This call for EoIs aims to identify individual consultants with expertise in one, or a combination, of the following key areas:
Research, Evaluations and Insights (REI)
Provide intellectual and practical guidance on strategic research projects, helping the REI team define research questions and offering constructive feedback on research proposals, reports and presentations.
Provide advice on Terms of Reference (ToRs) and support procurement for specific thematic evaluations or other studies.
Provide guidance on effective communication and dissemination strategies for research studies, evaluations and other evidence-based materials.
Support the REI team in Peer review for research studies conducted.
Leveraging their networks, support the REI unit in introducing, establishing and maintaining partnerships with high-quality and influential actors in the ecosystem.
Development Impact Planning and Delivery (DIPD)
Provide expert advice to the Director, Development Impact on the current state of knowledge relating to the impact of the financial system on sustainable development
Provide high-level technical support for DI ex-ante screening process, offering expertise across key themes such as nature, carbon, energy, and gender.
Review intervention proposals to identify impact gaps, ensuring robust evidence supports impact scoring and DI risk assessments for proposed interventions.
Serve as a panellist in the Impact Review Panel (IRP), evaluating impact theses, gender approaches, and additionality frameworks to confirm they are evidencebased, rigorous, and aligned with FSD Africa desired outcomes.
Offer expert insights and recommendations to deal teams through the DIPD team, facilitating informed decisions that balance financial returns and impact goals.
Participate in pre-IC sessions, supporting the DIPD team in articulating and defending the impact narrative within investment and project proposals.
Support the DIPD team in designing and delivering capacity-building sessions and modules for partners
This EOI also aims to attract qualified individual consultants with gender expertise in the following gender related areas:
Developing gender strategies in financial and development sectors, climate finance and just transition programming.
Integrating gender considerations across project cycles, including design, implementation, and impact measurement including designing and developing sector specific tools and frameworks.
Conducting gender analysis, developing gender action plans, and designing robust results monitoring and evaluation frameworks.
Undertaking gender budgeting, gender lens investing, financial inclusion for women, and integrating gender considerations into proposal research and strategy development.
Experience
The consultants wishing to be considered for shortlisting will need to demonstrate some, all, or a combination of the below experience and a readiness to fulfil the following anticipated work plans.
Overall key competencies:
Sound and in-depth knowledge of Africa’s financial markets and related challenges that hinder socio-economic growth, including themes relevant to FSD Africa’s strategy.
Demonstrated experience supporting development impact within private sector development programmes across SSA.
Experience in conducting research and generating insights and evidence to support adaptive management within organisations.
Evidence of quality management processes and experience to deliver a high-quality output on schedule and with value for money considerations
Experience in impact planning and delivery within financial sector development, with a focus on key themes such as nature, carbon, energy, and gender.
Experience in designing capacity-building initiatives on development impact for partners and key stakeholders.
Available to start at the required time and can engage with this assignment to deliver outputs as per schedule.
Partnerships and networks with market actors such as funders, thinktanks, ecosystem enablers, to support external development impact activities.
Experience conducting Training of Trainers (ToT) and institutional capacity strengthening.
Solid understanding of market system development (MSD) approach and understanding of issues related to gender finance gaps in programming and investment.
Knowledge of the donor landscape especially potential donors with a strong commitment in gender finance and climate space.
Language proficiency of French is desirable
Your EoI should contain:
Apply via :
bids@fsdafrica.org
