability to work in diverse cultures
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