A CONSULTANT TO CONDUCT BEST PRACTICES, LESSONS LEARNT AND SUCCESS STORY DOCUMENTATION

  • Location:
  • Salary:
    negotiable
  • Job type:
    Contract
  • Posted:
    1 year ago
  • Category:
    Project Manager
  • Deadline:
    16/07/2022

REQUEST FOR CONSULTANT

The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is a global humanitarian organization with a mission to work with people in poverty and distress to create just and positive change. ADRA Somalia belongs to the worldwide network, comprised of more than 130 supporting and implementing country offices. ADRA Somalia is seeking to recruit a consultant to collect best practices, lessons learnt and success story documentation.

OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSIGNMENT

B.1. General Scope:

To collect raw video and still digital photographs and compile 2 videos of a six (6) minute documentary and photobook with the main aim of creating a knowledge base (BEST Practices) of development lessons learnt from model school and professional secondary school construction in Somalia. A best practice is a specific action or set of actions exhibiting quantitative and qualitative evidence of success together with the ability to be replicated and the potential to be adapted and transferred and can be assessed by either evidence of success or transferability.

In compiling the Best Practices, the Consultant will ideally need to assess the following issues:

  • Innovation: The Best Practice will have developed new and creative solutions to common problems of illiteracy and low access to education in Somalia.
  • Difference Made: The Best Practice will demonstrate a positive and tangible impact on the living conditions, quality of life or environment of the individuals, groups or communities benefitting from the model schools’ construction
  • Sustainability: The Best Practice will contribute to sustained eradication of illiteracy especially by the involvement of participants.
  • Potential for Replication: The Best Practice will serve as a model for generating policies and initiatives in future interventions by the EU.

In short, the Best Practice Documentary will need to answer five basic questions:

  • What did the intervention intend to do?
  • What actually happened?
  • What went well, and why?
  • Outputs and impacts
  • What can be improved in future, and how?

C. Methodology

ADRA will provide the consultant with a list of sites to be visited throughout Somalia. The Consultant shall then proceed to these sites and take video footage as well as high quality still digital photographs. During the visits, the Consultant will be accompanied by an ADRA staff.

During the site visits, the consultant will carry out interviews with beneficiaries, key ministry staff, community members and/or local leaders on the effect of the project (whether positive or negative) on their lives. The following are the questions to be asked during the interviews:

  1. What is the nature of support provided to the school by SETS EA and what did the community provide? Give details.
  2. Provide a list of benefits brought about by the Project
  3. How has the support provided improved the quality of learning?
  4. How was the situation like before SETS EA Intervention? What challenges were faced?
  5. What additional support would be necessary to enhance education quality in the schools and technical secondary schools?
  6. Any additional observations, comments, ad libs etc

The consultant shall then interview ADRA education project coordinators as well as selected members of the ministry of education and other education institutions. ADRA will provide the names of the interviewees beforehand.

The entire process will take place in three levels as illustrated:

D. OUTPUT

1. The consultant will compile and submit to ADRA a powerful well outlined 6-minute documentary in the English language (with Somali sub-titles). Outputs should be in the clear quality and in the following formats:

MP4, MOV, WMV, FLV or AVI format.

In addition, the Consultant will also submit the following outputs:

A, 1 Hard Disk Drive containing all raw video footage compiled during the site visits

B, 1 Hard Disk Drive containing all raw video footage compiled during site visits

C, 1 Hard Disk Drive containing still photographs of all the sites visited

D, 3 action-oriented photobooks detailing the achievements and successes of the project

E. Time Schedule

The entire process is projected to take approximately 50 working days. Once the draft documentary is ready, it will be presented to the ADRA Team for review, and it is only after this review that duplication of the rest of the materials can commence. Final materials will be submitted latest 5 days after review of the draft documentary.

F. Expertise Required

The professionals who will carry out the assignment should meet the following requirements:

  • Have a proven track record in video documentation and production including experience in working with International Bodies e.g. UN Agencies and INGOs
  • Have practical experience in use of video camera shooting, editing, dubbing, transcription, translation and replication.
  • Knowledge of field production techniques and standards
  • Should have a basic understanding of education, environment, and social issues.
  • Minimum of 5 years professional working experience in developing/post-conflict countries, preferably experience working in Somalia.

Terms and Conditions:

Logistics: The consultant’s travel from base to the field and back after the end of the contract will be covered by ADRA.

Professional fee: The consultant will propose the professional fee as part of their financial proposal. (Daily rate X number of days = Total professional fee)

Tax and insurance: The consultants shall be responsible for their income tax and/or insurance during the assignment.

Code of conduct: The consultant is bound by the principles and conditions of ADRA’s Code of Conduct.

A contract will be signed by the consultant upon commencement of the assignment which will detail additional terms and conditions of service, aspects on inputs and deliverables

Application Requirements

All expressions of interest should include:

Cover letter: A short (maximum three pages) letter addressing the criteria.

Detailed curriculum vitae

Technical Proposal (maximum seven pages) interpreting the understanding of the TOR, detailed methodology of executing the task, as well as draft work plan.

Financial Proposal: The financial proposal should provide cost estimates for services rendered including daily consultancy fees excluding accommodation and living costs; transport cost etc. The financial proposal should also provide cost estimates for services rendered including daily consultancy fees related to the consultant.

How to apply

Application Requirements

For the full Terms of Reference (TOR) please visit ADRA Somalia website www.adrasom.org.

Applications for this consultancy should be emailed to the Human Resource Manager using the email hr@adrasom.org by COB 16th July 2022 with hr@adrasom.org with “Expression of Interest for BEST Practices Documentation” in the subject line.

‘’ADRA Somalia is committed to upholding the rights of all children and vulnerable adults that we serve and those we interact with in the course of our work. We endevour to protect all from all forms of abuse and exploitation as outlined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and Inter Agency Standing Committee (IASC) six core principles on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA). ADRA Somalia has zero tolerance to abuse and exploitation of beneficiaries and staff.

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