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Title of Consultancy

TERMS OF REFERENCE (TOR) FOR ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY ASSESSEMNTS (OCA) & CAPACITY BUILDING/STRENGTHNING FOR TWO LOCAL PARTNERS.

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SCI Contracting Office

Save the Children Somalia Country Office

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Period of Consultancy

The assignment will be 60 days inclusive of travel.

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Consultant type required

Firm

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Responsibility for Logistics arrangements and Costs

Save the Children will pay the consultant fee in a lump sum and will not reimburse any incurred costs during the assignment. The consultants will cover their own logistical arrangements and costs, including food, accommodation, local transport and all costs associated with the training, such as printing materials, training supplies, venue rental, and any necessary equipment.

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Taxation Provisions

The consultant shall be responsible for all Taxes arising from the consultancy in line with the local Tax regulations applicable at the SCI contracting office named above.

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Security requirements

Consultant will comply with standard of Save the Children Security procedures, including the completion of SCI online security training prior to travel to Somalia.

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Qualification and Experience

The following are the minimum requirements for the Consultant Firm to be considered for carrying out the assignment.

•         A firm with multiple capacity development experts.

•         Experience with the USAID/USG CBLD-9 Standard Foreign Assistance Indicators

•         Minimum bachelor’s degree in social science or equivalent

experience in capacity building, humanitarian work, or related fields.

•         At least ten years of experience in conducting similar work (experience in partner capacity assessment and capacity building are mandatory).

•         Proven experience in capacity building of local NGOs, especially in humanitarian contexts.

•         Experience with Save the Children’s Organizational Capacity Assessment tool and the Organizational Performance Index is an advantage.

•         Understanding of US government donor requirements.

•         Proven track record of building and maintaining relationships with local stakeholders, NGOs, and government entities.

•         Knowledge of best practices in organizational development, governance, financial management, and monitoring and evaluation.

•         The technical consultant should have full access to the assignment locations.

•         Proven Experience in conducting workshops and training sessions, with strong facilitation skills to engage participants effectively.

•         Fluency in English (both written and spoken).

•         The consultants should have report writing and data analysis skills.

•         The consultant must have a strong understanding of the localization agenda and its various dimensions as per the grand bargain

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Review Criteria

The consultant must meet the above-required qualifications and experience.

Ø  Valid Registration certificate from the ministry of commerce and industry of Federal government of Somalia

Ø  Valid Tax registration number & certificate from the Ministry of Finance of Federal Government of Somalia with good standing of Q2 2025

Ø  Technical proposal on how the assignment will be conducted including understanding of the purpose, OCA and capacity building methodologies, overall approach data coding, analysis, reports, and detailed work plan. 40%

Ø  Relevant experience in conducting similar assignment and evidence of experience in the Somalia context. At least 2 relevant contracts to be shared (30%)

Ø  Sustainability Policy: Bidder submits a comprehensive Sustainability Management Plan (10%)

Ø  Detailed financial proposal with budget breakdown. (20%).

Overall rating out of 100 %.

The consultant should score 70% and above to be shortlisted for an

interview.

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Background

Save the Children International (SCI) is a non-governmental organization whose mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in children’s lives worldwide. SCI has been operational in Somalia since 1951. Save the Children (SC) and its partners, Fondazione AVSI, Gargaar Relief and Development Organization, and Shaqodoon Organization launched the USAID/Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) Adkeeysi Resilience Food Security Activity (RFSA) on October 1, 2024. The five-year program aims to provide a locally customized classic graduation approach (GA) that carefully and deliberately sequences and layers five graduation components to enable the ultra-poor to “graduate" into resilience. The primary purpose is to enable socially marginalized populations in both internally displaced person (IDP) camps and surrounding host communities to achieve resilience and sustainably graduate out of poverty. Adkeeysi will work through graduation groups to reach 298,550 participants (42,650 households (HHs)), with a focus on economically active women, and male and female youth aged 18-25, in Daynile in Mogadishu, Afgoye, and the Afgoye Corridor to achieve the goal of “extremely poor, socially marginalized populations in IDP settlements and surrounding host communities improve and maintain their food security despite shocks and stresses.”.

