TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR UNDERTAKING GENDER SENSITIVE Comprehensive LABOR MARKET Assessment AND
YOUTH ASPIRATION STUDY in Somalia
Type of Service
Gender Sensitive Comprehensive Labor Market Assessment And
Youth Aspiration Study In Somalia
Location
Garowe, Mogadishu and Baidoa-Somalia
Positions
Consultant firm/ Individual
Send documents to
CSS.LOGISTICS@savethechildren.org
Deadline
7th Dec-020
1. INTRODUCTION**
Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organization for children. We work in 120 countries. We save children’s lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfil their potential.
We work together, with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. Following a major transition, our international programmes are now delivered through a merged operation with 15,000 staff, managed through seven regional hubs and reporting to a relatively small, central office. We’re changing to become more efficient, more aligned, a better partner, a stronger advocate, a magnet for world-class people and relevant for the 21st century.
Save the Children has worked in Somalia since 1951 when we set up a vocational school for orphaned boys in Somaliland. From the early 1970s we have provided emergency assistance when the needs demand. Each year, about 650,000 people benefit from our longer-term development work in Health, Nutrition, Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH), Education, Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL), Child Protection and Child Rights Governance
Youth unemployment remains one of the biggest challenges towards peace and stabilization in Somalia. Somalia has one of the largest proportional youth populations in the world. It is estimated that 73 percent of the Somali population is aged under 30. Within this group, internally displaced youth and young returning refugees are considered among the most marginalized and at-risk groups in the country. Save the Children in Somalia is currently implementing a three-year BMZ funded project aiming at Economic and Social Empowerment of Youth (EASEY) in Somalia. The project will support economic empowerment of a significant number of young people in employment, education or training (NEET) who live in Mogadishu, Garowe and Baidoa towns. Therefore, Save the Children is looking for qualified consultancy firms who have good background in Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and experience in undertaking labor market and youth aspiration assessments or researches. A number of labor market assessments have been conducted in the past, but all lacked the ‘ youth aspiration’ component. So, it will be the first time in Somalia to conduct a labor market and youth aspiration study conducted in comprehensive way to meet the labor market demand and the interest of youth Somalia.
Understanding the importance of evidence-based intervention to addressed multi-faced challenged experienced by unemployed youth in Somalia SCI is planning to conducted comprehensive labor market assessment from demand side, and the aspiration of youth from labor supply side, to better identified and provide targeted intervention meeting both the industry demand and the goals and aspiration of youth in participatory approach.
The proposed research will therefore conduct explorative research to establish and recommend the most effective TVET programs that will create an enabling environment for unemployed youth (women, disabled, and IDPs) by providing technical and soft skills that are responsive to labor market demand, sustainable and climate adaptive.
2. Objetives of the study
The general objective of the explorative research is to understand demand side of the somalia labor market and youth aspiration for life and career. The findings of the study will lead to implementing skills and knowledge required by the labor market and the aspiration of youth leading to improved employability, and sustainability of the youth employment.
Specific objectives
· Gender sensitive labor market assessment in three regions : Mogadishu Baidoa and Garawe
· Conducting gender sensitive youth aspiration, challenges and opportunities faced by the youth in getting employment.
3. Methodology and assessment questions
This assignment will have two district but related activities research activities.
A. The first part of the study will explore the labor market by visiting selected representative hiring entities or industries in the study area focusing both formal and informal sectors. The number of industries to be selected in each target area will be agreed between SCI and consulting firm. The following are highlight what is expected from this section of the study.
i. Identifying the potential employers in the study area
ii. Producing explorative report on the gender sensitive labor Market analysis providing prevailing market conditions.
iii. What are the average wage rates and type of contract provided by each sector of the economy.
iv. What are the potential and current level of employment created by the potential sectors.
v. Assessing the industry labor demand and skills requirement; providing detailed analysis of the labor market in the study area.
vi. Anticipated changes for demand of goods, and hence, possible job creation sector in each area, and services in business landscape.
vii. Identifying workers and skills in high demand by the industry (private and public sectors); what are the opportunity for create employment for boys/girls displaced/People with disability to ensure inclusive job creation.
