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Act!’s vision is “Empowered citizens and communities living a productive life in dignity” while its mission is to “to support, partner with and to develop local organizations to be effective agents of lasting positive change”
Mobilising adequate resources is a critical means of ensuring that Act! delivers on its mandates to develop actions with partners, donors and communities that deliver change and transform societies. To succeed Act! institutionalized resource mobilisation through the establishment of a New Business Development Unit in April 2012 and the finalisation of Resource Mobilisation Strategy in January 2017. One of the objectives that is set out in the Resource Mobilisation Strategy is diversification of resource base/providers; this is aimed at enabling Act! to secure resources that are not earmarked for specific donor funded programmes/projects and that can deploy to meet any shortfalls in its programme/project funding as well as to sustain its operations. One of the strategies that Act! will deploy in this regard is to provide services for a fee/pay to development organizations implementing programmes and projects in Act! focus areas. To enable Act! promptly respond to requests/solicitations to provide services, Act! wishes to establish a pool of highly skilled and experienced associate consultants to complement skills and expertise currently in place at Act! The CVs of these experts would, where appropriate, be included in bids that Act! would be submitting to potential clients in responses to calls for experts.Illustrative thematic areas for which Act! is seeking experts are:
Political Economy Analysis
Public Financial Management
Enterprise Development/support to SMEs (establishing nature-based enterprises including market analysis, and Business Development Services).
Agriculture and food security (including agribusiness and livestock value chains analysis and development).
Community resilience/adaptation to climate change.
Renewable energy solutions and innovations.
Environmental (including water towers) conservation.
Non-profit organizational development including resource mobilisation and institutional sustainability.
Health systems strengthening including health information management systems.
Programme Reviews and Evaluations.
MERL, Field Research and Analysis.
Broad Requirements for the New Business Development Assignments
The assignments to be carried out by the identified experts would normally entail but not limited to the following: a. Sector analysis to develop deeper understanding of the prevailing context including appreciation of current interventions by Act! and other stakeholders in the key sectors of our focus.
Periodically and sometimes on demand, carry out elaborate analysis of the players/stakeholders in the sector focus and new ones of interest, documenting what their interests and motivations are; this will include, where necessary, identification of key success factors and potential blockers for reform/success in the sector.
Project/programme evaluations and reviews – covering performance assessment, risks analysis and quality assurance on the one hand, and providing insights and recommendations for improvement.
Where necessary, contribute directly to drafting of the bid documents by writing, reviewing and in conjunction with the New Business Development unit, submitting funding applications/proposals to donors.
Support in the delivery of assignments whenever called upon.
These foregoing roles/responsibilities are not exhaustive and specific, more detailed terms of reference will be issued when preparing tender/bid documents
Key Qualifications
The desired qualifications & experiences include:
A minimum of a Master’s Degree in any of the social sciences or related disciplines; professional qualifications in project cycle management, fund raising and resource mobilisation, monitoring and evaluation, qualitative and quantitative methods, organizational development will be added advantage.
Thorough understanding of development programming in any of the relevant areas outlined under section 1.
Strong analytical skills with proven planning and organisational abilities.
Commitment to working with a leading Kenyan NGO with high potential for growth.
A minimum of 5 years’ field experience in the key areas of expertise as lead expert/consultant.
Duration
The duration of the assignment will vary depending on the client’s requirements.
