The consultancy will undertake the following tasks:
Situational Analysis:
Conduct a comprehensive stakeholder review of the current organizations working in areas that intersect with WRI Africa Cities strategy.
Assess the relevance of the current WRI Africa cities partnerships and their alignment with the WRI strategy 2024-2025.
Identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) in the current WRI partnership approach
Partnership Strategy Development:
Identify potential strategic partners including:
Donors (including institutional funders (bilateral, multilateral donors), foundations as well as non-traditional funders), and
NGOs (specifically strategic peer organizations, with complementary expertise, that WRI could effectively collaborate with to advance work in African cities).
Develop strategies for engagement, collaboration, and partnership building.
Outline mechanisms for maintaining and managing partnerships.
Support the Africa Development and Cities team with the organization/preparation of one urban-focused partners roundtable (one engagement session) (including by identifying key donors, developing agenda etc.)
Capacity Building:
Conduct training sessions for the WRI Cities team in Africa on effective fundraising and partnership building.
Develop a resource toolkit for ongoing use by the team
Monitoring and Evaluation:
Work with the Africa Development and Cities team to develop targets and metrics for the fundraising and partnerships plan.
WRI will provide guidance on:
WRI Africa Cities team’s existing strategy, pillar narratives and existing partnerships.
Team members to be consulted.
WRI editorial style guide, branding and visual style guidelines.
DELIVERABLES :
The consultant is expected to deliver the following:
An inception report outlining the proposed methodology and work plan within 1 week of signing the contract.
A comprehensive situational analysis report within one month of signing the contract.
A draft detailed Fundraising and Partnership Strategy document within one and a half months of signing of the contract.
A final WRI Africa Cities Partnership and Engagement Plan (2024-2029), (summarized to a maximum of 20 pages), incorporating feedback by September 3o, 2024. This plan should also include a resource toolkit and a monitoring and evaluation framework.
A 4-page summarized document, and a brief PowerPoint deck that is externally facing (for use in future donor and partnership engagement) by September 30, 2024.
A report on 1st donors/partners meeting with clear follow up plans by October 2024.
BUDGET:
The maximum value of the proposed contract is $12,000.
Please note that WRI is an IRS-registered 501(c)3, tax-exempt organization. WRI is not VAT exempt. All prices or quotes should include VAT and tax, as applicable.
Requirements:
The selected vendor should be able to demonstrate the required expertise and the equipment to execute the task.
The selected vendor should be available for engagements with the WRI teams supervising this assignment during this consultancy period.
Qualifications and Experience:
The selected consultant(s) should have:
Proven experience in fundraising and partnership development, preferably within the context of urbanization or cities.
Strong understanding of the funding landscape and donor environment in Africa.
Excellent research, analytical, and strategic planning skills.
Experience in capacity building and training.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
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