Avis de recrutement : SOS Village d’Enfants recherche un.e Conseiller.e pour l’élaboration d’une stratégie par pays à Djibouti.

 

 

 

 

 

ROLE

A facilitator supports the national associations in their National strategy Development process. He/she has a neutral and external perspective and is motivating and positive.

  • A facilitator will bring process expertise to the work and support the design of workshops / (online) meetings, to make the best use of all the stakeholders’ time. The facilitator will also be key in ensuring all the stakeholders are engaged in the appropriate way.
  • Check the quality of the inputs, and various analyses undertaken for the process, guide & support team in improving the quality of inputs and analysing results, make a summary of all inputs in a maximum of one page, and ensure the final outcome be prepared based on the given guideline, templates, and tools.
  • Prepares inception report, discusses the same with the management and makes improvements based on inputs from management.
  • A facilitator is neutral, limiting content involvement and focused on supporting the National Management team to be successful in reaching the workshop and process objectives.
  • Manage expectations and clarify roles and responsibilities
  • Ask the right questions to facilitate a structured discussion around the current challenges encountered and responses. Have sufficient knowledge and skills to ask probing questions to encourage a deeper analysis
  • Have proficient skills to ensure all stakeholders are equally contributing to the discussion.
  • Have confidence and diplomatic skills to manage discussion and disagreement and to keep the discussion on track
  • Note key points throughout the discussion and build on them. Summarize complex issues and agreements to ensure accuracy and guide discussion
  • Build consensus through facilitating discussion on priorities, principles and next steps.
  • Prepare summary report on PESTLE and SWOT analysis from the stakeholder inputs.
  • Prepare summary points of the sessions and compiles a report synthesizing the agreements during the meeting
  • Responsible to prepare the final strategy (as well as the draft versions) document strictly based on inputs and contributions of stakeholders
  • Write-up the MA strategy based on the recommended template
  • Collect feedback/comment from stakeholders and support the team in improving the strategy document based on the comments (in a face-to-face workshop).

Minimum requirement

  • The minimum requirement to qualify and engage a consultant would include but not limited to the following:
  • Experience in designing and facilitation of strategy developing process using a variety of approaches and tools with an emphasis on employing a collaborative thinking approach.
  • Experience working with multi-stakeholder, multi-sector groups forging collaboration, and collective agreement across differences of opinion and perspectives.
  • Adequate experiences in gathering, analysis, interpretation and application of national and local relevant information and/or data on political, social, economic, technological, legal and cultural contexts for the purpose of strategy development process.
  • An excellent collaborative work style, with an openness to change and ability to receive/integrate feedback
  • A track record with ways to promote diversity and inclusion in dialogue.
  • An excellent ability to plan/ manage, organize, implement and report on work
  • Demonstrated experience in virtual facilitation and use of virtual tools
  • The ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines
  • Outstanding communication and advocacy skills
  • Excellent presentation and facilitation skills
  • Demonstrated integrity and ethical standards
  • Fluency in English- French.

Process of Submission of Bids

To facilitate the submission of proposals, the submission can be done electronically in PDF format and sent to SOS HR Department via to [email protected].

The titles of submitted documents should clearly state “Terms of Reference (ToR) to engage external consultants in country Strategy Development.” For further information, please contact : [email protected].

Documents to submit

  • Profile and previous experiences of the consulting firm/Independent Consultant
  • Financial and Technical proposals.
  • Three references (at least two of them must be relevant with our work)

Deadline for submission

The proposal has to be received by latest on 8th May 2023, by the end of the day. Proposals received after the deadline will be not be considered.