To enhance the effectiveness of the two local implementing partners (Gargaar Relief and

Development Organization, and Shaqodoon) involved in the Adkeeysi/RFSA Activity, Save the Children plans to conduct organizational capacity assessments with GREDO and Shaqodoon and

financial management, Human Resource and safeguarding, adaptive management, Organizational Strategy Review and Enhancement etc.

Specific Objectives

·         Conduct a comprehensive organizational capacity assessment in close coordination and collaboration of the local partners

·         The consultant is expected to support GREDO and Shaqodoon in identifying critical systemic and managerial capacity gaps that hinder their ability to deliver quality services, and to develop a capacity-strengthening plan to address these needs.

·         Develop a comprehensive Organizational Capacity Development (OCD) plan to address the areas for improvement.

·         Design and implement targeted training programs to enhance staff competencies in key areas as per the OCS plan

·         Develop training materials that are relevant, practical, and tailored to the specific needs of GREDO and Shaqodoon staff.

·         Facilitate on-the-job training sessions to ensure practical application of skills and knowledge gained during the assessment.

·         Establish a framework for monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of capacity- building initiatives, tracking progress and outcomes over time.

Project/Activity Location:

The proposed activity will target two Adkeeysi/RFSA local implementing partners who are based in Somalia.

Methodology:

The prospective consultancy firm are advised to propose a robust methodology to fully address the objectives and purpose of the assignment. While indicative, the methodology should be detailed with explicit narrations of how they intend to carry out the assignment. They should provide detailed activity and work plan as well as a budget and timeline for the whole assignment. The methodology should clearly speak to all the different tasks of the assignment separately and how they converge to strengthen the capacity of the partners to carry out their mandate. The methodology should show the proposed approaches to yield the desired results. The consultant firms should also justify their proposed methodology and explain why he/she/they prefer it. The consultant firm will work with the advice and directions of the Save the Children technical team

mainly partnership Coordinator/Advisor.

Activities

Timeframe(days)

Develop inception report and share with SCI for review

The consultant is expected to produce a comprehensive inception report detailing the following

ü  A detailed methodology for the capacity Assessment/capacity building and the training tools to be used during the training.

ü  The proposed team members and a description of their respective roles

ü  A complete work plan for the entire assignment period and a plan for conducting the training for the two organizations.

ü  A proposal for the final report layout.

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Conduct Desk review on historical data and capacity strengthening of the partners and Design data collection and conduct organizational capacity Assessment and come up with remedial action plans/ recommendations and validate the findings of the capacity assessment with the partners and agree on capacity strengthening

plan.

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Develop a comprehensive capacity strengthening plan for each partner and engage with them to ensure that the capacity gaps identified

addresses their needs and develop customized training materials to

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Conduct the on-the- job training program for the partner staffs and document the training sessions and outcomes.

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Develop a comprehensive final report summarizing all activities, lessons learnt, findings, Conclusion and recommendations of the assignment.

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Total of working days

60

Expected Deliverables

·         Inception Report-An initial report outlining the methodology, team roles, work plan, and layout for the final report regarding the capacity assessment and strengthening plans.

·         Desk Review Report-A summary of historical data and previous capacity strengthening efforts of partners, providing context for the assessment.

·         Capacity Assessment Report-A comprehensive report detailing findings from the organizational capacity assessment, including remedial action plans and validation from the workshop with partners.

·         Capacity Strengthening Plan and Training Materials-A detailed plan for each partner addressing identified capacity gaps, accompanied by customized training materials designed for implementation.

·         On-the-Job Training Documentation and Final Report-Records of the conducted training sessions and a final report summarizing all activities, lessons learned, findings, and actionable recommendations.

Reporting

The consulting firm will maintain daily contact with the SCI Partnership Coordinator/ Advisor and Award Director to manage monitoring of activities and closely follow how the consultant is conducting the assignment.

Timeframe

The consultancy work will last approximately 60 days including induction and travel days. The days will start by the date the contract is signed.

Terms and Conditions

Consultancy fee: The consulting firm will come up with his/her own rate which will be subject to negotiation within the bounds of donor requirements and set standards of SC in Somalia the consultant is expected to estimate all relevant costs for the exercise, including costs for data collectors, vehicle rent, venue, stationary, standardization test and accommodation while undertaking activities related to this assignment. As the OCA and capacity strengthening plan will be implemented on phase-by-phase approach, the payment terms will correspondingly adjusted to this timing.

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