viii. Providing assessment of labor supply in each targeted area: what is the current level of skilled labor by profession, with the respective profession, and understanding which profession is high demand and which is in low profile. Reviewing government/NGO document to profile labour supply in each target location, examining education and skills of laborer’s employability
B. The second part of the study focus on Youth aspiration assessment. Under this part of the study the following deliverables are expected.
i. Perception, challenges and opportunities for unemployed youth in Somalia focusing on selected youth in each area.
ii. Characterization and mapping of youth aspiration, challenges in getting employment (formal, informal, own, private, public) by gender, by disability level, and age category.
iii. Assessing barriers for employment, skill and knowledge, finance, marketing opportunity, social networking, discouraging and encouraging factors for youth employment (lack of startup capital, lack of skills, lack of training opportunities, legally frame work, youth-employment policy, youth employment support schemes, access to markets, etc).
iv. How the challenges difference among different segments of the youth women, girl, boys, men, PwD, displaced, and refuges.
v. What the youth want to establish sustainable and profitable jobs created and maintained; focusing on the skills youth aspire to learn to support successful start of their future dream and decent employment.
vi. Assessing the labor market conditions for youth, women and disabled youth affected by displacement or conflicts, and the current level barriers to employment in the hosting community.
Finally, the assignment will provide comprehensive recommendation based on the findings of labor market assessment from the industry side, and youth aspiration assessment from randomly selected unemployed youth. The findings will be used to guide the program operation : to identify the skills in high demand from the demand side, and preferred by the youth; to diversified TVET/short term trainings in areas where the intervention brings higher impact and contributing to the general economy of the country.; and to propose the interventions to meet the demand and supply side challenges in employment landscape.
Expected Tasks and Deliverables
The consultant is expected to carry out the tasks and provide the deliverables listed in the table below.
Phase
Major Deliverables
Timeframe
Proposed data
Phase-1
Desk Review Inception Report
TORs developed, reviewed and finalized
5 days
Proposal Submission Deadline – A technical and financial proposal to demonstrate the consultant’s independent interpretation of the TOR.
Contract Awarded
kick-off meeting – Preliminary meetings with SCI team to establish common understanding on the scope of the assignment
5
Submit inception report including detailed study
3
Design of assessment methodology and tools for data collection
5
Phase-II
Field data Collection
Recruit and train data collectors in the study locations
2 days
Pre- testing of the tool before actual data collection
1 days
Actual data collection including spot checking on a regular basis, providing updates to SCI MEAL focal point.
5 days
Phase-III
Data Analysis and Report writing
,Data analysis and Draft preliminary report with recommendations
15 days
Submit draft report based on the findings
2 days
Inputs and review from all relevant stakeholders of youth economic empowerment.
3 days
Finalize and submit final report, incorporating suggestions and recommendations from the validation workshop and reference group. A second round of revision may be required before the final version of the Final Report can be produced
The report should be presented in agreed format outlined in the consultant’s proposal with all due tables, graphs and accompanying photographs and/or notes.
A final report (one electronic copy in PDF Format and one in DOC format)
Submit an electronic copy of all data collection tools and the labor market and youth aspirations study data set.
Five days
6. DURATION OF THE ASSIGMENT:
The duration of the assignment will be 45 days including travel days. This excluded number of off-days.
7. QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERTISE REQUIRED
- Post-graduate degree in economics, Statistics and other Social Sciences subjects or a related field.
- Minimum of 10 years relevant professional experience in research and labor market studies.
- Strong background and experience in data collection and analysis
- Technical expertise in assessing issues of labor market demand and supply and the ability to draw strong and valid conclusions.
- Experience of conducting labor market assessments and youth aspirations previously. This is an added value.
- Knowledge of private sector and labor market trends.
- Strong knowledge of TVET programs is essential.
viii. Excellent communication and report writing skills.
8. CODE OF CONDUT:
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A contract will be signed by the consultant before commencement of the action. The contract will detail terms and conditions of service, aspects on inputs and deliverables. The Consultant will be expected to treat as private and confidential any information disclosed to her/him or with which she/he may come into contact during her/his service. The Consultant will not therefore disclose the same or any particulars thereof to any third party or publish it in any paper without the prior written consent of Save the Children. Any sensitive information (particularly concerning individual children) should be treated as confidential.
An agreement with a consultant will be rendered void if Save the Children discovers any corrupt activities have taken place either during the sourcing, preparation and implementation of the consultancy agreement.
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