Introduction:

Terre des Hommes Netherlands (TdH-NL) is an international child rights organization committed to stopping child exploitation. In Africa, Terre des Hommes Netherlands works in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Madagascar .

Our vision is ‘a world in which children are no longer exploited’ and our mission is ‘to prevent child exploitation, remove children from exploitative situations and ensure these children can develop in a safe environment.’

Our vision and mission are inspired and guided by international human rights instruments and standards, in particular the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Council of Europe’s Lanzarote Convention, the International Labour Organisation Conventions and aligned with achievement of the SDGs, in particular Goals 5, 8 and 16.We launch public and media campaigns to create awareness on our focus issues and carry out local research into the extent and nature of abuse and exploitation of children.

Terre des Hommes Netherlands and Terre des hommes foundation (Tdh-F) are currently implementing a child protection project in Dadaab Refugee Camp titled: Enhanced child protection prevention and response for the most vulnerable children in Dadaab refugee camps, whose aim is to strengthen refugee and asylum-seeking communities’ access to sustainable quality child protection services for children at risk of abuse, neglect, exploitation, and violence. The project intends to conduct a child protection assessment in Dadaab refugee camps to improve relevance and quality of assistance. It is in this light therefore that TdH-NL seeks the services of a consultant to deliver this assessment.

Objective of the assessment:

TdH intends to conduct a child protection assessments in Dadaab refugee camps to improve relevance and quality of assistance. Such in-depth assessments will look at gender dynamics and taking into account roles and control over resources; inequality/discrimination, including in the level of access to assistance; effects of the crisis; capacities for coping with, responding to, recovering from and preparing for crises; and specific needs of different persons of concern.

It will also look at possible negative effects of the humanitarian response in the camps related to safeguarding and how humanitarian assistance can exacerbate ongoing protection concerns.

Purpose of the Consultancy:

TdH launches this call for tender to identify a specialist in information management, intersectoral and sectoral analysis. The consultant (individual, firm/organization) should facilitate the development of information tools and products that enhance the humanitarian community’s decision-making and planning capacity. Through this field-based assessment, the selected firm/organization will support aid actors to fill information gaps and enhance their planning capacity. It will be expected to have the required operational capacity deployed in the area of intervention. It will also be paramount to have previous experience in the area of intervention conducting assessments through diverse methodologies but as well globally being able to use institutional memory to support humanitarian actors in better targeting their response.

Specific Objectives:

• To Identify the specific needs of different gender and age groups;
• To assess how different groups (age, gender and diversity) enjoy equitable access to humanitarian goods and services;
• To Identify vulnerabilities and capacities among refugee and asylum seekers;
• To Identify the negative effects of humanitarian assistance.
• To better recognize and prevent harm that the action itself could do to women, girls, boys and men;
• To better involve women and men of relevant ages in the design and implementation of humanitarian actions, empowering different population groups to contribute to recovery efforts and making assistance more efficient.

Methodology:

The consultant should perform interviews with key informants internally and externally to TDH, focal group discussions with beneficiaries, survey at household levels.

Key Deliverables:

The consultant will be required to successfully deliver the following:

• A draft inception report which responds to the scope of work with a methodology, survey instruments, detailed work plan and budget.
• A field work implementation plan (to be submitted before field work begins). This field work plan should be presented to TdH for comments and revised as necessary prior to commencing field work.
• A final Assessment report incorporating feedback from TdH. The Revised Report will synthesise all data, identify conclusions, and make recommendations (Taking into account ALL comments and additions from TdH-NL and TdH-F following submission of the Draft Report).
• Oral Presentation/Meeting and debrief with project staff: The consultant will make a presentation to TdH-NL and TdH-F staff of the findings of the assessment, including lessons for project improvement. The debriefing meeting will be an opportunity to clarify outstanding aspects of the assessment before finalisation of the end line report.
• The Final Report: The consultant will be expected to produce a final report, with comments from the debriefing taken into account. While the substantive content of the findings, conclusions and recommendations of the report shall be determined by the evaluator, the report is subject to final approval by TdH-NL in terms of whether or not the report meets the conditions of the ToR and expected standards.
• The consultant will be required to submit all validated and anonymous data sets used for analysis, any scripts or instructions on data management as well as transcripts gathered. as appendices to the final report.
• Dissemination Workshop: After the assessment report is finalised, TdH will organise a dissemination workshop with its key stakeholders. The consultant is expected to co-facilitate the workshop and present the results of the assessment .
• Final reports submitted in a printed/publishable format and a summarised powerpoint presentation of the assessment findings for dissemination.

Child Safeguarding Measures

In line with the UNCRC, Terre des Hommes Netherlands strives to keep children safe in all its undertakings. A screening and reference check of the successful candidate will be conducted during the selection process to confirm suitability of working with children. The successful applicant will be required to read, understand, and commit to abide by TdH-NL’s Child Safeguarding Policies and Guidelines. The institution/firm or individual consultant will sign the policies to indicate an understanding of, and commitment to follow the policy requirements. The methodologies used in this study must abide by the universally accepted standards for involving children in research.

Timeline:

The assessment be conducted between November 2021 and January 2022 as follows:

• Development of tools from the 15th November
• Data collection from to 24th November 2021
• Data treatment and analysis from 8th December to 22nd December 2021
• A preliminary report to be provided before 31st December 2021
• Final report before 15th January 2022

Consultant Profile:

Competencies, Experience, and Skill requirements

The consultant engaged to undertake the assignment must fulfill the following requirements:

The team for this assignment will consist of the consultant(s) who will have overall responsibility for designing, implementing, and coordinating the entire protection assessment guided by the ToR.

The knowledge, skills, and expertise required areas are as outlined below:

• The lead consultant or coordinator is required to have a Master’s Degree in Social Sciences, Community Development, or other related fields.
• At least 5 years’ experience conducting data collection and analysis in refugee context in Kenya,
• Sound understanding of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Code of Conduct, and UN Global Compact.
• A minimum of five years of experience working in the field on children’s issues and child protection programmes.
• A strong commitment to and proven experience in utilizing child participatory methodologies.
• Extensive experience in gender and protection analysis is the core profile of the consultant.
• Has proven experience in conducting evaluations and research using various methodologies such as in-depth interviews, Focus Group Discussions, etc.
• Experience in working with NGOs, CBOs, and beneficiary communities.
• Has excellent communication skills in writing and spoken English and Kiswahili.
• Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills.
• Excellent analytical and report writing skills.
• Is familiar with social and cultural norms, and attitudes especially in relation to child protection.