DEADLINE: 14TH JULY, 2022
SOS CHILDREN’S VILLAGES
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR A GENDER AUDIT TO DETERMINE THE LEVEL OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOS CHILDREN’S VILLAGES NIGERIA GENDER EQUALITY POLICY
BACKGROUND
SOS Children’s Villages is a non-governmental social development organization that works in 137 countries and territories to find the most appropriate response to the situation of children without parental care and those at risk of losing parental care. Since 1973, SOS Children’s Villages has been active in Nigeria, with a presence across the country in Lagos, Ogun, Plateau, Oyo, Kaduna, Borno and Edo states as well as the Federal Capital Territory.
Our care solutions include – Alternative Care for Children, Family Strengthening, Youth Development, Advocacy and Emergency Response.
Goals and Scope
SOS Children’s Villages Nigeria is seeking Proposals from qualified individuals or organizations to conduct a Gender Audit/Assessment across all programme locations.
The objective of the gender audit is to provide information and generate evidence on the level of implementation of the SOS Children’s Village. Nigeria Gender Equality Policy and determine how the organization is mainstreaming gender, diversity and inclusion in the workforce and business operations of SOS Children’s Villages Nigeria.
Deliverables
- Review specific documents and conduct gender audit
- Facilitate the development of gender strategy/action plan covering gender sensitive programming guided by the Gender Equality Policy of SOS International
- Develop contextualized gender strategy, action plan and checklist for gender sensitive programming.
- Conduct a gender workshop and present the findings in the workshop. Submit report to SOS Children’s Villages Nigeria.
Qualification Criteria
The desired applicant to undertake the audit/assessment must meet the following minimum qualifications:
- Proven expertise and experience in similar assignment
- Master’s degree in any of the following field of study Gender Studies, Development Studies, Project Management, other Social Sciences or a related field
- At least 5 years of proven experience in working / preparing gender and social inclusion strategies
- Experience in project and programme management.
- Excellent writing and communication skills in English
- Demonstrated community and stakeholder engagement experience; and
- Proven facilitation and coordination skills.
General Requirement to the Bid
In order to be considered as a potential candidate interested individuals or organizations should submit their Proposals including the following information:
- Brief presentation of your profile
- Detailed methodology/approach demonstrating how you meet requirements for this assignment
- Detailed workplan showing the detailed sequence and timeline for each deliverable
- Detailed budget
- Composition of team and any other information to further support the eligibility of the applicants
- Reference list
All Proposals received will be reviewed based on their relevance responsiveness, efficiency and effectiveness in response to the call.
Proposals in response to this RFP should be addressed to the contact information below and emailed in one document to soscv.services@sos.nigeria.org not later than 4pm, Thursday, 14 July, 2022:
The National Director
SOS Children’s Villages Nigeria
29B Haile Selassie Street
Asokoro, Abuja
Note that submission of false Information will lead to automatic disqualification.
SOS Children’s Villages Nigeria reserves the right to accept or reject any application without giving any reasons.
