2021-12-05

Terms Of Reference For Consultancy To Develop A Strategic Plan For The Somali Child Rights Coaliton – Somalia

Somalia
Posted on December 5, 2021

Somali Child Rights Coalition (SCRC)

Terms Of Reference For Consultancy To Develop A Strategic Plan For The Somali Child Rights Coaliton – Somalia

TERMS OF REFERENCE CONSULTANCY TO DEVELOP A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE SOMALI CHILD RIGHTS COALITON

1.0 Background

Over the years, the Somali Child Rights Coalition (SCRC) which is a unique cross—sectoral grouping of eight (10) civil society organizations (CSOs) with a focus on promoting child rights in Somalia; has worked on several interventions and have engaged government, private sector, CSOs, development partners as well as other key stakeholders at the local, national, regional and global levels. The Coalition has contributed immensely to promoting child rights, particularly with efforts in the formulation and amendment of laws pertaining to children. The Coalition’s major areas of operation include, research and advocacy; public sensitisation and mobilisation; training and capacity building; monitoring and evaluation as well as social accountability.

SCRC’s activities over the years have been guided by its objective and vision, since it was established in December 2015. The SCRC conducted a review meeting in Oct 2021 to assess its performance against its 2015 – 2021 activities. The SCRC’S organizational profile and structure was unpacked by analysing and assessing the extent of implementation, as well as the relevance and effectiveness of the mission and vision with SCRC and its stakeholders (internal and external). Findings from the review highlighted the following amongst others:

Lack of clearly formulated financing strategy even though SCRC has always been aware of its financing challenges;
Inability of the Coalition to directly engage with key stakeholders to advocate and lobby on children’s issues
Lack of an explicit process for addressing child violations induced by the government, and private sector etc.

The insights gained in the review of the SCRC’s interventions and organizational structure are expected to feed into and support SCRC to develop a strategy (2022 – 2026). To this end, a consultant is being recruited with funding support from Save the Children to develop a five—year strategic plan to guide SCRCs operations over the coming years.

2.0. Objectives

The overall objective of this consultancy is to develop a SCRC Strategy (2022 — 2026) that will ensure that SCRC fulfills its mandate and as well help keep members of SCRC working towards the same long—term goals. The strategy should among others:

Clearly set out SCRC’s vision, mission and objectives, principles
Develop a short term — medium term and long-term work plan and timeline against SCRC objectives. Specifically:
Outline key programmes for SCRC to deliver on its strategic objectives including defining its internal governance system, staff gap analysis and training plan, fundraising strategy and communication analysis
Outline approach to harmonising collaboration with partners and key actors in child rights work.
Develop results framework with key indicators to measure SCRC’s strategy implementation within the 5—year timeframe including a risk and mitigation register
Lay out the overall advocacy strategy of SCRC and its approach linking national advocacy efforts to the regional and local.
Lay out how SCRC can mobilise additional funding for sustainability
Outline communications approach, including media, and aligned with advocacy efforts.
Develop a strategy and criteria for new membership recruitment

3.0 Milestones and deliverables

SCRC is working with the following timeline:

12-16 December 2022:

Consultant meetings with SCRC, review of key documents, hold key interviews with SCRC stakeholders.
Present to SCRC initial analysis to the above questions. This will be a key discussion as it will provide and set out an outline for the draft strategy and direction.

21 December 2021: Presentation of draft strategy to SCRC for comments. Final strategy to be submitted no later than Saturday 25, 2021.

The key deliverables are:

Presentation of initial analysis, findings to Strategy Questions; initial thinking for a draft outline of SCRC Strategy (16 December 2021)
Presentation of initial draft strategy to SCRC Staff, Relevant External Stakeholders and SCRC Board (21 December 2021)
Presentation of revised draft strategy to SCRC Staff, Relevant External Stakeholders and SCRC Board (25 December 2021)
Final Strategy per the TOR Objectives (December 30^th 2021)
Methodology and Process

The consultant(s) is expected to propose methodology, tools, process and work plan for the development of the strategy as part of the technical application. However, the proposed

methodology, tools and process should reflect the ToR and the recommendations of the Strategy Review Report (To be provided upon request).

Budget

The Consultant(s) is expected to propose a budget for the assignment. SCRC will review all

Expressions of Interest based on the following:

Technical experience to deliver
Timeframe and Methodology
Financial proposal
Qualifications/Competencies/Experience

Proven experience and track record of strategy development
Excellent and proven analytical skills
Deep understanding and knowledge of child protection and child rights in developing countries especially Somalia;
Experience in developing financial strategies for successful fund mobilization.
Experience working with Coalitions will be an added advantage